EL CENTRO DE IGUALDAD Y DERECHOS

What EL CENTRO DE IGUALDAD Y DERECHOS does

El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos is an independent, nonprofit grassroots organization founded in November 2005 as a project of Enlace Comunitario and legally incorporated as an autonomous agency on July 1, 2009. It is headquartered at 714 4th St SW in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and operates exclusively within the state of New Mexico. The organization's stated mission is to fight for immigrants' rights, workers' justice, and a more inclusive economy by addressing systemic racial, social, and economic inequities through grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, leadership development, voter engagement, and strategic communications.

The organization does not develop or sell commercial technology products or services. Its "product" is advocacy, civic engagement, and direct member services such as Know-Your-Rights workshops, leadership pipelines, and coalition-driven policy campaigns. It organizes across five issue areas: Derechos Laborales (workers' rights), Inclusive Economy, Immigration/Civil Rights, Early Childhood Education, and Civic/Voter Engagement. Its member base is over 5,500 individuals, the majority of whom are low-wage immigrant workers in industries such as construction, hospitality, oil and gas, and home health care, with additional reach into immigrant families, mixed-status households, and Latinx/BIPOC communities in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. Technology infrastructure is limited to a Squarespace website, an active Facebook page, an email newsletter, and the EveryAction platform for donations and member sign-ups.

Revenue is generated through individual donations collected via the EveryAction platform and membership dues from its 5,500+ members; no service fees, product sales, or major institutional grants are disclosed in the source material. El Centro has established a track record of multi-year coalition campaigns yielding statewide policy outcomes, including raising New Mexico's minimum wage to $12.00, securing the Healthy Workplaces Act of 2021 (paid sick leave for 250,000+ workers), and securing over $37.5 million in COVID-era economic relief for excluded immigrant workers. Its staffing model is differentiated by being predominantly composed of immigrant leaders who are personally impacted by the policies they organize around, which the organization identifies as a core source of credibility within the communities it serves.

Name

EL CENTRO DE IGUALDAD Y DERECHOS

Legal name

El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos

Website

https://elcentronm.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos is an independent Albuquerque, New Mexico-based nonprofit that organizes 5,500+ low-wage immigrant workers and immigrant families through grassroots advocacy, policy campaigns, and voter engagement across labor rights, immigration, inclusive economy, early childhood education, and civic engagement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigrant Rights and Workers' Justice Nonprofit Advocacy

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Educational Support Services (611710), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE), Immigrant & Refugee Workforce Integration Programs (EDAAAOAJ)

Keywords

• Grassroots immigrant advocacy
• Workers rights organizing
• Policy advocacy campaigns
• Civic voter engagement
• Community leadership development

Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: The organization generates revenue through individual donations (via EveryAction platform) and membership dues from its over 5,500 members.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos is a membership-based grassroots nonprofit that organizes low-wage immigrant workers and immigrant families in Albuquerque, New Mexico around five issue areas: workers' rights (Derechos Laborales), inclusive economy, immigration/civil rights, early childhood education, and civic/voter engagement. Services delivered to members and the community include grassroots organizing, Know-Your-Rights workshops, leadership development, policy advocacy campaigns, voter engagement, and strategic communications. The organization does not sell any commercial products or services; all programming is supported by individual donations and membership dues collected through the EveryAction platform.

Product overview

El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos is a grassroots, immigrants' rights and workers' justice organization. It does not offer commercial technology products or services. The organization provides advocacy programs including grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, voter engagement, leadership development, strategic communications, and Know Your Rights workshops targeting immigrant communities and low-wage workers in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workers' Rights Organizing (Derechos Laborales)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $37.5 million in government-administered relief secured for excluded workers during COVID-19 pandemic
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Somos un Pueblo UnidocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Co-leading immigrant rights and workers' justice campaigns in New Mexico. Partnered on May Day events and statewide actions highlighting contributions of low-wage workers.
• Healthy Workforce NM CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Coalition that organized to pass the Healthy Workplaces Act of 2021, resulting in paid sick leave coverage for over 250,000 New Mexican workers.
• Economic Relief Working Group (ERWG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Statewide coalition of immigrant-based organizations working to secure economic relief for workers and families excluded from federal COVID-19 relief. Secured over $37.5 million in government-administered relief.
• OLE (Organizing for Empowerment)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Co-led minimum wage campaign raising NM wages from $7.50 to $12.00 and led successful campaign to raise minimum wage in Bernalillo County from $7.50 to $8.50.
• New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner in ABQ is Home citizenship initiative, a public-private partnership promoting citizenship and providing legal services for citizenship application process.
• NM Center on Law and PovertymajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal partner representing the organization in lawsuits against the Department of Workforce Solutions for wage theft enforcement and minimum wage ballot initiative defense.
• City of AlbuquerquemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ABQ is Home citizenship initiative, a public-private partnership to promote citizenship and immigrant integration in the city.
• New Mexico Faith Coalition for Immigrant JusticemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition partner for vigils and advocacy against ICE enforcement, working together to demand ICE out of Albuquerque and highlight impacts on public safety.
• Partnership for Community ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in supporting the Strengthening Our Workforce Act legislation providing path to legalization for undocumented workers.
• New Mexico CAFécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in economic relief efforts and census advocacy, part of statewide immigrant rights network.
• MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal partner in 2007 lawsuit settlement with Albuquerque Police Department resulting in new standard operating procedures prohibiting officers from inquiring into immigration status.
• Center for Civic Policy (CCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Mexico's nonprofit sector leader on 2020 Census efforts, partnered on census advocacy and urging state to decline Census Bureau request for driver's license records.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON): National network of day-laborer and immigrant worker organizations. Highly comparable member-base constituency (low-wage immigrant workers) and organizing methodology, but operating at national scale rather than single-city.
• Enlace Comunitario: The parent organization from which El Centro was founded in 2005; continues to operate pro-immigrant service-based programs in Albuquerque. Directly comparable mission and geography, with a broader service-delivery scope.

Direct peers

• Make the Road New York: New York-based membership-driven immigrant and workers' rights organization operating the same grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, and adult education model. Direct model peer for transferable best practices.
• Organizing for Empowerment (OLE): Albuquerque-based workers' rights organization that co-led the minimum wage campaign with El Centro from $7.50 to $12.00. Directly comparable membership-driven model focused on low-wage workers in the same geography.
• New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC): Legal services partner on the ABQ is Home citizenship initiative; provides legal representation to immigrants in NM. Comparable as a complementary immigrant-rights organization in the same geography with overlapping member base.
• Partnership for Community Action: New Mexico immigrant advocacy organization that partnered with El Centro on the Strengthening Our Workforce Act. Comparable as a direct community organizing peer serving undocumented populations in NM.
• Center for Civic Policy (CCP): New Mexico civic engagement organization that partnered with El Centro on Census advocacy and voter engagement. Comparable as a civic engagement nonprofit operating in the same state with overlapping BIPOC and Latinx voter constituencies.
• New Mexico CAFé: Statewide immigrant rights coalition partner of El Centro on economic relief efforts and Census advocacy. Operates a similar community-organizing and policy-advocacy model in the same state.
• Somos un Pueblo Unido: New Mexico-based grassroots immigrant and workers' rights organization that co-leads campaigns with El Centro on May Day actions and statewide immigrant rights initiatives. Operates the same membership-based organizing model on parallel issue areas.

Emerging players

• Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA): Los Angeles-based immigrant rights coalition combining legal services, organizing, and policy advocacy. Highly comparable as a membership-based immigrant rights organization, though operating at much larger scale and in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ElCentrodeIgualdadyDerechos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/el-centro-de-igualdad-y-derechos

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