California · Nonprofit
INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA
INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,298,626 to it, the largest being TIDES CENTER ($601,890). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California does
Mission
strengthening the leadership and workforce skills of Day Laborers and Domestic Workers. through 5 Day Labor Centers, Workers Health Program & Mujeres en Accion using Education & outreach empowerment tools
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Day labor program : resource centers in wilmington, hollywood, cypress park, fashion district downtown la, and van nuys, serving as workforce and leadership development hubs for day laborers household workers & their families under contract with the city of los angeles. Annually, about 2 ,000 registered members are registered and connected to thousands of short and long term employment opportunities. Workers also receive access to training as well as opportunities onsite including referrals for housing immigration support, health services and wage claim support.
$988,446 spentof which $988,446 as grants56% of program spendingWorkers health program: houses worker health & safety committees with la county dept. Of public health. Provides access to health services directly at worker centers , main office and referrals. Leads creation and distro of general health & occupational health information. Includes climate accelerated disaster prep and recovery training, outreach, education, ppe distribution & advocacy. Serves thousands of workers annually as trusted messenger. During the fiscal year services include free vaccines, hiv testing
$466,589 spentof which $466,589 as grants26% of program spendingMujeres en accion is our household worker education, outreach and leadership development program focusing on civic engagement and rights education. Program includes virtual and in person trainings in the area of occupational health & safety and other worker rights.
$314,550 spentof which $314,550 as grants18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,769,585.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $3.0M (+71%).
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: 2018 61% · 2019 38% · 2020 41% · 2021 37% · 2022 59% · 2023 36% · 2024 67% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (71% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Maegan E Ortiz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $108k → $1.1M.
6 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA’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
INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 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 INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 40% · 2019 24% · 2020 29% · 2021 44% · 2022 49% · 2023 39% — 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
33% of INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
65% of INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 390 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 390 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA: 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 INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA?
- INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,298,626 to it, the largest being TIDES CENTER ($601,890). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $4,298,626 in grants to INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA?
- TIDES CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $601,890 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 26 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