Focus areas
Latina Wealth Initiative
Latinas Are Building Wealth — Against the Odds. We’re Here to Change Those Odds.
Latinas face a compounding wealth gap that is among the most severe of any demographic group in the United States. At current trajectories, it will take generations to close. The barriers are not a matter of effort or aspiration — Latinas are among the most entrepreneurial, resilient, and economically active members of the American workforce. The barriers are structural: wage inequality, limited access to credit and capital, underrepresentation in high-growth industries, and caregiving burdens that fall disproportionately on women of color.
LatinoProsperity’s Latina Wealth Initiative exists to name those barriers, measure them, and dismantle them.
WHAT WE DO
Research that makes the invisible visible.
Our landmark Latina Wealth in America report documents the scope of the Latina wealth gap with data that policymakers, funders, and financial institutions can act on. We don’t just describe the problem — we identify where interventions can work.
Community engagement that centers Latina voices.
Through our Pláticas (listening sessions) and convenings like the Latina Wealth Forum, we go directly to community leaders, entrepreneurs, and families to understand what wealth-building looks like on the ground — and what gets in the way. Our Oakland Latina Wealth Forum brought together advocates, practitioners, and policymakers for candid conversation about entrepreneurship, assets, and the impact of AI on long-term financial security.
Policy advocacy that moves the needle.
We bring Latina wealth onto the agendas of decision-makers who can act. In 2024, we unveiled the Latina Wealth in America report at the U.S. Capitol alongside House Minority Whip Katherine Clark — putting Latina economic equity at the center of a national policy conversation.
What the data shows
Limited Earnings
Latinas hold a fraction of the wealth of white women — a gap driven by lower lifetime earnings, less access to homeownership, and limited retirement savings.
Starting Businesses
Latinas are starting businesses at among the fastest rates of any group in the U.S. — yet face significant barriers to capital and contracts that limit growth.
Interrupting Careers
Caregiving and family financial responsibility fall heavily on Latinas, often interrupting careers and compressing the window for wealth accumulation.
WHERE WE’RE GOING
The Latina Wealth Initiative is building a multi-year research and advocacy agenda — connecting local convenings to national policy, and community insight to institutional change. Our goal is not incremental progress. It’s a genuine shift in how America invests in Latina economic power.
Research
Read the Latina Wealth in America Report
“Latinas are doing everything right: working, caregiving, earning degrees, and starting businesses; yet systemic inequities continue to block wealth-building opportunities,” – Learn more
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