Chicano Federation history

The Latino CORE Initiative is established and grows to become the premier regional Latino grant making program in the nation. (1993)

HF establishes the LUCES coalition to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community, helping to secure millions for Latino HIV Service providers. (1995)

More than 350,000 new voters have been registered by HF since then. (1996)

HF will lead the transformation of LFC into the National Latino Funds Alliance. (1997)

To date, more than 200 Latino leaders have graduated from this cutting-edge program. (1999)

HF works with Latino Commission on AIDS and its LUCES coalition to create National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). NLAAD grows to become a focus of Latino HIV prevention activites in over 200 cities across the nation. (2003)

HF acquires a permanent home in the Financial District and opens it Las Americas Conference Center—the very first Latino nonprofit conference facility in the Northeast. (2006)

HF launches a historic public education and community mobilization campaign to drive Latino participation in the 2010 Census. (2010)

The DREAMers Scholarship Fund is created to assist undocumented youth apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). (2012)

The Federation opens a satellite office in Connecticut to deepen its service and commitment to Latino communities across the state. (2013)

Quarterly events are held to establish a strong sense of community for the children affected by humanitarian crises in Central America. (2015)

HF creates the UNIDOS Puerto Rico Disaster Relief and Recovery Initiative, which helps over 750,000 individuals, and seeds $30 million towards 110 pioneering recovery projects on the island. (2017)