PRxPR has allocated $1.5M in donations since Hurricane María hit
December 22, 2021
Motivated by the devastation that Hurricane María brought upon Puerto Rico when it hit in September 2017, a group of private citizens came together to help via a nonprofit that to this day continues to aid local communities overcome different challenges. In an interview with News is my Business, PRxPR founder Carmen Báez confirmed that […]
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Habitat for Humanity delivers apartments in Santurce worth $1.9M to 12 families
December 21, 2021
The dream of homeownership became a reality for 12 families with the help of Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico, which delivered apartments worth a combined $1.9 million in Santurce. The investment was financed through a $50 million donation from biopharmaceutical company AbbVie. The project located on Ponce de León Ave. included the acquisition, rehabilitation, […]
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Albanistería marks 1st year of leading women into self-sufficiency
December 6, 2021
The Albanistería workshop is marking its first anniversary as an organization helping women and girls build a path to self-sufficiency by learning to skills in repairs and construction work. The project located in Bayamón, and founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, has already trained more than 320 women and 60 girls since 2020, including a cabinetmaking […]
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Direct Relief, Abbvie grant $1.9M to improve rural drinking water systems
November 30, 2021
Direct Relief, with the support of pharmaceutical company AbbVie, awarded a $1.9 million grant to nonprofit organization Por los Nuestros — dedicated to providing renewable energy solutions, advocacy for communities and public health — to install renewable energy systems in 25 rural aqueducts in communities without drinking water service. The Anones Maya rural community aqueduct […]
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Vitrina Solidaria launches campaign to help entrepreneurs reduce poverty traps
November 25, 2021
The Vitrina Solidaria nonprofit organization, together with 22 entrepreneurs, has launched a campaign based on six key values for a more solid and supportive economy that should break poverty traps faced by business people out of need, so they can reach new markets and benefit communities. These ventures usually come from people in communities of […]
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WAPA TV joins Evertec in ‘ATH Móvil for Puerto Rico’ campaign
November 16, 2021
WAPA TV is joining Evertec’s “ATH Móvil for Puerto Rico” initiative to promote the growth of nonprofit organizations on the island. To mark the recent re-launch of the ATH and ATH Móvil brands, the companies came together to launch the “ATH Móvil for Puerto Rico Week” with a contest in which nonprofits registered to receive […]
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Foundation for Puerto Rico gets $254K grant from Wells Fargo
October 20, 2021
Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR) announced the launch of [re] ACTIVA, a new mentoring and training program aimed at small businesses whose operations have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program emerged after the nonprofit received of a $254,487 grant from Wells Fargo Open Business Fund. The entity is the only local organization on […]
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Foundation for Puerto Rico gets ‘Excellence in Economic Development Award’
October 7, 2021
Foundation for Puerto Rico announced it won a Gold Rank for its Bottom Up Destination Recovery Initiative, a project in the category of Resiliency, Recovery and Mitigation of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The award was presented at an awards ceremony during the IEDC Annual Conference, which is currently underway. “We’re honored to receive […]
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Grupo Guayacán’s ‘25 Days of Giving’ campaign raises $73K+ in donations
October 7, 2021
Grupo Guayacán recently concluded its “25 Days of Giving” campaign, which raised $73,815 for its endowment fund in support of its business development programs. The result exceeded the established goal, thanks to the support of 491 donors who joined its initiative, officials said. This campaign was a special version of its traditional yearly Guayacán Giving […]
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Foundation for Puerto Rico’s Innovation and Public Policy Council holds 1st meeting
September 23, 2021
The Foundation for Puerto Rico’s Innovation Center will hold the Innovation Council’s first meeting on Sept. 28, to bring together more than 60 leaders from a cross-section of sectors including communities, government, private sector, academia, nonprofits, and professional associations. The goal is to establish a priority agenda to be developed under a participatory process, the […]
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Nonprofit breaks ground on $4.6M expansion of primary health clinic in Luquillo
September 23, 2021
The Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza Inc., which has facilities in the towns of Loíza, Río Grande, Ceiba and Luquillo, announced the groundbreaking of the new Clinica Familiar in Luquillo, through a $4.6 million investment in federal funding. The executive of the entity known as CSILO, César A. Rodríguez, said the new primary care […]
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Grupo Guayacán starts celebrating anniversary with ‘25 Days of Giving’
September 10, 2021
To celebrate its 25 years of service to the community of entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico, Grupo Guayacán is launching an extensive anniversary program focused on the success stories of its participants and the organization’s contributions to Puerto Rico’s economic development. Throughout its history, Guayacán has assisted more than 2,000 people and more than 720 companies […]
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Foundation for Puerto Rico moving forward with destination plans for eastern region
July 30, 2021
Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR) is moving ahead with its Bottom Up Destination Recovery Initiative to drive the island’s recovery based on a sustainable model that supports communities to become more resilient and proactive in the development of their social, natural and cultural assets. On Aug. 11, the program will present the destination plans created […]
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Centros Sor Isolina Ferré expands academic offering with $3.9M grant
July 5, 2021
The Centros Sor Isolina Ferré (CSFI, in Spanish) announced it has signed an agreement with the Housing Department to expand its academic offerings with the help of a $3.9 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program allocation, the nonprofit announced. The grant is available for a five-year period and the new academic offer builds on […]
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Titín Foundation launches labF3S training and acceleration project
July 5, 2021
The Titín Foundation has launched its labF3S project with 50 nonprofit organizations, which aim to provide the necessary tools so they can be trained and accelerate their operations. “When we created sinfinespr.org we noticed the number of nonprofit organizations that due to lack of time or resources, could not request exemptions to get support for […]
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