Recognizing and Fostering Collaboration between Black and Latino Communities
The Patiño Moore Legacy Award recognizes organizations whose work fosters collaboration between Latino and African-American communities to effect positive, sustainable change for all of America’s families. The award is named after former HIP chair Dr. Douglas Patiño and Wenda Weekes Moore, both independent leaders in the fields of higher education and philanthropy, for their ongoing legacy of working together to improve relations between Black and Brown communities.
The winner(s) of the Patiño Moore Legacy Award will receive a combined maximum of $150,000 over 12 months to support their work to unite Black and Brown communities in a shared vision of economic and social well-being. For its inaugural year, nominations were collected from voting members of HIP and the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE).* The award is made possible by the Marguerite Casey Foundation, which for the past ten years has been one of the philanthropic field’s greatest trailblazers for effective funding of social justice for low-income families and communities of color.
Through the Patiño Moore Legacy Award, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, ABFE and HIP intend to:
Dr. Douglas X. Patiño joined the Marguerite Casey Foundation board of directors in June 2001. He is vice chancellor emeritus for the California State University system, a title which he was awarded for his outstanding contributions in advancing the largest senior university system in the United States. Dr. Patiño is an emeritus trustee of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and also serves on the Enterprise of the Americas Board, to which he was appointed by former President Bill Clinton. He formerly served as chair of the board of The California Wellness Foundation; as director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security from 1983 to 1987; as secretary of the California Health and Welfare Agency; and as president of the California State University Foundation.
Wenda Weekes Moore is distinguished as the first woman and the first African-American to serve as vice chair, and subsequently as chair, of the University of Minnesota’s board of regents. Mrs. Moore is a current member, and former chair, of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation board of trustees and a current member of the board of directors of the Council on Foundations. Her varied experiences have included the position of staff assistant to Governor Wendell R. Anderson. She has served on the Federal District Judge Selection Committee; the National Committee on Presidential Selection and Evaluation, Association of Governing Boards; the advisory board to the U.S. Deptartment of Education; the board of advisors to the General Medical Sciences Council of the National Institutes of Health; the Minnesota Orchestral Association; and St. Benedict’s College.
*Please note that nominations have closed for 2011. The first awardee will be announced during the Marguerite Casey Foundation’s 10-year anniversary celebration kick-off on Sunday, November 6, in Santa Ana, Ca.
The Patiño Moore Legacy Award is made possible by the funding and leadership of the Marguerite Casey Foundation and is a partnership of the Foundation, HIP, and the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE).
The Marguerite Casey Foundation was founded in 2001 and exists to help low-income families strengthen their voice and mobilize their communities in order to achieve a more just and equitable society for all. The Foundation has a strong record of confronting racism and other forms of discrimination, and has built a diverse staff and board that reflects the voices, experiences and interests of diverse families that they seek to empower. Its approach to social change is bottom-up, striving to share information and best practices broadly with all grantees and with the field as a whole.
The Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE), HIP’s sister affinity group, exists to promote effective and responsive philanthropy in Black communities. Established in 1971, the organization has grown into an independent membership organization that counts among its members the most influential staff, trustees and donors of grantmaking institutions that promote effective and responsive philanthropy in Black communities. While ABFE celebrates this history and influence, it also recognizes that Black communities and the philanthropic leaders who serve those communities still face institutional and structural barriers that often hinder efforts to leverage philanthropy's powerful tools for positive, enduring social change.
The first awardee, the Puentes New Orleans, Inc., was announced during the Marguerite Casey Foundation’s 10-year anniversary celebration kick-off in Santa Ana, CA on Sunday, November 6, 2011.
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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