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United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc

United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,319,967 to it, the largest being FORD PHILANTHROPY ($796,831). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.6M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$908k
10/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc does

Mission

USHLI is a National Not-For-Profit organization dedicated to promoting Latino educational attainment, leadership development, civic engagement, and non-partisan voter registration

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual Leadership Conference providing programs in Education and Leadership for Hispanic and Other Minority Students

    $745,890 spentof which $77,500 as grants$548,349 earned by the program
    75% of program spending
  2. Student Leadership Series Programs

    $211,443 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Other Leadership and Education Programs for Hispanic and Other Minority Students

    $33,828 spent
    3% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $991,161.

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 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($683k)2018 Revenue 121 ($1.6M) Expenses 114 ($1.7M) Net assets 86 ($587k)2019 Revenue 102 ($1.4M) Expenses 89 ($1.3M) Net assets 90 ($616k)2020 Revenue 111 ($1.5M) Expenses 84 ($1.3M) Net assets 120 ($819k)2021 Revenue 61 ($810k) Expenses 46 ($682k) Net assets 139 ($948k)2022 Revenue 45 ($592k) Expenses 42 ($623k) Net assets 134 ($916k)2023 Revenue 76 ($1.0M) Expenses 88 ($1.3M) Net assets 91 ($622k)2024 Revenue 101 ($1.3M) Expenses 94 ($1.4M) Net assets 80 ($549k)2025 Revenue 118 ($1.6M) Expenses 81 ($1.2M) Net assets 133 ($908k)
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Revenue (118)Expenses (81)Net assets (133)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 $1.0M to $725k (−31%).

$808k
$794k
$746k
$940k
$1.0M
$1.0M
$725k
$822k
$989k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 29% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

50% of United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,024 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$168k
’17
−$96k
’18
$29k
’19
$203k
’20
$128k
’21
−$32k
’22
−$294k
’23
−$71k
’24
$359k
’25
5.0
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

R Louie Gonzalez

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed101111131413996
Joined·+1+0+4+2+1+1+2+0
No longer listed·00212523
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $268k → $121k.

3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 United States Hispanic Leadership Institute 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

United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

34% 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 United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc.

60%
largest funder
80%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 41% · 2019 89% · 2020 38% · 2021 85% · 2022 63% · 2023 41% — 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

40% of United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 7 states in all.

IL
MI
NJ
CA
NE
VA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 431 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 431 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.

Federal$25k
grants $0contracts $25k
Top agencies
  • Department of Defense$25k

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.

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In Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 8%Fundraising 10%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

60%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc: 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 United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc?
United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,319,967 to it, the largest being FORD PHILANTHROPY ($796,831). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,319,967 in grants to United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc?
FORD PHILANTHROPY is the largest funder on record, with $796,831 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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