Naleo Educational Fund
NALEO Educational Fund is a national nonprofit that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process. The organization provides citizenship assistance and hotline services, voter mobilization and voting-rights work, policy and leadership training for Latino officials, and public resources on issues like the census.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A community-based immigrant-service or voter-engagement organization with a proven track record delivering naturalization application assistance or voter-registration services, typically operating in states the funder prioritizes (e.g., TX, NY, FL, NC, CA).
Good Fit
- • Direct service programs that assist with naturalization applications or voter registration.
- • Operating presence in Texas, New York, Florida, North Carolina, or California.
- • Ability to report concrete service metrics (clients served, applications filed, events run).
- • Existing partnerships or referrals from organizations already in the funder’s network.
- • Capacity to manage multi-year restricted grants and provide timely reports.
Geography
Grants are sent to organizations in multiple states (five in the latest year and more across prior years), showing a multi-state/national footprint while still concentrating dollars in Texas and New York.
Recipient Variety
Each year the funder supports roughly 17–20 distinct community organizations rather than a single beneficiary, indicating a broad set of independent recipients even though funding is concentrated among a subset of top grantees.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of occasional new entrants exists (several new grantees appeared in prior years, and one new recipient in the latest year), but the portfolio is dominated by returning partners and there is no public application process, so unsolicited applicants may be considered but face selective, relationship-influenced decisions.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
