Building a safe, strong and sustainable home for our Latinx community.

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Our goal

Campaign CENTRO aims to raise 15 million dollars by the end of 2023, when the agency will be celebrating its 40th anniversary. 
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Funds will be invested in two priority areas: 
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1. Building a new facility with improved accessibility and increased square footage for program expansion 
2. Seed funds for critical development of agency infrastructure to support the growth of workforce and educational programs

Our progress

The site
Our goal is to build a new facility in the heart of the Burr Oaks neighborhood at the corner of Cypress Way and Hughes Place, right around the corner from where we are currently located. Pictured - Centro Juventuras Summer Program doing teambuilding activities at the new site.

The concept
Calli, home,  is an ancient symbol that originates back to the Aztec calendar. Calli is associated with rest, tranquility and family. The concept of Calli is woven throughout campaign CENTRO and even into the design of the building. 

About the campaign

The need

​The Latinx community is the largest and the fastest growing group in the city, county and state with over 100% growth in the last ten years. The Southside of Madison, WI, where Centro is located also has the highest concentration of low-income Latinx in the city.

As the leading non-profit organization working with the Latinx population in Dane County,  Centro has a forty-year history of uplifting and strengthening the local community. Centro is also a key resource for the city, county, and local school districts  and partners with over a hundred other nonprofits and employers.

The organization has worked tirelessly to keep up with the growth of the community and now supports over 7,000 individuals annually with more than 20,000 hours of programming. Centro has triple the number of staff, triple the budget size, and double the number of programs it had ten years ago.

Centro can no longer keep up with the pace of the needs of the growing Latinx community in its current facility. All workforce and educational programs currently carry waitlists. Centro is stretched to its maximum capacity.

The solution

A Safe Building

Our new building will allow increased safety for staff and the community, sustainability in building design, enhanced accessibility, and the square footage needed for critically needed expansion of youth and workforce programs to meet needs.

Strong Programs

Centro's workforce and youth programs are in high demand but all programs are currently waitlisted. The campaign will provide seed funds and added programming space necessary for the development and expansion of these program areas. 

A Sustainable Organization

Centro is the largest non-profit provider in Dane County supporting the Latinx community and a critical partner to the city, county and state. The campaign will focus on sustainability so the organization can better strategize and plan for community needs.

Campaign CENTRO will make it possible for Centro to expand its reach significantly.

​The organization will be able to support 1,000 more community members a year, with a plan to double the youth enrolled in afterschool and summer programs, begin development of a Nursing Career Pathway, and save more than $50,000 annually with improved energy efficiency in its new building. 

The plan

Our goal with Campaign CENTRO is to raise 15 million dollars by 2023 to make Centro safe, strong and sustainable for generations now and in the future and to enable critically needed development of our workforce and youth programs to meet community needs.

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PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT

You can make a gift today or pledge your support to the campaign over as many as five years. Download our form.

GET INVOLVED

We are looking for support in a variety of ways including in kind donation of goods and services  Contact us to get involved.

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Resources & Events

CAMPAIGN RESOURCES
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Campaign Brochure
Pledge Form
Frequently Asked Questions

UPCOMING EVENTS
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​Thursday, April 28th, 10-11AM 
Annual Strategic Update - Introducing our New Home.
Free online event. Registration required. 

NEWS

Centro Hispano’s Annual Strategic Update introduces Centro’s campaign for a new home | Madison365

Governor Evers announces $4.8 million grant to Centro Hispano of Dane County to build a new home on the southside of Madison, WI
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Read other news about Centro. 

Campaign Contact

Have a question? Want to learn more? Interested in setting up a meeting with our Executive Director and/or the campaign CENTRO team? Please contact our campaign manager, Nina Gehan, by sending an email to campaign@micentro.org .