Florida · Nonprofit
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC (Florida) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,532 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($80,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $340k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $401k
- Net assets
- $6k
What Esperanza Community Center Inc does
Mission
Esperanza community center is committed to empowering families through educational, legal and support services to be able and confident to succeed and lift future generations:- english as a second language (esl) and adult literacy classes- computer skills training- health outreach and family workshops- youth tutoring and summer camp programs- pro-bono legal outreach and wage theft prevention- general support services to help families navigate daily challenges
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Esperanza community center's largest program is mujeres fuertes, a culturally grounded leadership and wellness initiative serving spanish-speaking women with children from birth to age five. The program creates a safe, supportive environment where participants take part in facilitated group sessions focused on emotional wellness, personal development, and leadership growth. Through guided discussion, peer support, and practical skill-building activities, women strengthen self-confidence, improve communication, and develop a greater sense of agency in their families and communities. The program serves women who are balancing caregiving responsibilities, employment, and the challenges of establishing stability in a new community. Participants report increased confidence, improved emotional well-being, and stronger connections to community resources and support systems.
$176,881 spent$211,397 earned by the program66% of program spendingEsperanza community center provides health access and community outreach services that connect individuals and families to essential healthcare resources. Through culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach, the organization delivers health education workshops, care navigation support, and referrals to local providers for primary care, mental health services, and preventive care. Esperanza also supports community health worker engagement and partners with local organizations to increase awareness of available services and reduce barriers to care. These efforts help community members better understand and access the health resources available to them while promoting overall well-being.
$76,135 spent$122,989 earned by the program29% of program spendingEsperanza community center offers education classes and workshops designed to promote personal growth, strengthen skills, and expand opportunities for individuals and families. Through culturally and linguistically appropriate instruction, the organization provides english as a second language (esl) classes, adult literacy support, and workshops on topics such as financial literacy and parenting. These programs are intentionally designed to be accessible, practical, and responsive to the community's needs. The program serves to equip individuals with knowledge and tools to navigate daily challenges, improving communication, and build greater long-term stability and self-sufficiency.
$14,120 spent$5,000 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $267,136.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $43k to $98k (+129%).
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: 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
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
Maricela Torres
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $75k → $75k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC’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
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
62% 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 ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 40% · 2021 33% · 2022 28% · 2023 54% — growing more concentrated.
“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 ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
76% of ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $43k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC has grown faster than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: 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 ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC?
- ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC (Florida) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,532 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($80,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $400,532 in grants to ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC?
- LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2020–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing