Titín Foundation launches CUENTAx2 with $100K fund
September 23, 2025
Matching campaign to benefit 20 Puerto Rico nonprofits this fall. #NewsismyBusiness
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4 nonprofits split $64K in grants from Sacred Heart University
June 3, 2025
The grants are part of the course “Social Change: Philanthropy Lab,” the only one of its kind in Puerto Rico. #NewsismyBusiness
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The Salvation Army celebrates 63 years of service in Puerto Rico
May 13, 2025
National Week activities in Utuado and Isabela highlight commitment to helping communities. #NewsismyBusiness
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Citi Foundation launches 2025 Global Innovation Challenge for nonprofits
February 5, 2025
50 community organizations — including those in Puerto Rico — to receive a collective $25 million in catalytic funding. #NewsismyBusiness
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Community Foundation releases book on 38 years of philanthropy
November 26, 2024
The book is available at The Bookmark bookstores in Santurce, Guaynabo and Hatillo. #NewsismyBusiness
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Insight: No, ‘charity’ is not real investment in philanthropy
June 24, 2024
Philanthropy needs to listen to the leaders of community organizations and pay attention to what they need, their proposals and their capabilities. #NewsismyBusiness
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Study: Only 1.5% of grant funds in Puerto Rico go to gender, reproductive rights
June 11, 2024
The nonprofit works for social transformation by supporting organizations led by women and non-binary people that promote their comprehensive well-being. #NewsismyBusiness
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P.R. Funders Network analyzes role of philanthropy in island’s recovery
February 28, 2019
The 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 the “Philanthropy and Puerto Rico after Hurricane María: How a […]
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FEMA’s ‘Hub of Philanthropic Engagement’ seeks to raise $200M for P.R.’s recovery
September 17, 2018
Recovery from disasters on the scale of hurricanes Irma and María requires resources that exceed government capabilities.
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La Oficina tenants explore philanthropic opportunities
May 6, 2016
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.
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Stack Sandwich Factory urges ‘eating with a purpose’
August 11, 2014
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.
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Ford Co. drives $1M to Puerto Rico nonprofits in 5 yrs.
April 14, 2014
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.
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Nonprofits to showcase work at 1st philanthropy fair
November 12, 2013
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.
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Puerto Rico gets $10.5M from U.S. charities in ’07-’09
December 4, 2012
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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