National Hispanic Institute
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| Founded | 1979 |
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| Founder | Ernesto Nieto |
| Type | Think Tank |
| Focus | Leadership & Education |
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Area served
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United States, Argentina, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Spain, Dominican Republic |
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Members
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85,000 (5,000 new participants a year) |
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Key people
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Ernesto Nieto President Gloria DeLeon Executive Vice President Nicole Sada Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Hector H. Lopez Associate Vice President Government, Community & Public Relations Lori Mendoza Business & Finance Director |
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Revenue (2014)
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$1,829,689 |
| Expenses (2014) | $1,676,079 |
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Volunteers
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85,000 (alumni volunteers) |
| Slogan | New Thoughts, New Strategies, New Leaders |
| Website | http://www.nationalhispanicinstitute.org |
The National Hispanic Institute (NHI) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the future leadership needs of the global Hispanic community. Founded in 1979 in the State of Texas with the mission of serving the future leadership needs of the United States via the Hispanic Latino community, NHI became the largest Hispanic Latino youth organization in the United States. NHI is now an international organization with over 85,000 alumni worldwide and a well-known consortium of notable colleges and universities.
To carry out its mission, NHI annually conducts independent research focused on leadership and educational development, collaborates with K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, and annually works with over 3,000 high-achieving youth and their families. According to its website, NHI has distinguished itself from other organizations by not focusing on civil rights, not pointing to existing social problems as the rally-call to civic involvement, or depicting Hispanics and Latinos as a community in urgent need in order to influence giving. NHI instead recognizes the talent of Hispanic and Latino youth, the potential they represent to the future of the Hispanic/Latino community and extended sectors of the American and global society. Based on this philosophy, NHI develops and conducts experiences through which students may become intellectually, culturally, and socially engaged in the life of their communities.
NHI utilizes a combination community-based revenue generating strategies to fund its work. It relies neither on government nor private charity to support its efforts. NHI is headquartered in Maxwell, Texas (approx. 30 minutes southeast of Austin, Texas) and maintains its Leadership Service Center on the campus of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania (approx. 20 minutes west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and its partnership with the Center for Hispanic Studies on the campus of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Since its first program in 1981, the National Hispanic Institute has identified and selected high-ability youth to participate in its leadership and academic development experiences. These selected students are intellectually challenged to alter old, strident views that have historically framed their understanding of Hispanics and Latinos. According to its website, NHI's leadership programs pursue four key outcomes:
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