LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

THE LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (LCF) EXISTS TO UNLEASH THE POWER OF LATINOS IN CALIFORNIA.

We fulfill our mission by building a movement of civically engaged philanthropic leaders, investing in Latino-led nonprofit organizations, and increasing civic and political participation of Latinos in California.

BUILDING A PHILANTHROPIC MOVEMENT
LCF has established the largest network of Latino philanthropists in the country. Our Latino Giving Circle Network® unites people with a shared sense of justice and generosity. With over 500 members and 22 Giving Circles across the state, these individuals have pooled their collective resources, time, and talents to invest in Latino-led organizations that are creating opportunities for youth and families to thrive. Join our growing movement! LCF also hosts the largest Latino Gala in California with over 600 leaders from nonprofits, corporate, foundations.

INVESTING IN LATINO-LED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
LCF invests in Latino-led organizations advancing education, health and safety, civic engagement, and youth leadership in communities across California. Through core operating grants and capacity building efforts, LCF is committed to deepening the impact and expand the reach of organizations on the frontlines of social change. Our ultimate goal is to secure the future of Latino-led organizations as anchor institutions that leverage the strength and power of the communities they serve. LCF’s latest initiative, the Latino Nonprofit Accelerator, is a year-long program that provides marketing and communication training, fundraising mentorship, and leadership development for Latino-led organizations.

INCREASING CIVIC AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF LATINOS
LCF is leading efforts to increase civic and political participation of Latinos in California. By investing in civic leadership, facilitating conversations between community leaders and policy makers, creating a California Latino Agenda, and mobilizing the Latino vote, LCF is elevating the voice of the largest ethnic group in the state. LCF spearheaded efforts for an accurate and fair 2020 Census. In 2018 LCF organized the first televised Gubernatorial Forum focused on issues that matter to Latinos, hosted by Jorge Ramos. Our annual Latino Policy Summit brings together more than 300 community leaders to discuss policy solutions with key decision makers in Sacramento. LCF organizes over 50 legislative visits annually for community leaders to build relationships with and inform their local representatives on solutions for change. LCF launched the Yo Voy A Votar ¿Y Tú? campaign to mobilize the Latino vote, which has reached over 8 million people and registered thousands of first time voters.

LCF’s core values reflect the rich and diverse Latino culture and history. These values guide our commitment to honor people, families, and communities.

TRUST
LCF’s work is rooted and established on trust. We trust that our community partners understand the solutions that can best address the issues they face. We trust that the organizations we fund know how best to use the resources invested in them. We trust that our corporate and foundation partners share our goals and aspirations for the Latino community. LCF has built processes and a working environment that fosters mutual trust and respect of all our partners and honors the role each one plays in advancing our mission.

FAMILY and UNITY
LCF knows that anything is possible when we work together. Our team, Board, community partners and donors are tied together by a mutual commitment to support and lift up the next generation of Latinos. LCF has built the largest network of Latino philanthropists by welcoming donors into a family of changemakers and trailblazers. We open our homes, share meals together, and collectively decide how best to invest resources that will transform our communities into places youth and families can thrive. We take time to honor our history and backgrounds and build strong ties that unite our work beyond grantmaking. Our donors become interwoven into the lives of our community partners and vice versa.

LEADING FROM A PLACE OF STRENGTH
Latinos have made enormous contributions to the social and economic wellbeing of our nation and state. LCF is committed to elevating these assets and leading from a place of strength. Latinos are generous and committed to improving the lives of their families and communities. We work to leverage this commitment and the will for collective action to create opportunities for change. We seek to accomplish our mission not because there is a need to be met; but simply because as Latinos thrive the state and the country will thrive.

CHANGE, NOT CHARITY
LCF is in the business of accelerating change and progress. We serve as a catalyst that promotes positive and proactive solutions that heal communities, create opportunities for youth to thrive, and engage the largest ethnic group of California in civic and political action. LCF is not interested in charity. We aim to partner with donors and funders that want to invest in enduring, systemic and revolutionary changes to the status quo.

HOPE
Hope is what fuels our work and daily commitment to push forward. Hope that positive change is possible when power and will are applied and leveraged for the common good. We know that the systems and policies that have failed our families and communities can be fixed or replaced. We draw upon the collective history and strength of all immigrant communities that have settled in the U.S., a country guided and governed by a declaration that ALL men and women are created equal and have a right to the pursuit of happiness.

LCF has invested over $20M in Latino-led organizations to advance civic participation and economic opportunities for over a million Latino children and families.

In 2016, LCF launched the Yo Voy A Votar ¿Y Tú? campaign to mobilize the Latino vote. The campaign reached 8 million people and registered thousands of first time voters.

Over 77,000 people are part of our online community shaping a new narrative of Latinos. We have been intentional about engaging with a diverse audience of leaders and influencers.

LCF and Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council created the California Latino Power Map, a first-of-its-kind and easy-to-use online mapping and data tool created to chart Latino leadership across California. This site offers the most comprehensive list of Latino-led nonprofits in California while overlaying valuable data on a broad range of issues critical to the well-being of all Latinos in the state.

LCF played an essential role with the 2020 Census and presidential election, knowing the urgency of the opportunity to galvanize, mobilize, and organize Latino communities to be seen, heard, and counted. Our unprecedented, statewide campaign mobilized and activated Latinos around voting and the census in 2020. Together with our network of donors and nonprofit leaders, LCF will continue to uplift a new narrative of who Latinos and immigrants are in this country—as voters, philanthropists, and as hard-working Americans who deserve access to opportunity.