Latino Community Fund of Washington organizes with Latino/e communities in WA State to build long-lasting systems change that is rooted in the power, leadership, and ideas of working families. We organize working families, youth, immigrants, rural communities. Our work is centered on connecting communities to resources, developing and building a base of leaders, leading electoral work in key counties including King, Yakima, Benton, and Franklin. 

Over the last 19 years, LCF has: 

• Engaged thousands of individuals in Washington State, providing access to health care and environmental justice education and awareness through the Healthy Families Initiative;
• Empowered thousands of community leaders to become civically engaged through community dialogues on environmental and climate justice and Get out the Vote campaigns, in Spanish and English, in Snohomish, Pierce, King, Benton, Clark and Yakima counties.
• Enhanced the power of Youth across Washington State through civic engagement and leadership training as part of the Alianza Leadership Network.

Since it began, LCF has invested over $5 million in our community through community grants and scholarships to improve education, economic empowerment, arts, civic engagement, environmental justice and health in our communities. We have also facilitated more than $22 million for fiscally sponsored projects that have benefited thousands more community members through arts, legal aid, counseling, health, children and youth programs. 

Learn more about our programs below.

Healthy Latino Families Initiative

LCF works toward health equity with our Latino/e communities, providing access to local health and food resources, educating on healthcare programs, and advocating for local and state health equity policies for immigrants, working class families, young people, and rural communities. Click here to learn more. 

Washington Latino Nonprofit Leadership Academy

WA-LNLA supports the leadership growth and development of individual participants, the leadership and management of nonprofit organizations to be more effective in achieving their mission, and builds collective impact through coalescing of shared strengths and networking for stronger community voice with policy makers to achieve equitable systemic change. LCF develops skills, knowledge and collective networks of leaders and organizations to address the needs of the growing Latino population through a cohort model of leaders in regions across WA State. 

Alianza Youth Leadership Program

Through the Alianza Youth Leaderhship program, young leaders engage in their communities through community and civic engagement projects on the most pressing issues affecting our Latino community in King, Yakima, Benton, and Franklin County. Youth lead community projects and campaigns they identify. Click here to learn more.

Latino Community Fund Past Projects, Initiatives, Research

El Futuro Project 

El Futuro Project was create by Alianza youth as a leadership and service-learning program for young Latina/o leaders who want to make a difference in the educational equity movement by:

• Working to increase early learning opportunities for Latina/o children
• Serving on a grant committee to invest in their community
• Participating in leadership training and community engagement projects 

Latinos in Tech

LCF provided networking opportunities for Latino professionals and students in Tech to network.

Latino Equity Network

The Washington Latino Equity Network formed in November 2014, after nine Latino non-profit organizations participated in the Washington Latino Nonprofit Leadership Academy, hosted by the Latino Community Fund.  During the Academy, these leaders coalesced around a shared vision of lifting up the voices of Latino communities in Washington State and the need for carrying those voices to policy makers. The members of the Latino Equity Network work with thousands of Latino families in communities across the state, from Olympia to Everett to Spokane. The collective knowledge and experience these leaders bring in working with Latino families is enormous, and informed the six common issues contained in this agenda. In addition to the Academy leaders, the Latino Equity Network surveyed hundreds of community members from each locale about the issues and recommendations that are captured in the agenda. Click here to learn more.