United Way of Puerto Rico

Established in 1966 as the United Fund de Puerto Rico, the Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico advances the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all. Our focus is on education, income and health, the building blocks for a good quality of life. We are dedicated to strengthening the social and health care services in Puerto Rico. We promote teamwork between volunteers, donors, charitable organizations and our staff in order to forward our mission. Currently, we financially support 138 participating institutions and partner organizations that offer direct services to our people. Programs and community impact initiatives include: 2-1-1 of Puerto Rico, our Volunteer Center, and the "Sembrando Futuro para el Desarrollo de Una Nueva Generación" initiative.

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Goal One: We focus on three building blocks for a good quality of life. Education, Financial Stability, and Health.

Goal Two: Promote the development of the maximum possible potential of children and young people to become productive citizens of the country.

Goal Three: Promote programs and services that meet basic needs and promote the economic stability of families and individuals, as well as physical, emotional and mental well-being for the community we serve.

Pertaining our work focus related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, starting with our Board, we assure our leadership receives periodical talks following our parent's United Way Worldwide organization regarding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement of Principle which outlines our commitment to building sustainable, inclusive, and resilient organizations and communities.

Since The World Health Organization officially declared the Coronavirus pandemic: COVID-19, and Puerto Rico enforced a lockdown, we in United Way of Puerto Rico modified our role to support the community directly, a much needed evolution as by charter we are not an Operational Organization, our community impact its achieved by fundraising and allocating/designating raised money to our local, on the ground, at community level, NPO affiliated partners. This operational shift began by distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) and disinfectant products, donated by several of our investment companies. Then, focused on creating greater impact, thus to continue supporting the community at a larger scale, the approaches and conversations made with officials of The Advisory Administration and Fiscal Agency of Puerto Rico (AAFAF), led to the submission of both a proposal and a plan which resulted in the Cares Act grant awarded. Activation efforts focused on strategies to execute six initiatives such as the purchase and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE), emotional support for children, financial orientation, ‘Step by Step’, strategies and tools to support job transition for the unemployed, including a broad reach educational campaign, study centers for children and youth to continue their education- school materials and equipment, food supplies, prepared meals, gift certificates for quick service restaurants and supermarkets, and educational campaigns aimed at the prevention of the C-19 virus spread in children, financial advisory, psychological support for teachers (Albizu University agreement) and campaigns to promote vaccination. Our gratitude to our affiliated non-profit partner organizations, our primary and direct line on the field, and all United Way of Puerto Rico collaborators which made all the community support possible.