Support Women and Girls' Leadership in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico has faced severe challenges in recent years that have delayed our progress toward equity. Rebuilding and rethinking our future with a focus on gender and racial equity will require us to challenge traditional philanthropic practices and shift the narrative. This report highlights the importance of Feminist Funding in Puerto Rico and our conscious and intentional approach to grantmaking before, during and after socio-natural climate disasters.

Since the beginning, our grantmaking efforts have been centered around providing crucial funding to organizations close to the communities and, in several cases, acting as their first and only source of funding. Our primary focus has been to strengthen institutional capacity as a means of of ensuring that they are better prepared to tackle future challenges, including climate change and socio-climatic disasters. We are investing in feminist, women-led, and LGBTQ+ organizations, trusting their capacity to drive economic growth that will result in success for their families and communities.

Since Hurricane Fiona in 2022, we have invested more than $800,000 in organizations that are working towards the safety, well-being, economic success, and building power with women, girls, and gender-expansive communities in all the archipelago of Puerto Rico. This investment has resulted in nearly $1.6 million in grantmaking since the Foundation launched four years ago. Foundations, individual donors, and our extended community of supporters, are part of this story. For that, we are sincerely grateful.

Thank you for your continuous support and your generosity since day one. If I have learned anything over the last two years serving as the Foundation’s first Executive Director, it is that we can only do this work if we all come together to build community.

Read our latest annual report here.