Mano a Mano Family Resource Center

What Mano a Mano Family Resource Center does

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community-based organization founded in 2000 in Round Lake Park, Illinois, that delivers free, culturally and linguistically relevant services to immigrant families in Lake and McHenry Counties. The organization operates five core programs: Healthy Families (healthcare integration and education), Engaged Citizens (affordable immigration legal services), Productive Parents (adult education including ESL, GED, citizenship preparation, and computer skills delivered in partnership with the College of Lake County), Successful Children (kindergarten preparation and learning disability screening), and Democracy in Action (voter registration, civic education, and advocacy). Complementary initiatives include Rapid Response (Know Your Rights and emergency support routed through ICIRR's Family Support Hotline), the Tanda Emergency Fund (direct financial assistance to undocumented households through gift cards purchased from immigrant-owned grocers), the Community Garden wellness initiative, and the Liderazgo leadership development program. The organization has served more than 11,000 individuals and families in 2022-2023 across its Round Lake Park headquarters and a North Chicago satellite office opened in 2019.

The business model is a free, donation- and grant-funded nonprofit. All programs are provided at no cost to participants, with revenue derived from individual contributions, foundation grants, and institutional donors such as The Community Foundation for McHenry County. The go-to-market approach is community-centered: recurring live programming on Facebook and YouTube (Mano a Mano Informa, Informados & Conectados), supplemented by Instagram, TikTok, and Bluesky channels, plus a JotForm newsletter subscription and direct in-person engagement at community events (Back to School Resource Fair, voter registration drives, Know Your Rights workshops). No fee-based services, pricing tiers, or revenue from service delivery are disclosed. Program execution relies on a combination of paid staff (11-50 employees) and volunteer tutors and professionals.

The organization has no proprietary technology platform, software products, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities. Service delivery is fundamentally human-mediated — bilingual staff, volunteer tutors, and licensed immigration practitioners deliver programs directly. The Tanda Fund represents the most structured program operationally, with formal applicant approval and direct grant disbursement via gift cards to immigrant-owned grocers. Partnerships with ICIRR (where the Executive Director serves as Board President), the Healthy Illinois Campaign, the College of Lake County, local immigrant-owned grocers, and law enforcement/legislative relationships at the founding level constitute the core operational and reputational infrastructure.

Name

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center

Legal name

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center

Website

https://mamfrc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) founded in 2000 in Round Lake Park, Illinois, delivering free healthcare integration, immigration legal services, adult education, early childhood preparation, and civic engagement programs to immigrant families in Lake and McHenry Counties, Illinois.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (624110), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & School System Navigation (Parent Engagement, Youth Services) (EDAAADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Spousal/Partner Support (Schooling, Career Assistance) (HSAKAJAI)

Keywords

• Immigration legal services
• Adult education programs
• Healthcare navigation services
• Civic engagement programs
• Community emergency assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Round Lake Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that delivers free, culturally and linguistically relevant direct services to immigrant families in Lake and McHenry Counties, Illinois. Its core offerings include immigration legal services (Engaged Citizens), adult education such as ESL, GED, citizenship, and computer classes (Productive Parents), healthcare integration support (Healthy Families), kindergarten preparation (Successful Children), civic engagement and voter registration (Democracy in Action), emergency financial assistance (Tanda Fund), Know Your Rights education (Rapid Response), and leadership development (Liderazgo Initiative).

Product overview

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community-based organization established in 2000 that operates as a single integrated service platform offering multiple community programs for immigrant families. The organization delivers five core programs: Healthy Families (healthcare integration), Engaged Citizens (immigration legal services), Productive Parents (adult education), Successful Children (early childhood education), and Democracy in Action (civic engagement). Additional services include Rapid Response (Know Your Rights resources), Community Garden (wellness initiative), Tanda Emergency Fund (financial assistance), and Liderazgo Initiative (leadership development). The programs are designed to work collaboratively to provide support, build skills, and facilitate access to community resources for the hardest-to-reach immigrant families in Lake and McHenry Counties, Illinois.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthy Families Program Integrates immigrant families into the U.S. healthcare system for healthier lives, providing health resources and navigation support for immigrant families in Lake and McHenry Counties.
• Engaged Citizens Program Provides affordable immigration legal services to community members to help them obtain their best immigration status, including legal assistance for immigrant families.
• Productive Parents Program Provides adult learning for better job opportunities and economic prosperity, including multi-level English as a Second Language (ESL), GED preparation, citizenship classes, and computer skills training for adult immigrants.
• Successful Children Program Prepares children ages 3-5 and their parents for success in the U.S. school system through Kinder Camps, kindergarten preparation, learning disability screening, and parent coaching.
• Democracy in Action Program Advocates for unrepresented communities and mobilizes them for civic engagement, providing voter registration, civic education, local government engagement, advocacy training, and leadership development for the immigrant community.
• Rapid Response Provides knowledge and tools about rights as an immigrant in the U.S., including Know Your Rights workshops, immigration enforcement preparedness, support for detained community members, and referrals to the ICIRR 24/7 Family Support Hotline for emergency assistance.
• Community Garden Community space where families grow food, strengthen wellness, reconnect with cultural roots, learn about fruits and vegetables, and build community relationships together.
• Tanda Emergency Fund Provides direct financial assistance in the form of gift cards purchased from local immigrant-owned grocers to undocumented-led households in Lake and McHenry Counties facing economic hardship, meeting basic needs such as food, medication, and emergency transportation.
• Liderazgo Initiative Leadership development program cultivating emerging Latino leaders in Lake County, including an annual seminar and alumni network.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served more than 11,000 individuals and families in 2022-2023

