Hispanic American Community Education and Services - HACES ©

Name

Hispanic American Community Education and Services - HACES ©

Legal name

Hispanic American Community Education and Services

Website

https://haces.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Waukegan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations from community members, supporters, and donors. The organization runs regular donation campaigns including Giving Tuesday and direct appeals. Donations are accepted through Network for Good platform.
2. Foundation and Corporate Grants: HACES receives grant funding from foundations and corporations including Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County, Walder Foundation, Lake County Community Foundation, Illinois Immigration Funder Collaborative, and others. These grants fund specific programs and operational costs.
3. Government and Coalition Funding: HACES partners with organizations like ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) for programs such as the New Americans Initiative, which provides funding to cover USCIS fees for DACA applicants.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

HACES is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing immigration legal services, health navigation, and educational programs to immigrants and refugees in Lake County, Illinois. The organization delivers citizenship classes, DACA renewal support, and community workshops in English and Spanish through a Waukegan headquarters, partner libraries, schools, and outreach events.

Product overview

HACES is a not-for-profit immigrant service organization providing a comprehensive suite of services through three core areas: Legal, Health, and Education. The organization operates as a unified service model rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Key programs include the Legal Services (immigration guidance, DACA assistance, citizenship applications), the Immigrant Family Resource Program (connecting families to health and public benefits), the New Americans Initiative (legal screenings and application processing), the Parent Mentor Program (education equity initiative in Waukegan schools), Citizenship Classes (weekly classes in English and Spanish), and the Know Your Rights Program (immigration rights education). Additional programs include COVID-19 relief assistance and various fundraising events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Services
• Health Services
• Education Services
• Parent Mentor Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 306 community members became U.S. citizens with HACES assistance in the past year
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Parent Engagement InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHACES is a partner of the Parent Engagement Institute, part of a growing network of over 1,660 Parent Mentors supporting 33,123 students at 225 schools across Illinois.
• Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting the Parent Mentor Program through training and professional development resources.
• Waukegan Public LibrarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeekly citizenship classes held at Waukegan Public Library. Library hosts HACES citizenship classes every week, contributing to student success.
• College of Lake CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Annual Citizenship Celebration held at Eleanor Murkey Community Center at the College of Lake County.
• Waukegan School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Parent Mentor Program operating in seven Waukegan elementary schools. Joint recipient of Workforce Solutions Award from Illinois Workforce Partnership.
• Erie Health / Northern Illinois Food BankminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrequent outreach collaboration partner for community events and information sharing about services.
• Rosalind Franklin Community HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrequent outreach collaboration partner for health-related community events and services.
• Avon TownshipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKnow Your Rights workshops hosted at Avon Township location. Collaborative partner for community outreach.
• North Suburban Legal AidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to inform community members about Tenants' Rights through collaborative workshops.
• Aetna Better Health ILminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing fresh produce and health services to community members through HACES events.
• Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics Community Care ConnectionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner offering fresh produce and health services to the community through HACES events.
• The Alliance for Human ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlicia Garcia, Director of Programs, serves on the Board of The Alliance for Human Services. HACES staff attend legislative forums hosted by the alliance.
• United Way of Lake CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint recipient of Workforce Solutions Award from Illinois Workforce Partnership organization. Partner in Parent Mentor Program.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Heartland Alliance: Large Chicago-based human services and immigrant rights organization that houses the National Immigrant Justice Center. Overlaps with HACES on immigration legal services and anti-poverty programs but operates across multiple states and a much wider service portfolio.
• Hispanic Federation: National Latino civic and advocacy organization supporting community-based nonprofits serving Hispanic populations. Comparable community focus and grantmaking/pass-through funding role, but operates across multiple states rather than a single county.
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: Large, established social services organization providing immigration legal services, refugee resettlement, and family support across the Chicago region. Overlaps with HACES on immigration legal services but operates at much larger scale and broader service scope.

Direct peers

• Erie Neighborhood House: Chicago-based nonprofit offering integrated education, immigration legal, health navigation, and adult education services to immigrant families. Its multi-service, bilingual, community-trust-based operating model is the closest structural analog to HACES at slightly larger scale.
• Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR): Statewide immigrant rights coalition that also serves as a HACES funder/partner via the New Americans Initiative. Both organizations serve immigrant communities with legal screenings, citizenship support, and advocacy — making them highly comparable in mission and program structure.
• RefugeeOne: Chicago-based nonprofit providing resettlement, immigration legal services, and integration support to refugees and immigrants. Comparable mission, geographic market, and accredited legal services delivery model.
• Mujeres Latinas en Acción: Chicago-based Latina-led nonprofit providing bilingual services in immigration, domestic violence intervention, education, and economic empowerment to the Hispanic community. Highly comparable population focus and integrated service model.
• National Immigrant Justice Center: Chicago-based nonprofit providing immigration legal services, advocacy, and policy reform — directly comparable to HACES' legal services arm. Operates in the same Illinois ecosystem with overlapping funder and coalition relationships (ICIRR, Heartland Alliance).

Others

• United Way of Lake County: Lake County-wide funder and partner of HACES on the Parent Mentor Program and Workforce Solutions Award. Not a direct service competitor but shares geography, funder relationships, and the integrated human-services mission.
• Parent Engagement Institute: Statewide network of which HACES is a partner organization, supporting 1,660+ Parent Mentors across 225 Illinois schools. Ecosystem/peer that expands the reach of HACES' Parent Mentor Program and represents the scaling vehicle for that program line.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCMUf4f6Go6ky2f00Lyzwf7w
• Facebookfacebook.com/haces.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hispanic-american-community-education-and-services
• Instagraminstagram.com/_haces/?hl=en

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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