The Guatemalan-Maya Center

What The Guatemalan-Maya Center does

The Guatemalan-Maya Center (also known as Centro Maya) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1992 by Father Frank O'Loughlin, headquartered at 1776 Lake Worth Road in Lake Worth Beach, Florida. It serves Indigenous Guatemalan-Maya and broader migrant families in Palm Beach County through six core programs: Social Services, Escuelita Maya VPK & Preschool, Escuelita Maya After School Care, Clínica Maya, a Food Pantry, and ParentChild+. The Center operates with approximately 40 staff members and reaches more than 16,000 people annually from 28 countries of origin, with the majority of clients speaking Spanish or a Mayan language at home. Service delivery is grounded in cultural and linguistic competency — staff are drawn from the community, and programs are delivered bilingually and across multiple Mayan languages.

The Center's technology footprint is minimal. There is no proprietary platform; service delivery is conducted in person at its Lake Worth facilities and through home visits, with auxiliary assets including a Wix-hosted website, a third-party donation portal (app.theauxilia.com), Facebook and Instagram pages, and free Heat Advisory audio recordings published in seven languages. Demand generation is community-led and event-driven — relying on grassroots outreach, rallies and marches (e.g., West Palm Beach GreenMarket immigrant rights marches), word-of-mouth within the Maya and migrant communities, and earned media coverage in outlets such as The Guardian, CBS Sunday Morning, Univision, the Palm Beach Post, and WLRN.

The revenue model is donation- and grant-funded. The Center receives institutional grants from the Quantum Foundation, Hispanic Federation, The Promise Fund, and others, including a December 2024 Center for Thriving Communities grant awarded in collaboration with UF Health, Hispanic Federation, the Florida Health Justice Project, and 904WARD. Individual contributions are processed through the online donation portal and by phone. Programs are provided free or at low cost, and the organization is registered in Florida as a tax-exempt nonprofit under Registration #CH5367, with 100% of each contribution retained (0% to professional solicitors).

Name

The Guatemalan-Maya Center

Legal name

The Guatemalan-Maya Center, Inc.

Website

https://guatemalanmaya.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Guatemalan-Maya Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving Indigenous Guatemalan-Maya and migrant families in Palm Beach County, Florida, through food assistance, early childhood education, healthcare navigation, and immigration advocacy. Founded in 1992, it reaches 16,000+ people annually from 28 countries with a 40-person staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Community Food Services (624210), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAI

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPADAHAE

Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Refugee, Migration & Displacement Services

SECONDARYBPADAHAA

Refugee Reception & Registration

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Refugee, Migration & Displacement Services

SECONDARYEDAAADAI

Refugee & Humanitarian Newcomer Orientation (Resettlement Support)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Citizenship & Immigrant Integration Education

SECONDARYEDAJAGAH

Newcomer & Refugee Student Support Programs

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Special Programs (Gifted, ESL/ELL, Remedial, RTI/MTSS)

Keywords

• Community social services
• Immigrant advocacy support
• Early childhood education
• Community food assistance
• Healthcare navigation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Worth

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, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that relies on individual donations from the public, processed through its website donation portal (app.theauxilia.com). The homepage explicitly solicits donations with a 'Donate Now' CTA. No product or service fee revenue is described.
2. Grants: Receives grant funding from institutional funders including Quantum Foundation, Hispanic Federation, The Promise Fund, and others. Received a Center for Thriving Communities grant in collaboration with UF Health and partner organizations.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Guatemalan-Maya Center provides a coordinated suite of free or low-cost community services to Indigenous Guatemalan-Maya refugees and migrant families in Palm Beach County, including early childhood education (Escuelita Maya VPK, Preschool and After School Care), in-home early learning (ParentChild+), healthcare navigation (Clínica Maya), weekly food pantry distribution, and broader social services and immigration advocacy. Programs are delivered in Spanish and multiple Mayan languages by bicultural staff who are themselves Maya community members.

