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HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC

HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC (Florida) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,614,737 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ($1,320,604). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$2.3M
Funders on record
31
Grants received
$3.6M
Net assets
$5.3M
16/31 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Haitian Neighborhood Center Sant la Inc does

Mission

The haitian neighborhood center sant las mission is to empower, strenghten and uplift south floridas haitian community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. See Part III, Ln 4a statement * * * * * * * * * *** AGENCY STATS - 17,294 CLIENTS SERVED IN 2024-2025 *** EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE 1,524 job seekers increased their employability options with resume preparation, online applications, employability orientation, referrals to training programs and job placements. 320 clients participated in tech literacy training. 453 clients were assisted with re-employment benefits filing or issues correspondence. 758 unemployment claims were successfully processed. HEALTH & FOOD SECURITY 1,628 clients gained health insurance through Medicaid & Florida KidCare. 156 with health coverage through the Affordable Care Act. 1,587 families accessed Food Assistance. 2,934 clients benefited from meals distributed. FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES 936 clients increased their financial capabilities through free tax preparation, financial coaching, consumer credit reduction, resolution of identity theft, and home-buyer education. CORNERSTONE SERVICES 2,702 individuals were served through our cornerstone services, including information/ referral, care coordination, review of correspondence and naturalization/ passport and voter registration. 875 clients received assistance…

    $1,978,651 spentof which $11,214 as grants$42,595 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,978,651.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2018 Revenue 114 ($1.5M) Expenses 123 ($1.3M) Net assets 120 ($1.5M)2019 Revenue 97 ($1.3M) Expenses 137 ($1.4M) Net assets 110 ($1.4M)2020 Revenue 156 ($2.1M) Expenses 167 ($1.7M) Net assets 138 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 300 ($4.0M) Expenses 161 ($1.7M) Net assets 325 ($4.1M)2022 Revenue 210 ($2.8M) Expenses 211 ($2.2M) Net assets 371 ($4.7M)2023 Revenue 209 ($2.8M) Expenses 244 ($2.5M) Net assets 396 ($5.0M)2024 Revenue 184 ($2.5M) Expenses 229 ($2.4M) Net assets 408 ($5.1M)2025 Revenue 172 ($2.3M) Expenses 213 ($2.2M) Net assets 420 ($5.3M)
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Revenue (172)Expenses (213)Net assets (420)Peer revenue range

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 $2.0M to $4.1M (+111%).

$1.3M
$1.6M
$1.4M
$2.0M
$4.1M
$5.0M
$5.2M
$5.3M
$5.4M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 52% · 2018 49% · 2019 62% · 2020 49% · 2021 26% · 2022 49% · 2023 53% · 2024 67% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

91% of HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,814 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$302k
’17
$250k
’18
−$122k
’19
$354k
’20
$2.3M
’21
$620k
’22
$276k
’23
$87k
’24
$95k
’25
11
months of
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

Gepsie M Metellus

Executive director

Board chair

Herve Bony

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed151617161616141415
Joined·+3+3+3+0+3+0+0+1
No longer listed·22403200
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $174k → $469k.

8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. 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

HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

71% 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 HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC.

37%
largest funder
61%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 36% · 2019 52% · 2020 51% · 2021 42% · 2022 29% · 2023 36% — 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

31% of HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

56% of HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA 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 $1.6M that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Florida funders.

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CA
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · above the median
Months of reserve10.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA 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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 9%Fundraising 2%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Sant la LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC?
HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC (Florida) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,614,737 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ($1,320,604). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC have?
IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $3,614,737 in grants to HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC?
UNITED WAY MIAMI INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,320,604 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing