California · Nonprofit
LATINOS IN TRANSIT
LATINOS IN TRANSIT (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,440 to it, the largest being STACY AND WITBECK FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $275k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $231k
What Latinos in Transit does
Mission
Lit is a nonprofit organization committed to empowering professionals in the public transportation industry to achieve leadership roles by advancing opportunities for workforce development, mentorship, networking, and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lit is a nonprofit organization committed to empowering professionals in the transit industry to achieve leadership roles by advancing opportunities for workforce development, mentorship, networking and education.to fulfill this mission, lit develops and delivers workforce and leadership development programs that strengthen the transit industry through professional education, mentorship, networking, scholarships, conferences, leadership academies, webinars, and workforce initiatives. These programs help professionals at every stage of their careers develop the knowledge, skills, and relationships needed to advance into leadership positions while supporting a strong, innovative, and sustainable public transportation workforce.lit's vision is to foster a strong pipeline of skilled, multidisciplinary professionals who support the evolution and innovation of the transit industry. This work is guided by the organization's core values of leading workforce development, leading with integrity, facilitating industry collaboration, leveraging experience through mentorship, empowering professionals at all career levels, supporting education through scholarships, and serving the public…
$162,464 spentof which $10,000 as grants$6,980 earned by the program80% of program spendingLeadership summit & professional networking eventslit's leadership summit and conference networking events are designed to connect industry leaders with emerging professionals while fostering collaboration, mentorship, and professional growth throughout the public transportation industry.these events bring together transit agencies, private sector partners, suppliers, consultants, educators, and professionals from across north america to exchange ideas, build relationships, and develop partnerships that strengthen the industry. Networking opportunities are intentionally integrated throughout the conference to facilitate mentorship, encourage knowledge sharing, promote career advancement, and connect participants with experienced leaders and industry decision-makers.in addition to networking, the leadership summit includes educational workshops, leadership development sessions, technical tours, panel discussions, and keynote presentations that provide participants with practical knowledge and professional development opportunities. Together, these activities support lit's mission by preparing current and future leaders to meet the evolving needs of the public transportation…
$40,722 spent20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $203,186.
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 2024 to 2025, from $464k to $238k (−49%).
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.
142% of LATINOS IN TRANSIT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Christina E Villarreal
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $3k.
From the IRS filings of LATINOS IN TRANSIT’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
LATINOS IN TRANSIT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 LATINOS IN TRANSIT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
LATINOS IN TRANSIT draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 states in all.
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
LATINOS IN TRANSIT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LATINOS IN TRANSIT
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
40% 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 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LATINOS IN TRANSIT: 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 LATINOS IN TRANSIT?
- LATINOS IN TRANSIT (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,440 to it, the largest being STACY AND WITBECK FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LATINOS IN TRANSIT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $23,440 in grants to LATINOS IN TRANSIT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LATINOS IN TRANSIT?
- STACY AND WITBECK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LATINOS IN TRANSIT 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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