Hispanos Comunidad

Hispanos Comunidad is a nonprofit community-development organization based in Greenville County, South Carolina. It was created to address practical barriers faced by Hispanic and Latino immigrants in Upstate South Carolina, particularly limited access to credit, insurance, transportation, healthcare, and business education. The organization combines nonprofit programming with affiliated social enterprises whose activities support or complement its community mission. The organization’s roots date to 2013, when founder Paola Rogers identified a shortage of accessible capital for Hispanic immigrants in the region. Rogers responded by establishing Bonanza Quick Loans, a lending business offering personal, auto-title, and small-business loans to customers who could be excluded by conventional financial institutions because of limited credit histories or immigration-related documentation constraints. The lending operation became the first element of a broader service model focused on customers who were underserved by mainstream providers. Rogers subsequently expanded into transportation and insurance. Mayan Motors, a used-car dealership with locations in Spartanburg and Easley, was developed to provide vehicles and financing options to customers who might not have an established U.S. credit record. The dealership’s approach included accepting alternative forms of identification, such as a passport, in circumstances where traditional financing documentation was unavailable. In 2021, Rogers founded Zivo Insurance, a bilingual agency offering auto, home, and business insurance to Spanish-speaking clients. In 2022, the lending, automotive, insurance, and community-service efforts were formally consolidated under the Hispanos Comunidad name through the establishment of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The resulting organization presents itself as a community platform rather than only as a single commercial service. Its activities include financial access, health outreach, education, and media or communications services for local Hispanic and Latino residents. Healthcare is a major part of the organization’s community work. Hispanos Comunidad collaborates with Bon Secours St. Francis Health System to provide free mobile health clinics in Greenville. These clinics are intended to reduce access barriers for residents who may face language, affordability, insurance, or transportation challenges. Education and workforce development expanded in 2024 with the creation of Instituto Edúcate in Taylors, South Carolina. The center provides career and business education for Spanish-speaking professionals and entrepreneurs, extending the organization’s role from immediate assistance into skills development and economic participation. Hispanos Comunidad also engages in civic and public-awareness activities. In February 2025, it helped organize local participation in A Day Without Immigrants, a nationwide protest in which many immigrant-owned businesses closed to highlight the economic contribution of immigrant communities. This activity reflects the organization’s broader role as a community advocate as well as a provider of services. The organization’s operating model is therefore hybrid: nonprofit programs are combined with affiliated for-profit social enterprises, including Bonanza Quick Loans, Mayan Motors, and Zivo Insurance. Publicly available reference material does not establish detailed financial figures, a formal national expansion strategy, or operations outside the Upstate South Carolina area. Its identifiable focus remains local service delivery and community development for Hispanic and Latino populations.

Hispanos Comunidad developed from a series of services created by Paola Rogers for Hispanic and Latino immigrants in Upstate South Carolina. The starting point was Rogers’s recognition in 2013 that many Hispanic immigrants had difficulty obtaining capital through conventional financial institutions. Limited credit histories, unfamiliarity with U.S. banking systems, and documentation or immigration-status concerns could make ordinary personal, vehicle, and small-business financing difficult to secure. Rogers established Bonanza Quick Loans to address this gap, offering personal, auto-title, and small-business loans to customers who might otherwise be excluded from traditional lending channels. The lending business became the foundation for a broader group of services. Rogers created Mayan Motors, a used-car dealership operating in Spartanburg and Easley, to help customers obtain affordable vehicles when they lacked an established U.S. credit history. The dealership’s financing practices could rely on alternative identification, including a passport, rather than requiring the same documentation normally expected by conventional lenders. This linked transportation access with the organization’s original financial-inclusion mission. In 2021, Rogers expanded into insurance by founding Zivo Insurance. The agency was designed as a bilingual provider for Spanish-speaking customers and offered auto, home, and business insurance. Its addition broadened the service model from access to credit and vehicles to protection against household, transportation, and commercial risks. The activities were formally brought together in 2022 through the creation of Hispanos Comunidad as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The consolidation gave the initiative an institutional identity centered on community development. Rather than operating solely as a commercial brand, Hispanos Comunidad combined nonprofit services with affiliated for-profit social enterprises. Revenue-generating operations such as Bonanza Quick Loans, Mayan Motors, and Zivo Insurance were associated with a larger mission involving financial access, health, education, and community communications. Healthcare outreach became a significant component of the organization’s work. Hispanos Comunidad partnered with Bon Secours St. Francis Health System to offer free mobile health clinics in Greenville. The clinics extend services into the community and address barriers that can affect Hispanic and Latino residents, including cost, language, insurance status, and transportation. In 2024, the organization created Instituto Edúcate in Taylors, South Carolina. The center focuses on career and business education for Spanish-speaking professionals and entrepreneurs. This initiative marked a shift toward longer-term economic development and professional advancement, complementing the organization’s earlier emphasis on immediate access to loans, vehicles, and insurance. Hispanos Comunidad has also participated in public civic activity. In February 2025, it helped organize local involvement in A Day Without Immigrants, a nationwide protest in which immigrant-owned businesses closed to demonstrate the economic importance of immigrant communities. The action illustrated the organization’s role in public advocacy and community mobilization in addition to direct service provision. The available reference material describes Hispanos Comunidad as a Greenville County and Upstate South Carolina organization. It does not document a national branch network, public listing, detailed financial results, or a separate corporate parent. Its identifiable history is consequently one of local institution-building: a lending service expanded into automotive and insurance businesses, those activities were consolidated with nonprofit programming, and the resulting organization added healthcare outreach, education, and civic advocacy.

