For more than two decades, Progreso Latino Fund has inspired Latine* philanthropy in our community, fostering gifts of talent, time, and financial resources. The Fund has brought people together to promote and support the Latine culture, celebrate Connecticut Latine leaders, advance education through scholarships and training, and provide charitable grants to programs and services for and with the Latine community.
Our mission
To empower a diverse Latine community in the Greater New Haven region through education, leadership, culture and philanthropy.
We carry out our mission and creates positive change through:
- Forums on matters of importance to Latines featuring prominent national and local speakers.
- Celebrations of Connecticut Latines who lead from where they are.
- Charitable grants to programs and services that advance Latines.
- A focus on the youth and young leaders.
SAVE THE DATE
April 30, 2026: Special Presentation of ¡Taíno Vive! at the Peabody Museum
Join us on April 30, 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. for a special presentation of ¡Taíno Vive!, Caribbean Indigenous Resistance / Resistencia indígena del Caribe at the Yale Peabody Museum. The Progreso Latino Fund will host a guided tour and community reception that encourages participants to reflect on ancestral knowledge, cultural survival and the shared responsibility of shaping a more just and inclusive future. Registration details to come.
Educational and economic wellbeing
Our Impact
2025 Grantmaking: From Casa to Career
In 2025, the Fund targeted grants to Latine-led or Latine-serving nonprofits providing wraparound support services to help Greater New Haven Latinas enter and remain in the workforce.
Create a Legacy
Start a Fund
The Progreso Latino Fund is working to increase the number of Latine funds at The Community Foundation and invites you to create a personally named fund for directing your philanthropic dollars to support causes that you care about.
Meet our fund founders! Learn more about local Latine individuals and families who have created charitable funds at The Community Foundation and the stories behind their giving.
Support the Latine Community
Give to The Fund
Please help Progreso Latino Fund expand its impact in our community with your support.
Progreso Latino Fund eNewsletter
Stay connected with PLF.
PLF Advisory Committee (2025)
- Yari Ijeh (Chair)
- Camille Ansley
- Malwin Davila
- Tara Davila
- Jose DeJesus
- Lindsay Fresher
- Ana Garcia
- Gypsy Garcia
- Brian Ibarra
- Noah Moore
- Anamaria Orozco
- Carolina Parrott
- Atty. Erandi Reiland
- Anna Rivera-Alfaro
- Frankie Roman
- Michelle Wachsmann
Board Liaison
- Fernando Muñiz
Staff Liaisons
- Carmen Burgos
- Jackie Downing
- Liana Garcia
Use your talents to expand opportunity for Latines in Greater New Haven. Join the PLF Advisory Committee today!
Our History
The Progreso Latino Fund was established in 2003 a small group of community-minded Puerto Ricans as their way to give back to the New Haven community which they called home. Their vision was to create a fund that would “promote the educational and socio-economic well-being of Latinos in the City of New Haven and the region . . . with particular attention to the needs of our children.”
Since then, more than 660 contributors have have built a permanent endowment of more than $440,000 that is used to fund grant making, policy forums, leadership-building activities and community events
The Progreso Latino Fund is permanently endowed, which means it will last forever and never stop doing good. An independent advisory committee picked exclusively from within the Latine community guides the actions of the PLF.
