Grants of up to $25,000 are available for community-driven projects. #NewsismyBusiness
The nonprofit calls on businesses and community groups to join the holiday toy drive for children in Puerto Rico. #NewsismyBusiness
The festival on Sept. 22 will feature more than 15 restaurants, live music and will support Ronald McDonald House Charities. #NewsismyBusiness
Philanthropy needs to listen to the leaders of community organizations and pay attention to what they need, their proposals and their capabilities. #NewsismyBusiness
Fransglobal Corp, which represents Arby’s, Marco’s Pizza and Taco Maker, launches a philanthropic arm dedicated to health and well-being. #NewsIsMyBusiness
The dealership demonstrates its social responsibility efforts by supporting nonprofit organizations and raising awareness about sustainability. #NewsismyBusiness
Popular Auto recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Popular Auto Charity Golf Classic with a donation of $371,700 for 30 nonprofit organizations on the island. The event, which achieved a record number of players for a one-day tournament, was held at the Ocean Course and River Course, Wyndham Río Mar, and in the Coco […]
In Puerto Rico’s embattled economy, everyone is at risk. Nonprofit organizations are no exception.
Three out of four households in Puerto Rico, or 74.9 percent, confirmed in a study that they made charitable donations in 2014, a high rate of giving, especially compared to similar data in the U.S., which shows 55.8 percent of mainland U.S. households giving to charity in 2013.
U.S. foundations awarded 263 grants totaling $10.5 million between 2007 and 2009 to recipient organizations in Puerto Rico. But despite the island’s higher poverty rate, stateside foundations gave proportionally less to the territory compared to some states with a similar number of Latinos, according to the “Foundation Funding for Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. and for Latin America,” study conducted by Hispanics in Philanthropy.
Popular Auto took to the golf course in Dorado earlier this month to raise money for a couple of nonprofit organizations, the El Ave María Children’s home and the Juan Ponce de León New School, which received $20,000 each.
On Nov. 1st, Olivia Boutique in Condado will ring in the holiday season by hosting a Christmas event in benefit of the Fundación Pro-Ayuda de Puerto Rico.
Ford Motor Co.’s “Operation Goodwill” this year donated more than $100,000 to help local organizations and community drive their health, environmental protection and education initiatives, including Nuestra Escuela, Sapientis, Hispanic College Fund, San Juan Community Library, Centro para Puerto Rico, Susan G. Komen/Race for the Cure, American Cancer Society and “Ready, Safe, Drive.”
Just in time for its 50th anniversary in Puerto Rico in 2012, the Salvation Army is flexing its muscles with the move of its central headquarters to a Santurce building and the construction of a multiple-use community center in Guayama. Both projects represent a hefty $30 million investment in the island’s economy.
The Office Depot Foundation, Office Depot’s independent charitable division, will donate 1,500 new backpacks for Puerto Rico students through its National Backpack Program.
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