The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) invests in emerging Latino-led organizations that have a tangible impact on the lives of youth and families in California. The organizations we fund are working to transform the communities, systems, and policies that impact the lives of Latinos across the state.
Why do we invest in Latino-led organizations across California?
• We value the deep roots and authentic relationships these organizations share with their communities.
• We strongly believe that these organizations are best suited to address the economic, social, and physical conditions affecting community members.
• These organizations serve as trusted anchors that strengthen community organizing and build the political power necessary for long-term systemic changes that can lead to equity.
• These organizations serve as a pipeline for leadership development opportunities for emerging Latino leaders.
Below you will find a list of nonprofit organizations that are current and past grantees. For questions regarding our grantees, please reach out to Samantha M. Sandoval, Manager of Programs and Grants, at ssandoval@latinocf.org or contact the respective organization directly.
Nonprofit Database: The California Latino Power Map is an interactive database developed by LCF featuring Latino-led nonprofits across California. If you think your nonprofit should be considered contact us.
ACT for Women and Girls
LCF invests in ACT for Women and Girls to support the Female Leadership Academy, which develops leadership skills among young women and completes teen pregnancy prevention outreach campaigns to activate and inform Tulare County teens.
Organization Budget: $350,000
Primary Service Area: Tulare County
Primary Focus Areas: Youth Development, Teen Pregnancy Prevention & Leadership Development
Contact Information: Erin Garner-Ford, Executive Director | erin@actforwomenandgirls.org
Website: www.actforwomenandgirls.org
Bay Area Gardeners Scholarship Foundation
Bay Area Gardeners Scholarship Foundation provides scholarships to Bay Area students facing significant financial barriers to educational attainment.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara County
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Leadership Development
Contact Information: Catalino Tapia, Executive Director | bagfoundation@bagsf.org
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) is a statewide organization committed to building the power of Latinas and helping them cultivate leadership through community education, policy advocacy, and community-informed research to achieve reproductive justice.
LCF’s investment in CLRJ goes to hosting a policy training for teen pregnancy prevention as well as supporting events and outreach trainings and events to that furthers their work around reproductive justice.
Primary Service Area: Los Angeles and Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy, Women’s Empowerment
Contact Information: Laura Jimenez, Executive Director | laura@clrj.org
Website: www.californialatinas.org
CARECEN SF
Located in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District, CARECEN SF empowers Central Americans and all immigrants by defending human and civil rights, working for social and economic justice, promoting cultural diversity, and defending San Francisco as a sanctuary city.
LCF invests in CARACEN to support culturally-rooted youth leadership in the Mission District of San Francisco.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Community Development
Contact Information: Lariza Dugan- Cuadra, Executive Director | lariza@carecensf.org
Website: www.carecensf.org
CDTech
CDTech is a catalyst for transforming South Los Angeles, by equipping residents and businesses with the training, strategies, and programs they need to be leaders and organizers for neighborhood improvement and economic growth.
LCF invests in CDTech to support Latino students in South Los Angeles with essential mentorship, leadership, development, and job training opportunities.
Primary Service Area: South Los Angeles
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Leadership Development
Contact Information: Benjamin Torres, President & CEO | btorres@cdtech.org
Website: www.cdtech.org
Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno
Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno (CBDIO) serves indigenous Mexican migrant communities in California through projects focused on worker’s rights as well as promoting intensive ethical training of indigenous interpreters, helping them to serve as a compassionate intermediary between monolingual indigenous migrants and various government institutions.
LCF invests in CBDIO to promote a culturally-rooted, trauma-informed approach that reduces community violence and promotes community health and wellness in partnership with other leaders of NOPAL.
Primary Service Area: Fresno
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Community Development
Contact Information: Leoncio Vasquez Santos | lvasquez@centrobinacional.org
Website: centrobinacional.org
Centro Legal de la Raza
Serving the East Bay region of Northern California, Centro Legal de la Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of immigrant, low-income, and Latino communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.
LCF invests in Centro Legal de la Raza to provide legal representation to young immigrants through consultations and clinics.
Primary Service Area: Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Immigration Rights, Legal Services
Contact Information: Paul Chavez, Executive Director | pchavez@centrolegal.org
Website: centrolegal.org
Chicana Latina Foundation
Chicana Latina Foundation (CLF) promotes professional and leadership development of Chicanas/Latinas through workshops and programs for personal, educational, and professional advancement.
