Become a member today and join us in leading philanthropic investment
We are a network of philanthropic leaders at the forefront of social change in Puerto Rico
Through our membership, we serve the philanthropic sector by expanding its impact and advancing strategic investments in Puerto Rico.
We support strategic philanthropy that promotes intersectional equity and systemic change. As a collective we center the values of justice, transparency, and strategic collaborations. By leaning into these values, we advance impactful and honest philanthropy that stays connected to and has a direct impact on the communities that need it most. As a result we build a robust and strong philanthropic ecosystem through aligned action. Filantropía Puerto Rico connects a diverse group of philanthropic entities to serve and expand philanthropy through convening, investment tools, and the most up to date data collection about the sector.
Building
Building a sustainable philanthropic ecosystem
Promoting
Promoting aligned philanthropic investment strategies
Advancing
Advancing intersectional equity through strategic philanthropy
Our Collective
Why join our membership?
As a convener of the social sector, we hold different spaces to connect philanthropic entities, community-based organizations, and any other relevant stakeholders such as governmental agencies. We are an intermediary between philanthropic investors, funders, and nonprofits in Puerto Rico. Our unique positioning as the connector of different sectors allows us to support the creation of innovative opportunities for impactful philanthropic investment on the island.
As a community of local and U.S. based foundations, we think through and take aligned action to advance systemic change in different sectors such as education, housing, arts, and climate justice, among others. We influence and bring together serving and expanding as an integrated and powerful force for change.
Your full membership experience
The Filantropia Puerto Rico Membership Experience includes different events to strategize, learn, and network. We host members exclusive events to create opportunities to deepen our understanding of philanthropic practices and our relationships with each other. We serve as a valuable connector for funders to meet around shared interests, learn from each other, develop partnerships, and collaborate.
Strategic Alignment Activities
Spaces to have challenging conversations and align efforts aimed at achieving systemic change for the most impacted populations in Puerto Rico.
A yearly gathering of leaders, strategists, disruptors, and innovators in the philanthropic sector who come together to explore our practice as philanthropists and grantmakers. Through a series of panels, open conversations, and on-site exploration of community-based efforts, we celebrate our strengths and discuss ways to increase the positive impact of philanthropic social investment in Puerto Rico.
A convening designed for foreign members and grantmakers. This is an opportunity for on-site exploration of local efforts and strategy development for philanthropic investment.
Ad-hoc working groups that facilitate collaboration and strategy development among grantmakers. These meetings provide opportunities to share best practices, discuss challenges, and explore solutions in specific areas. They run from February to May and from August to November with 6 core meetings. Each of these gatherings serves as a hub for funders to engage deeply with peers, refine their strategies, and increase their impact in specific fields.
Capacity Building Opportunities
A space to learn together, listen to each other and co-create tools that contribute to conversations about philanthropic investment.
Online experiences to learn about new practices or issues that affect Puerto Rico.
Exclusive hands-on and in-person learning events for our members.
Our monthly conversation with guests to learn new perspectives and discuss the work led by the social sector in Puerto Rico.
We facilitate the availability and accessibility of reliable information, supporting the social ecosystem to devise strategies and maximize its impact.
Relationship Building Events
Activities where members interact to build relationships and connect on different levels as we believe these spaces are crucial for the development of the sector.
Informal meetings twice a year to get to know each other. Come and network with your peers. Drinks are on us!
Two meetings per year to learn more about members’ current projects and their priority focus. An affiliate member office will host and showcase their work every other month.
Through virtual and in-person interactions we build a community to exchange philanthropic knowledge, tools, and resources among peers.
Here’s how you can join us!
Membership is open to Puerto Rico-based and foreign organizations with grantmaking as their primary focus of activity. These funders must have an active tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service and/or the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury fitting one of the following categories.
Private Foundations
A tax-exempt organization that makes grants based on charitable endowments.
Independent Foundations
A tax-exempt organization that makes grants based on charitable endowments and is not controlled by the benefactor or the benefactor’s family.
Community Foundations
A tax-exempt, nonprofit, autonomous, publicly supported, philanthropic institution organized and operated primarily as a permanent collection of endowed funds for the long-term benefit of a defined geographic area. Community foundations have a governing body broadly representative of the general public, maintain a broad grants program to multiple grantees that is limited neither by field of interest nor to serving only parts of the population, and may also provide direct charitable services.
Family Foundations
A tax-exempt organization where the donor and/or donor’s relatives play a central role in the governance and/or management of the endowed funds.
Public foundations and grantmaking public charities
A tax-exempt, nonprofit, publicly supported charitable institution whose primary purpose is grantmaking to multiple organizations and whose sources of annual support are a mix of private and public donations.
Corporate foundations & giving programs
A tax-exempt organization that derives its grantmaking funds primarily from a corporation. The company-sponsored foundation may maintain close ties with the donor company, but it is a separate, legal organization subject to the same rules and regulations as other private foundations
Private operating foundation
A private foundation that devotes most of its resources to provide direct charitable services (the active conduct of its exempt activities.)
Membership Criteria
An eligible organization interested in becoming a Member of Filantropía Puerto Rico shall meet the following criteria in order to be considered to join the current members:
• An organization’s core interest in joining FiPR is a desire to strengthen the quality of its own grantmaking and to work with other members to improve the field of grantmaking in Puerto Rico.
• A core function of a prospective member is making charitable grants.
• Prospective members should have a meaningful grantmaking presence in Puerto Rico and/or should demonstrate a commitment to growing their grantmaking on the archipelago.
• The prospective member’s grant distributions are made primarily on a discretionary basis to multiple non profit organizations that are not subsidiary or otherwise directly related to the prospective member.
• The prospective member reasonably anticipates that it will continue to meet all requirements for membership for at least the next two years.
• Organizations applying for new membership will submit a copy of:
- Their most recent State Tax Return,
- A 990 tax return (if applicable)
- List of Board of Directors of each organization
- Good Standing Certification
• FiPR Board of Directors’ retains final discretion on all matters concerning the approval of membership to FiPR.
• Annually all new and renewal members must report their overall grant making and what percent of that is in Puerto Rico.
Which Membership Level is right for your Organization?
Annual Convening
50% off
Relationship
• Members Brunch
• Member Meetups
Capacity
• Trainings + Special Events
• Learning Journeys
50% off
Strategy
• Action Dialogues
By invitation only
By invitation only
By invitation only
Filantropía also serves by developing grantmaking tools: investment guides, research and data recollection to make our members’ work more impactful.
