Nuestro Futuro

Elevating Latinx philanthropy to support Chicago-area organizations and programs aimed at improving the quality of life for the Latinx community.

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  • $6.4 Million

    Dollars Raised

  • $3.1 Million

    Dollars Granted

  • 225+

    Grants Given

  • 70+

    Organizations Impacted

News & Updates

For 2023, Nuestro Futuro is offering a competitive invitation only grant opportunity to organizations that received funding from Nuestro Futuro in 2022. For more information on this, please contact Carrie Goodale, Affinity Funds Coordinator, at cgoodale@cct.org.

About the Fund

As the largest affinity fund in the nation dedicated to Latinx philanthropy, Nuestro Futuro (“Our Future”) has been making tangible impact for nearly 20 years. Since its founding in 2003, it has awarded $3.1 million in grant making dollars to more than 70 nonprofits throughout the Chicago region.

Steering Committee Members

Alberto Morales, Co-ChairLeticia L. Gonzalez
Karin Prangley, Co-ChairDiana Torres Hawken
Maria C. Bechily, EmeritusMaria Miranda
Walter AbregoSally Nieto
Adela CepedaLauren Pabst
Nadia CoronadoMark Rodriguez
Ariana CorreaDoris Salomón
Angel GutierrezLaura P. Trejo
Laura GutierrezLiz Vlahos
Nuestro Futuro is made up of a volunteer steering committee led by two co-chairs. The committee is in charge of leading our yearly grant making and fundraising efforts. Annual member dues are allocated to our endowment for future grant making. 

Our Impact

Through our grant making program, we address the evolving needs of the Latinx community and support Latinx-led community organizations that often do not get funding from mainstream philanthropies.

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The Future for Our Community

Our grant making priorities are focused on early childhood education and immigration, key issue areas within the Latinx community. Nuestro Futuro also cultivates leadership opportunities for up-and-coming donors and civic leaders. 

In the spring of 2022, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the region, we pivoted our resources to provide more than $400,000 in responsive grant making dollars to address the disproportionate health and economic effects of the pandemic on the Latinx community and the organizations that serve them.

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