California · Nonprofit
Latinos United for a New America
Latinos United for a New America (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,322,372 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($825,974). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $488k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Latinos United for a New America does
Mission
The mission of Latinos United for a New America (luna) is to unify the latino community with the goal of significantly improving the quality of life of our families and the future of our children through advocacy and civic participation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
- Community Violence Prevention program - see description below for Part III, Line 4D. - California Community Schools Partnerships Program (CCSPP) - see description on Part III, Line 4B.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The organization did not have any expenditures related to the American Rescue Plan Act or Elevate Youth programs during the year.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Chapters: Luna is currently working in four neighborhoods on the east side and one on the west side of San Jose. Notably, in this past year, LUNA has begun working on a violence prevention campaign with the Santa Clara County Department of Health in the Cadillac/Winchester neighborhood. LUNA's organizers have established the goal of neighborhood development and creating spaces/campaigns for cross-neighborhood collaboration on issues they share. This includes the housing support system, air quality campaign, and immigration, which will allow community leaders in all our neighborhoods to connect, share ideas and strategies, and build capacity to support each other with the problems that are occurring in their communities. Our central mission remains to empower those in the most vulnerable neighborhoods to be able to act effectively on their behalf. Leadership and organizing expertise can be applied to addressing any challenge a neighborhood faces.
$144,690 spentof which $500 as grants21% of program spendingCCSPP: the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) is a grant program in collaboration with Sunrise Middle School and it is focus on two separate projects. The first one is creating a mental health awareness campaign that could help fight the stigma that mental health has. The second is know your rights and Family Plans for Undocumented Immigrants. This project was to help create family plans for undocumented immigrants to have in place in case they were arrested.
$139,076 spent$6,448 earned by the program20% of program spendingAir Quality: the Air Quality campaign, aims to enhance environmental awareness and foster active participation in local environmental initiatives across several East Side neighborhoods. This cohort of 5 members and 2 organizers participated in Canopy's Canopy Certified Community Forestry School, a ten-week program involving 10 online classes, University of California online coursework, 4 in-person fieldwork days, and 15 hours of hands-on community service applying skills learned during the coursework. All 5 community leaders and both organizers completed the program, receiving UC Climate Stewards and Canopy Certified Community Forester certificates. Additionally, this campaign has actively participated in Tree Planting's hosted by Our City Forest throughout the year. Notably, since November of 2025, this group has participated in 6 community tree plantings, planting 10 trees in parks and park strips across San Jose and 2 in East Palo Alto.
$116,634 spent17% of program spendingHousing Support System - Total Expenses: $102,491; Grants: $0; Revenue: $0 The housing support system was established to achieve a multi-platform and interconnected support system led by community leaders from different neighborhoods in East San Jose to build awareness and skills for housing justice. To date, this project has been completed with two cohorts totaling 25 participating community leaders. Next year, the program will shift from organizers developing leaders to leaders mentoring new participants. This will allow program graduates to continue building their leadership skills by mentoring others in their communities. We see this as a logical and critical next step in our focus to develop community leaders in our base. Community Violence Prevention - Total Expenses: $101,639; Grants: $0; Revenue: $0 LUNA partnered with the Santa Clara County Health Department to bring a violence prevention campaign called We All Play A Role (WAPAR) in the Cadillac/Winchester neighborhood. This project is still developing. Notable achievements include identifying key community leaders, connecting with Teatro Vision, a non-profit focused on bringing performance arts to low-income…
$285,936 spent42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $686,336.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $609k to $1.6M (+155%).
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 100% · 2022 19% · 2023 27% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Latinos United for a New America’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $25k → $580k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 Latinos United for a New America’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 United for a New America leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 United for a New America.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 42% · 2019 57% · 2020 45% · 2021 34% · 2022 49% · 2023 34% — 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
44% of Latinos United for a New America's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
67% of Latinos United for a New America's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $765k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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
Latinos United for a New America has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Latinos United for a New America
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 Latinos United for a New America: 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 United for a New America?
- Latinos United for a New America (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,322,372 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($825,974). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Latinos United for a New America have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,322,372 in grants to Latinos United for a New America, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Latinos United for a New America?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $825,974 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Latinos United for a New America 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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