What happens if an organization serves the Latino community but is not Latino-led?
One of the goals of the Collaborative is to allow the Latino community to find its own solutions to its problems, and a key to that is empowering and strengthening Latino-led organizations. Hence, the Latino-led criteria, as established by all the funders of the project, is critical in this Collaborative. It is also understood that there are regions of the country that may have a growing Latino population but not a sufficient number of Latino-led organizations. In these regions, it may be necessary to formulate ways of increasing Latino participation and decision-making within mainstream organizations that serve them. Direct grants will not go to non-Latino organizations, but it is possible to establish a program to assist these organizations in increasing Latino participation and thus leading to the Collaborative’s goal of greater Latino leadership.
