The FORWARD Fund has supported 153 organizations over the past five years on a variety of topics related to disaster recovery and systemic change. Take a look at our grantees here.

The organizations supported by the FORWARD Fund have been making huge impact to our island, some of them are: (FEATURED ORG)

Visit our Social Sector Assets webpage to learn how organizations continue to mobilize equity in Puerto Rico.

Donors, foundations, funders, donors, investors and any organization that invests or is interested in investing in Puerto Rico in an equitable manner.

Although we are NOT a foundation, nor do we have open calls for proposals, we serve as a connector between the social sector. Interested organizations complete their proposal information through a form we provide and we share it with our network.

Filantropía Puerto Rico is constantly improving in transformative philanthropic practices based on trust-based practices. Within our membership, we open spaces for debate and dialogue to engage in collective action to address the most important needs.

Some of our practices are: participatory grantmaking, invitation to key nonprofit organizations in Puerto Rico, open calls for proposals for all community–based organizations.

The FORWARD Fund may grant funds to non-501(c)(3) community-based organizations through a fiscal sponsor. A fiscal sponsor provides fiscal and legal infrastructure and shared management systems to initiatives that advance its mission and vision for social change. 

We currently have 19 fiscal sponsors that support FORWARD Fund grantees to continue their missions. You can learn more about fiscal sponsorship from one of our grantees: (link HASER)

For more than five years, this collaborative fund has supported organizations in the social sector that are impacting systemic change on the island on issues related to: transparency, public policy, housing, data generation, governance, energy, environment, and education.

We are always looking to expand our listening practices and ensure that we are relevant to the reality of our grantees. We organize Charging Stations (1:1 calls), we offer webinars for them to present their projects, we blog about their impacts, we provide research and tools. Here you can find a collection of research and tools related to the island’s philanthropic ecosystem and here you can find our self-diagnostic tool for federal funds.

We do not offer grants to individuals, the FORWARD Fund grants support to community based organizations.

We do not offer support for fundraising events.

Input from our grantees is invaluable! We asked our grantees to complete an evaluation of our transformational practices and how we have supported them in achieving their goals. This way we know firsthand how we are supporting those who support and constantly evaluate and improve ourselves.

Our practices are based on trust-based philanthropy. We know that the grantees want a Puerto Rico with equal opportunities for all as much as we do. To learn more about the impact of our grantees, we conduct Charging Stations and semi-annual and annual reports. We are also fortunate to be constantly connected to them through their local activities.

It is administered by Filantropia Puerto Rico (FiPR) which is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Filantropía Puerto Rico is not a foundation, so we do not have open calls at this time. If you have an initiative, idea or are looking for support from the philanthropic ecosystem, you can fill out this form and we will share it with our network: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hv3t9RB3XyJ8DGd83lBiVd9W5YSImVKDon14uUGOzlE/edit

We cannot ensure that you will be contacted, but we can do our part and share your information.

The FORWARD fund was created by a network of (7) foundations as a collective and strategic mechanism for foundations to join investment efforts that individually were not possible.  As a result of this vision and the fiscal crisis that Puerto Rico began to face, these organizations-members of Red de Fundaciones (the precursor to Filantropía Puerto Rico), developed a collaborative fund that would allow them to join efforts, reach more community-based organizations and invest strategically in Puerto Rico.

This vision was amplified by the impact of Hurricanes Maria and Irma. Both hurricanes devastated the archipelago, causing a huge economic crisis and leaving the basic needs of individuals and communities uncovered. In Puerto Rico, nonprofit and community-based organizations have been the first to respond to the crises, document the impacts, organize disaster responses, advocate for the most vulnerable populations and create innovative initiatives.

We do not have open calls because the FORWARD fund is not a recurring fund like a foundation (remember that we are not a foundation, but a philanthropy serving organization). Through this collaborative fund donors respond to the needs of the social sector on the island, and in this way, the FORWARD fund is able to support community-based organizations that are mobilizing systemic changes that advance equity in Puerto Rico.