California · Nonprofit
SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC
SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,619,688 to it, the largest being CRANKSTART FOUNDATION ($12,357,500). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $43M
- Net assets
- $42M
What Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc does
Mission
The unity council's mission is to promote social equity and enhance quality of life by creating vibrant communities where everyone can work, learn and thrive. The unity coucil's programs combat barrier and empower community members with the tools, knowledge, and resources needed to achieve self-sufficiency and advance toward their long-term educational, career, housing and financial goals. The unity concil offers a comprehensive range of programs and services designed to support individuals and families across all stages of life, fostering empowerment and community growth through a continuum of services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Children & Family Services Department served approximately 985 children and their families at 8 child development centers, 3 childcare partners and 2 home-based programs located in Oakland and Contra Costa during the fiscal year. The program is funded by the following federal and state grants: Head Start, Early Head Start, CSPP, and CCTR. We are funded to serve approximately 910 children and their families. The program primarily supports low-income families, 85% of whom are at or below the federal poverty income guidelines. Comprehensive services include health, nutrition, disabilities, family services, and parent engagement.
$24,577,267 spent$24,577,267 earned by the program68% of program spendingThe community programs department is dedicated to supporting youth, adults, and seniors in achieving and maintaining stable economic, career, health, and housing outcomes. During the fiscal year, the department served 6,717 clients through a wide range of holistic, culturally responsive services. Key program areas included: 1) youth achievement and wellness programs for middle and high school students; 2) employment and financial coaching resources for adults and youth; 3) small business assistance; 4) food distribution; 5) senior wellness programming; 6) housing access services; and 7) resident services offered in affordable housing communities. Services were offered in English, Spanish, and Mam. Achievements include the direct distribution of $174,000 in stipends to support economic stability for program participants, as well as the provision of 34,234 emergency-prepared meals to unhoused individuals and residents wit access to cooking facilities, addressing immediate food insecurity and basic nutritional needs. Additionally, the department also successfully launched resident services at the newly opened Casa Sueos affordable housing development, serving as the lead service…
$10,081,967 spentof which $1,707,306 as grants$17,442,810 earned by the program28% of program spendingThe real estate development department advanced its mission to construct and preserve affordable housing in Oakland through strong collaboration with financial and public partners and experienced consultants. Major recent milestones included the completion of Juntos Fruitvale, a renovation project transforming a landmark property at 3357 International Boulevard into a three-story, 20,000-square-foot cultural arts center offering affordable workspace, small business support, and community event space. The department also celebrated the completion of Casa Sueos, a 181-unit affordable housing development co-developed with BRIDGE Housing, featuring 46 supportive housing units and 75 apartments subsidized by the Oakland Housing Authority's Project-Based Section 8 program. Casa Sueos now houses CURYJ (Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice) and brought together Unity Council departments such as Housing Access and Head Start, providing direct application assistance to 40 families. Additionally, construction began on the East 12th Street project, a 91-unit affordable housing development near Lake Merritt, with 23 units reserved for formerly homeless households. This project is…
$1,587,820 spent$2,157,830 earned by the program4% of program spendingThe dollar amounts reported on line 4a reflect the sum of all programs.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,247,054.
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 2019 to 2020, from $33M to $53M (+58%).
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: 2017 60% · 2018 67% · 2019 39% · 2020 58% · 2021 50% · 2022 56% · 2023 75% · 2024 63% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Christopher Iglesias
CEO
Board chair
Jose Corona
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $5.2M.
15 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Fruitvale Development Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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
SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
49% 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 SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 60% · 2019 62% · 2020 36% · 2021 33% · 2022 42% · 2023 58% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $110.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$109.7M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$500k
- Environmental Protection Agency$451k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC
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
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 20 related entities
- 2000 36th Avenue Oakland LLC · disregarded
- Posada de Colores LLC · disregarded
- Unity Council Transit Village Ii-A LLC · disregarded
- 3073 International LLC · disregarded
- 36th Ave Apartments LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC?
- SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,619,688 to it, the largest being CRANKSTART FOUNDATION ($12,357,500). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $42,619,688 in grants to SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC?
- CRANKSTART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,357,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 76 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