Tapping Ethnic Wealth
January 10, 2002 | Read Time: 2 minutes
The nation’s minority population is reshaping the nonprofit landscape
ETHNIC CHARITIES, feeling slighted by many mainstream donors, increasingly are seeking not only to raise money but also to develop a culture of giving among members of minority groups.
MOST FOUNDATIONS fall far short when it comes to supporting organizations that primarily serve members of minority groups, say executives of such institutions.
PEOPLE WHO OWN HOMES in neighborhoods that are predominantly black or Hispanic donate a greater percentage of their income to charity than do those who live in white areas, according to a new analysis conducted for The Chronicle.
IN CALIFORNIA, foundations are leading an effort to help farm workers secure more rights, including citizenship.
SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, nonprofit groups that seek fewer restrictions on immigration have seen support plummet with a sudden shift in the political winds.
THOMAS W. DORTCH JR., who heads 100 Black Men of America, hopes to open a chapter of that organization in any city or town that wants one.
JULIE A. SU, litigation director for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, says she sees her job as helping to build the kind of community in which she’d like to live.
ISMAEL AHMED, a founder of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, says his goal is “to institutionalize our role as Arab-Americans in this country.”
LY VANG, who founded the Association for the Advancement of Hmong Women in Minnesota two decades ago, has built the organization into a model for others serving Asian women.
SARA MARTINEZ TUCKER, who heads the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, hopes to double by 2010 the percentage of Hispanic-Americans who receive college degrees.
THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT of the American Heart Association’s new National Minority Initiatives will try to cross cultural barriers to prevent heart disease in minorities.
GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING BY WHITES AND MINORITIES: Charts and tables.
