Esperanza United FY2020 filing

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Saint Paul, MN501(c)(3)Since 1982Human ServicesEIN 41-1414710Revenue $3.6M in FY2020

On file with the IRSesperanzaunited.org/en540 Fairview Ave N Ste 200, 55104-1753 · Saint Paul, MNTax-exempt since Apr 1982Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Esperanza united's mission is to mobilize latinas and latino communities to end domestic violence.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$400K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 16% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$400K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $121K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.0M
121% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 121% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.6M
Spent
$4.0M
To programs
73%
Net assets
−$176K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.6M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$12.2M
FY2022$5.1M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$10.1M
FY2025$14.4M
Expenses
$4.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$6.3M
FY2024$10.8M
FY2025$13.9M
Net assets
−$176K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$176K
FY2021$8.0M
FY2022$8.0M
FY2023$8.2M
FY2024$8.0M
FY2025$8.8M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1982.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $2.9M Management & general 23% · $915K Fundraising 4% · $148K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $400K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$136,548Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Training and Technical Asst.
$133,623Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Public Policy
$129,557Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Patricia Tototzintle’s $242K as Former CEO is at the 60th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Patricia Tototzintle$241,945$166,394$167,600$164,489$136,548$136,548
Annika Gifford$169,641$175,207$161,208———
Vivian Huelgo$172,795$164,185————
Paula Gomez Stordy$149,143$144,316$142,041—$133,623$133,623
Rosie Hidalgo————$129,557$129,557
Olivia Garcia Hoppe—$118,703————
Danielle Garcia$103,000—————
Jenny Lee——$82,131$99,459——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Mobilizes Latinas and Latinos to end domestic violence.

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3 programs · $2.9M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

National initiatives -casa de esperanza also is home to the national latin@ network for healthy families and communities, which provides training and technical assistance across the country; leads public policy initiatives; and conducts community-based participatory research on the intersections of domestic violence and latin@ identity.

$1.5Mprogram expense
02

Family advocacy -family advocacy offers direct support for latin@s and their families who are living in domestic violence in the twin cities metro area and are at risk of experiencing homelessness.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Community Engagement

Our community engagement work area focuses on developing the leadership skills and community capacity of latin@s to end gender-based violence, primarily through our fuerza unida amig@s initiative which trains and supports 75 to 80 latin@ youth and adults each year to become first-responders and change agents who can help shift the…

$385Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$121K
Grants paid · 68 grants · $10.3M · 2019–2024
Core El Centro IncorporatedWI · FY2024$343,043
Individual RecipientFY2024$311,991
Unitemized GrantFY2024$301,484
Casa FortalezaNM · FY2024$282,177
Trinity Healing Center INCNY · FY2024$279,680
Nuevo Sendero INCFL · FY2024$256,676
Patis LibelulasIA · FY2024$253,170
Violence Intervention ProgramNY · FY2024$225,413
Ohio Hispanic CoalitionOH · FY2024$187,740
Chicanos Por La Causa INC CplcAZ · FY2024$178,364
Sepa Mujer INCNY · FY2024$178,168
La Casa INCNM · FY2024$175,688
Voces Latinas CorporationNY · FY2024$171,697
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$101K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$4.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.9M
Managementcol C$915K
Fundraisingcol D$148K
Owns and owesPt X
−$176K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$198K
Total assetsLn 16$826K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$101K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Other incomeLn 4–11$61
Total revenueLn 12$3.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$89K
SavingsLn 2$108K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$198K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$130K
Total assetsLn 16$826K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M
Net assetsLn 32−$176K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 581
VolunteersI 644
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$145K$198K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$80K$130K
Total assetsLn 16$830K$826K
LiabilitiesLn 26$618K$1.0M
Net assetsLn 32$213K−$176K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$131K$131K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$415K$240K$149K$25K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.2M$1.7M$482K$60K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$41K$36K$4K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$270K$233K$26K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$194K$141K$46K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$122K$59K$38K$24K
Office expensesLn 13$96K$57K$36K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$82K$57K$23K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$143K$78K$52K$13K
TravelLn 17$92K$90K$2K$51
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$22K$12K$9K$896
InterestLn 20$16K$16K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K$3K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$87K$85K$1K$65
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$323$1K$637
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.0M$2.9M$915K$148K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $14.4M$13.9M$481K$8.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.1M$10.8M−$685K$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.1M$6.3M−$137K$8.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.1M$4.6M$559K$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $12.2M$4.0M$8.2M$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.6M$4.0M−$389K−$176K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $3,572,287 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,714,239$3,465,274
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $109,794$100,814
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$6,138
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,316$61
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,825,349$3,572,287
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $72,695$131,454
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,117,086$3,137,822
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $898,714$692,148
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,088,495$3,961,424
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$263,146−$389,137
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,572,287 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $61 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$123,439
VIII-1e Government grants$2,626,658
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$715,177
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,465,274
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $100,814$100,814
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,138$6,138
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $100,814 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,199$3,572,287
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,961,424 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $131,454$131,454
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $240,440 · Management $149,239 · Fundraising $24,873$414,552
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,675,056 · Management $482,475 · Fundraising $60,077$2,217,608
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $35,877 · Management $3,883 · Fundraising $1,563$41,323
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $233,155 · Management $26,371 · Fundraising $10,906$270,432
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $141,365 · Management $46,331 · Fundraising $6,211$193,907
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,909$1,909
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $13,375$13,375
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $58,707 · Management $38,393 · Fundraising $24,500$121,600
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $56,840 · Management $35,690 · Fundraising $3,207$95,737
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $56,874 · Management $23,446 · Fundraising $1,266$81,586
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $78,000 · Management $52,050 · Fundraising $13,300$143,350
IX-17 TravelPrograms $90,147 · Management $1,942 · Fundraising $51$92,140
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,286 · Management $8,556 · Fundraising $896$21,738
IX-20 InterestManagement $16,278$16,278
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,887 · Management $7,189$10,076
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $5,226$5,226
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $85,264 · Management $1,377 · Fundraising $65$86,706
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $323 · Management $1,467 · Fundraising $637$2,427
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,898,675 · Management $915,197 · Fundraising $147,552$3,961,424
Part X · Balance sheet $825,561 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $142,557$89,489
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,831$108,484
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $25,000$100,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $487,800$305,403
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $91,953$91,746
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $80,108$130,439
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $830,249$825,561
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $380,886$301,628
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $617,531$1,001,980
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $70,348−$474,392
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $142,370$297,973
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $212,718−$176,419
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $830,249$825,561
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$176,419 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,572,287
XI-2 Total expenses$3,961,424
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$389,137
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$212,718
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$176,419

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