Program areas at Hispanic Federation
The Hispanic Federation, Inc. (organization") was incorporated under the laws of the state of new york on july 3, 1990, as a not-for-profit organization. The organization is the nation's premier latino nonprofit membership organization with offices in new york, Washington, d.c., Connecticut, north carolina, Florida, Illinois, and puerto rico. The organization uplifts millions of Hispanic children, youth, and families locally and nationally through four essential service pillars:community assistance programs that support and uplift latino families and communities with direct social services in the areas of education, immigration, health care, economic development, and the environment. In 2023, the organization expanded its digital equity offerings, immigration assistance, farm and food workers relief aid, educational programming, and health prevention work to serve a much larger number of youth workers, new americans, and families across its growing footprint in 42 states and territories.
Organizational development assistance that fortifies a network of more than 650 latino front-line grassroots organizations with emergency assistance, programmatic, and capacity-building grants that help its nonprofit grantees address emerging and growing community and operational needs.
Technical assistance programs designed to help its network of latino nonprofit member agencies support their core operational and infrastructural needs, including board governance, staff leadership development, fundraising, financial management, strategic planning, program development and other critical areas.
Advocacy services focused on advancing the interests and aspirations of latinos and their community-based organizations through, among other things, coalition building, policy research, public education, advocacy, and voter mobilization. In 2023, the organization's advocacy work focused on expanding immigrant justice and opportunities, advancing equity in federal benefits for puerto rico, and the protection of health care access, including reproductive health, lgbtq+ rights, and voting rights.