Iskali

Name

Iskali

Legal name

Iskali

Website

https://iskali.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Youth Formation & Hispanic Ministry

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGADAC

After-School, Tutoring & Academic Enrichment Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

Keywords

• Catholic faith formation
• Latino youth ministry
• Retreat programs
• Christian mentorship
• Community discipleship

Headquarters

HQ city

Maywood

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, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations & Contributions: Iskali relies on individual donor contributions through its 'Give with Purpose' donation platform. Donors can give one-time or recurring gifts. The organization emphasizes financial stewardship and transparency, holding Candid Platinum Transparency 2025 certification.
2. Capital Campaign: Iskali is running a Capital Campaign to fund expansion and renovation of Casa Iskali, support program growth, and sustain long-term ministry. The campaign accepts stocks, bonds, IRA gifts, wills and bequests, pledge installments, and matching gifts.
3. San Juan Diego Shop (Social Enterprise): A branded apparel and custom printing social enterprise offering T-shirts, hoodies, sweaters, dry-fit athletic gear, and accessories. Managed by Iskali members, it creates jobs, builds skills, and directly supports Iskali's programs. Custom printing services are available for bulk orders (families, parishes, schools, organizations).
4. Grants from Foundations: Iskali receives grant funding from Lilly Endowment through partnerships with McGrath Institute for Church Life ($1.5M grant to McGrath, with Iskali as a key partner) and Boston College's Nuevo Momento Initiative. These grants support organizational infrastructure, leadership training, and program expansion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

Iskali is a Catholic nonprofit that forms young Latino leaders through multi-day faith retreats, small-group community life, one-on-one mentorship, scholarships, missionary placements, service days, and family/parenting formation. Programming is delivered in parishes and at Casa Iskali, the organization's retreat center in Maywood, Illinois, and is supported by an online social-enterprise store (San Juan Diego Shop) that sells faith-inspired merchandise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• San Juan Diego Shop: Iskali's social enterprise offering curated branded apparel and custom printing services. Managed by Iskali members, it creates jobs, builds skills, and directly supports Iskali's programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% of retreat participants experienced a profound encounter with God (2025 survey data)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and minor.

• Santa Clara University (Jesuit School of Theology)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Through the Pope Francis Institute for Pastoral Flourishing at Jesuit School of Theology, Iskali found strong resonance between missions and approach to ministry. JST-SCU's vision for pastoral flourishing, openness to listen and build together, investments in ministry pathways and leadership for those on the margins, and commitment to Latino and Hispanic ministries and youth leadership is a persuasive vision. Iskali partners with Santa Clara through its missionary program, making the program available for parishes in California.
• Boston College (Nuevo Momento Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Iskali was chosen as a partner in Boston College's Nuevo Momento Initiative, backed by a grant from Lilly Endowment. The initiative helps Iskali build sustainable organizational infrastructure while providing advanced training for its leaders. For Iskali, this partnership means greater opportunities for faith formation, leadership development, and community engagement, all tailored to unique cultural and spiritual needs. Iskali gains access to vital resources, leadership development programs, and financial support to strengthen its ministry.
• University of Notre Dame (Theology Department - New Horizons Initiative)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Through the department's New Horizons: Educating and Forming Tomorrow's Catholic Leaders initiative led by Fr. Kevin Grove, C.S.C., Notre Dame seeks to establish a sustainable, collaborative effort to mentor and support emerging Catholic leaders. The program targets highly committed young adult leaders embedded in communities representing potential future growth for the Church, including through outreach partnerships with Catholic Extension Society, FOCUS, and Iskali, dioceses and programs served by Notre Dame's McGrath Institute for Church Life. The program plans to support 24 MA students and 20 M.Div. students over five years.
• McGrath Institute for Church Life, University of Notre DamecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022In 2022, the McGrath Institute received a $1.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment to strengthen Hispanic Catholic communities and build cultures of affiliation at the parish level. Partnering with Iskali, the Institute serves Hispanic Catholic young adults in 12 U.S. parishes. The collaboration blends McGrath's expertise in faith formation with Iskali's hands-on approach to one-on-one accompaniment, addressing the unique needs of first, second, and third generation Hispanics. Together they create a culture of co-responsibility in congregations, offering solid Catholic formation and pastoral care tailored to cultural realities.
• Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University ChicagosupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Iskali and the Institute of Pastoral Studies (IPS) have a strategic partnership to promote students from the Latino community to pursue graduate studies in theology and ministry. Iskali supports and works together with IPS leadership to find ways to increase the number of Latino students supported in graduate theological education.
• 5 Stars Sports FacilityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIskali partners with 5 Stars for an indoor soccer league as part of its Sports & Wellness programming. This partnership expands recreational sports opportunities for young Latino adults in the Chicago area.
• Catholic Extension SocietysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferenced as a partner organization serving alongside the Notre Dame McGrath Institute in the New Horizons initiative for Catholic leadership. Catholic Extension Society provides outreach to underserved Catholic communities including Hispanic populations.
• Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferenced as a partner organization alongside the Notre Dame McGrath Institute in the New Horizons initiative for Catholic leadership. FOCUS deploys missionaries to college campuses to evangelize students and build Catholic communities.

