Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
EQUISLABS
EQUISLABS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,382,880 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($21,488,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Equislabs does
Mission
The organization is organized to be a home for ideas, learnings and leaders that have the potential to massively increase latinx civic participation and build power - focusing on three areas: data, digital and leadership development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research and dataprovide latino-serving groups with actionable research to help strengthen their programs and outreach efforts. Equis labs' research this year continued to tackle some of the bigger issues and questions our partners face every day, from how to better understand the real threat of disinformation and misinformation, to how to deal with the issue of language in our community. We collected digital latino survey responses, conducted focus groups and polls.
$3,788,216 spentof which $140,000 as grants$32,500 earned by the program53% of program spendingPartnershipsthrough partnerships program, equis labs collaborates with local, state and national partners across the country to carry out our mission. Equis labs work collaboratively with partners, allies and movement leaders by convening, sharing our latest findings and learnings, and supporting programs that address the deep-rooted issues that prevent hispanic and latino communities from achieving their full potential and influence.
$870,392 spentof which $121,000 as grants12% of program spendingLapizthrough the latino political innovation zones (lapiz), Equislabs worked with partner groups on the ground to run a non-partisan gotv programming aimed at low turnout latino voters, in an effort to dramatically increase latino voter engagement and turnout in elections.
$467,226 spent7% of program spendingCultural mobilizationthe cultural mobilization project creates opportunities for collective participation in cultural activities grounded in latino icons and stories to foster cultural cohesion, pride, and community engagement. The program connects cultural traditions to civic participation in order to strengthen shared identity and empower latino communities to take collective action.in 2024, equis partnered with more than 20 community organizations to build culturally resonant civic engagement initiatives. Equis launched a campaign linking da de los muertos to civic responsibility and voter participation, helping lay the groundwork for mexican american and broader latino communities to associate the holiday with community empowerment. The campaign supported increased awareness of civic duty through culturally relevant content, partner activations, and community touchpoints.youtube moonshotthe youtube initiative produces culturally relevant and engaging digital content to help latino audiences make sense of current events, politics, and social issues. The program focuses on strengthening media literacy, countering harmful narratives and disinformation, and building confidence and…
$2,021,764 spent28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,147,598.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $5.9M to $17M (+191%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Stephanie Valencia
Executive director (see sch. O)
Board chair
Sky Gallegos
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $550k → $5.2M.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 EQUISLABS’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
EQUISLABS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 EQUISLABS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 96% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 97% — broadly stable.
“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
50% of EQUISLABS's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 36% 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
EQUISLABS draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $530k 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.
Organizations like EQUISLABS
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EQUISLABS: 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 EQUISLABS?
- EQUISLABS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,382,880 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($21,488,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EQUISLABS have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $23,382,880 in grants to EQUISLABS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EQUISLABS?
- OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $21,488,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EQUISLABS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing