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PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC

PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,140 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$179k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$27k
Net assets
$192k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States Inc does

Mission

Educate and preserve portuguese language and culture as well as advance issues of importance in the portuguese american community. Provide scholarships to college students. Help to promote american civics like the importance of the census to americans of portuguese heritage.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The palcus scholarship program was established with the purpose of supporting portuguese-american students in the pursuit of their higher education goals. The merit-based scholarships are awarded to students of portuguese ancestry who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their academic careers and who show a commitment to completing an approved plan of study. Palcus gives out two scholarships in the graduate category and two in the undergraduate category to students from across the country.alexandre antnio da costa simoes memorial scholarship:in 2019 a new scholarship was established in memory of alexandre antonio da costa simoes, the infant son of palcus chair, angela costa simoes and her husband, who passed away unexpectedly. The scholarship was funded 100% by the generosity of palcus members, and members of the community who made donations in honor of alexandre's memory. This merit-based scholarship will be given to a student who is studying the portuguese language or cultureduque de bragana scholarship:in 2022 the new duque de bragana scholarship was established. This scholarship is made possible by the generous donation of christopher st. Victor-de pinho and is…

    $18,000 spent$2,705 earned by the program
    40% of program spending
  2. The heritage portugal program invites portuguese-americans between the ages of 18-35, for an immersion program in portugal. The immersion is in past, present and future elements: in portuguese culture and roots, the present status of the country, and its future development and opportunities. The impact of this program is a new and reinforced spirit of belonging, relationships, and energy coming out of the sense of our common heritage. Beyond this also will come new ideas, creativity, investment, connectivity, and opportunities for years and generations to come

    $25,714 spent$32,372 earned by the program
    58% of program spending
  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $873 spent$27,091 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $44,587.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($36k) Expenses 100 ($71k) Net assets 100 ($17k)2018 Revenue 576 ($206k) Expenses 233 ($166k) Net assets 331 ($58k)2019 Revenue 469 ($168k) Expenses 196 ($140k) Net assets 529 ($92k)2020 Revenue 314 ($112k) Expenses 149 ($106k) Net assets 566 ($99k)2021 Revenue 402 ($144k) Expenses 206 ($146k) Net assets 552 ($96k)2022 Revenue 254 ($91k) Expenses 189 ($134k) Net assets 302 ($53k)2023 Revenue 470 ($168k) Expenses 121 ($86k) Net assets 772 ($135k)2024 Revenue 501 ($179k) Expenses 207 ($147k) Net assets 1099 ($192k)
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Revenue (501)Expenses (207)Net assets (1099)Peer revenue range

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 $53k to $135k (+156%).

$17k
$62k
$92k
$99k
$96k
$53k
$135k
$192k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

81% of PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$35k
’17
$40k
’18
$28k
’19
$7k
’20
−$3k
’21
−$44k
’22
$82k
’23
$32k
’24
9.3
months of
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

Katherine Soares

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201820232024
Listed121211
Joined··+0
No longer listed··1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC’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

PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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 PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC.

55%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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 PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin18% · above the median
Months of reserve9.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

30% of spending goes to programs.

Program 30%Management 70%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

93%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

VA
DC

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Questions and answers

Who funds PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC?
PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,140 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $27,140 in grants to PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC.
Who is the largest funder of PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC?
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PORTUGUESE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC find more funders?
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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 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