El Convener May 2021

Published: Tue, 05/18/21

May 2021

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Co-sponsored, together with the Flamboyan Arts Fund, the new $25,000 Letras Boricuas Fellowship for emerging and established Puerto Rican writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction or children's literature.

Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico

Launched the first phase of energy redundancy for community aqueducts that involves the installation of solar systems and emergency generators to guarantee uninterrupted water supply to thousands of families.

Will be offering assistance and technical guidance during six months for a community in Salinas to establish their own solar micro grid.

Fundación Ángel Ramos

Opened a call for proposals from education, arts & culture and social wellness organizations for its Tina Hills Award granting $150,000 to the winner and $20,000 to three finalists.

Fundación Flamboyán

In association with Cerf+, has been donating equipment and providing grant assistance to more than 300 artists affected by Hurricane María and just launched a website documenting their stories.

Is celebrating the two year anniversary of its Flamboyan Arts Fund aiming to preserve, amplify and sustain the arts in Puerto Rico. Explore its various programs and impact for more than 106 organizations and 550+ individual artists.

Last December, and in response to the virtual reality of a pandemic life, Fundación Flamboyán launched Red por la lectura (Network for reading) to support teachers from kinder to third grade with materials, recommendations and information. All the bulletins are now accessible online.

Fundación Segarra Boerman e Hijos

Continues prioritizing environmental education through their support of projects such as Bosque Modelo Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico's Model Forest) and Fideicomiso de Tierras Comunitarias para la Agricultura Sostenible (Community Lands for Sustainable Agriculture Trust)

Watch the conversation (in Spanish) held together with Proyecto Matria about activism, service and data analysis related to gender violence in Puerto Rico.

Liberty Foundation

Sponsored the “Deep Cleaning” of reefs event coordinated by Scuba Dogs Society across the island’s coasts, where volunteers, including 24 Liberty employees and their families joined in.

MCS Foundation

In partnership with Abbott and the Asociación de Hospitales de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico's Hospital Association), MCS Foundation provided $80,000 for Banco de Alimentos de Puerto Rico's 'Lonchera Dorada' (Puerto Rico Food Bank's golden lunch box). This project provided 750 elders, who were hospitalized and suffering from a high risk of malnutrition, with education, supplements and a lunch box with healthy food.

Peter Alfond Foundation

Supporting, together with Boston Foundation, “La Academia del Cacao” (The Cocoa Academy), a project to prepare Puerto Rico farmers with theoretical and practical knowledge on the cocoa agroforestry model.

Tintín Foundation

Continues expanding its SinFinesPR.org digital platform to strengthen the third sector by currently offering information about more than 1,000 Puerto Rican nonprofits, channeling donations, facilitating collaborations and strategic alliances.

Launched the second round of labF3S Phase I, a SinFinesPR project providing tools for the non-profit sector to accelerate and strengthen their operations. The 25 organizations selected will participate in workshops with accounting and law experts who will offer them guidance and group and individual consultations to help them meet basic eligibility requirements for accessing federal and philanthropic funds.

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