LCF invests in CLF to provide scholarships for women seeking to advance their education and careers.
Primary Service Area: Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment, Education, Leadership Development, Women’s Empowerment
Contact Information: Olga Talamante, Executive Director | olga@chicanalatina.org
Website: www.chicanalatina.org
Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project
Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project (CLYLP) is a leadership development program that emphasizes the importance of culture, community, college, and careers for students wanting to participate in California’s economic, social, and political development.
LCF invests in CLYLP to provide students with the opportunities to network and develop skills that will help them succeed in college and beyond.
Primary Service Area: Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership development, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Fernando Ramirez, President | president@clylp.org
Website: clylp.org
Communities United for Youth Restorative Justice
Communities United for Youth Restorative Justice (CURYJ) provides training and technical assistance to young people who have been impacted by the criminal justice system, helping them to make positive changes, break the cycle of violence and poverty in their lives, and prepare to become leaders in their communities.
LCF invests in CURYJ to provide support for programs that empower Latino boys.
Primary Service Area: Alameda County
Primary Focus Area(s): Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: George Galvis, Executive Director | ggalvis@curyj.org
Website: www.curyj.org
Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse
Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) is dedicated to helping those affected by domestic violence through counseling, emergency housing, legal assistance, and more.
LCF invests in CORA to provide comprehensive legal support for survivors of domestic violence.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment, Leadership Development
Contact Information: Lynn Schuette, Executive Director | lynns@corasupport.org
Website: www.corasupport.org
Diaz & Loera Centro Latino
Diaz & Loera Centro Latino offers a wide range of free social services and programs to the Latino community, providing advocacy, partnership, and resources to help promote self-sufficiency and leadership.
LCF invests in Diaz & Loera Centro Latino to secure training for the volunteers who conduct educational programs and workshops in their communities.
Primary Service Area: Solano County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment
Contact Information: Mina Diaz, Founder and Director | minadiaz01@gmail.com
Digital NEST
Digital NEST (Nurturing Entrepreneurial Skills with Technology) provides Latino youth with digital technology and teaches them the skills they need to enter higher education, start businesses and careers, and compete in the 21st century job market.
LCF invests in Digital NEST to support their bizNEST program, which helps young people prepare for careers by providing them with paid jobs as tech consultants in their communities.
Primary Service Area: Santa Cruz County
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Steve Bean, Enterprise Director | steve@digitalnest.org
Website: digitalnest.org
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Dolores Huerta Foundation organizes at the grassroots level, creating leadership opportunities within the areas of community organizing, leadership development, civic engagement, and policy advocacy.
Primary Service Area: Central Valley
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Community Organizing, Leadership Development, Policy Advocacy
Contact Information: Manuel Barrera, Director of Programs & Planning | mbarrera@doloreshuerta.org
Website: doloreshuerta.org
Educational Coalition for Hispanics in Oakland
Educational Coalition for Hispanics in Oakland (ECHO) works with Latino students and their families, providing them the tools needed for academic success, teaching and informing them about their rights and responsibilities, and helping them develop the skills needed to become effective leaders of their communities.
LCF invests in ECHO to provide operating support for their Latino Student Honor Roll program.
Primary Service Area: Alameda County, San Mateo County
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Emma Chavez Roos, Executive Director | emmacroos@att.net
Website: www.echopath.org
Educa2, Inc.
Educa2, Inc. equips Latino children with innovative skills needed to succeed in school as well as life and empowers parents to actively engage in their children’s education.
LCF invests in Educa2 to provide scholarships for students and their families to participate in the organization’s after-school programs.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo County
Primary Focus Areas: Early Education, Parental Engagement
Contact Information: Iván Quiñones, Executive Director | ivan@educa2california.org
Website: www.educa2california.org
Educators for Fair Consideration
Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC) engages a diverse coalition of undocumented young people and allies through a diverse series of programs to build lasting relationships that meaningfully impact the lives of undocumented youth.
LCF invests in E4FC to support DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students with their career and academic goals.
Primary Service Area: Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Immigrant Rights, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Katharine Gin, Co-Founder & Executive Director | kathy@e4fc.org
Website: www.e4fc.org
Empoder
Empoder empowers under-resourced communities, help their members pursue careers in tech by offering holistic and comprehensive engineering programs as well as computer science education programs.