Product overview

The Guatemalan-Maya Center is a community-based nonprofit organization providing a coordinated network of social service programs serving Indigenous Guatemalan-Maya and migrant families. The organization operates six core programs: Social Services for family support and crisis response, Escuelita Maya VPK & Preschool for early childhood education, Escuelita Maya After School Care for tutoring and summer activities, Clínica Maya for healthcare access, a Food Pantry for food security, and ParentChild+ for in-home early learning. Additionally, the organization provides heat safety audio resources in multiple languages. The programs collectively serve over 16,000 people annually from 28 countries, addressing education, health, food security, cultural preservation, and family support needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Services
• Escuelita Maya VPK & Preschool
• Escuelita Maya After School Care
• Clínica Maya
• Food Pantry
• ParentChild+
• Heat Advisory Audio Recordings

Quantifiable outcome

• 16,000+ people served annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Palm Beach County Food BankcoreOthersPrimary food supplier for the organization's food pantry. The pantry distributes up to 8 tons of produce and canned goods each week, sourced in part from the Palm Beach County Food Bank.
• Hispanic FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational nonprofit serving the Hispanic community; partner on the Center for Thriving Communities grant and broader health initiatives. Logo featured as a partner on the About page.
• Diaper Bank Coverings of Florida (TBD+)minorOthersProvides essential baby and family supplies to families served by the Center. Logo featured as a partner on the About page.
• Primetime PBCminorOthersAges and Stages resource for Palm Beach County families. Logo featured as a partner on the About page.
• Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupports the Escuelita Maya VPK and preschool programs, providing early childhood education resources to underserved communities.
• Community Services of Palm Beach CountyminorOthersLocal services organization. Logo featured as a partner on the About page.
• Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides legal assistance to vulnerable community members, complementing the Center's immigration advocacy services.
• UF HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the Center for Thriving Communities grant to build 'familias saludables' through health interventions and community-based approaches. Joint focus on improving health outcomes for the Maya community.
• Florida Health Justice ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth justice nonprofit collaborating on the Center for Thriving Communities grant to improve health access for the community.
• 904WARDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating organization on the Center for Thriving Communities grant focused on health equity and community well-being.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sanctuary for Families: New York-based nonprofit serving immigrant survivors of domestic violence and trafficking with legal, social, and educational services. Strongly comparable on wraparound immigrant-services model but operates in a different geography.
• Florida Immigrant Coalition: Statewide immigrant-rights umbrella organization with member groups across Florida. Comparable mission on immigration advocacy, legal support, and community organizing in the same policy environment.
• RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services): Large nonprofit providing legal representation, education, and social services to immigrant and refugee families, primarily in Texas. Closely comparable service model (legal aid + wraparound services + advocacy) but operating in a different state.
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Florida-based worker-led nonprofit focused on farmworker justice, with a strong advocacy component similar to the Center's immigration-rights organizing. Overlapping target population in Florida agricultural communities.
• Farmworker Association of Florida: Statewide nonprofit advocating for Florida farmworkers on pesticide exposure, heat illness, and worker rights. Directly comparable to the Guatemalan-Maya Center's farmworker segment and Clínica Maya health-access work.
• Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach: Faith-based direct-service nonprofit operating in the same Palm Beach County geography, providing immigrant assistance, food, healthcare navigation, and family support to similar populations. Most directly comparable peer in terms of service mix and locale.
• Centro Campesino Farmworker Center: Florida nonprofit serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers with education, health access, and advocacy services. Directly comparable in target population and program mix.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC): National network supporting Catholic-affiliated immigration legal services, with affiliated programs across the country. Comparable on immigration legal aid and capacity-building but at network rather than direct-service scale.
• Hispanic Federation: Large national nonprofit serving Hispanic communities across the U.S., and an active partner of the Center on the Center for Thriving Communities grant. Overlapping mission on immigrant integration and family wellbeing, but operates at much broader national scale.

Regional players

• United Way of Palm Beach County: Regional funder and convener of social services in the same geography. Comparable broad community-services mandate, though it does not specialize in the Maya/Indigenous niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/guatemalanmayacenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/guatemalanmayacenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-guatemalan-maya-center

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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