California · Nonprofit
ENLACE USA
ENLACE USA (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,227,209 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($590,442). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $69k
What Enlace USA does
Mission
To enhance effective collaboration between local churches and community organizations to develop integrated and sustainable solutions to poverty in the united states and internationally.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
ENLACE'S CORE FOCUS IS OUR CHURCH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAM, WHICH TRAINS CHURCH LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND AND LIVE OUT THE BIBLICAL BASIS OF THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN THEIR IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES. WE TRAIN AND COACH CHURCH LEADERS TO DISCOVER THEIR RESOURCES AND TO PARTNER EFFECTIVELY WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES TRAINING IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: BIBLICAL BASIS OF GODs MISSION, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT, COLLABORATION AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION.In 2024, Enlace U.S.A. provided funding to our affiliated organizations in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Nepal. These organizations partnered with 120 churches and trained 1,503 of their leaders in the principals of effective community development which emphasized interacting with their community and best practices of designing and managing sustainable projects. The churches with Enlace guidance were then able train 2,323 local leaders who are activity serving their communities. By year end, 10,995 church and community volunteers in 302 communities were mobilized, 323 projects were implemented which impacted nearly 130,000…
$1,408,685 spentof which $1,253,957 as grants80% of program spending****SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN GUATEMALA**** In Guatemala during 2024, Enlace partnered with 19 churches and trained 191 local leaders in the principals of effective community development which emphasized interacting with their community and best practices of designing and managing sustainable projects. Volunteers were mobilized in 23 communities and 60 initiatives were completed directly impacting 7,948 families. The initiatives included programs and projects of agricultural training, chicken farm businesses, community infrastructure, eco-stoves, electricity, environmental, health care, new homes, roads and school/education.****SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN NICARAGUA**** In Nicaragua during 2024, Enlace partnered with 21 churches and trained 432 local leaders in the principals of effective community development which emphasized interacting with their community and best practices of designing and managing sustainable projects. Volunteers were mobilized in 75 communities and 55 initiatives were completed directly impacting 1,723 families. The initiatives included programs and projects of agricultural training, chicken farm businesses, community infrastructure, eco-stoves,…
$227,272 spentof which $134,271 as grants13% of program spending****SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN NEPAL**** In Nicaragua during 2024, Enlace partnered with 27 churches and trained 780 local leaders in the principals of effective community development which emphasized interacting with their community and best practices of designing and managing sustainable projects. Volunteers were mobilized in 73 communities and 73 initiatives were completed or in progress directly impacting 6,703 families. The initiatives included programs and projects of agricultural training, community infrastructure, environmental, health care, new homes, roads and school/education.
$61,027 spentof which $54,724 as grants3% of program spending***accomplishments in the united states***Enlace USA's church partnership program provides u.s.a. Churches with the opportunity to build long-term and effective relationships with churches in el salvador, nepal, and guatemala that are actively engaged in community transformation. The program assists u.s.a. Churches to explore possible partnerships, invest in leadership development and community development projects, and experience working alongside church and community leaders outside the united states. The program also provides support for u.s.a. Churches on how to further engage their congregations in community transformation through timely communications, reporting, and campaign design. In 2024 Enlace USA assisted 17 u.s.a. Churches to partner with churches and community leaders to implement community development initiatives in el salvador, guatemala, and nepal. In addition, Enlace USA facilitated 22 serving and vision teams that provided team members the opportunity to experience community transformation in person.
$52,147 spent3% of program spending***MICRO FINANCE LOAN PROGRAM***See Form 990 Part IV 11C and Schedule D Part VIII for information regarding the program. The program accrued $3,277 of interest income and $1,565 of interest expense during year have been added to the notes receivable and notes payable, respectively. Originally there was one 3 year note receivable and three 3 year notes payable. One note was turned into a donation during the first year. In, 2023 the note receivable and two notes payable were rolled over for another three years until 2016. As of December 31, 2024, Loans Receivable and Payables with accrued interest were $70,916 and $53,738 respectively.
$1,565 spent$3,377 earned by the program0% of program spending***FOREIGN MISSIONARY***ENLACE contracts U.S. persons under a deputized fundraising agreement to provide assistance with our foreign affiliates. In 2024, the organization did not have any missionaries.
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,750,696.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $526k to $277k (−47%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ENLACE USA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Ronald Bueno
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $195k → $442k.
9 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 ENLACE USA’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
ENLACE USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% 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 ENLACE USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 46% · 2019 34% · 2020 34% · 2021 45% · 2022 32% · 2023 46% — 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
56% of ENLACE USA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
52% of ENLACE USA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.1M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
ENLACE USA's revenue grew 28% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ENLACE USA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $144 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $144
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 ENLACE USA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 ENLACE USA: 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 ENLACE USA?
- ENLACE USA (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,227,209 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($590,442). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ENLACE USA have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $2,227,209 in grants to ENLACE USA, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENLACE USA?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $590,442 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENLACE USA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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