LCF invests in Empoder to execute the Empower Girls Through Code summer intensive programs.
Primary Service Area: Santa Clara County
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Women’s Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Marissa Elena Yanez, Founder and CEO | marissa@yanez@empoder.org
Website: empower.org
Familias Unidas
Familias Unidas works to improve wellness and self-sufficiency in Latino communities and beyond by delivering quality mental health counseling, service advocacy, and information/referral services.
LCF invests in Familias Unidas to offer comprehensive sexual education and youth development as well as engage in community healing through events, outreach, healing circles, and one-on-one meetings.
Primary Service Area: Contra Costa County
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Health
Contact Information: Lorena Huerta, Executive Director | lhuerta@familias-unidas.org
Website: www.familias-unidas.org
Fathers & Families of San Joaquin
Focusing on the redemptive power of hope and community, Fathers & Families of San Joaquin (FFSJ) promotes the spiritual, economic, and social renewal of the Central Valley’s most vulnerable young men and their families.
LCF invests in FFSJ to provide operational support for programs that improve the conditions of vulnerable and underrepresented populations and ultimately improve life outcomes of young people.
Primary Service Area: San Joaquin County
Primary Focus Areas: Advocacy, Community Empowerment, Leadership Development, Violence Prevention, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Emily Borg, Policy and Resource Director | eborg@ffsj.org
Website: www.ffsj.org
Fresno Barrios Unidos
Fresno Barrios Unidos transforms communities by empowering youth and families through advocacy, education, and wellness. They provide programs and support on topics from civic engagement to reproductive health education to incarcerated youth.
LCF invests in Fresno Barrios Unidos to provide the community with their Teen Pregnancy Prevention programs.
Primary Service Area: Fresno County
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Community Development, Health, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Socorro Santillan, Executive Director | socorro_santillan@fresnobarriosunidos.org
Website: www.fresnobarriosunidos.org
Good Samaritan Family Resource Center
Good Samaritan addresses the needs of low-income Latino immigrant families through a two-generation strategy that involves children and their parents/caregivers.
LCF invests in Good Samaritan to ensure that children have access to the educational and development opportunities they deserve to succeed in life, and to equip parents with the confidence, knowledge, and tools to support their children’s success.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco and Sacramento
Primary Focus Areas: Community Development, Parent Engagement
Contact Information: Mario Paz, Executive Director | mariopaz@goodsamfrc.org
Website: goodsamfrc.org
Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth
Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth (HOMEY) focuses on youth development and violence prevention, empowering youth to work together at bettering their communities.
LCF invests in HOMEY to transform the lives of high-risk youth and inspire them not only to choose a path of education, self-sufficiency, and non-violence, but also to strive towards physical, mental, and emotional health.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco
Primary Focus Areas: Advocacy, Community Empowerment, Violence Prevention, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Roberto Eligio Alfaro, Executive Director | roberto.e.alfaro@gmail.com
Website: www.homey-sf.org
Kids’ Vision
Kids’ Vision provides girls in 3rd to 6th grades with the skills and knowledge that will help them deal with the gender filters that keep them from entering STEM fields.
LCF invests in Kids’ Vision to support mentorship and educational programs that help girls pursue STEM-related careers.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Women’s Empowerment
Contact Information: Maria Célérier, Executive Director & Founder | maria@kids-vision.org
Website: kids-vision.org
La Luz Bilingual Center
La Luz Bilingual Center provides English language training and financial support services, teaches computer skills, distributes food, hosts medical and legal services, offers crisis counseling, and supports events that celebrate the multicultural richness of the community.
LCF invests in La Luz to support disadvantaged families experiencing economic and social crises and seeking opportunities to become economically self-sufficient.
Primary Service Area: Sonoma Valley
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment, Education, Health
Contact Information: Juan Hernandez, Executive Director | juan@laluzcenter.org
Website: www.laluzcenter.org
The Latina Center
The Latina Center improves the quality of life and health of the Latino community by providing leadership and personal development opportunities for all Latinas.
LCF invests in The Latina Center to support the Primero Nuestros Niños program, a culturally-appropriate parental engagement program that uses evidence-based curriculum to give Latino parents the tools they need to succeed and support their young children.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo County
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development, Women’s Empowerment, Immigrant Rights, Parent Engagement
Contact Information: Miriam Wong, Executive Director │ mwong@thelatinacenter.org
Website: thelatinacenter.org
Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley
Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley provides local Latinas with civic engagement and leadership development while also identifying and heightening awareness about issues that disproportionately affect their community through educational forums, lectures, workshops, and events.
