Last week I attended the Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. I'm just now reading the HIP research from last year (pdf). The stagnant trend of philanthropic giving to Hispanic organizations is interesting, especially as I am not in Chicago, where my little brother has been accepted to law school and now needs to find ways to pay or it.
I'll write more on Hispanics and philanthropy in later posts. For now, here are some of the key data on the issue:
- “Over the past decade, U.S. foundation dollars explicitly designated to benefit Latinos have remained steady, comprising about 1 percent of total foundation funding.”
- "From 2007 to 2009, an average of $206 million in grants per year was directed to Latinos by large U.S. foundations."
- "Among the major areas of activity, human services and health captured the largest shares of grant dollars intended to benefit Latinos, receiving 27 percent and 26 percent, respectively."
- "Recipient organizations in the Western region of the United States received the largest share (42 percent) of foundation dollars intended to benefit Hispanics. The vast majority of this funding went to organizations in California."
- "Among U.S. metropolitan areas, the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area received the largest share of grant dollars (17 percent) and number of grants (13 percent). Over the three-year period, this metropolitan area received more than 1,000 grants from sampled foundations totaling $107.3 million."
- "Between 2007 and 2009, more than $1 billion was directed toward Latin American countries. On average, large U.S. foundations gave $350 million per year for Latin America. Just under half of these funds went to organizations based in Latin American countries, while just over half went to U.S–based international programs."
- "Of the funding targeting Latin America between 2007 and 2009, environmental giving captured the largest share of grant dollars (33 percent), followed by international affairs (20 percent) and health (14 percent)."
- "Of the $620.6 million explicitly designated to benefit Latinos from 2007 to 2009, $233.5 million (38 percent) went for social justice–related causes."