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PUBLICA ESPACIO INC

PUBLICA ESPACIO INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,996 to it, the largest being FUNDACION PUERTORRIQUEA DE LAS HUMANIDADES INC ($31,996). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$308k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$32k
Net assets
$10k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Publica Espacio Inc does

Mission

Provide human, economic and infrastructural resources to diverse communities, including access to multi-purpose spaces for the develpoment, creation and exhibition of socio-cultural projects.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Escritura Publica - Conducted four creative writing workshop series in San Juan and Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Engaging 9 artists and serving 60 participants. Each series concluded with a public reading attended by up to 40 community members. Created 9 paid positions.

    $22,418 spent$24,698 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  2. Encuentro LEE - Organized a literary convening offering writing workshops, keynote talks, industry roundtables, and a book fair. Served over 1,175 participants and engaged more than 40 artists and professionals. Created 40+ paid positions.

    $192,514 spent$162,250 earned by the program
    60% of program spending
  3. Produced a free public event featuring a book presentation and dramatic reading by 4 Puerto Rican actors. Served more than 50 attendees and created 4 paid positions.

    $6,496 spent$10,594 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  4. Latin Theather - Development of emerging actors, as well as to the creation, production, and presentation of artistic and cultural events. Promotes professional growth, expands opportunities for new talent, and fosters access to high-quality cultural experiences for diverse communities.

    $71,250 spent$75,000 earned by the program
    22% of program spending
  5. The play La Nariz, based on Nikolai Gogol's work, was staged in Puerto Rico in November 2024 at the Teatro Francisco Arriví. Directed by Joaquín Octavio, this Caribbean adaptation blended physical comedy, film, animation, and mask work to deliver a satirical and surreal take on Puerto Rican reality. The production ran from November 1-3, 2024, at the Francisco Arriví Theater in Santurce, and was produced in collaboration with El Absurdo, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP), and other cultural organizations. This project impacted over 20 members of the theater community in Puerto Rico.

    $30,385 spent$30,385 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $323,063.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($191k) Expenses 100 ($163k) Net assets 100 ($26k)2024 Revenue 161 ($308k) Expenses 198 ($323k) Net assets 39 ($10k)
20232024
Revenue (161)Expenses (198)Net assets (39)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 2023 to 2024, from $26k to $15k (−40%).

$26k
$15k
20232024
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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of PUBLICA ESPACIO INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$28k
’23
−$16k
’24
0.6
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of PUBLICA ESPACIO 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PUBLICA ESPACIO INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · below the median
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)61% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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In Puerto Rico

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds PUBLICA ESPACIO INC?
PUBLICA ESPACIO INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,996 to it, the largest being FUNDACION PUERTORRIQUEA DE LAS HUMANIDADES INC ($31,996). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PUBLICA ESPACIO INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $31,996 in grants to PUBLICA ESPACIO INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PUBLICA ESPACIO INC?
FUNDACION PUERTORRIQUEA DE LAS HUMANIDADES INC is the largest funder on record, with $31,996 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PUBLICA ESPACIO INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Puerto Rico. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 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