History & Mission

The Hispanic Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 focused on education, workforce, social impact, and culture with the lens of leadership and innovation

HHF’s mission and programs have been recognized by The White House, US Congress, Fortune 500 Companies, US Army, other nonprofits. With the support of generous donors and creative partnerships, HHF has reached millions of Latinxs across the country and into Latin America through agile, creative, impactful, high - profile, innovative programs since 1987, including the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards, Latinxs On Fast Track (LOFT) Leadership Institute (LLI), Hispanic Heritage Awards, Code as a Second Language in English and Spanish, HHF’s Charlas, and Public Awareness Campaigns seen by millions.

Our community leads us!

The HHF team is always willing to move in the direction of the community’s needs and wants. Our community leads us, not the other way around.

HHF is headquartered in Washington, DC and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami.

OUR IMPACT

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The Hispanic Heritage Foundation is doing such a critical work to elevate the voices of our community members. They are also providing access and opportunity for our community for every stage of their career. The HHF continues to support me in growing my leadership and impact as an executive. It also supports me in fulling my commitment “to make it easier for the next person and make systemic change.” The Hispanic Heritage Foundation is a familia I am proud to be a part of and we live into this "Unidos (United) we are powerful!"

Candelario Cervantez
Head of the National Latinx Alliances at Teach For America
120M+

People reached in the U.S. and Latin America

15M+

Reach on HHF Social Media, Newsletter, and Website

200k+

HHF’s LOFT Network

Programs

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ACTIVITIES

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