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Local Legislators, Community Leaders, and Law EnforcementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000The organization was established as a result of a partnership between local legislators, community leaders, and law enforcement who witnessed a significant need for linguistically and culturally relevant supportive services for the growing immigrant community in Lake County.
• Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMano a Mano is a member organization of ICIRR. The Executive Director serves as ICIRR's Board President, and the Democracy in Action Coordinator sits on the ICIRR Action Council. The organization participates in ICIRR's Block, Bridge, Build Policy Platform and is part of state coalitions working to make Illinois the most welcoming state in the nation.
• College of Lake CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMano a Mano partners with the College of Lake County to provide multi-level English as a Second Language (ESL) classes as part of the Productive Parents Program.
• Healthy Illinois CampaigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMano a Mano is a member of the Healthy Illinois Campaign, a state coalition focused on immigrant integration policies.
• ICIRR Family Support Hotline PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMano a Mano's Rapid Response program refers community members to ICIRR's 24/7 Family Support Hotline (1-855-HELP-MY-FAMILY) for immediate emergency support related to immigration enforcement.
• Local Immigrant-Owned Grocers (TANDA Program)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMano a Mano partners with local immigrant-owned grocers for the Tanda Program, purchasing gift cards from these businesses and distributing them to approved community members, allowing families to maintain dignity and choice in purchasing culturally relevant food.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centro de los Derechos del Migrante: National nonprofit focused on migrant workers' rights with direct service, legal aid, and rapid-response components. Comparable in mission around serving undocumented populations and providing Know Your Rights support.
• Centro Romero: Chicago-based community organization serving immigrants and refugees with education, legal, social, and wellness services. Closely aligned integrated-services model and immigrant-family focus.
• RefugeeOne: Chicago-based refugee resettlement and integration nonprofit providing case management, English classes, employment support, and immigration legal services. Comparable service mix and target population within the Illinois immigrant-services ecosystem.
• Brighton Park Neighborhood Council: Chicago community-based organization serving a primarily immigrant neighborhood with education, health, youth, and civic programming. Comparable integrated community-services approach for hard-to-reach immigrant families.
• Erie Neighborhood House: Chicago-based nonprofit providing integrated education, health, legal, and workforce services to immigrant families. Directly comparable multi-program service model targeting immigrant communities with culturally and linguistically relevant programming.
• The Resurrection Project: Chicago-area Latino community development organization offering civic engagement, education, and immigrant integration programming. Comparable in mission to Mano a Mano's Democracy in Action and Productive Parents programs and in target population.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: Large faith-based social services organization with broad programs in immigration legal services, refugee resettlement, family support, and emergency assistance. Overlaps with Mano a Mano's core service lines but at significantly larger scale and with broader geographic reach.
• Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR): Statewide coalition coordinating immigrant rights policy, civic engagement, and rapid-response infrastructure across Illinois. Mano a Mano is a member; comparable in civic engagement and rapid-response programming but operates as a coalition rather than direct service provider.
• Heartland Alliance: Large Chicago-based human services organization operating programs in refugee resettlement, anti-trafficking, legal aid, and housing. Comparable service categories but at materially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Emerging players

• Chinese American Service League: Chicago-based nonprofit serving an immigrant community with education, workforce, health, and family support services. Comparable service-platform architecture for an immigrant population, though focused on a different linguistic community.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/MAMFRC_
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC1_Nj1-hjuufktjTa2lQIYQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/manoamanofamilyresourcecenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/manoamanofamilyresourcecenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/mamfrc_
• TikToktiktok.com/@mamfrc

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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