LCF invests in Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley to support civic engagement and grassroots organizing efforts in Santa Clara and San Mateo county.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo and Santa Clara County
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Leadership Development, Women’s Empowerment
Contact Information: Jazmin Segura | jsegura@sff.org
Website: latinacoalition.org
The Latino Commission
The Latino Commission helps people improve their quality of life and health by providing culturally-competent services through residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment, transitional sober living, health education and prevention programs, case management, safety-net services, and public awareness.
LCF invests in The Latino Commission to support comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention and youth leadership development programs that use Xinachtli, an indigenous female rites of passage curriculum, to engage youth, their parents, and community members in the primarily farmworker community of Cutler-Orosi.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo County, San Francisco County, and Tulare County
Primary Focus Areas: Health, Education, Community Engagement, Leadership Development
Contact Information: Debra Camarillo, Executive Director │ debra.camarillo@thelatinocommission.org
Website: www.thelatinocommission.org
Latino Family Fund de Gilroy
Latino Family Fund de Gilroy is a philanthropic group that provides generational empowerment to significantly impact the Latino community.
LCF invests in Latino Family Fund de Gilroy to empower Latinos as philanthropists, instill philanthropy in youth, and advance local causes in Gilroy.
Primary Service Area: Santa Clara County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Development, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Donna Pray, Executive Director | dpray@gilroyfoundation.org
Website: www.lffgilroy.org
LISTAS (Latinas in STEM to Achieve Success)
LISTAS encourages and motivates girls to prepare for professional careers that they have traditionally been underrepresented in, including those in STEM fields and management.
LCF invests in LISTAS to support their leadership programs in order to increase the number of Latinas in STEM and management fields as well as increase attendance at their annual conference.
Primary Service Area: Bay Area
Primary Focus Area: Leadership Development
Contact Information: Julissa Ramirez, Executive Director | julissa.ramirez@listas.org
Website: www.listas.org
Merced Organizing Project (MOP)
Merced Organizing Project (MOP) is a multi-culture and multi-faith based grassroots community organization that develops, equips, and transforms communities and congregations
LCF partners with MOP to promote a culturally-rooted, trauma-informed approach that reduces community violence and promotes community health and wellness in partnership with other leaders of NOPAL.
Primary Service Area: Merced County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment, Health, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Tsia Xiong, Executive Director | tsia@mopmerced.org
Website: www.mopmerced.org
Mi Familia Vota - California
Mi Familia Vota (MFV) is a civic engagement organization that advocates on social and economic issues that impact the Latino community, including comprehensive immigration reform, education, healthcare, workers’ rights, climate change, the environment, and voter rights.
LCF invests in Mi Familia Vota to support their civic engagement and grassroots organizing efforts throughout California.
Primary Service Area: Fresno County, Los Angeles County
Primary Focus Areas: Voter Registration, Community Organizing, Civic Engagement, Policy Advocacy, Immigrant Rights
Contact Information: Samuel Molina, CA State Deputy Director │ samuelm@mifamiliavota.net
Website: www.mifamiliavota.org
Mission Graduates
Mission Graduates provides academic enrichment programs serving low-income youth in San Francisco’s Mission District in order to to increasing the number of K-12 students in the area who are prepared for and complete college.
LCF invests in Mission Graduates to reduce unplanned teenage pregnancies by supporting the training of Latino Health Parent Promoters, who deliver workshops (or “charlas”) on sexual education and provide Latino parents with the necessary tools and confidence to talk to their teens about sexuality, safe sex, pregnancy prevention, healthy relationships, and building a pathway to college.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Health, Youth Empowerment, Parent Engagement
Contact Information: Edward Kaufman, Executive Director │ eddie@missiongraduates.org
Website: www.missiongraduates.org
Mobilize the Immigrant Vote
Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV) amplifies the voices of low-income immigrant and refugee New Americans of color by building voting power to improve living conditions and achieve systems change across California.
LCF invests in MIV to support civic engagement and grassroots organizing efforts in Latino communities.
