Kentucky · Nonprofit
ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC
ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $512,403 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR A HEALTHY KENTUCKY INC ($90,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $166k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $512k
- Net assets
- $431k
What Esperanza Latino Center of Northern Kentucky Inc does
Mission
To be the premier center in northern kentucky advocating and providing services for the hispanic/latino and multicultural community. Including, but not limited to, assistance with job applications, document interpretation, translation help, and math and science camps.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Bilingual assistance through esperanza's bilingual service - desk provides needed assistance with employment and housing applications, enrollment in federal programs (snap & medicaid), social security card and birth certificate applications, financial aid applications, document translation, and general interpretation needs.
$65,200 spent50% of program spendingEsperanza's connection to resources program provides the community with basic needed resources including diapers, food, and clothing.
$39,119 spent30% of program spendingThe educational success program (esp) consists of various sub-programs that aim to provide educational advancement opportunities to the latino community of northern kentucky. Sub-programs include: english classes, computer training, stem summer camps, and ged preparation.
$26,079 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,398.
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 2022 to 2023, from $227k to $399k (+75%).
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.
87% of ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Violeta Colman
Executive director
Board chair
Leonel Calderon
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $3k → $103k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY 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 LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
80% 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 LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 43% · 2021 49% · 2022 38% · 2023 73% — 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
75% of ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
59% of ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC'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 $211k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $302k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC?
- ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $512,403 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR A HEALTHY KENTUCKY INC ($90,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $512,403 in grants to ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR A HEALTHY KENTUCKY INC is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ESPERANZA LATINO CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 13 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