The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) announced today $2 million in grants to 28 organizations leveraging the power of the arts to organize, mobilize, and catalyze civic leadership across communities of color. Embedded within LCF’s Latino Power Fund, PoderArte will invest in the creative economy by
Today’s decision on Affirmative Action from the Supreme Court was a devastating blow to progress towards equity, justice, and our democratic tenets. It was also a reminder that elections matter. The impact of our votes goes far beyond who sits in the White House. They
Photo: De Colores Consulting Small businesses are the backbone of a stable and strong economy. In California, this fact holds true and steady. We recognize all the ways they create meaningful jobs in our communities, unleash the creativity of creators and artists, and add vibrancy
Twenty-six years ago, I distinctly remember going to our local movie theater with my elementary school-aged cousins to watch one of our first movies on the big screen, Selena. We were excited to see the story of someone we grew up listening to displayed on
This year the Latino Community Foundation achieved a major milestone when it brought a delegation of its nonprofit partners to the nation’s capital. Over the course of a few days, our community leaders shared in dialogue with decisionmakers about their successes in leveraging federal dollars
It’s not an understatement to say that California’s farmworkers feed America. The Central Valley alone grows more than 250 different crops—holding an estimated value of $17 billion per year—and account for one-fourth of all food that makes it to kitchen tables across the country.[i] Yet
LCF Sr. VP of Programs, Masha V. Chernyak, sat down with Shiree Teng to discuss her latest Brown Paper, Healing Love: Into Balance. Shiree Teng has worked with LCF for almost a decade—helping us dream, re-imagine, and support our grassroots Latino nonprofit community. Shiree is
Our Latinos in Tech Giving Circle made the Cover of the Chronicle Philanthropy! Read Jim Rendon’s full piece: Hector Mujica was just a child when his family came to the United States from Venezuela in 1998. When they arrived, a community of immigrants in the
Serving as the first Aida Álvarez Policy & Civic Leadership Fellow, named after the nation’s first Latina to ever serve in a presidential cabinet, has been a period of tremendous growth both professionally and personally. This transformative experience not only reaffirmed my purpose, but it
California’s economy hit two significant milestones this fall – its GDP is poised to surpass Germany as the world’s fourth largest economy, and it has officially recovered the 2.7 million jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, just as these positive trendlines are surging, Californians