Hispanic Scholars Program

What Hispanic Scholars Program does

The Hispanic Scholars Program (HSP) is a United States-based non-profit organization founded in 1989 and headquartered in New York, NY, with a staff of approximately 7 employees. Its mission is to expand educational and leadership opportunities for the Latine/Hispanic community in theological education by healing divisions within that community, building bridges with non-Latine/Hispanics, and empowering the next generation of Latine/Hispanic leaders. Programs are organized into four categories: Education, Mentorship, Professional Development, and Public Scholarship, and serve graduate students, undergraduate students, doctoral students, faculty and scholars, and institutional leaders.

The program portfolio includes the flagship two-week in-person Summer Session held each June at rotating Sponsoring School institutions, an online two-week J-Term intensive for graduate students, HSP for Undergrads delivered in partnership with the PASOS Network, and a Doctoral Accompaniment Seminar. Mentorship and professional development offerings include the HSP Fellows Program (a year-long non-profit administrative experience), the HSP Alumni Network (HAN), a Discernment and Vocation Workshop, El Semillero Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (with Lake Institute on Faith & Giving and AETH), a Pedagogy Workshop, Through Hispanic Eyes (a leadership program), and a Storytelling Workshop. Public scholarship outputs include The HSP Exchange (monthly virtual lectures) and a four-volume book series titled Theological Education Latinamente published with Fortress Press. The Praxis of Accompaniment extends programming internationally through partners in Paraguay and Bolivia.

HSP is a donor- and grant-funded non-profit with no public pricing for participants. The operating model is built on institutional channel partnerships: a network of accredited Sponsoring Schools hosts intensives and feeds students into the HSP Fellows Program, while partner networks (PASOS, AETH, Lake Institute) co-deliver programs. There is no disclosed revenue, no parent organization, no subsidiaries, and no investor structure. The organization's primary assets are its proprietary content library, its multi-decade alumni and faculty network, and its institutional accreditation-adjacent distribution through sponsoring theological schools.

Name

Hispanic Scholars Program

Legal name

Hispanic Scholars Program

Website

https://hispanicsummerprogram.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Hispanic Scholars Program is a New York-based non-profit founded in 1989 that delivers theological education, mentorship, professional development, and public scholarship programming for Latine/Hispanic graduate students, undergraduates, doctoral students, faculty, and institutional leaders, delivered through a network of sponsoring theological schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Theological Education

NAICS

Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (611710), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAKAG

Christian Colleges with Theological Programs

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Religious & Theological Colleges

SECONDARYEDAHAFAD

Educational Leadership & Administration Programs

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Teacher Training Colleges (Education Schools)

SECONDARYEDAIAAAA

Faculty-Led & Custom Group Study Abroad Programs

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/Study Abroad Program Providers (Multi-Country & Multi-Discipline)

Keywords

• Theological education
• Hispanic scholarship programs
• Religious leadership training
• Doctoral mentorship seminary
• Nonprofit education network

Headquarters

HQ city

New York, New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Hispanic Scholars Program delivers a portfolio of theological education and leadership programs for the Latine/Hispanic community across four pillars: Education, Mentorship, Professional Development, and Public Scholarship. Offerings include intensive summer and winter courses (Summer Session, J-Term, HSP for Undergrads), doctoral application support (Doctoral Accompaniment Seminar), mentorship and alumni programs, professional development in religious fundraising and pedagogy (El Semillero, Pedagogy Workshop, Through Hispanic Eyes, Storytelling Workshop), and public scholarship through the HSP Exchange lecture series and a four-volume book series co-published with Fortress Press. Programming is funded through donations, grants, and institutional partnerships; participants are not charged tuition.

Product overview

The Hispanic Scholars Program offers a portfolio of educational and professional development programs organized into four categories: Education, Mentorship, Professional Development, and Public Scholarship. Core programs include the flagship Summer Session (two-week in-person intensive), J-Term (online winter intensive), and HSP for Undergrads. Mentorship offerings include the HSP Fellows Program, Alumni Network, and Discernment and Vocation Workshop. Professional Development features El Semillero (Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising), Pedagogy Workshop, Through Hispanic Eyes, and Storytelling Workshop. The Public Scholarship division includes The HSP Exchange and a four-volume book series published with Fortress Press titled Theological Education Latinamente. The organization aims to expand educational and leadership opportunities for the Latine/Hispanic community in theological education.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Summer Session

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PASOS NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with PASOS Network to deliver the HSP for Undergrads program, giving undergraduates the opportunity to take upper-level courses with Latine/Hispanic faculty.
• Lake Institute on Faith & GivingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Lake Institute on Faith & Giving for the El Semillero: Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising program, training professionals in religious fundraising.
• Association for Hispanic Theological Education (AETH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with AETH for the El Semillero program, combining efforts to advance Hispanic theological education.
• Fortress PressminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublisher of the Theological Education Latinamente book series, including Reimagining Latinidad, Leading Latinamente, La Colectiva Teologica Latina, and Theological Administration Latinamente.
• Sponsoring SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of theological schools that sponsor HSP programs, host Summer Session intensives, and provide students for the HSP Fellows Program.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU): National umbrella for Hispanic-Serving Institutions with broader scope than HSP, but overlapping mission of advancing Latine/Hispanic educational access and leadership development in higher education.

Emerging players

• Hispanic Serving Theological Schools Network (HSTS): Network of Hispanic-Serving theological schools collaborating on enrollment and program development; comparable institutional ecosystem to HSP's sponsoring schools network and relevant adjacent network.

Direct peers

• Fund for Theological Education (now Forum for Theological Exploration): National nonprofit supporting young adults exploring theological vocations, with programs for doctoral applicants and leaders — directly comparable to HSP's Doctoral Accompaniment Seminar and Discernment and Vocation Workshop.
• Lake Institute on Faith & Giving: Co-developer of HSP's El Semillero Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising; provides faith-based fundraising training and education — overlapping programmatic and audience scope with HSP's professional development pillar.
• PASOS Network: Confirmed strategic partner delivering HSP for Undergrads; an emerging player specifically focused on Latino/a undergraduate theological pathways — comparable audience, mission, and programmatic model.
• Association for Hispanic Theological Education (AETH): Direct peer and confirmed strategic partner of HSP for the El Semillero program. AETH is the leading US association advancing Hispanic theological education — overlapping mission, audience, and programmatic scope with HSP.
• Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion: Provides pedagogy workshops and faculty development for theology/religion teachers — directly parallel to HSP's Pedagogy Workshop program and analogous in audience (graduate theological faculty).
• Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) at Princeton Theological Seminary: Doctoral fellowship program preparing Latine/Hispanic PhD candidates in theology and biblical studies. Directly comparable to HSP's doctoral accompaniment and graduate theological education offerings, serving overlapping student populations.
• In Trust Center for Theological Schools: Membership and resource hub for theological schools, offering leadership and governance programs to seminaries — closely analogous to HSP's institutional leadership programming including Through Hispanic Eyes.

Regional players

• Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH Latin America): Regional peer advancing Hispanic theological education across Latin America, comparable mission and audience but geographically distinct from HSP's primarily US-based operations; relevant for understanding Praxis of Accompaniment's international work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hispanic-scholars-program

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