HF’s overarching goal within the next three to five years is to strengthen Latino children, youth, families and whole communities and create a sustainable Latino nonprofit sector by developing grass root and grass top coalitions involving community-based organizations (CBOs), foundations, corporations, individuals, government and media partners. HF will use these coalitions to create advocacy and service programs that aim to improve Latino outcomes in the areas of education, health, immigration, civic engagement, disaster relief, economic empowerment, philanthropy and the environment. Goal 1: Alleviate Poverty and Help Latino Families Thrive. Hispanic Federation (HF) promotes the social, political and economic well-being of the Latino community through scaling direct service programs on a regional and national level. HF community assistance supports and uplifts children, youth and families through the provision of direct social services in the areas of K-12 education, college access and success, workforce training, citizenship and naturalization, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), General Education Diploma (GED) and Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes, financial literacy, hunger relief, and health. Through these programs, HF is committed to decreasing disparities and advancing equity. Goal 2: Create a Sustainable Latino Nonprofit Sector to Support Latino Families: Hispanic Federation is committed to reinvigorating Latino grassroots institutions that are the mainstays of Latino life: early childhood centers, immigration service providers, arts groups, community-health clinics, shelters, after-school hubs, workforce centers, civil rights agencies and others. HF works every day with these nonprofits to advance policies and create programming that touch the lives of people, families and communities we collectively serve. And we provide community-based organizations with organizational development assistance and capacity-building grants that allow them to strengthen their programs and operations to more efficiently and effectively serve our community. Goal 3: Shape a Shared Advocacy Agenda to Strengthen Latino Communities: Hispanic Federation’s federal and state advocacy efforts advance the interests and generates resources for Latinos and allies through coalition-building, convening cross-sector institutions, and public education campaigns, winning tens of millions of dollars for people of color-run nonprofits in locations, such as New York City, Connecticut, Florida, and Puerto Rico.
The Hispanic Federation exists to empower and advance the Latino community, support Latino families, and strengthen Latino institutions. To achieve its mission, the Federation works at local, state, regional, and national levels and employs four key strategies: Grantmaking: HF provides more than $4. 2 million annually in capacity-building and program grants to Latino nonprofit agencies. Organizational development: HF provides technical assistance to strengthen nonprofit boards and financial systems and management training for Latino nonprofit leaders. Community assistance: HF programs and services that provide new opportunities for children, youth and families, and bring to scale a portfolio of innovative community initiatives. Public education and advocacy: HF promotes public policies that enhance life opportunities for Latinos.
The Hispanic Federation works with 115 Latino nonprofit member organizations and a broader network of nonprofits that partner with the us to deliver programs in 20 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. United Way has described the Hispanic Federation as "a model for other communities in their efforts to build the capacity of their organizations. " Headquartered in New York, the Federation has field offices in Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC, and is opening offices in Pennsylvania and Illinois. These offices work locally, statewide, and regionally. Since its founding in 1990, the Federation has gained national recognition and prominence for its work in the areas of education, health, immigration, civic engagement, disaster relief, economic empowerment, philanthropy, and the environment. Its work and its visibility are expanding rapidly. The Federation staff has grown by 250% since 2012, as the Federation has initiated national programs, opened field offices, and become a major force in disaster relief in Puerto Rico. Its annual grantmaking has grown from $600,000 to 34 Latino nonprofit organizations in 2012 to $4. 2 million to 172 nonprofits in 2018. During 2018, 144,000 individuals made personal donations to the Federation, which also receives corporate, foundation, and government grants and raised more than $2. 7 million in 2019 through its annual Gala. The organization’s expanded reach enhances its capacity to meet both long-term and emerging community needs. The Hispanic Federation ecosystem of board, staff, member agencies and partners have a single-minded determination to better the lives of our Latino communities, nonprofits, and families. There is no Latino organization—indeed, no one organization in general—that combines a near-perfect mix of grassroots base-building with national reach, long-term strategic thinking with an unparalleled on-the-ground responsiveness, and solo organizational effectiveness with success in creating impactful allyships. Because of the Hispanic Federation, many Latino communities have dramatically changed for the better.
