COLORADO
Assets for Colorado Youth (ACY)
$35,000/1 year
ACY’s mission is to champion change for positive youth development by building capacity, focusing on individual and community strengths, and increasing developmental assets in youth. The grant is to build internal capacity through greater fund development and partnership development.
Boulder County Immigrant Collaborative (BCIC)
$35,000/1 year
BCIC was developed in 2001 by four local organizations committing to work together to improve the quality of life for the immigrants and refugees. Their capacity building grant is for the development of an organizational strategy and evaluation plan.
Boulder Latina Women’s League
$6,000/1 year
The Boulder Latina Women’s League creates educational opportunities for Latinas for professional advancement. Their focus is on young women in grades 8 through 12 with low-income, recent and first-generation immigrants. Their seed grant will support board development and project implementation.
Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition
$154,000/3 years
Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition’s purpose is to promote quality education for children and their families in Colorado. The Coalition provides training and development to parents so they can be more effective advocates for educational policies and practices that promote school reform. A series of three grants have been awarded to strengthen fiscal management, develop a fundraising and marketing strategy, upgrade technology and implement a sustainability strategy.
Community Action Development Corporation (CAP)
$6,000/1 year
CAP’s mission is to involve low-income and disenfranchised communities in creating opportunities for self-determination through community organizing and/or direct service. Their seed grant will finance a board retreat to enable training on fundraising and marketing, as well as provide further board development activities to include recruitment.
Cross Community Coalition
$35,000/1 year
Cross Community Coalition seeks to bring together residents of Elyria, Globeville and Swansea neighborhoods to collectively address concerns that cross neighborhood, ethnic and religious boundaries and create positive social and economic change for the community. The capacity building grant is to develop and implement a human resource management and fundraising/development plan.
Denver Inner City Parish
$43,872/3 years
The Denver Inner City Parish mission is to empower community residents through multi-generational, educational, and human services programming. The grants will enable the organization to hire a Development Director, develop effective oversight of fundraising activities, increase engagement of board and staff and increase effectiveness of long-term sustainability for the organization.
Durango Latino Education Project
$67,000/3 years
Durango Latino Education Project’s mission is to improve the educational achievement of students in local schools, counteract bias, and promote Hispanic/Latino culture and leadership. The grants have enabled the development of staff and board, improved data collection, and have been instrumental in the diversification of funding sources, which in turn, address the organization’s long-term sustainability.
ECCOS Family Center (Ethnic Counseling Community Outreach Services)
$41,000/1 year
ECCOS supports Latino families by empowering the community through cultural strength and identity programs that provide mental health and family support services. Their capacity building grant will enable the development and implementation of a fundraising plan.
El Centro Amistad
$6,000/1 year
El Centro’s mission is to make structural, social and political changes that benefit immigrants by providing information, education, and legal assistance to immigrant families and by educating the general public about the structural changes needed to support the civil and human rights of immigrants. Their seed grant will support the development of their financial infrastructure.
El Centro Su Teatro
$16,700/1 year
El Centro Su Teatro is a multi-disciplinary cultural arts center dedicated to the propagation of Chicano/Latino arts and culture. Their capacity building grant will provide support to improve their volunteer program and increase revenues from a school outreach program.
El Comite
$6,000/1 year
El Comite’s provides bilingual and bicultural human services and acts as a negotiating body for concerns brought forth by the Latino community. Their programs combine service and advocacy. Their seed grant is to appoint a project manager, develop an appropriate program evaluation, conduct analysis with board of director leadership and incorporate a capacity building evaluation.
Escuela Tlatelolco
$121,000/3 years
Escuela Tlatelolco is a nonprofit, year-round alternative school that promotes academic excellence, cultural pride, leadership and parental involvement in education. The grant will support the Development Department, along with the promotion of a leadership team that redistributes operational responsibilities, creates operational plans and procedures and builds capacity of board, staff, parents and students.
Family Learning Center
$6,000/1 year
The Family Learning Center encourages successful lifelong learning and economic self-sufficiency for families of minority cultures and limited incomes in a learning environment where families feel nurtured, respected and empowered. Their seed grant will support board development activities, increase Latino board representation and develop a strategic plan.
