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) letterof 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
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