The Futuro Latino Fund committee awarded $175,000 to 12 organizations serving the Latino community. The Omaha Community Foundation received 21 applications with grant requests totaling $385,190.
The Futuro Latino Fund is one of OCF’s five Community Interest Funds. Anyone can donate to these resident-led grant programs.
2024 Futuro Latino Fund Recipients
- A Mother’s Love • $20,000 for AML Latina Doula services
- DIBS for Kids • $15,000 for Spanish Books for OPS Elementaries
- For All Counseling Services • $20,000 for Specialty Mental Health Care
- H2O Collective • $10,500 for D’Colores
- Jackson Boxing Club • $15,000 for Overhead, Competition travel, Fundraising, Equipment
- Latino Economic Development Council • $20,000 for Building Organizational Capacity
- LIVE Leadership Camp • $12,500 for Latina Camp, Community and Culture
- Metro Young Latino Professionals Association • $12,000 for MYLPA Scholarship and Professional Development
- Mexican American Historical Society of the Midlands • $8,400 for El Corazon de Nuestra Gente
- RESPECT • $3,000 for Dating Violence Prevention Using Theatre
- Soundarte.net • $20,000 for 2024 Post-Digital Art Program
- True Potential Scholarships • $18,600 for True Potential Scholarships
Grants made through our Community Interest Funds are strategic investments meant to increase access and equity. We ask community members to lead the grant process using their own power and understanding. Each committee is made up of residents who come from or identify with the population being served. They review proposals and decide which projects to fund based on the needs they are seeing in their community.
The next grant cycle will open on January 1, 2025.