The grants are part of the course “Social Change: Philanthropy Lab,” the only one of its kind in Puerto Rico. #NewsismyBusiness
National Week activities in Utuado and Isabela highlight commitment to helping communities. #NewsismyBusiness
50 community organizations — including those in Puerto Rico — to receive a collective $25 million in catalytic funding. #NewsismyBusiness
The book is available at The Bookmark bookstores in Santurce, Guaynabo and Hatillo. #NewsismyBusiness
Philanthropy needs to listen to the leaders of community organizations and pay attention to what they need, their proposals and their capabilities. #NewsismyBusiness
The nonprofit works for social transformation by supporting organizations led by women and non-binary people that promote their comprehensive well-being. #NewsismyBusiness
https://media.blubrry.com/dollarsandsensenewsismybusines/newsismybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Philanthropy-podcast-03.02.19.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe philanthropic response to Puerto Rico’s devastation after Hurricanes Irma and María in September 2017 generated an incalculable amount of private aid and the “coming together” of new and existing nonprofits to help in the island’s ongoing recovery. The subject is discussed in detail in […]
Recovery from disasters on the scale of hurricanes Irma and María requires resources that exceed government capabilities.
Tenants at La Oficina, a shared office space located at the Caribe Building occupied mostly by arrivals under the government’s Law 20/22 incentives programs, recently took part in an event with the Puerto Rico Community Foundation to learn about innovative ways to give back to their new communities.
Philanthropy and the private sector are two concepts that pretty much go hand-in-hand, as companies constantly seek to align themselves with the communities they serve.
Ford Motor Company has been a member of Puerto Rico’s consumer culture for decades, putting tens of thousands of vehicles on local roads. But over the past five years, the automaker has also inserted itself into the island’s community in a different way — investing in nonprofits to drive education and prevention programs.
The Puerto Rico Community Foundation (FCPR, for its initials in Spanish) will be holding the first “Philanthropy Fair” this week, during which various nonprofit organizations will have the opportunity to showcase their work and impact on the community.
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.
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