Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,318,144

Total expenses

$3,567,804

Contributions and grants received

$1,836,938

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,423,306

Investment income

$48,190

Other revenue

$9,710

Total assets, end of year

$4,652,103

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,426,966

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,225,137

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,239,222

Management and general expenses

$249,934

Fundraising expenses

$78,648

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,239,222

Program services were 90.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• FAMILY AND WELLNESS SERVICES:INFORMATION AND REFERRAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMSAFETY NET PROGRAM PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES AND REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH OUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS GAIN INCREASED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES. OUR TEAM GUIDES INDIVIDUALS TO RELEVANT RESOURCES, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO ASSIST WITH COMPLETING APPLICATIONS, ADVOCACY, TRANSLATION/INTERPRETATION, AND NOTARY SERVICES. OUR WELCOMING CENTER PROVIDED OVER 15,000 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SESSIONS LAST YEAR.SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE O.SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMMINGA COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ADULTS 60 YEARS OF AGE, STRIVING TO PREVENT THE CRIPPLING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF ISOLATION. THIS PROGRAM UTILIZES A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND OFFERS SERVICES SUCH AS INDIVIDUAL CASE MANAGEMENT, GROUP ACTIVITIES, HEALTH CLASSES, COMPUTER CLASSES, EXERCISES, AND CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE NUTRITIONAL DAILY MEALS. THIS FISCAL YEAR WE SERVED OVER 155,000 MEALS TO OUR SENIORS.MEDICAL INTERPRETING/COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAMMEDICAL INTERPRETER/COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM PROMOTES ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE BY FACILITATING AND ENHANCING THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SENIOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS DURING A HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENT. PROGRAM PROVIDES INTERPRETERS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS DURING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. HEALTH EDUCATION IS ALSO PROVIDED TO SENIORS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.PREVENTION EDUCATION ON DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE INITIATIVEIN COLLABORATION WITH SAFEBERKS, THE CENTER WORKS TO EDUCATE AND RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, INCREASING ACCESS TO SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A MANNER THAT IS CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE.HELPLINK INITIATIVETHE PROGRAM ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN FINDING THE BENEFITS, PROGRAMS, AND LOCAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO COPE WITH DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH THE STATE COMPASS SYSTEM (AN ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM FOR PENNSYLVANIANS TO APPLY FOR MANY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS).FOOD VENDOR-MEALS ON WHEELSAS THE LOCAL VENDOR FOR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF READING, WE PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS. THIS INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORGANIZATION BERKS ENCORE PROVIDES MEALS TO SENIORS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND. LAST YEAR THE CENTER SERVED OVER 175,000 MEALS TO HOMEBOUND AND SENIOR CITIZENS. CACFP FOOD SERVICECENTRO HISPANO IS A SPONSOR OF THE CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP). THIS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENTS FOR NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND SNACKS TO ELIGIBLE CHILDREN WHO ARE ENROLLED FOR CARE AT PARTICIPATING CHILD CARE CENTERS AND PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MEALS SERVED TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN AFTERSCHOOL CARE PROGRAMS. CACFP CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELLNESS, HEALTHY GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE SERVED OVER 500,000 MEALS TO CHILDREN BEING SERVED THROUGH OUR CACFP PROGRAM.SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMENSURING CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND SNACKS WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, THE CENTRO HISPANO IS A VENDOR FOR THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM (SFSP) IN READING. THE PROGRAM IS A FEDERALLY-FUNDED, STATE-ADMINISTERED PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO SERVE FREE HEALTHY MEALS AND SNACKS TO CHILDREN AND TEENS IN LOW-INCOME AREAS. THIS FISCAL YEAR WE SERVED OVER 25,000 MEALS TO CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

  Expenses $3,016,946 · Revenue $1,423,306

• EDUCATION SERVICES:THE CENTER HAS AN ENDOWMENT MANAGED THROUGH BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION THAT OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LATINO STUDENTS IN BERKS COUNTY WHO ARE PURSUING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE O.OPENING DOORS PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVETHE MISSION OF ABRIENDO PUERTAS/OPENING DOORS IS TO HONOR AND SUPPORT PARENTS AS LEADERS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILD'S FIRST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL TEACHER. WE BELIEVE THAT PARENTS ARE POWERFUL AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THE LIVES OF THEIR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES. THEY LEAD THE WAY TO POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. PARENTS PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR LEADERSHIP, KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS ALL KEY IN PREPARING THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS. THE TEN INTERACTIVE SESSIONS ASSIST PARENTS IN BUILDING STRONG FOUNDATIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN READING, MATH, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH AND MORE. PARENTS SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN MAKING WHAT THEY LEARN A PART OF DAILY LIFE, UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE IN POWERFUL POSITIONS AS LEADERS AND ADVOCATES FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WE GRADUATED 85 PARENTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM.HARWOOD INITIATIVECENTRO HISPANO AND THE HARWOOD INSTITUTE BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES MUST SHAPE AND DRIVE THEIR OWN CHANGE. THE TWO PRIMARY GOALS OF THIS INITIATIVE ARE TO GENERATE A COMMUNITY-DEFINED EDUCATION AGENDA THAT WILL LEAD TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOCAL EDUCATION SYSTEM. WE ALSO ARE FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE CIVIC CULTURE OF READING SO, TOGETHER, WE CAN TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION TO CREATE POSITIVE, LASTING CHANGE. OVER 150 COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE HARWOOD ORIENTATION.

  Expenses $222,276

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• BRAD HALL

  CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DESHA DICKSON

  VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• THEODORE BASSANO

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DR LATRICE HICKS

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• PABLO TEJADA

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• RAQUEL LOPEZ

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DR YAMIL SANCHEZ

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JULIO MARTINEZ

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• OSIRIS URQUILLA

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MICHAEL TOLEDO

  CEO

  Total calculated

  $166,476

  From this org

  $166,476

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $166,476

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $0

  Nontaxable benefits

  $0

  Filer's total

  $166,476

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

23 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202611349349304361

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