Acción Colombia        

$26,000/ 2 years

Acción Colombia works to increase the overall human development of the growing Colombian and Latino communities and bring particular attention to social, political and economic issues.  By focusing on leadership development as a strategy for community development, Acción Colombia strives to strengthen the community’s direct participation in matters affecting their lives, and to obtain investments that support a better quality of life. They have received two grants for strategic planning, board development, resource development and technology upgrades.

ACLAMO

$29,000/ 2 years

ACLAMO, a multi service organization, provides social services such as translators, employment assistance such as computer training, after school programs, and housing for Spanish-speaking residents of Norristown. They have received two grants to support conducting an overall organizational assessment and for technology development.

Amparo de la Niñez

$2,050/1 year

Founded in 1988 by Puerto Rican immigrants, this organization aims to meet the cultural, educational, physical, social and spiritual needs of children and their families. Amparo is a volunteer community-based organization serving over 125 families.  This grant will enable them to receive a certificate in non-profit management.

Asociación de Músicos Latino Americanos (AMLA)

$51,000/ 2 years

AMLA aims to promote the development, dissemination and understanding of Latin music and culture, with an emphasis on youth. In addition, AMLA’s goal is to utilize Latin arts programs to explore creative ways to involve the community and address its social and economic concerns. They have received two grants to support an organizational assessment and for financial services development.

Asociación de Puerto Riqueños en Marcha (APM)

$32,000/ 1 year

Since its inception, APM has pledged to promote the self-dependency of the Puerto Rican and Latino Community and to foster and encourage the spirit of cooperation among all residents of the Greater Philadelphia area. This grant will support the organization’s incorporation, board development, and technology improvements.

Ayuda Community Center

$20,000 / 1 Year

Ayuda’s mission is to reveal Jesus’ mercy, restoration, and justice in Hunting Park so that families and neighborhoods are transformed. This mission is implemented through community development efforts, direct services, and advocacy.  Ayuda serves all individuals and families in its community regardless of their religious beliefs in programs such as after school program, a summer camp, and the Sabbath Arts School. They have received a grant for Technology Development.

Boys and Girls Club West Kensington

$29,379/ 1 year

Boys and Girls Club West Kensington, a branch of the larger Boys and Girls Club, provides services to children in low income neighborhoods, through tutoring, after school programs and a variety of other educational services. This grant supports the West Kensington branch to develop its staff.   

Cardinal Bevilacqua Community Center

$24,000/ 2 years

The Community Center emerged as a product of community involvement and was initiated in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in response to community efforts to reduce area crime and to encourage safe recreational, social, and educational activities.  The Center’s vision is to empower Kensington residents through programs that include educational support for children and families, and leadership skills training for adults and youth.  Their grants are for strategic planning, board and resource development, and marketing/outreach.

Casa de Venezuela

$6,075 / 1 Year

Casa de Venezuela promotes the culture, history, traditions, folklore, and values of Venezuela throughout the Delaware Valley. Their grant is for strategic planning and Non-Profit Center membership.

CEIBA

$57,200/ 4 years

CEIBA is a coalition organization comprised of six other neighborhood organizations, including a CDC, a multi-service organization, and a credit loan agency. Previous grants supported board development, fiscal management, web site design, and administrative support. Their grants have supported board and resource development, financial management, and program development and evaluation.

Centro Cultural Latinos Unidos

$26,000/ 2 years

The center’s purpose is to enhance the leadership skills of Latino Youth by promoting educational, recreational, social and cultural enrichment opportunities to Latino children and their families, as well as individuals of all ages through after school programs and programs for adults.  Their grants will enable the organization to conduct board and resource development, strategic planning and financial and facilities management.

Centro Nueva Creación

$79,890/ 3 years

Based in a Lutheran faith-based institution, the Center provides opportunities for the Latino community with a focus on youth. The initial capacity building grant enabled board development, a strategic planning process and fundraising.  This renewal grant will support an evaluation of their programs.

Christ & St. Ambrose Churches' Open Borders Project

$59,425/ 3 years

The Open Borders Project provides education and employment training to the surrounding Latino community, with a focus on technology/information systems training. The capacity building grant is for board development, strategic planning, and staff development in technology.

Comite de Apoyo para Trabajadores Agrícolas

$82,840/ 3 years

Comité de Apoyo para Trabajadores Agrícolas is a membership organization open to all farm workers and persons from the community. An initial grant supported their capacity building efforts in the area of board development, staff development, technology and marketing.  Their renewal grants will continue to support staff development, resource development and technology upgrades.

Comunidad Hispana

$9,000 / 1 year

Comunidad Hispana provides service to the Latino community and to other vulnerable residents in Chester County through a diverse array of health care, social services, and educational services. Founded in 1973 LCH improves the quality of life, health and well being of low-income Latinos and other under-served people through advocacy and bilingual programs in health care, education, and social services. Their grant is for financial systems development.

Community Leadership Institute

$12,000/ 1 year

The Institute was created by residents of a predominantly Latino neighborhood to promote a citizenry that is politically aware and active on issues affecting their lives and that is able to hold elected officials and local community institutions accountable. Their grant was for resource development.

Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations

$25,000/ 1 year

The Council provides services to families and children in their own homes, ESL and computer training, and arts and culture programming for the community. The capacity building planning grant will allow the organization to conduct an organizational assessment so as to obtain a holistic picture of its needs, with a focus on Board development, strategic planning, staff development and technology needs.

