Hispanics in Philanthropy HIP GameChangers Conference Ideas and Investments for the Next Decade April 27-28, 2012

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April 27-28, 2012

Los Angeles, CA

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Increasing Philanthropic Resources for Latino Communities in the Next Decade

 In December 2011, HIP and the Foundation Center released a report that about one percent of foundation giving is targeted to organizations and programs that primarily serve Latino communities. This figure has remained the same in the past ten years, while the Hispanic population has grown by 43 percent. While the Latino community’s growth is rapidly changing the U.S. political landscape, Latino immigrants have become the targets of draconian immigration laws and racial profiling, and major socioeconomic divisions persist. The average Latino family has ten cents in assets for every dollar that the average white family has. Across the country, half of Latino students drop out of high school, and Latinos now make up a majority of the population sent to federal prison for felonies. Philanthropy has a responsibility to lead change.

To move the needle on these disturbing trends, we need to make bigger, smarter investments in Latino communities. To that end, Hispanics in Philanthropy is sponsoring HIP GameChangers, a series of briefings, reports and forums-both online and in-person-bringing together funders and other leaders to identify the “GameChangers” for Latinos in the next decade. Throughout the campaign, we’ll seek to answer these pressing questions:

■  How can we address the structural underfunding of Latino communities and increase philanthropic investments in Latinos?

■  Why are Latinos underfunded and what will it take for change?

■  How can funders make strategic investments to advance social change in the policy areas that most affect Latinos, such as education access, health disparities, immigration, and political empowerment?

■  What cutting-edge models, emerging technologies, and promising new initiatives have the potential to be GameChangers to increase and sustain long term investments in Latino social justice issues?

The campaign will include a national conference for foundation CEOs, philanthropic leaders, academic experts, and community leaders in Los Angeles on April 27-28.

Be part of the Change.   Join us for HIP GameChangers!

Add your voice to this important conversation among Latino leaders and allies, CEOs and program officers, funders, politicos, and grassroots leaders, all coming together to strategize about how to mobilize knowledge capital, financial capital, and human capital to make social change a reality for Latino communities.

Conference Agenda

Friday, April 27, 2012

California Endowment

1000 North Alameda Street

Los Angeles, CA

Breakfast & Cafecito

8:30-9:30am

Catch up with old colleagues and connect with new ones! HIP firmly believes in the power of giving and connecting. GameChangers will kick off with a morning cafecito that will encourage attendees to get acquainted and form lasting connections.

Welcome

9:30am-10:00am

* A leader from The California Endowment will welcome our guests and will open Day 1 of the conference.

Opening Plenary: Latino 2012

10:15-11:30am

Presentation: The Demographic GameChangers

Presentation: The State of Foundation Funding for Latino Communities

* Bradford K. Smith, President, Foundation Center

Discussion: What are the GameChangers for Latino Philanthropy?

* Sandra L. Vargas, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Minneapolis Foundation

* Aida Rodriguez, Chair of Management Programs and Professor of Professional Practice, Management at Milano School of Management, International Affairs, and Urban Policy (Moderator)

Latino Leader Highlight

12:00-12:30pm

* Diana Bontá, President and Chief Executive Officer, The California Wellness Foundation

Luncheon Panel: What are the barriers for Latino Education Access?

12:30-1:45pm

* Tina Gridiron Smith, Program Officer, Lumina Foundation for Education

* Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, President and Chief Executive Officer, Edwin Gould Foundation

* Jorge Ruiz-de-Velasco, Program Officer, Ford Foundation

Panel: What’s up with our Men and Boys?

1:45-3:15pm

* Dianne Yamashiro-Omi, Program Manager, Equity and Diversity, The California Endowment

* Gilda Gonzales, Chief Executive Officer, Unity Council

* Aida Hurtado, Chair, Department of Chicana and Chicano studies & Luis Leal endowed chair, UCBS and Editor, Understanding the Disenfranchisement of Latino Men and Boys: Invisible No More

* Luisa Taveras, Program Officer – Criminal Justice Fund, Open Society Institute

Closing Plenary: Good and Bad News from the Field: The Challenge of Diversity

3:30-5:00pm

* Diana Campoamor, President, Hispanics in Philanthropy

* María Hinojosa, Anchor and Managing Editor of NPR’s “Latino USA” program

* Dr. Robert K. Ross, President and Chief Executive Officer, The California Endowment

* Sterling Speirn, President and Chief Executive Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

* Luz Vega-Marquis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marguerite Casey Foundation

Cocktail Reception & Networking

5:00-6:00pm

*Julio Marcial, Program Director, The California Wellness Foundation

Please join HIP’s Southern California Leadership Group for an evening of networking & entertainment. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be provided.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Millenium Biltmore Hotel

506 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA

Breakfast & Cafecito Welcome

9:30 -10:00am

Catch up with old colleagues and connect with new ones! HIP firmly believes in the power of giving and connecting. GameChangers will kick off with a morning cafecito that will encourage attendees to get acquainted and form lasting connections.

Opening Plenary: What are the GameChangers for the 2012 Election?

10:00-11:00am

* Maria Blanco, Vice President for Civic Engagement, California Community Foundation

* Cristóbal Joshua Alex, Program Officer, Ford Foundation

* Manuel Pastor, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at USC and author of Uncommon Ground

* Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials

Subject Caucuses: Funding at the Intersections of Leading Social Change Movements

11:30-12:30pm

Children & Youth:

* Jorge Cabrera, Senior Director of the San Diego field office, Casey Family Programs

* Beatriz Vieira, Vice President for Community Impact, The Philadelphia Foundation

Latino Aging:

* Marcus Escobedo, Program Officer, The John A. Hartford Foundation

* John Feather, Chief Executive Officer, Grantmakers in Aging

LGBT:

* Dave Montez, Senior Program Officer, Gill Foundation

* Matt Foreman, Director, Gay and Immigrant Rights Programs, Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. fund

Women’s Rights

* Wilma Montañez, Program Officer for Reproductive Rights, Jessie Smith Noyes foundation

Workers/The 99%

* Juanita Irizarry, Program Officer, Human Services & Community Development, The Chicago Community Trust

Lunch Plenary: Latino Media Now

12:45-2:00pm:

* Giselle Fernandez, Managing Director, Creative World Talent Management Division, Trump Group

* Juan Gonzalez, Staff Writer, Daily News, and co-author of News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media

* Monica Lozano, Chief Executive Officer, Impremedia LLC and La Opinión

* Elizabeth Méndez Berry, Journalist & Media Consultant

* Chris Peña, Executive Editor, NBC Latino