El Centro De La Raza: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 91-0899927)

Estela Ortega’s $150K as Executive Director is at the 19th 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

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Estela Ortega	$149,536	$139,746	$134,758	$115,930	$122,973
Hilda Magana	$128,918	$115,818	—	—	—
Sharon Hu	$72,703	$121,054	—	—	—
Miguel Maestas	$119,297	$113,154	—	—	—
Hilada Magana	—	—	$109,230	$100,644	—
Xuan Hu	—	—	$103,257	$97,850	$91,401
Safiullah Mirzaee	—	$100,388	—	—	—
Timothy Cloud	$62,700	—	—	—	—

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

Provides social services, community organizing, and advocacy to help Latino and low-income individuals achieve self-sufficiency and fight for civil rights.

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3 programs · $7.4M · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

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$4.1Mprogram expense

02

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$2.6Mprogram expense

03

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$663Kprogram 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

Enterprise Community Partners INCFY2025$200K

School's Out WashingtonFY2025$99K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$299K

Grants paid · 11 grants · $4.4M · 2020–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$307,068

Unitemized GrantFY2024$48,360

Unitemized GrantFY2024$44,766

Rvc SeattleWA · FY2024$20,000

Unitemized GrantFY2024$17,120

Unitemized GrantFY2024$10,750

Unitemized GrantFY2022$855,042

Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,136

Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,272,886

EcrWA · FY2021$8,954

Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,807,265

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$13.6M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.7M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M

Other incomeLn 4–11$344K

Money outPt IX

$12.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$10.5M

Managementcol C$1.6M

Fundraisingcol D$566K

Owns and owesPt X

$18.6M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.9M

Total assetsLn 16$26.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.8M

PeoplePt VI, VII

17

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a15

IndependentVI 1b15

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.7M

Government grantsLn 1e$5.7M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$396K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$262K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M

Investment incomeLn 3$201K

Other incomeLn 4–11$344K

Total revenueLn 12$13.6M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$1.8M

SavingsLn 2$3.2M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.9M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$518K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12.5M

Other assetsLn 15$2.6M

Total assetsLn 16$26.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.8M

Net assetsLn 32$18.6M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5181

VolunteersI 6210

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.5M	$4.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$499K	$518K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$12.7M	$12.5M
Total assetsLn 16	$24.0M	$26.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$6.4M	$7.8M
Net assetsLn 32	$17.6M	$18.6M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$2.2M	$2.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$239K	$109K	$126K	$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$6.0M	$5.0M	$624K	$323K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$221K	$195K	$14K	$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$700K	$607K	$54K	$39K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$607K	$475K	$102K	$30K
Management feesLn 11a	$18K	$18K
Legal feesLn 11b	$7K		$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$52K		$52K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$349K	$211K	$108K	$30K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$65K	$51K	$8K	$6K
Office expensesLn 13	$1.0M	$739K	$197K	$81K
OccupancyLn 16	$398K	$384K	$8K	$6K
TravelLn 17	$27K	$23K	$2K	$2K
InterestLn 20	$19K		$19K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$394K	$335K	$36K	$23K
InsuranceLn 23	$123K	$30K	$92K	$445
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$260K	$146K	$105K	$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$12.7M	$10.5M	$1.6M	$566K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$21.4M	$20.1M	$1.2M	$37.1M	990 PDF
FY2023	$26.2M	$18.1M	$8.1M	$35.7M	990 PDF
FY2022	$19.9M	$14.6M	$5.3M	$27.5M	990 PDF
FY2021	$16.2M	$12.6M	$3.7M	$22.3M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$13.6M	$12.7M	$936K	$18.6M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $13,588,533 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,226,670$10,653,467

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,025,016$2,389,673

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $203,658$201,476

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $165,596$343,917

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,620,940$13,588,533

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $694,689$2,198,378

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,786,726$7,724,534

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,220,931$2,729,212

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,702,346$12,652,124

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,918,594$936,409

Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15

VI-1b Independent voting members15

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 $13,588,533 across 12 lines filed

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$478,083

VIII-1c Fundraising events$261,766

VIII-1e Government grants$5,713,624

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,199,994

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$395,748

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,653,467

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,389,673$2,389,673

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $201,476$201,476

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $23,578 · Unrelated business $29,572$53,150

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$70,813−$70,813

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $361,580$361,580

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,774,831 · Unrelated business $29,572 · Excluded from tax $130,663$13,588,533

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,652,124 across 18 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,198,378$2,198,378

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $108,539 · Management $125,871 · Fundraising $4,438$238,848

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,008,975 · Management $624,500 · Fundraising $323,307$5,956,782

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $194,573 · Management $14,142 · Fundraising $12,610$221,325

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $606,732 · Management $54,419 · Fundraising $38,994$700,145

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $475,373 · Management $101,959 · Fundraising $30,102$607,434

IX-11a Management feesPrograms $18,051$18,051

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $6,815$6,815

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $51,507$51,507

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $210,552 · Management $108,394 · Fundraising $30,309$349,255

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $50,726 · Management $8,044 · Fundraising $5,821$64,591

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $739,248 · Management $197,198 · Fundraising $80,754$1,017,200

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $383,688 · Management $8,314 · Fundraising $6,295$398,297

IX-17 TravelPrograms $23,100 · Management $1,754 · Fundraising $1,824$26,678

IX-20 InterestManagement $19,318$19,318

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $335,306 · Management $36,232 · Fundraising $22,876$394,414

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $30,366 · Management $92,290 · Fundraising $445$123,101

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $145,997 · Management $105,335 · Fundraising $8,653$259,985

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,529,604 · Management $1,556,092 · Fundraising $566,428$12,652,124

Part X · Balance sheet $26,359,605 assets, 17 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,441,411; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,494,726$1,766,579

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$3,182,569

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,125,191$2,132,089

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $231,737$202,195

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $28,359$19,124

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $12,730,987$12,489,196

X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $499,474$518,137

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,480,944$2,608,305

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $24,032,829$26,359,605

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $929,130$1,085,084

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,445,736$2,348,113

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $30,982$1,355,238

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,426,743$7,783,710

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $17,044,094$15,058,518

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $561,992$3,517,377

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $17,606,086$18,575,895

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $24,032,829$26,359,605

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $18,575,895 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$13,588,533

XI-2 Total expenses$12,652,124

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$936,409

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$17,606,086

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$33,400

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$18,575,895

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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

Questions the 990 asks

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Schedules filed Part IV