Grants help Latinas survive, thrive together

By Juliette Coulter

The Hispanic 100 (H100) Latina Giving Circle at Texas Women’s Foundation has awarded $114,000 in grants to 29 North Texas area nonprofits serving the needs of Latina women and girls in low- and moderate-income communities. Since its inception, H100 has given $786,000 across 165 grants. 

The H100 Latina Giving Circle at Texas Women’s Foundation was established in 2019 by the Hispanic 100 Network to further engage Latinas in philanthropy, and to expand resources for local organizations whose mission is to empower, educate and support Latinas across North Texas.”

Jennifer Treviño and Maria Espinoza, H100 Latina Giving Circle co-chairs, said, “We are honored to be able to support so many worthy organizations who are serving Latina women and girls across North Texas to live healthier and more successful lives.” 

Yareli Esteban, H100 Latina Giving Circle Grants chair, added, “As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the evaluation process, this year we introduced a segmentation model that enabled a more equitable assessment of organizations across all sizes, regardless of revenue. 

This resulted in 11 first-time recipients, including organizations with revenues under $2 million.”

Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

(* indicates first-time grantees)

• *Agape Clinic — Salary for Latina Director of Clinic Operations

• *Attitudes & Attire —  Salary for a bilingual program manager

• *AVANCE — Dallas-Parent-Child Education Program 

• Bachman Lake Together — Community Action Network: parent leadership programming

• Buckner Children and Family Services, Inc. — Dallas Family Hope Center and access to economic security

• *Cannenta Foundation Inc. — Project Ayuda program

• Cara Mia Theatre Co. — First Latinidades Art Symposium

• Catch Up & Read —  Support for one campus

• *ChildCareGroup — Born Learning Program

• Family Place Inc. – Support for bilingual client-facing staff

• *Frontiers of Flight Museum Inc. — Flight-Latina Young Ladies Aerospace-STEM Challenge

• Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas — Programming for two Latina/Hispanic troops

• Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas — Dallas Chapter-Latinas in Progress

• Immschools — Family-led community workshops

• *Mi Escuelita Preschool Inc. — Education Evolution Program

• Mosaic Family Services Inc. — Support for survivors in the Transitional Housing program

• Primos Dallas — Student mentoring program and to visit Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI)

• Readers 2 Leaders — Family Reading 2024-2025 cohort

• Rosa es Rojo, Inc. — The Rojo Way wellness program

• *ScholarShot – Salary for Academic Manager

• SER Jobs for Progress National, Inc. — SER STEM robotics program

• *Sharing Life Community Outreach, Inc. — Expansion of program activities

• *The Lullaby House — Support for education and program services

• The Compelling Why — Two seminars and Leadership series

• The Concilio — General support for educational programming

• United to Learn — Student and educator support at 17 Dallas ISD campuses

• *Volar — Capacity building support

• Wesley-Rankin Community Center — Girls of Hope, Girls of Honor Program

• Young Women’s Preparatory Network — Senior Mentoring Alliance at Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School.

Karen Hughes White, Texas Women’s Foundation president and CEO, added her thanks: “We admire the H100 Latina Giving Circle for its unwavering support of the Latina community and applaud the tremendous fundraising effort behind these grants that help Latinas survive and thrive. It is an honor to partner with the H100 Latina Giving Circle as we work together to build #StrongWomenBetterWorld.” 

To learn more, visit txwf.org.