Centrovilla25 Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 922482558
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2162814422
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,355,810
- Expenses
- $1,044,227
- Assets
- $13,602,933
- Liabilities
- $10,057,283
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENICE CONTRERAS (PRESIDENT/CE)
Highest reported compensation
- JENICE CONTRERAS (PRESIDENT/CE): $150,000 total reported compensation
- JOSE VASQUEZ (CHAIR): $90,875 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To cultivate a vibrant, authentic, inclusive latino cultural district in the clark-fulton neighborhood in cleveland, Ohio.
What it reported doing in 2024
Centrovilla25 corporation is a not-for-profit organization which was formed to cultivate a vibrant, authentic, inclusive latino cultural district in the clark-fulton neighborhood in cleveland, Ohio. Centrovilla25 corporation seeks to catalyze the economic impact through job creation and business development, developing a thriving local living economy, and creative placemaking that celebrates latino culture. Centrovilla25 corporation owns and operates a facility that includes office space leased to latino-owned businesses, kiosk spaces leased to food and beverage vendors, boutique shops, and antique shops, as well as a latino grocery market and even space available for short-term rentals. Centrovilla25 corporation and its related entities are responsible for establishing the first dedicated latino cultural district in cleveland. During fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, centrovilla25 corporation continued its work to bring together the hispanic community by completing additional phases of its facility, hosting various events, recruiting new tenants, and launching additional cultural, entrepreneurial, youth, and artistic community programs. Partnerships with new local organizations were established, and the new-markets tax credit-structured investment was deployed, in addition to securing grants to support build-out expenditures. Centrovilla25 corporation opened its doors to the public on january 2, 2025, and during the second half of the fiscal year made a significant impact within the latino community through its public market and entrepreneurial programming. The organization launched its public market with 14 kiosk vendors and entrepreneurs, providing opportunities for small business development and economic growth. Collectively, the kiosk program generated gross sales of 588,994.80 during the reporting period. In addition, centrovilla25 corporation's commercial kitchen program generated 11,866.90 in revenue and supported local food-based entrepreneurs. Through these initiatives, centrovilla25 corporation helped create 30 jobs while fostering economic opportunity and community engagement within the latino community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 67
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.9%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 55.7%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.03; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 30.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 97.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.9% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $975K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.