Illinois · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS
INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS (Illinois) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,028,823 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ($6,604,203). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Institute for Latino Progress does
Mission
The Institute for Latino Progress provides services that contribute to the fullest development of latino immigrants and their families through education, training, and employment that fosters full participation in society while preserving cultural identity and dignity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instituto health sciences career academy, llc and instituto justice and leadership academies, llc are charter schools owned and operated by Institute for Latino Progress.
$9,723,657 spent$312,613 earned by the program58% of program spendingInstituto's career pathways program focuses on supporting low-income, limited-english proficient adults who need to develop skills, access or continue their education, to launch prosperous careers, attain employment, reach financial sustainability, and begin their journey to building wealth. The programs offered through career pathways help address the unique needs of the families we support by providing key supportive services such as career exploration and coaching, academic advising, intensive case managements services such as access to public benefits, financial education coaching, and job referral and placement services. The department also connects program participants with academic tutoring, childcare services, vocational skills trainings, such as computer classes, the basic nursing assistant training program, and other skill building trainings not offered in the organization, as well as rental, light, heat, and other programs that help them meet their most immediate needs.
$2,340,737 spent14% of program spendingInstitutos english, citizenship and adult education courses help students build the foundation to further their education. Adult classes are offered on a variety of schedules to accommodate students' needs and provide on-site child care while parents are in class. Students are placed in esl, citizenship or adult education courses specific to their skill level to prepare them to move on to contextualized career courses. The family literacy program initiative provides invaluable aid to institutos adult education students and their children, encompassing free schoolwork assistance, robust parental and resource support, engaging reading and science activities, and essential supplies. Families enrolled in this program gain access to exciting field trips, immersive library story times, and enticing raffles. It's a holistic approach that nurtures not only educational growth but also a sense of community and shared exploration.
$2,026,485 spent12% of program spendingThe mission of instituto college is to provide an enriched learningenvironment where students have the opportunity to earn practicalcredentials and degrees based on industry standards that enable them todevelop their skills, becoming lifelong learners, and contribute to theoverall vitality of their communities.
$1,106,476 spent7% of program spendingThe instituto citizenship department and immigration legal services office provides immigration eligibility screening, deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) renewals, and citizenship application processing for low income lawful permanent residents and all immigrants residing in illinois. We are proud to be the largest processor of citizenship applications in the state of illinois. Our legal aid programs educate and support latino communities by providing resources that promote equal access to justice. Our services include legal consultations, case review, and presentation for work permits, asylum applications, victims-based relief (u and t visas), family-based petitions and adjustments of status. We also provide credible fear and reasonable fear advisals for detained and non-detained individuals, immigration court proceedings advisals, foia requests with uscis, eoir, cbp, ice, as well as motions to reopen, motions to continue, voluntary departure, changes of venue and changes of addresses.
$1,542,538 spent9% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,739,893.
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 2017 to 2018, from $42M to $25M (−39%).
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: 2017 39% · 2018 25% · 2019 48% · 2020 42% · 2021 69% · 2022 91% · 2023 86% · 2024 82% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Karina Ayala-Bermejo
President and CEO
Board chair
Reina Goodman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $1.7M.
14 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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
INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
88% 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 INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 25% · 2019 30% · 2020 37% · 2021 43% · 2022 28% · 2023 37% — 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
43% of INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
75% of INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$1.2M
- Department of Health and Human Services$750k
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 INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% 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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy · disregarded
- Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS?
- INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS (Illinois) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,028,823 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ($6,604,203). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $21,028,823 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS?
- ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS is the largest funder on record, with $6,604,203 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 55 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