• 2025

  Participation in A Day Without Immigrants

  [1]Hispanos Comunidaden.wikipedia.org

  The organization helped coordinate local participation in the February 2025 immigrant-community protest.

• 2024

  Instituto Edúcate opens

  [1]Hispanos Comunidaden.wikipedia.org

  Hispanos Comunidad established a career and business education center in Taylors for Spanish-speaking professionals and entrepreneurs.

• 2022

  Hispanos Comunidad is established as a 501(c)(3)

  [1]Hispanos Comunidaden.wikipedia.org

  The related service initiatives were formally consolidated under Hispanos Comunidad as a nonprofit community-development organization.

• 2021

  Zivo Insurance is founded

  [1]Hispanos Comunidaden.wikipedia.org

  Zivo Insurance began operating as a bilingual agency offering auto, home, and business insurance to Spanish-speaking customers.

• 2013

  Bonanza Quick Loans is established

  [1]Hispanos Comunidaden.wikipedia.org

  Paola Rogers founded Bonanza Quick Loans after identifying limited access to capital among Hispanic immigrants in Upstate South Carolina.

• Mayan Motors expands the service model

  [1]Hispanos Comunidaden.wikipedia.org

  Rogers created Mayan Motors, a used-car dealership serving customers in Spartanburg and Easley, including people without established U.S. credit histories.

A locally focused, bilingual community-development platform that combines nonprofit programs with affiliated social enterprises to improve financial access, healthcare access, transportation, insurance coverage, and business education for Hispanic and Latino communities.

• Financial services · 2013

  Bonanza Quick Loans

  An affiliated lending operation created to provide personal, auto-title, and small-business loans to customers who may have difficulty accessing conventional credit. Its target users include Hispanic immigrants and other borrowers with limited U.S. credit histories or nonstandard documentation circumstances.

• Used-car dealership and vehicle financing

  Mayan Motors

  A used-car dealership with locations in Spartanburg and Easley, South Carolina. It was developed to improve vehicle access for customers who lack established U.S. credit records, with financing identification practices that may accept a passport.

• Insurance · 2021

  Zivo Insurance

  A bilingual insurance agency serving Spanish-speaking customers with auto, home, and business insurance products. The agency extends Hispanos Comunidad’s service model from financing and transportation into risk protection for households and entrepreneurs.

• Career and business education · 2024

  Instituto Edúcate

  A Taylors, South Carolina, education center focused on career and business learning for Spanish-speaking professionals and entrepreneurs. It represents the organization’s longer-term workforce and economic-development offering.

• Healthcare outreach

  Free mobile health clinics

  Community healthcare outreach delivered with Bon Secours St. Francis Health System. The mobile clinics provide free services in Greenville and are intended to make healthcare more accessible to local Hispanic and Latino residents.

• 2025A Day Without Immigrants

  Greenville County, South Carolina

  Hispanos Comunidad helped organize local participation in the February 2025 nationwide protest. Immigrant-owned businesses were encouraged to close or otherwise participate to demonstrate the economic contribution of immigrant communities.

  Outcome. The available reference identifies the organization’s participation but does not provide quantified attendance, commercial impact, or other measured results.

  Source

• 2024

  Expansion into career and business educationStrategy

  Background

  After developing financial, vehicle, insurance, and healthcare services, Hispanos Comunidad sought to address longer-term professional and entrepreneurial needs.

  Action taken

  The organization established Instituto Edúcate in Taylors as a career and business education center for Spanish-speaking professionals and entrepreneurs.

  Aftermath

  The initiative added workforce development and entrepreneurship education to the organization’s community-service portfolio.

  Source

• 2022

  Formal consolidation as a nonprofit community platformStrategy

  Background

  Rogers’s lending, automotive, insurance, and community-service initiatives had developed as related responses to access barriers affecting Hispanic and Latino residents.

  Action taken

  The activities were consolidated under Hispanos Comunidad through the establishment of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, while affiliated for-profit social enterprises continued to provide revenue-generating services.

  Aftermath

  The organization broadened its public mission beyond finance into healthcare, education, media, and civic engagement.

  Source

1. 1Hispanos Comunidaden.wikipedia.org