Illinois · Nonprofit
LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST
LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,643,521 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ($1,640,021). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $974k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $343k
What Latino Organization of the Southwest does
Mission
To create an awareness of the social, political, economic, and cultural reality that will enable latinos to develop critical thinking and knowledge for further growth as individuals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization addresses changing economic, educational, social and political issues in the latino community through various programs including obtaining citizenship, qualifying for public benefits, and energy assistance. They also help at-risk juveniles through tutoring, mentoring and community service.
$824,914 spent$154,061 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $824,914.
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 $241k to $695k (+188%).
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: 2021 94% · 2022 90% · 2023 39% · 2024 90% · 2025 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Hector Rico
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $132k → $264k.
From the IRS filings of LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST’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 ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST has grown faster than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$500k
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 LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST
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
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 LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST: 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 ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST?
- LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,643,521 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ($1,640,021). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,643,521 in grants to LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST?
- ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS is the largest funder on record, with $1,640,021 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LATINO ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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