El Centro is a Nonprofit whose mission is to empower the Latinx community by providing culturally competent financial literacy and entrepreneurial training in Spanish.

Download the 2020 Impact Report (En)

260+ Individual Consultations

Individuals received coaching regarding starting and growing a business, accessing credit, Covid 19 Relief
funding, financing, budgeting, and filing taxes etc.

2019 -2021 Impact Report

175 Returns Filed since 2020

​In partnership with United Way of Southeast
Louisiana, we served as the only volunteer income
tax assistance site dedicated solely to serving the
Spanish speaking community within 90 miles of the
Greater New Orleans Area.

2021 VITA Impact Report Eng

2021 Reporte de Impacto de VITA

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Hispanic Entrepreneurship in New Orleans

The Hispanic community in New Orleans has grown significantly in the past decade, but entrepreneurs face a number of barriers when it comes to accessing business support resources. However, there is an opportunity for organizations to intervene and provide resources, including organizations like El Centro which offers Spanish language financial literacy and business coaching... Read More

Effects of Covid 19 Impact on Hispanic Entrepreneurs ​

In El Centro’s independent assessment of 60 entrepreneurs, 28% experienced a business closure and 73 % reported losing work.
22% of the businesses surveyed had applied for a PPP loan and 8.3 % received one.
86% of the businesses were interested in financing, but 42% did not know where to start and 38 % did not know if they were eligible for federal relief funding.



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Additionally, 58% of the entrepreneurs reported being unable to cover essential mortgages; 35% were unable to adequately afford food; and 45% said their children’s education had been harmed by the pandemic.
​These findings demonstrate the impact of COVID-19 among Latinx entrepreneurs in New Orleans, on their work, businesses, and households, and highlights barriers to accessing capital and other resources necessary to achieve the stability needed to recover from the effects of the pandemic.