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Latino Endowment Fund

Area residents – both Latino and non-Latino – are joining the Latino Endowment Fund to learn about the challenges facing Latino residents and the organizations that serve them.  They come together to meet community leaders who offer ideas on how to address the tough issues in our community.

Through the Latino Endowment Fund, we built a door and the community has walked in.

This innovative fund is the first in Connecticut – and among the first of its kind in the US – created by a group of leaders in the community to improve life now and in the future for Latino residents of Greater Hartford and the community at large.

Latino Endowment Fund members contribute $250 or more each year, learn about a topic of interest to the Latino community, and collectively choose one or more grants to local Latino nonprofits. Agencies with Latino leadership and a core mission of benefiting the Latino community are eligible for grants from this fund.

Founded by Marilda Gándara, former president and director of the Aetna Foundation, and Rosaida Rosario, consultant and former Hartford Foundation board member, and quickly joined by many Latino leaders on its steering committee, this fund's objective is to strengthen Latino nonprofits in Greater Hartford and to increase philanthropy among Latino and non-Latino donors.

By joining forces, the group leverages its support for a community that is significantly underserved.  Members hope to inspire the Latino community—traditionally a generous people—to expand personal philanthropy by becoming long-term endowment donors through this fund.

In addition to events specific to the Latino Endowment Fund, members are invited to the Foundation's annual Celebration of Giving, as well as other meetings and forums on issues of concern to the Greater Hartford community.

Join Now or Learn More

Join online or print this form (PDF, 97KB) to mail in with your check. Member information will be sent to you shortly.

Have questions before you join? Contact Betty Ann Grady at 860-548-1888 x1055 or bagrady@hfpg.org.
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Latino Endowment Fund 2010 Members and Charter Members

  • Vincenta Alvierio Memorial Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain*
  • Sarita Arteaga*
  • Michael and Deborah Bangser*
  • Germÿn Bermúdez•
  • Luis• and Maria Cabÿn*
  • Carl Chadburn*
  • Jenny Correa
  • Lillian Cruz*
  • Milagros Cruz*
  • Jeannette DeJesús*
  • Kenneth DeLisa
  • Walter and Maritza Diaz
  • Marilyn Diaz*
  • Francisco Donis•
  • Rosanne Druckman and Larry Scherzer
  • Barbara Fernandez*•
  • Juan and Helene Figueroa*
  • John Fonfara*
  • Sandra Wood Forand*
  • Marilda Gÿndara• and Scott O’Keefe*
 
  • Augusto• and Nancy Gautier*
  • Sonia Gaztambide-Vila and Jose Gaztambide*
  • Oscar Gonzalez*
  • George and Gladys Hernÿndez*
  • Linda J. Kelly
  • Evelyn• and Hernan LaFontaine
  • Estela López• and Harry Marin*
  • Bonnie and Edward Malley
  • Roberto and Frances Medina*
  • Yvette Meléndez*•
  • Julio Mendoza*
  • Dr. and Mrs. Wilfredo Nieves
  • Iris Nieves-Cross and Walter Cross*
  • Cesar Noble*
  • Elsa M. Núñez
  • Lillian Ortiz*
  • Luis and Rita Ortiz*
  • Eddie and Maria Perez*
 
  • Richard and Colleen Porth*
  • Enid Rey• and Freddie Valentin*
  • Magdalena B. Reyna and M. Susan Holmes*
  • Paul and Patricia Robotham
  • Antonio Rodriguez*
  • Peter and Pamela Rosa*
  • Rosaida• and Roberto Rosario*
  • Rafael and Robin Santiago*
  • Raquel Santiago-Martinez*
  • Sydney and Elba Cruz Schulman*
  • Hubert and Nelly Rojas Schwan*
  • Jenny Smith*
  • John Soto*
  • Southside Institutions
  • Neighborhood Alliance*
  • Gladys and Ulises Toledano*
  • Edwin and Sylvia Vargas

*charter member
•current steering committee member

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