Creating Opportunities for Healthy Lives
In partnership with funders and nonprofits across the U.S., HIP is working to:
HIP is working with a broad network of funders and nonprofits to expand philanthropic support for issues specific to Latino males. Through the Funders’ Collaborative, HIP is building the capacities of Latino-led re-entry and violence prevention programs, mental health and addiction/recovery programs, youth development programs, and multi-service organizations that provide programs for entire families. HIP also convenes workshops, briefings, and virtual forums to share resources and best practices for improving outcomes for Latino boys and men.
Funders’ Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities
Through conversations with funders and Latino grassroots nonprofits, HIP has determined that a holistic approach is most effective in improving outcomes for Latino males. In accordance with that approach, the HIP Collaborative has provided capacity-building grants to more than 100 Latino-led, Latino-serving nonprofits providing programs for Latino men and boys in the areas of mental health, physical health, education, violence prevention, and workforce development. Homies Unidos, which offers violence prevention and re-entry programs in Los Angeles, received grants from HIP to improve their capacity to measure and convey the impact of their work and to develop a website. El Futuro, an agency that provides culturally competent, bilingual mental health and substance abuse treatment services to Latinos in North Carolina, received funding from HIP to implement its strategic plan, resulting in streamlined programming centered around the organization’s mission and goals.
Facilitating Funder Dialogue
HIP is convening a series of webinars and forums on issues affecting Latino males for key stakeholders in the philanthropic, nonprofit, government and policy arenas. These will include several HIP Philanthropy Lab webinars in 2012. HIP also integrates discussion of the unique issues facing Latino males into its forums on education, health, and other issues.
More than six million Latino children live in poverty—more than for any other ethnic and racial group. Though Latinos currently account for just over 16 percent of the U.S. population, one in four school-age children are Hispanic. More than half of those school-age children are male, and the Hispanic share of the population continues to grow.
Latino boys and men face unique challenges and barriers:
Improving outcomes for Latino boys and men is not only a concern for Latinos, but for all Americans. Latino males are essential parts of our diverse families: they are our brothers, domestic partners, uncles, fathers, nephews, husbands, and grandfathers. All communities benefit when Latino males are strong, healthy, and engaged members of our families. Latino males are also a critical part of the economy: in 2010, they accounted for more than five percent of the civilian labor force, with the potential to account for more than seven percent. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2014 Hispanics will make up nearly 15 percent of the civilian labor force. Supporting young Latino men is crucial to growing the U.S. economy.
Mainstream institutions, ranging from schools to hospitals, frequently lack the cultural competence or the political will to effectively address the disparities faced by Latino males and other males of color, which are rooted in long-standing inequities and intergenerational poverty. A number of Latino-led organizations provide violence prevention and re-entry programs, mental health services, physical health services, and education programs for Latino males. Too often, however, these organizations lack the resources necessary to reach the full scope of needs among their communities’ Latino men and boys. It is HIP’s goal to identify philanthropic strategies for addressing the disparities faced by Latino males and to bring more resources to programs with a proven track record of effectively improving outcomes for Latino males.
By increasing the capacities of organizations that serve Latino males, and by engaging key stakeholders in critical dialogues about the challenges Latino males face, HIP and its partners have an opportunity to change systems and improve outcomes for Latino boys and men and, consequently, for the country’s increasingly diverse families and communities.
A number of HIP partners and members are working to improve the lives of older Latino adults:
- The California Endowment, a long-time member and supporter of HIP, runs a pioneering Boys and Men of Color initiative that, through targeted research and strategic grantmaking, advocates for systems changes that will improve health outcomes for males of color.
- The Association of Black Foundation Executives, HIP's fellow affinity group, has initiated critical conversations around issues affecting Black men and boys and, more generally, males of color.
- The Joint Affinity Groups , of which HIP is a member, is coordinating work across affinity groups to foster a common dialogue around the commonalities and unique challenges faced by males of color of various ethnicities and sexual orientations.
Providing Leadership
"As a Latino in philanthropy, it helps to meet other professionals dealing with the same challenges that I'm dealing with and to have the opportunity to learn from what they've experienced in the field."
— Edgar Aguirre
Loyola Marymount University
Membership Has Its Benefits
"HIP Membership has enabled me to broaden my reach into communities and to utilize resources I didn't know about before. As a funder, it has been great to associate with and learn from folks with such a depth of understanding about philanthropy and Latino communities."
— Larry Gonzales
The California Endowment
Increasing Diversity
"The field of philanthropy is not very diverse and the needs of the Latino community and Latino professionals in the field are not adequately met. HIP provides members with learning opportunities to increase their professional capacity as well as fun networking activities."
— Obiel A. Leyva
The San Francisco Foundation
Strengthening Our Culture
"The HIP Collaborative has helped in many ways over the past 10 years. It spurred us to recruit the first Latina foundation board member in the state and helped us develop relationships that have led to establishing several funds advised by Latinos. Our association with HIP has helped to strengthen our cultural competence as an organization."
— Tara Sandercock
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
A Collaborative Vision
"The philanthropic world is always preaching that collaboration is important. We tell nonprofits that when resources are tight, you must work together--collaborate. The Funders' Collaborative model allows foundations to work together to address the issues affecting our communities."
— Evette Cardona
Polk Bros. Foundation
A Strong Vision
"The chief strength of the Funders' Collaborative is that it is a collaborative process rooted in a single vision--strengthening Latino communities. It allows grantmakers and grantees from all over the country to work together towards that vision."
— Marilda Gandara
Aetna Foundation
A Consistent Vision
"In the late '90s, the HIP board said, 'Getting more Latinos into the field just isn't enough-we need a new strategy for increasing giving to Latinos.' The result was the Funders' Collaborative, which proved incredibly effective — we raised more than $40 million for Latino community-based organizations."
— Diana Campoamor
President of HIP
Shaping Our Future
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