As Board Chair of the Latino Community Foundation (LCF), I am extremely proud to share the exciting news that Julián Castro will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2024. Reflecting on his vision for LCF’s next chapter, Julián has shared the
Dear Familia, My LCF love story began in 2011, when I joined the Latino Community Foundation (LCF) as the first Graduate Fellow. I fell in love with the vision of building a Foundation that belonged to the people. I poured all my energy into making our
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
The murder of seven farmworkers in Half Moon Bay have shattered our hearts—and an entire community. Nineteen families were directly impacted, all members of Asian and Latino communities. As immigrants and farmworkers, these families are among the most vulnerable and unprotected members of our communities.
We did it! We made it through another year. And, because of you, it’s been a year of important breakthroughs for our communities. This year, the Latino Community Foundation (LCF) invested $5.8 million into 179 organizations and led multi-media campaigns to shape the narrative of Latinos as
“One light feeds another. One strong family lends strength to more. One engaged community can ignite those around it. This is the power of the light we carry.” – Michelle Obama, The Light we Carry The last couple of years have uprooted us all.
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
Taking action amid the U.S. midterm elections, the Latino Community Foundation’s (LCF) Latino Giving Circle Network™ (LGCN) recently gathered virtually for a night of collective giving to Latino-led grassroot organizations. After a year of examining the issues facing Latinos in their post-COVID recovery, LCF’s LGCN
The racist, abhorrent, and repulsive remarks made by Latino political leaders in Los Angeles cut deep. It painfully exposes the deep-seated anti-Blackness and anti-Indigenous poison that exists and how it creeps its way into policies that perpetuate racism in our cities. The Latino Community Foundation
This week, the Latino Community Foundation is commemorating the 5-year anniversary of the devasting 2017 wildfires in Northern California by honoring the power of grassroots leadership. Community leaders, organizers, healers, and artists will come together to honor the land, celebrate collective wins, and utilize the