Primary Service Area: Statewide
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Community Organizing, Immigrant Rights
Contact Information: Aparna Shah, Executive Director │ info@mivcalifornia.org
Website: www.mivcalifornia.org
Motivating Individual Leadership for Public Advancement
Motivating Individual Leadership for Public Advancement (MILPA) provides culturally competent leadership development, networking, and entrepreneurship opportunities that build community power, promote upward mobility, and focus on social change.
LCF invests in MILPA to promote a culturally-rooted, trauma-informed approach that reduces community violence and promotes community health and wellness.
Primary Service Area: San Joaquin Valley
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development
Contact Information: Juan Gomez, Director of Programs and Innovation │ jgomez@milpacollective.org
Website: www.milpacollective.org
Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a double mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. They empower and educate through trainings to build economic security and leadership, work in diverse alliances, as well as organize campaigns to win immigrant, workers’ and women’s rights.
LCF invests in MUA to support parenting and educational workshops focused on parenting skills, mental health, and English for Latina immigrant members.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Community Organizing, Leadership Development, Immigrant Rights
Contact Information: Andrea Lee, Co-Director │ andrea@mujeresunidas.net
Website: mujeresunidas.net
Nuestra Casa of East Palo Alto
Nuestra Casa is a community education organization dedicated to increasing civic participation and promoting economic self-sustainability of the Latino immigrant population of East Palo Alto. Embracing popular education values and practices, they develop local leadership to foster changes for the betterment of the community’s economic and social well-being.
LCF invests in Nuestra Casa to educate Latinos about health issues affecting their communities and provide guidance in accessing community resources associated with health care through trained Latino Parent Promotores.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo County
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Community Organizing, Leadership Development, Immigrant Rights, Health
Contact Information: Andrés Connell, Executive Director │ aconnell@nuestracasa.org
Website: www.nuestracasa.org
North Bay Organizing Project
North Bay Organizing Project unites people to build leadership and grassroots power for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice.
LCF invests in North Bay Organizing Project to support civic engagement and grassroots organizing efforts in Sonoma County.
Primary Service Area: Sonoma County
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Community Organizing, Leadership Development, Immigrant Rights
Contact Information: Davin Cardenas, Lead Organizer│ dcardenas@northbayop.org
Website: northbayop.org
One Day at a Time, Inc.
One Day at a Time, Inc. provides youth with a supportive network of peers, opportunities for academic and personal growth, and exposure to positive impacting experiences that empower them with the confidence and life skills needed to make better life choices while promoting positive lifestyles.
LCF invests in One Day at a Time to develop the leadership of Latino youth in Contra Costa County.
Primary Service Area: Contra Costa County
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Johnny Rodriguez, Executive Director │ admin@odatec.org
Website: odatec.org
Peninsula Family Connections
Peninsula Family Connections provides educational services to low-income families, including tuition-free parent participation preschool, parent education, and links to community services as well as support to children and their parents throughout K-12.
LCF invests in Peninsula Family Connections to support the education of Latino youth.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo County
Primary Focus Areas: Parent Engagement, Education, Youth
Contact Information: Adam Tarnoff, Executive Director │ atarnoff@familyconnections.org
Website: www.familyconnections.org
Prospera
Prospera partners with low-income Latinas to cultivate their leadership abilities, grow successful businesses, become skilled co-op developers, transform their communities and achieve economic prosperity through cooperative business ownership.
LCF invests in Prospera to support the year-long fellowship program that trains low-income Latinas to become co-op developers.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development, Economic Development, Women’s Empowerment
Contact Information: Maria Rogers Pascual, Executive Director │ maria@prosperacoops.org
Website: prosperacoops.org
PUENTE de la Costa Sur
PUENTE de la Costa Sur both advocates for our communities and leverages resources that foster economic prosperity and security as well as promote individual and community health and wellness.
LCF invests in PUENTE de la Costa Sur to support the leadership development and well-being of Latina women in Pescadero.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo County
Primary Focus Areas: Policy Advocacy, Leadership Development, Economic Development, Education, Youth
Contact Information: Rita Mancera, Executive Director │ rmancera@mypuente.org
Website: mypuente.org
Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center
Puertas Abiertas works hand-in-hand with Latinos to inspire and achieve healthy living, self-sufficiency, and opportunities for leadership and community engagement. To reach these goals, they adapt and realign services with partners to meet the most pressing needs of the underserved community in our county.
LCF invests in Puertas Abiertas to support the Spanish Summer Language Institute for children ages 3- to 6-years.
