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| Founded | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Ernesto Nieto |
| Type | Non-profit education organization |
| Focus | Leadership and education |
| Location | |
Area served | United States, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic |
Key people | Ernesto Nieto Founder and President Gloria De Leon Co-founder and Senior Executive Vice President Nicole Nieto Senior Vice President Julio Cotto Senior Vice President Chris Nieto Senior Vice President Efrain Cordova Director of Business |
Revenue (2014) | $1,829,689[1] |
| Expenses (2014) | $1,676,079[1] |
| Website | Official website  |
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 Latino youth organization in the United States. [2][3] NHI is now an international organization with over 85,000 alumni worldwide and a well-known consortium of notable colleges and universities. [4][5][6]
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 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 rallying call to civic involvement, or depicting Hispanics and Latinos as a community in urgent need in order to influence giving. [3] 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. [3]
NHI utilizes a combination of community-based revenue generating strategies to fund its work. It relies neither on government nor private charity to support its efforts. [3] NHI is headquartered in Maxwell, Texas (approximately 30 minutes southeast of Austin, Texas) and maintains its Leadership Service Center on the campus of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania (approximately 20 minutes west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania),[7] and its partnership with the Center for Hispanic Studies on the campus of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. [8]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
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- ^ Register, NHI College. "2016 Member Directory". www.nhicr.org. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ "The Suburban and Wayne Times - News". Archived from the original on February 15, 2006. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
- ^ "Southwestern launching center for Hispanic studies - Austin Business Journal". Archived from the original on February 8, 2008.