2. Connections to Community

Learn how organizations connect with their communities, including diaspora and Indigenous networks and spaces, to deepen outreach, build trust, and support culturally grounded engagement and participation.

 

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Key Findings

Latinx/é arts and culture organizations collectively demonstrate broad and multi-layered community outreach, with many organizations extending beyond a single geographic or cultural group.

Key Findings

Organizations could indicate any number of communities served. More than two-thirds of Latinx/é arts and culture organizations (63–64%) reported serving United States-connected communities and Mexico-connected communities. Approximately 43% indicated that they serve Puerto Rican communities. Between 20–30% stated that they serve communities connected to Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Peru, Guatemala, and/or Honduras. Organizations meaningfully demonstrate overlapping cultural service and reach, revealing that they serve intersecting diasporic networks.

Key Findings

About one in five Latinx/é arts and culture organizations served communities whose Indigenous peoples have roots in Latin America.

2.1 Levels of Community Reach

Across respondents, the data shows that Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are overwhelmingly rooted in local communities, while many also operate at broader geographic scales. For example, 85% of organizations report local program reach. About half (49%) operate at the statewide level, indicating strong connections beyond immediate communities. Roughly one-third operate nationally (32%) or internationally (34%), while just over a quarter (28%) report regional reach.

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Latinx/é arts and culture organizations collectively demonstrate broad and multi-layered community outreach, with many organizations extending beyond a single geographic or cultural group.

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Program Delivery Locations

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Data Summary

  • Organizations whose programmatic reach extended to all geographies served an average of 5.04 communities.

Location of Organizations

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Diasporic Communities Served

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Image Credits

  • Image #1: M. Janea Sanchez, 2019 NALAC Fund for the Arts, Artist:Ensemble Grantee
  • Image #2: Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers, 2018 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grantee
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