Primary Service Area: Napa County
Primary Focus Areas: Parent Engagement, Education, Youth, Community Empowerment
Contact Information: Melissa Patrino, Executive Director │ melissa@puertasabiertasnapa.com
Website: puertasabiertasnapa.org
Salud Para la Gente
Salud Para la Gente operates community health clinics that provide low-cost, high-quality healthcare to residents of Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties and promote healthy living.
LCF invests in Salud Para la Gente to serve youth through community outreach and peer-to peer-education, group presentations and trainings, pregnancy prevention workshops, individualized case management, and confidential teen-only clinical services. We also invest to provide parents with health education presentations from health educators on topics including pregnancy prevention and teen sexual health.
Primary Service Area: Santa Cruz County, Monterey County
Primary Focus Areas: Health, Education, Youth, Parent Engagement
Contact Information: Dori Rose Inda, CEO │ droseinda@splg.org
Website: splg.org
San Francisco Rising Alliance
San Francisco Rising Alliance is a vibrant young electoral alliance that builds the political power of working class communities of color in San Francisco.
LCF invests in San Francisco Rising Alliance to support civic engagement and grassroots organizing efforts in the Bay Area.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Policy Advocacy, Community Organizing
Contact Information: Mario Yedidia, Political Coordinator │ mario@sfrising.org
Website: www.sfrising.org
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos is dedicated to preventing, treating, and eliminating youth gang violence by addressing the root causes of crime with concrete programs that offer youth positive alternatives.
LCF invests in Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos to reduce unplanned teenage pregnancies by engaging Latino male youth and providing leadership development opportunities through a “rites of passage” program that builds character, defines manhood, and promotes healthy sexual relationships for youth.
Primary Service Area: Santa Cruz County
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development, Education, Health, Youth, Violence Prevention
Contact Information: Daniel “Nane” Alejandrez, Executive Director │ nane@barriosunidos.net
Website: www.barriosunidos.net
Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network
Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN) empowers low-income immigrants and refugees in Silicon Valley through community education and organizing, leadership development, policy advocacy, and naturalization services.
LCF invests in SIREN to support civic engagement, voter registration, and grassroots organizing efforts in Santa Clara County.
Primary Service Area: Silicon Valley
Primary Focus Areas: Immigrant Rights, Education, Civic Engagement, Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy
Contact Information: Maricela Gutierrez, Executive Director │ maricela@siren-bayarea.org
Website: www.siren-bayarea.org
Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley
Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley provides innovative academic motivation and assistance to children who are at-risk and disenfranchised as well as those who have suffered a traumatic crisis or loss of a parent due to violence.
LCF invests in Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley to support their Readers & Leaders Program, which serves to increase literacy of elementary school children in San Jose.
Primary Service Area: Silicon Valley
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Youth, Violence Prevention
Contact Information: Darrell Cortez, Founder & Executive Director │ coach_darrell59@yahoo.com
Website: www.shopwithacopsv.com
Somos Familia
Somos Familia supports Latino families with children who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) and conducts education to create family and community acceptance.
LCF invests in Somos Familia to support Latino families with LGBTQ children and conduct education around creating family and community acceptance.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Community Engagement, Education, Youth, Parent Engagement, LGBTQ, Leadership Development
Contact Information: Maritza Martinez, Director │ martinez.maritza@gmail.com
Website: www.somosfamiliabay.org
Somos Mayfair
Somos Mayfair supports children, organizes families, and connects neighbors in order to uplift the dreams, power, and leadership of community and address systemic inequities.
LCF invests in Somos Mayfair to strengthen the capacity of Health Promotores and to offer family and community wellness activities through grassroots efforts in San Jose’s Mayfair neighborhoods.
Primary Service Area: Santa Clara County
Primary Focus Areas: Parent Engagement, Education, Health, Youth, Community Empowerment
Contact Information: Camille Llanes-Fontanilla, Executive Director │ cfontanilla@somosmayfair.org
Website: somosmayfair.org
Street Level Health Project
Street Level Health Project is a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of underserved urban immigrant communities in the Bay Area.
LCF invests in Street Level Health Project to improve health outcomes for Latinos in the Oakland community by providing leadership development training to community Health Promotores, supporting healthy eating choices in the community, and providing access to nutritious food.