Scale indicators27 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Theology of the Body Institute: The Theology of the Body Institute delivers Catholic formation programs for young adults, educators, and ministers. Its adult-formation curriculum parallels the theological formation Iskali accesses through its McGrath Institute partnership.
• Catholic Apostolate Center: The Catholic Apostolate Center supports young adults in missionary discipleship, vocation discernment, and parish renewal. Its formation content and parish-deployment resources overlap with Iskali's Missionary Apostolate and retreat programming.
• RENEW International: RENEW International supports parish renewal and small faith communities across Catholic dioceses. It overlaps with Iskali's faith-formation and discipleship-retreat pathway, though RENEW focuses on small-group programming at a national scale.
• ENDOW (Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women): ENDOW provides Catholic women's formation through small-group study and faith-sharing rooted in John Paul II's Theology of the Body. While audience differs, its parish-based small-community formation model parallels Iskali's community pillar.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Extension Society: Catholic Extension Society funds ministry in underserved Catholic communities across the U.S., including Hispanic populations. It is co-listed with Iskali in Notre Dame's New Horizons initiative and shares a formation-and-outreach mandate at a much larger national scale.
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB): USCCB is the national Catholic bishops' conference that shapes Hispanic ministry policy and funds diocesan programs serving Latino Catholics. As the institutional umbrella for parish-based Hispanic ministry, it sets the strategic context in which Iskali operates.

Direct peers

• NET Ministries: NET Ministries runs year-long missionary teams leading retreats and youth ministry across U.S. Catholic parishes and campuses. It is structurally comparable to Iskali's retreat-and-missionary model serving Catholic young adults.
• Damascus Catholic Mission: Damascus Catholic Mission runs parish-based small communities, retreats, and discipleship programs for Catholic young adults. Its formation-and-missionary model overlaps closely with Iskali's pillars, though it serves a broader demographic than Latino-specific.
• FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students): FOCUS sends full-time missionaries to college campuses to form Catholic leaders — closely paralleling Iskali's parish-based missionary model and young-adult formation mission. Both organizations partner with Notre Dame's McGrath Institute and Catholic Extension Society in the New Horizons initiative.

Regional players

• CCRI (Catholic Center for Renewal and Inspiration): CCRI is a Latino Catholic lay movement that runs parish-based small communities and leadership formation across the Southwest U.S. It is comparable to Iskali in target demographic and formation model, though its primary geographic footprint (Arizona, Texas, New Mexico) does not directly overlap with Iskali's Midwest base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Iskalioficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/SiempreIskali
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iskaliministry
• Instagraminstagram.com/iskali_

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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