September 15th - October 31st
Cambio para Cambio
Cambio para Cambio (Change for Change) is a community-led campaign, where every dollar raised during Hispanic Heritage Month is matched 100%. Join us and let’s use change to make real and lasting change.
“I support HDF’s Cambio para Cambio campaign because we’re able to see the ‘cambio’ come to life here in our communities!”
Cambio Para Cambio through the Years
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![A large screen showing a donation amount of $610,855 for scholarships to assist Latino students at an event with a speaker at a podium. Overlaid text reads: 'WE as a community raised for scholarships to assist Latino Students.']()
2025
What a year. New champions, new milestones, and incredible community momentum. Here’s where we landed:
Named Scholarship: $229,515
Professional: $70,770 — ReeceNichols ($20,200)
College: $45,556 — KU ($12,460)
High School: $264,811 — Guadalupe Centers HS ($62,133)Thank you to everyone who showed up and helped raise a grand total of $610,855!
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![A large projected screen displays a total of $507,368.88, with the logo of the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Development Fund above it, set against a brick wall in a dark room.]()
2024
The 2024 Cambio para Cambio campaign coincided with HDF’s 40th Anniversary and raised $507,368.88 – the highest total in the campaign’s history. Students continue to lead the charge, with the High School Division raising $193,622.70 of that total.
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![LUNA Wins College Division]()
2023
After all match dollars and an incredible last minute donation, in 2023, our community raised $500,000 to support HDF's Scholarship Program. This was the first year JCCC's Latinos United Now and Always (LUNA) reigned as college champions and joined returning champions, Guadalupe Centers High School and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers – Kansas City Chapter in raising the most dollars.
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![Three women at a celebration event, holding a sign with the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy logo and a donation amount of $15,575. They are smiling, with colorful decorations and other guests in the background.]()
2022
In 2022, we had 46 teams who joined the campaign. Surpassing our overall goal of $350,000, and raising a total of $425,984, our student-led teams really surprised us this year. From paleta sales to student gala’s, the High School Division alone raised: $187,963.00.
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![Two young women wearing face masks stand close to each other indoors with colorful decorations in the background. One has curly hair in a high bun and wears a light blue shirt with text, the other has straight hair with highlights and wears a red hoodie with text about sports medicine.]()
2021
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Kansas City Hispanic community demonstrated its resilience during the 2021 HDF Cambio para Cambio campaign by setting new milestones in match dollar commitments, number of participating teams, donors engaged, and total dollars raised. Raising over $321,000, 44 teams created 220 HDF Scholarships to award in 2022. Additionally, the HDF Scholarship program college and university partners matched those funds creating a total of $509,000 scholarship dollars.
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![Two women wearing masks seated next to each other, with a red T-shirt on the wall behind them that reads 'I STAND WITH DREAMERS.' One woman holds a large white sign with black text displaying '$19,000' and the words 'CAMBIO CAMBIO' above it.]()
2020
25 Teams
423 Donors
$243,882 raised -
![A group of diverse young people holding signs with various slogans and logos, smiling and posing for a photo in an indoor space with patterned walls and windows in the background.]()
2019
22 Teams
343 Donors
$208,090 raised -
![Three people standing against a brick wall holding signs related to Hispanic development and a campaign for Dreamers, with the woman in the middle smiling while wearing a black top and hoop earrings, and the two young men on either side smiling, one wearing a gray T-shirt and the other a yellow jacket.]()
2018
In the fall of 2018, HDF increased engagement in the campaign by recruiting 17 high school, college, and professional teams. HDF also engaged three generous donors who pledged to match the scholarship dollars fundraised by the student-led teams. As a result of the increase in student teams and match dollars, the 2018 campaign engaged over 300 donors (primarily Hispanic individuals and families) to fundraise nearly $70,000.
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![A group of four young people standing near a sign that reads 'Guadalupe Centers, Alta Vista High School.' One person is holding a black t-shirt with the letters 'HDF KC' on it. Two of the people are holding white piggy banks with red text, and the sign features an illustration of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The scene appears to be outdoors on a sunny day.]()
Fall 2017
The first Cambio para Cambio campaign to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, HDF partnered with students, families, and staff at Guadalupe Centers High School seeking to raise scholarship funds for undocumented GCHS students. This campaign brought in $11,646 with the Guadalupe Centers High School community raising $8,576 of that total.
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![A man with dark hair wearing a blue suit and white shirt holds a sign that says "HUE KE" with decorative designs. He is sitting behind a table near a wall with a large plant with green leaves and tall dried stalks in the background.]()
Spring 2017
A concept inspired by the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado, HDF brought Cambio para Cambio to Kansas City in April 2017. For two months, 14 HDF Alumni and Latino professionals engaged over 150 donors to raise nearly $6,000.
