Tennessee · Nonprofit
LA PAZ DE DIOS INC
LA PAZ DE DIOS INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,770,833 to it, the largest being BENWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($668,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What La Paz de Dios Inc does
Mission
The mission of la paz is to empower and engage chattanooga's latino population through advocacy, education and inclusion.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Dsew - la paz provides educational support and wealth building opportunities for students, families, and small businesses as well as community building and engagement. English as a second language - la paz offered seven 10-week classes - 100 students participated computer literacy - la paz offered four 6-week classes - 49 students participated business cohort - 19 graduates college cohort - 15 granduates general education workshops (homeownership, taxes, etc) - la paz offered a variety of classes and workshops with over 183 community participants
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Family stabilization - we offer bilingual access and reduce/remove barriers through culturally appropriate support services including case management, social navigation, resources, and referrals. La paz received 49,931 calls to the call front desk intake and assistance in 2024.multicultural & bilingual case management systems navigation - 100 individuals served by our case managers monthlyresource & referral - healthcare access - $422,956 of medical debt relief approved for 61 familieslegal access - over 49 community screened for sijs (special immigrant juvenile status), 40 eligible participants 1-sijs/t-visa eligible and 2 students - sijs application approval noticeon-site choice food pantry - 277 snap applications, 267 families (including 479 children) 975 accessed our on-site food pantrypartner services - la paz increased our capacity by not only bringing in additional staff, but also partnering organizations to serve the community.chattanooga area food bankaccess to food - snapfamily and children's serviceshealth insurance access - 491 peoplechattanooga urban league - vitaaccess to free tax assistance - 50 peoplecempa community careaccess to healthcare - mobile health clinic -…
$566,356 spent$2,827 earned by the program56% of program spendingYhdp - youth homelessness demonstration project successfully provided transitional housing for 6 prople and housed 77 individuals/families (64 clients with children). Fifty-seven exited the program.
$232,732 spent23% of program spendingCommunity building - advocacy & placemaking - we are invested in chattanooga becoming and remaining a welcoming city for all people and we work for equitable access and opportunity for all. In 2024, we hosted advocacy events to include: know your rights and family preparedness clinics, reaching 115 people. La paz serves as a partner in the bridging communities coalition, planning quarterly events for nonprofit organizations serving latino/immigrant groups. We developed a latino advisory council and served as a voting site for both 2024 elections.career readiness & workforce developmentasset & wealth buildingstudent success & developmentearly childhood development & literacyhealth & wellnesscommunity outreachengagement and outreach - la paz reached over 1800 people through outreach events and activities, such as vaccination clinics and school choice fairs. We participated in over 30 partnering events. La paz hosted on-site engagement activities including children's dance classes and summer family art classes as well.civic engagementcommunity needs assessment - over 300 community members participated in our tu voz needs assessment survey, including two events with over 100+ people.
$143,033 spent$12,024 earned by the program14% of program spendingDsew - la paz provides educational support and wealth building opportunities for students, families, and small businesses as well as community building and engagement.english as a second language - la paz offered seven 10-week classes - 100 students participatedcomputer literacy - la paz offered four 6-week classes - 49 students participatedbusiness cohort - 19 graduatescollege cohort - 15 granduatesgeneral education workshops (homeownership, taxes, etc) - la paz offered a variety of classes and workshops with over 183 community participants
$76,113 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,018,234.
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 $1.8M to $2.8M (+50%).
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: 2020 32% · 2021 19% · 2022 34% · 2023 39% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of LA PAZ DE DIOS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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
Stacy Johnson
Executive director
Board chair
Josselyn A Neilson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $140k → $595k.
7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 LA PAZ DE DIOS 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
LA PAZ DE DIOS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
39% 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 LA PAZ DE DIOS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 48% · 2019 42% · 2020 30% · 2021 21% · 2022 43% · 2023 22% — 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
47% of LA PAZ DE DIOS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
84% of LA PAZ DE DIOS INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $817k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
LA PAZ DE DIOS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding LA PAZ DE DIOS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.1M
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 LA PAZ DE DIOS 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 LA PAZ DE DIOS 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 LA PAZ DE DIOS INC?
- LA PAZ DE DIOS INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,770,833 to it, the largest being BENWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($668,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LA PAZ DE DIOS INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $3,770,833 in grants to LA PAZ DE DIOS INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LA PAZ DE DIOS INC?
- BENWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $668,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LA PAZ DE DIOS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 29 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