Just Announced! Centro Receives $1 Million from Cuna Mutual Foundation for Campaign Centro

Just Announced!

Centro Receives $1 Million from Cuna Mutual Foundation for Campaign Centro

CUNA Mutual Volunteers: Eleana Álvarez, Emmanuel Munoz, Pablo Olivares, Vera Aiken,

Joe Hanke, Alexandra Shade with her daughter Kai, and Karime Pérez from Centro on an activity

assembling cabinets for Centro on March 18th, 2022.

CUNA Mutual Group Committed

Centro Hispano of Dane County (Centro) has received a $1 million grant from CUNA Mutual Group’s Foundation, for campaign CENTRO. The campaign aims to raise $15 million to build a new home for the Latinx community on Madison’s southside and seed expansion of the organization’s workforce and educational programs

Centro hopes to complete the campaign by the end of this year. The investment from the Foundation is the largest ever received by Centro from a corporation. The organization has raised over $11 million so far to its goal.

“This investment is meaningful to us on several levels. It shows the trust CUNA Mutual’s Foundation has put in Centro. It’s a testament to our long history and to their unwavering commitment to supporting the Latinx community. We are deeply grateful,” Karen Menendez Coller, Centro’s Executive Director.

“CUNA Mutual is committed to putting equity into action in all of the communities we touch and serve,” said Cedric Ellis, Executive Vice President , Chief Enterprise Services Officer for CUNA Mutual.

With the support from allies and corporations as CUNA Mutual Group, Centro expects to double the number of youths in its afterschool programs, support at least 1,000 more individuals annually, and develop a full bilingual nursing career pathway by 2030.

Centro will be hosting a community campaign kickoff on September 28th at 4 pm on the site of the new building.

Join us and find more information below!

Help us reach our goal!

Join us for our community campaign kickoff!

7th Annual Evening of Dreaming... about our new home

You're invited to join us on September 28th from 4-6pm in Centro's backlot for an Evening of Dreaming when we will be kicking off our community campaign for Centro's new home.

This is a family friendly event that is free and open to the public. Registration is required with a suggested donation of $50. Learn more about the event or register by clicking the button below.

Centro is a 501(c)3 organization located in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Our mission is Empowering Youth, Strengthening Families, Engaging the Community.

We envision that Dane County will be a community where Latino families can aspire upward, to reach their personal goals and dreams because they feel engaged and strengthened with the tools for success.