Concordia • Memoria • Servitium — Harmony • Memory • Service
Who we are
The Quijano Foundation for Hispanic Concord is a Florida nonprofit organization organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, literary, and scientific purposes under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
We work at the intersection of archives, education, and community life, using the tools of the humanities to protect cultural memory and strengthen civic concord.
What we focus on
Our focus is on Hispanic heritage, understood in dialogue with wider local, state, national, and global histories. We help communities:
- Preserve records, photographs, and artifacts tied to family and communal stories.
- Interpret those materials through research, public programs, and education.
- Share their histories in ways that foster understanding and civic connection.
Mission & vision
Mission. To preserve and share cultural heritage; to advance humanities-based education; and to promote civic concord through archives, scholarship, and community-engaged programs, with a particular emphasis on Hispanic histories connected to Florida and the wider United States.
Vision. We envision a world in which cultural memory is widely accessible, where communities see themselves reflected in the historical record, and where shared understanding of the past strengthens civic life today and tomorrow.
The Foundation’s programs are nonpartisan and grounded in the humanities.
What makes us distinct
- Heritage-centered. We prioritize archives, records, and material culture as the backbone of our work.
- Humanities-driven. Historians, archivists, and humanities practitioners help shape our programs and interpretive work.
- Community-engaged. We partner with communities rather than collecting “about” them from a distance.
- Civic-minded. We see heritage as a resource for civic concord, not division—supporting dialogue, not partisanship.