Building the Capacity of California Latino Health Organizations
HIP’s California Health Leaders Project builds the capacity of nonprofit organizations that promote healthy Latino communities in California. In early 2011, HIP awarded $165,000 in capacity-building grants to 11 nonprofits. Gramts range from $8,000 to $16,000 and from one to two years. Grants were awarded to build organizational capacity in areas including fundraising, financial management, and strategic planning.
HIP also holds convenings to provide specialized training as well as opportunities for grantees to build connections, learn from their peers, and share best practices. Training topics covered to date include organizational effectiveness, building relationships with institutional funders, developing an individual donor base, effective organizational storytelling, and engaging the board in fundraising.
The funded organizations’ programs focus on preventing and alleviating many of the most important health challenges Latinos face, including cancer and diabetes. Many grantees provide client education, empower people with information, and help patients navigate complex healthcare systems. Others use advocacy to provide leadership, build coalitions, and push for needed policy reforms.
The California Health Leaders Project is made possible by the support of The California Wellness Foundation, whose mission is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention. The California Wellness Foundation works to address the particular health needs of traditionally underserved populations; to support and strengthen nonprofit organizations that seek to improve the health of underserved populations; to recognize and encourage leaders who are working to increase health and wellness within their communities; and to inform policymakers and opinion leaders about important wellness and health care issues.
| Grantee | Start Date | End Date | Amount | Grant Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Community Advocacy | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $16,000 | To increase CCA’s capacity to conduct in-house program evaluation by conducting an assessment of a Promotores Comunitarios project - Desarrollando Familias Fuertes. This HIP grant will allow CCA to hire a consultant to facilitate a participatory program evaluation process, in which CCA staff and neighborhood leaders will participate in: (a) the design and implementation of quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments and processes, and (b) analysis of the findings. The process will include: (1) development and testing of data collection tools and processes; (2) implementation of the evaluation; (3) tracking, coding, and measurement of data; (4) preparation of a report of findings; (5) summary/presentation of the key findings with stakeholders; and (6) dissemination of the findings. |
| Centro Binacional Para el Desarollo Indígena Oaxaqueño | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $16,000 | To strengthen CBDIO’s organizational capacity by providing professional development opportunities for the staff and Board of Directors. Specifically: (1) Provide training to CBDIO staff that will strengthen knowledge, skills and confidence to provide indigenous languages translation and interpretation services in an ethical and professional manner for technical (legal, medical, etc.) and community matters. (2) Board recruitment and development in areas of roles and responsibilities and fundraising. |
| Centro Community Hispanic Association, Inc -- Centro CHA | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $16,000 | To build the organization's fund development capacity by hiring a consultant to work with the Executive Director to (1) create a multi-year Fund Development plan and (2) develop and build its fund development capacity including internal systems and board and staff training. |
| Latina Breast Cancer Agency | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $14,000 | To build the organization’s fund development capacity and the fundraising capacity of the board by designing a fundraising plan that emphasizes board training and development. The project entails (1) hiring a seasoned fund development consultant to choose and secure a donor management system; (2) the development of a focused annual giving campaign that builds on board participation; and (3) the development of a sustainable grants management system that will strengthen board leadership. |
| Latinas Contra Cancer | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $16,000 | To build the organization’s financial and fund development capacities by funding the following activities: (1) contracting a part-time bookkeeper to assume accounting duties, establish and publish policies and procedures including reporting procedures to insure timely financial statements and project reporting resulting in an effective, engaged and informed board of directors and strengthening the internal infrastructure supporting programs and fund development. (2) contracting an experienced grant writer to work with ED on grant applications for general operations to insure financial capacity is sustained and increase internal grant writing capacity. |
| Latino Diabetes Association | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $16,000 | To Implement training and fund development plan to raise revenue from diverse funding sources to set staff salaries and board development and to assemble a strong fundraising model. Support training for staff and board members with financial management responsibility. In addition, hire a technology consultant to establish data base for fundraising tracking system. Objective 1: Hire, train staff and recruit more board members to establish organization culture. Objective 2: To assist and build a solid foundation for fund development success in the area of individual giving, grants and fundraising. Objective 3: Implement tracking system fund development database and outcome measures. Objective 4: Define board responsibility, financially management in order to maintain organization transparency. |
| Latino Health Collaborative | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2012 | $8,000 | To build the organization’s board of director and management capacity to lead the transition and strategic planning to create a sustainable model for LHC. This will be accomplished by hiring a consultant to work with the ED to lead the board through a training and planning process resulting in a strategic plan with defined action items designed to increase reinforce board’s role in organizational governance. The project will also include ED working with BOD to define Executive Director succession plan and recruit a new ED. |
| Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas, Inc. | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $16,000 | To build board, organizational and fund development capacity by: (1) hiring a culturally competent fundraising consultant to plan and conduct fund development training for the board, (2) develop a board manual that defines board roles, policies and procedures and incorporates training materials, and (3) establish an associate board in one of the more well established chapters for purpose of fundraising and development of future board members. |
| Street Level Health Project | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $15,000 | To strengthen Street Level Health Projects’ fundraising capacity by developing a fundraising plan designed to increase organizational visibility and diversify funding sources. |
| The Latino Commission on Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services of San Mateo County (DBA The Latino Commission) | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $16,000 | To strengthen the organization’s fundraising capacity by (1) hiring a consultant to oversee and work with agency to organize and build a fund development supporting infrastructure that routinely surveys for grant opportunities, creating a data base of standard information and documents to facilitate the application process, developing research protocol to routinely update relevant statistics to support needs assessments and develop and direct appeal campaign and data base to track individual donors. (2) hire a consultant that will work with the Executive Director and agency to implement infrastructure structure by the entering and upkeep of data bases. |
| Vision y Compromiso | 5/1/2011 | 4/30/2013 | $16,000 | To develop and implement a fundraising plan, the Community Sustainability Project. This entails working with a consultant to review existing organizational evaluations and materials in order to design a fundraising strategy that meets Vision y Compromiso’s specific needs. Vision y Compromiso will work with the consultant to develop new communication tools and materials, provide training to the comites and network membership, and implement at the final fundraising plan. |
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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