Oregon · Nonprofit
EL CENTRO NW
EL CENTRO NW (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $444,000 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($376,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $368k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $444k
- Net assets
- $230k
What El Centro Nw does
Mission
The mission of El Centro NW is to unite and empower the Hispanic community by providing a space, a voice, and a way to access academic, financial, health, and cultural resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tax Preparation Assistance: We provide free tax preparation assistance through an IRS program called VITA.
$4,962 spent$6,965 earned by the program3% of program spendingPlaza Comunitaria: This is a program to educate immigrant adults to complete their primary and secondary education. It's a curriculum provided by the Secretary of Education in Mexico through the Mexican Consulate.
$30,157 spent18% of program spendingWorksource Navigator: This program helps people find better jobs through job sources, referral to trainings, creation of resumes, etc.
$36,541 spent$35,000 earned by the program22% of program spendingOHP: We help people enroll in the Oregon Health Plan.
$41,982 spent$150,000 earned by the program25% of program spendingEl Puente: We do Community Outreach through our community groups called El Puente. We have a north County community group called El Puente de Astoria and a south County community group called El Puente de Seaside. Our goal is to create another El Puente in Pacific County in Washington. We have monthly meetings to plan events, workshops to educate about immigrant rights and social justice. Through these groups we also get a lot of volunteers for our programs.
$863 spent$3,000 earned by the program1% of program spendingDia de los Muertos: On November 2, 2024 we celebrated Dia de los Muertos. We focused on teaching nonHispanic people about this tradition. We had booths for face painting, sugar skull decorating, family history, etc. We also had folklorico dancers, preHispanic dancers, school mariachi, traditional foods and beverages. We had over 300 people attend this event.
$7,608 spentof which $600 as grants$3,775 earned by the program5% of program spendingMestizo: We have a folklorico dance group where we teach youth 5 to 18 years of age the tradition of baile folklorico. These dancers performed at our cultural events of Cinco de Mayo, Hispanic Heritage Festival and Dia de los Muertos and other school and religious events we were invited to dance at in town. We had 38 dancers participating last year.
$26,027 spent$38,930 earned by the program16% of program spendingHispanic Heritage Celebration: This is a celebration we carry out during Hispanic Heritage Month. We fundraise by selling traditional Hispanic foods. We do folklorico dance performances and have a mariachi band.
$11,515 spentof which $150 as grants$5,370 earned by the program7% of program spendingCinco de Mayo: This is a fundraising event that we carry out at the Liberty Theatre and do a big folklorico dance performance and mariachi.
$6,952 spent$7,673 earned by the program4% of program spendingImmigrants Program: Support for immigrants.
$616 spentof which $300 as grants$3,077 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $167,223.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $146k to $233k (+59%).
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: 2024 0% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of EL CENTRO NW’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Paula Bartheld
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 NW’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 NW leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 NW.
“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.
Where its funders are
EL CENTRO NW draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 NW runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding EL CENTRO NW receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $29k on record.
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$25k
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SUPPLIES$4k
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 NW
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EL CENTRO NW: 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 NW?
- EL CENTRO NW (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $444,000 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($376,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EL CENTRO NW have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $444,000 in grants to EL CENTRO NW, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EL CENTRO NW?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $376,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EL CENTRO NW find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 4 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing