The LatinXCEL Fund is a fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation created in partnership with the Castellano Family Foundation.
Donor Name: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
State: California
Counties: Santa Clara County (CA), San Mateo County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/02/2022
Details:
This initiative calls for vastly increased funding for Silicon Valley’s Latinx community leaders and Latinx-led nonprofits through targeted, long-term investments.
The work to dismantle systems of injustice must be led by the leaders and organizations that have been impacted by those systems. Through the LatinXCEL Fund, philanthropy has a unique role — investing in those leaders and their organizations to achieve a more inclusive and just community.
The LatinXCEL Fund seeks to reverse long-standing inequities by investing in people and organizations that address the infrastructure needs of nonprofits serving Latinx communities. The Blueprint for Change report identifies four key areas in which more effective philanthropy and substantial investments can lead to exponential change, and which this fund will support:
- Leadership development including executive coaching, board development, peer mentoring and cross-sector learning
- Capacity-building and organizational development for established and emerging organizations, including smaller, grassroots or volunteer-based nonprofits
- Cross-sector collaboration, consulting and technical assistance to address organizational infrastructure needs
- Unrestricted funding to enable these organizations to engage in policy advocacy, movement-building and coalition work
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations located in Santa Clara and/or San Mateo counties that are:
- Led by Latinx individuals whose overall leadership reflects the Latinx community they serve, or
- Established community anchor organizations that have maintained a historical presence in Latinx communities, serving as trusted entities and playing major roles in advancing equity and social justice through community- and/or advocacy and movement-building, or
- Emerging organizations rooted in the Latinx community with locally focused missions and/or racial equity agendas
- Organizations must have a 501(c)(3) designation or a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)(3) designation
- Organizations headquartered outside the two-county region may apply but should demonstrate significant service to the area or partner with a local organization that can do so
- Priority will be given to Latinx-led organizations whose budgets are under $1 million
For more information, visit Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