ENPYS Coalition

$9,000 / 1 Year

A collaborative of Latino non-profit organizations that first came together in spring 2003, ENPYS is united by a common concern for Latino youth in the area.  The organizations in the collaborative include social services, arts and culture, and community development agencies working primarily in Eastern North Philadelphia, home to Philadelphia’s largest concentration of Latino families.  Their grant is for Research Development.

Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Initiative (GALEI)

$95,600/ 4 years

GALAEI provides public health prevention and care services to the gay and lesbian Latino community in the Philadelphia region. The first capacity building grant allowed GALAEI to conduct staff development, and upgrade its hardware and information technology.  This renewal grant will continue to support resource and technology development.

Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises (HACE)

$20,000 / 1 Year

HACE builds safe, stable, economically vital, mixed income communities of choice in eastern north Philadelphia. Founded in 1982, HACE seeks to put the neighborhood "on the map" as a center of Latino arts and culture for the city and region and to help neighborhood residents build wealth.   ollaborations allow HACE to focus on: planning and visioning, advocacy, encouraging homeownership, working with the business community, "bricks and mortar" development projects, and delivery of social services to our residents. This grant is for resource Development

Hispanos Unidos para Niños Excepcionales (HUNE)

$54,000/ 4 years

HUNE empowers and assists Hispanic parents/caregivers of school-age children with disabilities, ensuring that families are aware of, gain access to, and maximize the use and benefits of the local resources that are mandated to meet special educational needs of children.  HUNE works with Hispanic parents of school age children and youth with disabilities.  They have received funding for a strategic planning process, board and staff development.

Hunting Park Christian Academy

$20,000 / 1 Year

Founded in 1999, HPCA seeks to provide a high quality Christian education for pre-kindergarten to eighth grade children living in the Hunting Park area of North Philadelphia, an area plagued with the consequences of single parent homes, domestic violence, and substance abuse. HPCA’s mission is to provide affordable, quality Christian education that celebrates a diverse community and leads children to know and serve the Lord. Their grant is for resource development and staff development

JUNTOS

$34,000/ 2 years

JUNTOS is a community development project whose mission is to create an organized, vocal and healthy Latino immigrant community in South Philadelphia. JUNTOS creates a forum by which pre-existing informal and social networks in the community can be unified towards a common goal. Then, the organization links Latino immigrants to the appropriate services, in a manner that is beneficial for both community and institution.  They have received two grants to support a strategic and operational plan, fundraising, the development of staff, board and volunteers, and technology and resource development.        

La Comunidad Hispana

$142,600/ 3 years

The mission of La Comunidad Hispana is to improve the quality of life, health and well being through advocacy and bilingual programs in health care, education, and social services.  The initial grant allowed the agency to develop its board, develop financial and accounting systems, and develop media and communication strategies. Their grants are supporting an evaluation, a marketing plan, facilities planning, financial systems planning, and resource development.

Latino Leadership Alliance of Bucks County

$74,090/ 3 years

The Latino Leadership Alliance in Bucks County provides direct services such as education, employment training and youth development activities to the county’s Latino community.  The first capacity building grant was for board and staff development. They have receieved subseqeunt renewal grants to support board and staff development, resource development, as well as technology and facilities planning.

The Lighthouse

$114,085/ 4 years

The Lighthouse aims to provide education, job training and youth development services to Latino youth and families. The initial capacity building grant supported the development of the agency’s board and staff. The new grants will continue to support staff development and will also enable leadership training at the community level.

Maternal Child Health Consortium

$20,000/ 2 year

The mission of the Maternal and Child Health Consortium (MCHC) is to improve maternal and child health through the collaborative efforts of individuals, providers and policy makers.  MCHC works to increase access to care for families in Chester County and has served more than 2,500 Healthy Start families since 1995. Their two grants have enabled an evaluation of a specific program, whose major constituents are Latina mothers and children, as well as marketing and resource development.

Norris Square Civic Association

$69,480/ 3 years

This organization provides direct services to families, as well as serving as a focal point for community development through provision of housing and business opportunities in a specific Latino North Philadelphia neighborhood. The first grant was for leadership development of its staff. A renewal enabled board development, financial management training and resource development, while the most recent grant is for organizational development for transitional planning.

OLLIN YOLIZTLI CALMECAC School of the Blood Moving in the Heart

$5,125 / 1 Year

The school seeks to investigate, understand and raise awareness of the MEXICAYOTL culture, which flourished in Mexico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1492. The group also aims to provide new cultural outlets and opportunities for the Mexican community in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, encouraging them to be a part of the preservation of some aspects of Aztec culture, exposing the Mexican community of today to the cultural Heritage of native Mexico. Their grant is for strategic planning and legal incorporation

Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas (RCL)

$72,100/ 3 years

An arts and culture performing arts organization, RCL raises awareness about Latino cultural events, develops and maintains a coalition of Latino performers, and showcases their talents around the region. The first grant allowed the organization to develop its board, provide leadership training and conflict resolution to its various performing groups, staff development with a focus on financial management, and allowed the organization to strengthen its marketing strategies.  This renewal grant will continue to support those efforts.

Taller Puertoriqueño

$105,680/ 3 years

Taller Puertoriqueño is an arts and culture organization that seeks to promote cultural pride in the Latino community, develop and support Latino talent, and educate the broader community on cultural diversity in the arts. The first grant focused on developing its staff with a focus on information system technology, and strengthening its media and communications strategies. Their second continued to support staff and board development, while their third grant is for marketing development.