California · Nonprofit
LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE
LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,303,643 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ($422,209). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $508k
What Latino Media Collaborative does
Mission
Latino Media Collaborative's mission is to leverage the power of Latino and community news media to impact policy, change narratives, and promote civic engagement, while also supporting advancement of the sector through capacity building, research, and advocacy. The Organization envisions a future where Latino media thrives across the Southwest, challenges the dominant narrative using a Letino lens, and provides high quality, culturally responsive content that promotes civic engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
NEWS CONTENT DEVELOPMENT:This year, CAL refined its editorial strategy, expanded its newsroom across the Southwest, and forged new partnerships to amplify Latino voices. Our coverage remained rooted in the lived experiences of our reporters, earning trust and engagement, peaking at over 200,000 pageviews in July. We prioritized community-centered stories that inspire civic action, highlight culturally nuanced solutions, and showcase underrepresented triumphs. This approach resonated deeply, fueling rapid growth: Instagram followers surged to 27,000 (a tenfold increase), TikTok reached 18,200, and Facebook grew to 6,200. Our email subscriber base now exceeds 42,000. By blending compelling visuals with actionable insights, weve strengthened our role as a vital platform for Latino communities in a crowded media landscape.
$717,132 spent45% of program spendingADVOCACY AND RESEARCH:The Latino Media Collaborative (LMC) expanded its advocacy and research efforts, conducting in-depth analyses of Latino media across the Southwest. Our work maps the sectors current state, identifies emerging trends, and highlights critical challenges and opportunities. These insights inform LMCs programs and provide funders, policymakers, and media outlets with data-driven strategies to ensure long-term sustainability for Latino and community media. By bridging gaps in representation and resources, we empower stakeholders to make informed decisions that strengthen the ecosystem for Latino-led journalism and storytelling.
$398,895 spent25% of program spendingTRAINING & CAPACITY BUILDING:To foster a more cohesive network, LMC revamped its programming, introducing monthly network calls and six capacity-building training sessions, branded Voces Fuertes: Latino Media Empowerment Lab. Topics included legal protections, audience engagement, and strategic partnerships, equipping members with actionable tools. The goal of Voces Fuertes is to empower small to mid-sized Latino-serving newsrooms to build resilience through digital engagement, funding diversification, and organizational effectiveness. Over the year, 96 attendees joined our network calls, and 56 participated in the training series. These refined efforts enhanced transparency for funders and ensure our collaborations deliver measurable impact.
$350,522 spent22% of program spendingOutreach and education campaignsLatino Media Collaborative develops high-impact media and outreach campaigns in partnership with the latino media sector to advance an informed and highly engaged latino community and to increase public and political will for policies that promote diversity, inclusion, and racial equity with a major focus last year on the stop the hate initiative. We work with several partners within our network of over 25 print, digital, and broadcast latino media outlets - including a combination of smaller, hyperlocal outlets, as well as statewide and national partners. Our smaller, ethic media outlets include la nueva voz and hispanic la, llc (greater los angeles), el popular and vida en el valle (central valley), el latino (san diego), vida newspaper (ventura county), el informador del valle (coachella / inland empire), and el tmpano and alianza news (san francisco bay area), among others. Our statewide and national partners include the radio bilingue, spanish broadcasting system, nbc/telemundo, and univision. These partners have strength in original content creation in english and / or spanish across multiple platforms, including digital and traditional media…
$116,729 spent$182,678 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,583,278.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $533k to $1.4M (+162%).
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: 2023 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Benjamin Torres
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $69k → $400k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE’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
LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE 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
51% 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 LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 82% · 2022 32% · 2023 35% — 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.
Where its funders are
93% of LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $404k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE has grown faster than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE: 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 LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE?
- LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,303,643 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ($422,209). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,303,643 in grants to LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE?
- CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $422,209 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LATINO MEDIA COLLABORATIVE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing