Illinois · Nonprofit
MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER (Illinois) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,582,817 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ($3,354,265). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Mano a Mano Family Resource Center does
Mission
The mission of mano a mano is to empower immigrants and their families living in lake county, illinois to become full participants in american life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy families program connects immigrant families with community health education programming, resources to gain access to health services and public benefits, and activities to lead a healthier lifestyle and to promote more active and sustainable communities. Mano a mano served individuals through health education, health and benefits case management, the community garden, and other physical fitness activities.
$2,321,886 spent61% of program spendingProductive parents program provides parents with the tools, resources, and support to build their language, academic, and professional skills in order to achieve more in the workplace and in higher education in order to self-empower and provide a better quality of life for their families. Mano a mano served individuals through english as a second language classes, computer literacy classes, ged classes, healthy relationship classes, and accompanying childcare assistance for students who are parents.
$302,855 spent8% of program spendingEngaged citizens program offers community members access to immigration legal services, educational resources, and leadership development activities to become active and engaged citizens and leaders in our community. Mano a mano served individuals through immigration legal services, citizenship education classes, and leadership development activities.
$809,580 spent21% of program spendingProgram service expenses 120,253, grants and allocations 0, revenue 0 successful children for building te basic skills, 3-5 years olds need to start kindergarten and providing practical and social support needed to build parents confidence and skills needed to be their childs first teacher. Program service expenses 243,506, grants and allocations 0, revenue 0 democracy in action focused on engaging and elevating the voices of the traditionally underrepresented communities in civic duty across the county through education, community building, and leadership.
$363,759 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,798,080.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $2.1M to $4.7M (+127%).
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: 2018 78% · 2019 80% · 2020 61% · 2021 88% · 2022 84% · 2023 76% · 2024 44% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Dulce Ortiz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $423k → $1.8M.
8 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
62% 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 MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 38% · 2019 47% · 2020 32% · 2021 30% · 2022 29% · 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
58% of MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% 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
91% of MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M 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
MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: 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 MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER?
- MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER (Illinois) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,582,817 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ($3,354,265). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $12,582,817 in grants to MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER?
- ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS is the largest funder on record, with $3,354,265 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 38 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