Primary Service Area: Alameda County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment, Health, Education, Immigrant Rights, Policy Advocacy, Leadership Development
Contact Information: Jae Maldonado, Executive Director │ jae@streetlevelhealth.org
Website: streetlevelhealth.org
Youth Alliance
Youth Alliance strives to create thriving and equitable communities through comprehensive, innovative, and culturally relevant services that equip youth and families to become change agents in their own lives and in their community.
LCF invests in Youth Alliance to support culturally-rooted youth leadership development and reduce unplanned teenage pregnancies by supporting the FAMiLia Teen parent programs that train peer educators and provide “El Joven Noble” rites of passage program to at-risk youth.
Primary Service Area: San Benito County, Santa Clara County
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development, Education, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Diane Ortiz, Executive Director │ diane@youthall.org
Website: site.youthall.org
Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN)
PLAN is a leadership development organization that focuses on empowering parents to transform schools so that every child gets an excellent education.
LCF invested in PLAN to expand programs that empower, organize, and transform families by making parents partners in their children’s education.
Primary Service Area: Greater Bay Area
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Leadership Development, Parent Engagement
Contact Information: Melia Franklin, Executive Director | melia@parentactionnet.org
Website: www.parentactionnet.org
Building Skills Partnership
Building Skills Partnership (BSP) is a collaboration between the janitors’ union, commercial building owners, janitorial employers, client companies and community leaders.
LCF invested in Building Skills Partnership to improve the quality of life for low-wage property service workers and their families by increasing their skills, access to education and opportunities for career and community advancement.
Primary Service Area: Statewide
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development, Professional Development
Contact Information: Luis Sandoval, Development Manager | luis@buildingskills.org
Website: www.buildingskills.org
Canal Welcome Center
Canal Welcome Center works to advance the communities’ social, cultural, and economic well-being and participating fully in the broader civic life of U.S. society.
LCF invested in Canal Welcome Center to provide educational and professional training to increase economic mobility for under-resourced communities and families.
Primary Service Area: Marin County
Primary Focus Areas: Civic Engagement, Leadership Development, Social & Restorative Justice
Contact Information: Douglas Mundo, Executive Director | dmundo@cwcenter.org
Website: www.cwcenter.org
Community Technology Network (CTN)
Community Technology Network provides on-site staff to operate computer centers and teach digital literacy skills that empower the community to become more connected and productive.
LCF invested in CTN to develop a Promotora Pilot program, which included the creation of a curriculum and training workshops that allowed promotoras to empower their communities with technology.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Community Empowerment
Contact Information: Kami Griffiths, Executive Director | kami@ctnbayarea.org
Website: www.ctnbayarea.org
Day Worker Center of Mountain View
Day Worker Center of Mountain View provides job-matching services for hundreds of local homeowners and businesses.
LCF invested in Day Workers Center to support event outreach to the community.
Primary Service Area: Santa Clara County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment
Contact Information: Maria Marroquin, Executive Director | maria@dayworkercentermv.org
Website: www.dayworkercentermv.org
Fair Oaks Community Center
Fair Oaks Community Center provides a wide range of services to Santa Clara County, from immigration and citizenship resources to food, housing, and other emergency social services.
LCF invested in Fair Oaks Community Center as a partner for the Health + Tech at Google.
Primary Service Area: Santa Clara County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Development, Health
Contact Information: Teri Chin, Human Services Manager | tchin@redwoodcity.org
Website: www.redwoodcity.org
Girl Scouts of Northern California
Girl Scouts of Northern California tailors programs to the developmental, educational, emotional, and social needs of girls from grades K-12.
LCF invested in Girl Scouts of Northern California to support their Latina Initiative and deliver leadership programs to Latinas who want to join the Scouts.
Primary Service Area: Northern California
Primary Focus Areas: Community Development, Leadership Development, Women’s Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Maris Cidre, Hispanic Initiative Director | mcidre@girlscoutsnorcal.org
Website: www.gsnorcal.org
Health Connected
Health Connected (Formerly Teen Talk) serves students and their families in San Mateo County through comprehensive sexual health education programs that help young people feel confident and supported to make informed decisions about their own sexual health.
LCF invested in Teen Talk to support their teen pregnancy prevention program and the Teen Talk Panel presentations for students throughout schools in south San Mateo County.
Primary Service Area: San Mateo County
Primary Focus Areas: Parent Engagement, Education, Youth, Health
Contact Information: Abigail Karlin-Resnick, Executive Director │ executivedirector@health-connected.org
Website: www.health-connected.org
Hispanic Community Affairs Council, Alameda County
Hispanic Community Affairs Council, Alameda County promotes the value of education, cultural diversity, and community involvement.
LCF invested in Hispanic Community Affairs Council to increase the number of Latinos who successfully graduate from college.
Primary Service Area: Alameda County
Primary Focus Areas: Education, Leadership Development, Youth Empowerment
Contact Information: Ana Apodaca, President | hcac@hcac-ac.org
Website: hcac-ac.org
Mission Asset Fund
Mission Asset Fund (MAF) is dedicated to creating a fair financial marketplace for all by helping people navigate the world of money and develop programs that transform everyday financial practices into savings and credit-building opportunities.
LCF invested in MAF to support the Lending Circles for Dreamers program, allowing Latino students to borrow money, build credit, and save money.
Primary Service Area: Nationwide
Primary Focus Area: Economic Development
Contact Information: José Quiñonez, Executive Director│ jose@missionassetfund.org
Website: missionassetfund.org
Mission Economic Development Association
Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA) is strengthening low- and moderate-income Latino families in San Francisco’s Mission District by promoting economic equity and social justice through asset building and community development.
LCF invested in MEDA to support the planning and implementation of MEDA’s Workforce Initiatives.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Development, Economic Development
Contact Information: Luis Granados, Executive Director│ lgranados@medasf.org
Website: medasf.org
Parent Services Project, Inc.
Parent Services Project, Inc. (PSP) believes that in order for children to succeed in school and beyond, the strengths and skills of parents must be nurtured. They focus on families made invisible by race, immigration status, and/or poverty and provide them with training and support to be leaders in their children’s schools and communities.
LCF invested in PSP to train and empower Promotores to advocate for themselves and the Latino community, especially regarding the role housing plays in determining health outcomes.
Primary Service Area: Marin County
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development, Parent Engagement, Education
Contact Information: William “Bill” Jordan, Executive Director │ billjordan@parentservices.org
Website: www.parentservices.org
San Joaquin Valley LEAP
San Joaquin Valley LEAP engages San Joaquin Valley communities to increase social justice awareness and strengthen grassroots leadership in order to empower Latinos, immigrants, and youth to achieve environmental sustainable justice while improving community health.
LCF invested in San Joaquin Valley LEAP to encourage civic participation and educate the community about the importance of voting.
Primary Service Area: San Joaquin Valley
Primary Focus Areas: Community Organizing, Environmental Justice, Leadership Development, Civic Engagement, Policy Advocacy
Contact Information: Rey Leon, Executive Director │ sjvleap@gmail.com
Website: www.valleyleap.org
The Stride Center
The Stride Center is a social enterprise that harnesses the power of technology and the digital economy to help men, women, and families in the Bay Area and Sacramento achieve economic self-sufficiency and independence.
LCF invested in The Stride Center to assist low-income Latinos in gaining access to high speed broadband/DSL in their homes, with the ultimate goal of empowering them to improve their circumstances, heighten their capacity for self-determination, and introduce them to the tremendous benefits of the digital world.
Primary Service Area: San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment, Education, Youth
Contact Information: Barrie Hathaway, Executive Director │ barrie@stridecenter.org
Website: www.stridecenter.org
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc. delivers culturally and linguistically sensitive health services, health education, family planning, and more to residents of southern Alameda County.
LCF invested in Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center to support their school-based health center’s teen pregnancy prevention programs in Alameda County.
Primary Service Area: Alameda County
Primary Focus Areas: Community Empowerment, Education, Youth, Heath
Contact Information: David B. Vliet, Chief Executive Officer │ dvliet@tvhc.org
Website: www.tvhc.org
Visión y Compromiso
Visión y Compromiso is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of underrepresented communities in California by providing comprehensive and ongoing leadership development, capacity building, advocacy training, and support to over 4,000 Promotores and community health workers.
LCF invested in Visión y Compromiso to strengthen the capacity of health Promotores in Tulare and Fresno Counties by offering core skills training, leadership development, advocacy, and Affordable Care Act implementation training.
Primary Service Area: Statewide
Primary Focus Areas: Leadership Development, Education, Health, Community Engagement
Contact Information: Maria Lemus, Executive Director │ maria@visionycompromiso.org
Website: visionycompromiso.org