El Centro De Las Americas

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Lincoln, NE501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 47-0658284Revenue $628K in FY2025

On file with the IRSelcentrodelasamericas.org210 O St, 68508-2322 · Lincoln, NETax-exempt since Aug 1983Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide services in the areas of education, family support, strengthening of youth, health, domestic violence, and general support for clients.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$124K 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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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $21K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$124K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 94% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $169K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$100K
33% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 33% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$628K
-27% vs prior year
Spent
$857K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$202K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$628K
FY2025▼ -27%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$541K
FY2021$826K
FY2022$692K
FY2024$859K
FY2025$628K
Expenses
$857K
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$551K
FY2021$610K
FY2022$620K
FY2024$803K
FY2025$857K
Net assets
$202K
FY2025▼ -53%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$150K
FY2021$366K
FY2022$438K
FY2024$431K
FY2025$202K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1983.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $769K Management & general 10% · $81K Fundraising 1% · $6K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $124K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$123,800Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Romeo J Guerra’s $124K as Executive Director is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022FY2021
Romeo J Guerra$123,800$116,314$79,192$76,502

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers education, family support, youth programs, health services, and help for domestic violence victims.

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3 programs · $685K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

To reduce barriers to better health for latinos and hispanics, to promote understanding of chronic disease, to hold cultural center events to promote health education and chronic disease prevention, to provide health screenings, to promote quarterly events by providing presentations at culturally appropriate sites and to provide…

$376Kprogram expense
02

To provide a youth leadership development program that supports and guides youth through their rites of passage process while focusing on the prevention of substance abuse, teen pregnancy, relationship violence, gang violence and school failure.

$210Kprogram expense
03

To increase the academic acheivement of latino youth by encouraging them to graduate from high school, increase rate of graduation and ged completion among latino youth which promotes enrollment of latinos in post-secondary educational institutions and foster behaviors which discourage involvement in the juvenile justice system.

$99Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $32K · 2019–2024
Individual RecipientFY2024$268
Unitemized GrantFY2019$31,501

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$628K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$609K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$857K
Ln 25
Programscol B$769K
Managementcol C$81K
Fundraisingcol D$6K
Owns and owesPt X
$202K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$137K
Total assetsLn 16$303K
LiabilitiesLn 26$100K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$609K
Government grantsLn 1e$386K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$42K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Total revenueLn 12$628K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$137K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$137K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Total assetsLn 16$303K
LiabilitiesLn 26$100K
Net assetsLn 32$202K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$306K$137K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$507K$303K
LiabilitiesLn 26$76K$100K
Net assetsLn 32$431K$202K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$634K$577K$53K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$5K$388$93
Payroll taxesLn 10$48K$44K$3K$833
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$60K$60K
Office expensesLn 13$14K$7K$6K$976
OccupancyLn 16$33K$29K$4K$364
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$3K$445
InsuranceLn 23$11K$9K$1K$128
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$29K$27K$2K$20
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$7K$2K$195
Total functional expensesLn 25$857K$769K$81K$6K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $628K$857K−$228K$202K 990 PDF
FY2024 $859K$803K$57K$431K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022 $692K$620K$72K$438K 990 PDF
FY2021 $826K$610K$216K$366K 990 PDF
FY2020 $541K$551K−$10K$150K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $628,344 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $839,115$608,691
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,770$2,311
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,955$6,225
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,638$11,117
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $859,478$628,344
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $673,168$687,675
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $129,511$169,039
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $802,679$856,714
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $56,799−$228,370
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $628,344 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$31,923
VIII-1c Fundraising events$42,321
VIII-1e Government grants$386,142
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$148,305
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$608,691
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,311$2,311
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $6,225$6,225
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $6,468$6,468
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $3,825$3,825
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $824$824
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $15,828 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,825$628,344
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $856,714 across 11 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $577,402 · Management $53,092 · Fundraising $3,733$634,227
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,838 · Management $388 · Fundraising $93$5,319
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $43,817 · Management $3,479 · Fundraising $833$48,129
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,714$9,714
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $60,239$60,239
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,023 · Management $5,726 · Fundraising $976$13,725
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $28,612 · Management $3,776 · Fundraising $364$32,752
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,300 · Management $445$3,745
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,452 · Management $1,148 · Fundraising $128$10,728
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $27,073 · Management $1,813 · Fundraising $20$28,906
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,165 · Management $1,870 · Fundraising $195$9,230
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $768,921 · Management $81,451 · Fundraising $6,342$856,714
Part X · Balance sheet $302,820 assets, 13 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $306,260$136,958
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $24,300$24,300
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $134,229$129,348
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,112$4,003
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,956$8,211
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $506,602$302,820
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,894$9,664
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $72,007$90,825
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $75,901$100,489
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $309,743$178,031
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $120,958$24,300
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $430,701$202,331
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $506,602$302,820
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $202,331 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$628,344
XI-2 Total expenses$856,714
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$228,370
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$430,701
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$202,331

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