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
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
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 Seven years and seven months ago, I arrived to California with a deep sense of urgency
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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