New Jersey · Nonprofit
EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO
EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO (New Jersey) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $288,975 to it, the largest being Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ($71,606). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $346k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $289k
- Net assets
- $130k
What El Centro Hispanoamericano does
Mission
The Organizations mission is to help meet the needs of immigrants in New Jersey through affordable legal services social services referrals education and cultural programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
El Centro was formed to provide legal services regarding immigration matters to indigent immigrants. We help our community become aware of their legal options and gain immigration relief allowing them to access or maintain lawful employment educational opportunities and financial stability for themselves and their families. El Centro provided legal services to more than 1500 clients in the past year including more than 15 cases of domestic violence. Our services include: 1 consultations regarding documentation requirements and eligibility; 2 assistance in preparing and submitting applications and evidence packets; 3 extensive follow-up on cases pending disposition; 4 ensuring clients aware of deadlines and appointments; 5 translating documents; 6 representing clients in immigration-related proceedings 7 resolving issues and delays arising from proceedings; and 8 providing documentation to eligible clients explaining their current status for them to present to employers and government offices in order to assure they continue to be able to work and qualify for drivers licenses and other documents while they wait for the approval or renewal of their immigration documents.
$203,531 spent$174,977 earned by the program77% of program spendingOur food bank provided more than 2,400 food parcels to needy families and individuals. We provided turkey and fixings to 40 families at Thanksgiving. Our clothing bank distributed clothing to more than 300 individuals.
$37,677 spent14% of program spendingEl Centro provided education services to more than 40 students including 30 ESL students and 10 students in our citizenship class. We hold classes on the weekend to ensure they are more accessible to working families.
$10,341 spent4% of program spendingOutreach services
$11,670 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $263,219.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $80k to $138k (+73%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 0% · 2022 15% · 2023 6% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Silvia Hernandez
Executive Director
Board chair
Laura Sepulveda
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $0 → $46k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
59% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 73% · 2021 100% · 2022 36% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
53% of EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,661 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,661 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $79k on record.
- GRANT IN AID$79k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO?
- EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO (New Jersey) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $288,975 to it, the largest being Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ($71,606). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $288,975 in grants to EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO?
- Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc is the largest funder on record, with $71,606 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing