FORWARD Puerto Rico Fund

FORWARD Puerto Rico Fund

Status: Active, ongoing

Geographic Scope: Puerto Rico

Focus Areas:

Transparency and governance

Data generation

Emergency relief

Resiliency and sustainability

Energy

Environment

Housing

Research

Civic engagement

Social justice

Background

Created by Filantropía Puerto Rico as a pool of contributions raised from individuals, foundations and corporations. Nearly $9M raised over six years to support Puerto Rico's recovery efforts after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, 2020's earthquakes and pandemic. As of the latest report, $8,772,732 have been distributed providing long-term support for key organizations.

Key Priorities

PRIORITY #1: Social Justice and Transparency
Promote social justice and transparency in the distribution of public resources, with particular emphasis on recovery funds provided by the federal government. Grantees have designed fiscal and social observatories and provided services to historically marginalized populations.

PRIORITY #2: Data Analysis and Public Dialogue
Facilitate data analysis and informed public dialogue on the actual and potential impact of new government policies, particularly on marginalized populations. Grantees promote public dialogue on policies affecting childhood poverty, citizen participation, education, governance, renewable energy and housing rights.

PRIORITY #3: Nonprofit Sector Resilience
Advance the resilience and sustainability of the nonprofit sector by:

Enhancing leadership and organizational capacity

Building fiscal and programmatic health

Augmenting collective influence and voice

Enabling collaborations among organizations

Seeding individual emergency funds (15 organizations as of last report)

Impact to Date

• 121 grants awarded to 76 local nonprofit organizations
• $982,000 invested in emergency relief efforts
• Remaining amount aimed at equitable recovery processes
• 111 unique community-based organizations impacted across issues

Select Partner Organizations

• Ayuda Legal
• CAMBIO PR
• Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
• FURIA
• HASER
• iCasa
• Inversión Cultural
• Kilómetro 0
• Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico
• Sembrando Sentido
• Taller Salud