Program areas at HIP
Migration and forced displacement: hips's migration program is a multinational intermediary for grantmaking and issue advocacy advancing the rights of people in movement. We work to strengthen the collaboration and coordination between grantee organizations that are working with and for migrants, refugees, and anyone forcefully displaced in the americas. Hip's multi-faceted approach and ability to develop diverse funding vehicles provides targeted, community informed and rapid response capacities to frontline migrant organizations. We focus on strengthening the internal leadership and capabilities of every group we support to ensure they're ready for longer-term action. in 2022 mfd supported 110 organizations with capacity building & networking opportunities including grantmaking in mexico, honduras, peru, and more. in addition hip launched the 8-part webinar series "centering frontline voices across the americas" which reached over 1,000 people and held 3 dialogues on migration, climate justice and racial equity.
Gender equity: since 2016, the gender equity program has been activating our network to ensure we're tackling the comprehensive range of issues surrounding gender inequality, both at a macro level and within every community in the us, latam and the caribbean. The pillars of our gender equity program are: capacity building, research through a gender lens, violence prevention, and training, and advocacy within Philanthropy. in 2022, the gender equity team spearheaded outreach and advocacy initiatives in tlaxcala which culminated in a local program to prevent trafficking of girls and women.
Power building and justice: power building and justice is supporting systemic changes for equity that catalyze the engagement of communities to be aware of and able to access tools and resources to meet their needs and create changes through civic engagement, policy advocacy, community organizing, political education and a sense of belonging. in 2022, power building and justice, in partnership with the racial equity team, built a grantmaking model centered around equity and race across the south & southwest. Partnered with hispanic federation to create a funding pool to support florida-based grassroots organizations in response to the passing of hb 1557 also known as the "don't say gay" bill. Supported the everytown for gun safety national listening tour.
Inicio ventures: inicio ventures program has a three pillar approach of investing, developing, and connecting latinx startups, in 2022 inicio ventures provided capital to 30 latinx-led startups, held six pitch competition events, held 3 cohorts of the fellowship program, and provided field building grants to entrepreneurship ecosystem builders.
Hipgive: hipgive is the only bilingual platform of digital tools that makes it possible to mobilize resources for social impact projects throughout the americas. Through our suite of innovative tools including crowdfunding campaigns, permanent digital campaigns, peer to peer giving and digital giving circles, people and organizations come together to create community and make an impact in the world. in 2022 hipgive launched a learning center which published 14 reports, expanded campaigns focused on pride, communities in movement, climate resilience, and jurez giving day, hosted 50+ webinars to train our partner organizations on the details of crowdfunding.
All other programs and emerging strategies: all other program activities which support Hispanics in Philanthropy's mission and values.