HF created five-year indicators for its main programs. DIRECT COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: -Increased number of individuals served from 100,000 to 215,000 through direct services in education, hunger relief, health insurance and immigration assistance. NONPROFIT SUSTAINABILITY: -Latino Grant Making Initiative: Increased annual grants to grassroots nonprofits from $2 million a year to $4 million year in grants to HF nonprofit member agencies, with 75% of funded agencies achieving their capacity-building objectives -“Entre Familia” Learning Series – Increased technical assistance training for non-profits from six to 12 per year, with a survey indicating that at least 80% feel they were helpful in strengthening the organization’s capacity to provide services. Increase number of nonprofit professionals participating in trainings from 250 to 500 per year. ADVOCACY: -Increase state-level advocacy coalitions from three to five states -Increase advocacy campaigns to include litigation through strategic partnerships -Increase annual civic engagement capacity to meet the following goals by 2018: (1) Educate at least 75 community members via 400 town halls and/or community forums (2) Register at least 48,000 voters in five states (3) Train at least 75 voter registration and GOTV staff and/or volunteers (4) Provide Get Out the Vote efforts with 1,000,000 contact engagements in five states
Through rapid growth over the past five years, HF has provided services to more states, and empowered more Latinos. SUCCESSES FOR GOAL - ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND HELP LATINO FAMILIES THRIVE: HF’s social programs have grown to serve 215,000 people per year and our public education campaigns have helped tens of millions of Latinos improve their well-being. Examples of success include: - College success: HF’s “C. RE. A. R. Futuros” (College Readiness, Achievement and Retention) Latino college success program has helped more than 3,000 students in New York, Florida, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. - Healthcare: HF reached more than 100,000 enrolling in low-cost Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces and connect to health education and screenings services. - Citizenship services: HF provided Adult Basic Education, citizenship and naturalization classes, and, advocacy, legal and integration services to more than 80,000 Latinos . - Disaster Relief: HF’s UNIDOS initiative served 750,000 Puerto Ricans in all 78 municipalities, distributed 7. 4 million pounds of food, water and essentials; and seeded $30 million to support emergency relief and recovery project. In Mexico, HF built 400 homes for affected families after the 2017 earthquakes that devastated Mexico City. - Financial education and hunger relief: HF trained 10,000 individuals through financial health education and provided more than 1,125,000 with meals in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Florida, New York, and New Jersey. SUCCESSES FOR GOAL 2 - CREATE A SUSTAINABLE LATINO NONPROFIT SECTOR TO SUPPORT LATINO FAMILIES: - In the last three years alone, HF has awarded $10MM in grants to 442 nonprofits in over 20 states. In 2018, HF trained 500 nonprofit professionals through 18 training seminars. SUCCESSES FOR GOAL 3 - SHAPE A SHARED ADVOCACY AGENDA TO STRENGTHEN LATINO COMMUNITIES: HF has a robust advocacy arm that has been very successful in mobilizing and organizing key stakeholders to secure tens of millions of dollars for Latino organizations and educate elected officials. It was instrumental in the advocating for the passage of the New York State Dream Act and National Disaster Relief Bill. - Civic engagement: HF’s Movimiento Hispano voter initiative mobilized 1. 5MM Latinos in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Georgia. - In Connecticut, HF introduced and mobilized support to pass Senate Bill 898 to allocate $3 million in the Biennium Budget to establish the first statewide Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization and Growth Fund. - In Florida, with the support of LatinoJustice, HF was a party to a lawsuit against Florida’s Secretary of State, which resulted in an order mandating that the state make bilingual materials accessible in the 32 counties where the largest number of Latino voters reside.
