Mission and History
The mission of the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) is to fulfill the promises and principles of democracy by empowering minorities and similarly disenfranchised groups and by maximizing civic awareness and participation in the electoral process.
Below is a bulleted timeline highlighting some of the key events that helped shape USHLI as we know it today.
- Incorporated Midwest Voter Registration Education Project April 1982
- Chartered Midwest Voter Registration Education Project May 1982 501(c)(3) tax-exemption status granted September 1982
- 4945(f) letter of determination (advance ruling) received September 1982
- 4945(f) final ruling from IRS received May 1987
- Became Midwest-Northeast Voter Registration Education Project December 1987
- Became United States Hispanic Leadership Institute December 1996