Focus Points Family Resource Center
$47,402/3 years
The mission of Focus Points is to help build stable and secure neighborhoods by offering coordinated family-centered services that seek to empower families as they work through the system. Their capacity building grants are for the professional development of the new co-director, to form a business association, and educational and philanthropic activities. They will also secure a permanent location and produce a comprehensive longitudinal evaluation of programs and data systems.
InterCambio de Communidades
$27,000/2 years
InterCambio’s mission is to increase opportunities and independence for Latino immigrants and build a richer, more integrated community by reducing language and cultural barriers in Boulder County. The grant is to strengthen and diversify the board, and to develop financial and budget management systems.
La Clinica Tepeyac
$140,200/3 years
La Clinica Tepeyac is a community-based clinic that serves uninsured Spanish-speaking Latinos in Denver. La Clinica was created to address the medical and health needs of the growing Latino population in Denver, primarily recent immigrants. Their capacity building grants will continue to support the development of financial and budget management systems while improving their financial projections with board guidance.
La Raza Youth Leadership Conference
$4,800/1 year
La Raza Youth Leadership Conference empowers Latino youth to achieve their full educational, economic, leadership, and social potential and to develop a commitment and responsibility toward their communities. Their capacity building grant will assist in developing a strategic fundraising plan.
Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA)
$125,000/3 year
LARASA provides valuable information on the Latino community via public-policy research and analysis; serving as a technical assistance, training and information clearinghouse; and developing culturally competent model programs and services. The grants will facilitate a staff and board training, support the Development Director, assist in the organization of regional forums, and enable the collection of data to create a statewide ListServe.
Latinos Americanos Unidos XXI
$7,500/2 years
Latinos Americanos’ mission is to provide programs to the Latino population in the Roaring Fork Valley of Western Colorado. The grant is to build upon the existing strengths of staff and board members through training in nonprofit financial management, grant writing, and human resources.
Museo de las Americas
$95,000/3 years
The mission of the Museo is to collect, preserve and interpret the art, history and culture of Latin America from ancient times to present. A series of three grants were awarded to support a marketing plan to increase membership, assist the Executive Director to continue the implementation of a fundraising plan, and promote effective management.
Poetas y Artistas (PAN)
$9,000/1 year
PAN is an after-school bilingual arts program that seeks to build personal growth in Latino students while promoting multicultural awareness and community involvement. The planning grant is for a fundraising/development consultant and for leadership training for PAN’s directors.
Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation
$20,000/1 year
The Foundation seeks to further the educational status of Hispanic students in Pueblo County and southern Colorado. The capacity building grant is to hire an additional staff person to fit the agency’s priorities as outlined by the organization’s self-assessment.
Servicios de la Raza
$41,500/2 years
Servicios provides a wide range of comprehensive, culturally relevant human services to the local Latino community. Their capacity building grants will assist with a staff retention plan, a business strategy, and the development of a fundraising plan that includes board training and addresses the sustainability of the organization.
Sisters of Color United for Education (SCUE)
$41,600/2 years
The mission of SCUE is to advocate for health equity, predominantly for women of color, their families and communities through increased access to education, community mobilization and systems change. Their capacity building grants will support the Development Specialist to improve their fundraising capacity, researching earned income strategies, donor campaigns and special events.
StepStone
$10,000/1 year
StepStone’s mission is to serve as a referral agency for the Latino community to local government, individuals, and municipalities. The grant will be to develop a strategic and fundraising plan for the organization.
The Color of Justice
$10,000/1 year
Color of Justice works in collaboration with individuals and organizations to ensure the fair and equitable participation of communities of color in the judicial and political process through education, public policy advocacy and legal representation. Their capacity building grant will support a fundraising plan, an organizational strategy, and outreach strategy that will improve community engagement.
Valle de Sol
$41,535/3 years
Valle de Sol is located in Capulin, a rural area comprised of about 500 residents. The center provides youth programs and assists individuals in the community in developing their inner assets. The grants will facilitate board and staff development, will support a building management work plan and improve existing facilities.
For more information on these grantees, please contact:
Rossana Peniche Mayorga
Program Director - West
200 Pine Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94104
rossana@hiponline.org
Phone: 415-837-0427
Fax: 415-837-1074