Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 1976.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
20 people listed on the 990; $590K paid to officers and key staff.
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.
See El Centro De La Raza executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- 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.
Questions for El Centro De La Raza
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Child and Youth Services
Empowering youth in our community to realize their full potential. El centro provides services to youth that incorporate social change and community activism into the curriculum. Programs include after school mentoring and tutoring, summer programming, stem programs, and workshops for parents.
Human Services
Seeking to address immediate aspects of human suffering such as hunger, healthcare, and homelessness, our frances martinez community service center provides diverse, bilingual human services.
Community Building and Development
El centro believes that only through civic involvement, grassroots organizing, and political and social activism will our community be able to effectively address the profound contradictions facing our world. We unite communities of all races, genders, ages, and classes to fight for civil and human rights both locally and globally.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 6 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
Plus 6 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 8 findings: a material weakness in money controls, questioned costs.
Plus 10 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 19 findings: a material weakness in money controls, questioned costs.
Plus 17 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a material weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $7.8M | $8.5M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $499K | $1.7M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $24.4M | $19.4M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $43.5M | $50.2M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $15.9M | $14.5M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $27.5M | $35.7M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $435K | $435K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $327K | $36K | $236K | $54K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $9.8M | $8.5M | $922K | $371K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $323K | $286K | $27K | $9K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $1.1M | $981K | $50K | $20K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $926K | $798K | $92K | $36K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $91K | $34K | $40K | $16K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $157K | $53K | $74K | $30K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $347K | $108K | $169K | $69K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $26K | $16K | $7K | $3K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $1.1M | $964K | $47K | $97K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $629K | $524K | $101K | $5K |
| TravelLn 17 | $46K | $43K | $3K | $657 |
| InterestLn 20 | $186K | $185K | $301 | $132 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $961K | $870K | $63K | $28K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $152K | $105K | $47K | $319 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $197K | $22K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $192K | $90K | $89K | $14K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $18.1M | $15.1M | $2.2M | $775K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 12, 2025 | $21.4M | $20.1M | $1.2M | $37.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 | $26.2M | $18.1M | $8.1M | $35.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $19.9M | $14.6M | $5.3M | $27.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 | $16.2M | $12.6M | $3.7M | $22.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $13.6M | $12.7M | $936K | $18.6M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $26,222,794 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $26,222,794 across 13 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $18,078,994 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $50,193,952 assets, 19 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $35,708,059 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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