Centro Hispano Daniel Torres Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE ACCULTURATION OF THE LATINO POPULATION IN THE GREATER READING AREA THROUGH COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
- Income
- $3.3 million
- Spending
- $3.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 91%
- Reserves
- 3.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 43%
- Employees
- 48
- Volunteers
- 9
- Highest pay
- $166,476, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 49 out of 100. Higher than 18% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.6 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 52% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 8% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 15% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1591% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $3.0 million spent. 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.
- $222,276 spent. 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.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1978.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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