2022 Grant Partners
Thanks to the generosity of our investors, the Hispanic Impact Fund awarded $365,000 in general operating support to 28 Latino-led and Latino-serving nonprofit organizations across four impact areas.
The Hispanic Impact Fund awards two levels of grants—emerging and established—in each of its original three impact areas (early childhood education, health & wellness, and job skills & entrepreneurship). The emerging category applies to nonprofits with an annual budget less than or equal to $1.5 MM; the established category applies to nonprofits with an annual budget greater than $1.5 MM. In 2022, the Hispanic Impact Fund piloted a new impact area: leadership development. Keep reading to see the list of winning finalists in all impact areas.
Early Childhood Education
The Hispanic Impact Fund invests in organizations that provide access to affordable, high-quality pre-K and early childhood education starting at age 3, building the pipeline from cradle to career for Latino families.
Emerging Grant Finalist
Todos Juntos Learning Center
/ $20,000 two-year grant
Todos Juntos improves the future of Central Texas by opening the door to academic and economic success for low-income families through education.
Established Grant Finalist
Foundation Communities
/ $40,000 two-year grant
Foundation Communities supports low- and moderate-income families and individuals through quality affordable housing and tools to increase their educational and economic standing.
Health & Wellness
The Hispanic Impact Fund invests in organizations that provide preventative, culturally competent mental and physical health services, helping Latino families avoid unexpected health crises.
Emerging Grant Finalist
VELA
/ $20,000 two-year grant
VELA seeks to empower English and Spanish speaking parents of children with disabilities, helping build a stronger community where all families thrive.
Established Grant Finalist
Center for Child Protection
/ $40,000 two-year grant
Center for Child Protection’s therapy services provide Latino caregivers and children who have experienced trauma with developmentally appropriate tools and strategies to improve family dynamics, enhance social support, and begin to heal from abuse.
Job Skills & Entrepreneurship
To combat the racial wealth divide, the Hispanic Impact Fund invests in organizations that equip Latinos with the skills needed to obtain high demand, living-wage jobs with opportunities for advancement, as well as organizations that assist Latino entrepreneurs to expand their businesses.
Emerging Grant Finalist
Jail to Jobs
/ $20,000 two-year grant
Jail to Jobs aims to transition youth offenders ages 18-25 out of poverty into a life of financial freedom thorough purpose, personal growth, and achievement.
Established Grant Finalist
Code2College
/ $40,000 two-year grant
Code2College is a career prep and college access program for traditionally underrepresented students in order to support them through college and into STEM careers.
Leadership Development (pilot)
The Hispanic Impact Fund invests in organizations advancing Latino leadership and creating pipelines of youth, emerging, and established Latino talent, which are critical to building a thriving Central Texas.
Grant Finalist
Youth Rise Texas
/ $15,000 one-year grant
Youth Rise Texas develops generations of leaders that heal our communities and are at the center of organizing the next 10 years of transformative change in Texas.
Grant Finalist
The New Philanthropists
/ $15,000 one-year grant
The New Philanthropists is an organization focused on creating more racially diverse and inclusive nonprofit boards in Austin.
Semifinalist Grant Partners
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
- AVANCE – Austin / $15,000
- Partners in Parenting / $10,000
- Austin Achieve Public Schools / $5,000
- Mariposa Family Learning Center / $5,000
- Side by Side Kids / $5,000
- Wayside Schools / $5,000
JOB SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- Austin Urban Technology Movement / $15,000
- Latinitas / $10,000
- Economic Growth Business Incubator / $5,000
- Financial Health Pathways / $5,000
- Literacy Coalition of Central TX / $5,000
- UT Foundation – Literacy First / $5,000
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
- People’s Community Clinic / $15,000
- HealthStart Foundation / $10,000
- Contigo Wellness Foundation / $5,000
- El Buen Samaritano / $5,000
- Manos De Cristo / $5,000
- Volunteer Healthcare Clinic / $5,000
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (pilot)
- Catch the Next, Inc. / $10,000
- St. Edward’s University / $10,000
