Lafayette, CO

SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC

EIN 84-0820308

Housing, Food & Basic Needs Food Security & Nutrition Children & youth Low-income Immigrants & refugees

Mission

Sister Carmen Community Center is a non-religious Family Resource Center whose mission is to provide assistance to residents of Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, and Erie who are in need, without discrimination.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC

Sister Carmen Community Center (founded 1978; Tax ID / EIN 84-0820308) is a long-established, donor-facing 501(c)(3) Family Resource Center based in Lafayette, Colorado that provides food, financial assistance, case management, parenting supports, workforce and digital-literacy classes, and other basic-needs services to families in east Boulder County. In recent years Sister Carmen has operated a client-choice food bank, a thrift store that funds programs, bilingual programming and outreach to Spanish-speaking residents, and family-development and advocacy programs (including a Community Leadership & Advocacy Program). From late 2023 into 2025 the organization implemented ARPA-funded direct financial assistance and food-purchasing work that expanded short-term aid and reporting to county partners. Sister Carmen maintains an active web presence, publishes annual reports, runs volunteer programs, and receives public and foundation grants; it is an operating, donor-facing charity with ongoing service delivery in Lafayette and neighboring towns.

Notable achievements

Family Resource Center designation and expanded services

Formally operating as a Family Resource Center, Sister Carmen has centralized food, financial assistance, parenting supports, and case-management services to provide coordinated, long-term stability pathways for local families.

Major ARPA-supported response (4Q2023–present)

Using ARPA and county partnership funds, Sister Carmen expanded emergency supports and reporting; outputs from the funded project include tens of thousands of pounds of purchased food, hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct financial assistance, and service to many thousands of individuals and households in eastern Boulder County.

Sustained local program delivery and community services

Sister Carmen operates a client-choice food bank, bilingual parenting and lactation supports, computer and workforce classes, and a thrift store that both serves clients and generates program revenue.

At a glance

Total assets: $3.9M
Annual revenue: $7.1M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 84-0820308
Location: Lafayette, CO
Website: sistercarmen.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Rated and profiled by major nonprofit evaluators and directories as an established 501(c)(3) serving east Boulder County communities.

Recipient of Boulder County community partnership and grant funding to support Family Resource Center functions and direct-assistance programming.

Featured in local media and community guides for its role delivering food bank, family support, and basic-needs services to Lafayette and surrounding towns.

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