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1 ! Fact Sheet United for Puerto Rico, a private non-profit organiza5on founded under the Laws of Puerto Rico in the a@ermath of Hurricane Irma, redoubled its efforts and expanded its mission a@er Hurricane María to support communi5es affected by both natural disasters. o o The non-governmental organiza5on is cer5fied by the Puerto Rico Treasury Department and has the 501c3 federal cer5fica5on issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The organiza5on was originally conceived by the Office of the First Lady of Puerto Rico, Beatriz Rosselló, and is currently led by the private sector. Mission: Aid individuals and small businesses devastated by Hurricanes Irma and María to accelerate their recovery by helping meet housing, food and health needs, facilita5ng that they may rebuild their lives, communi5es and Puerto Rico. As part of its efforts, the organiza5on will focus on mee5ng the immediate needs of those who lost their homes and property, par5cularly among the elderly, youth, women head of households, the homeless and the disabled. The key objec5ves of United for Puerto Rico include fund raising for: Relief efforts for those most in need as they reestablish their most basic needs of shelter, food, and health in coordina5on with ins5tu5ons and complemen5ng federal benefits such as FEMA. Collaborate with non-profit en55es that specialize in providing these services and are currently addressing the needs of these groups, since they have the organiza5on and structure to be more efficient in delivering these services. Aid small businesses in communi5es with financial aid to help them reestablish opera5ons. Provide a public educa5on campaign on available federal aid for communi5es in general and businesses including helping them fill out the claim forms to maximize the assistance available to those most in need. Board of Directors Aurelio Alemán, President & CEO First Bank Page 1! of 17!

2 Iván Báez, Public Affairs Director, Walmart Alberto De la Cruz, President, CC1 (Coca Cola) Herbert Lewy, General Manager, Puerto Rico Ignacio del Valle, Regional President for La5n America and the Caribbean, Bacardí Corpora5on Jorge del Pino, Esq., Partner, Globalize LLP María Eugenia Ferré, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, GFR Media Morgan Schuessler, President & CEO, Evertec Roberto García, President & CEO, Triple S Management Miguel Venta, CPA Esq. Manuel E. del Valle, Member, Pietrantoni, Méndez & Alvarez, LLC Exofficio members: Raúl Maldonado, Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury Execu>ve Director: Mariely Rivera Hernández Founding Members Bacardí Corpora5on Banco Popular Founda5on Bella Group Burger King Coca-Cola Empresas Fonalledas (Plaza Las Américas) Evertec FirstBank GFR Media MMM Triple-S Sarco Walgreens Wal-Mart Page 2! of 17!

3 United for Puerto Rico total dona5ons granted for 158 organiza>ons, plus the generator program as of May 7, 2018 are $31,617, with the poten5al impact of more than 1,000,000 individuals through the following non-profit organiza5ons: Water and Food Banco de Alimentos de Puerto Rico: $100,000 to distribute food throught out Puerto Rico s 78 municipali5es. A second dona5on of $2,500,000 was granted. Boys & Girls Club de Puerto Rico: $225,000 to distribute non-perishable goods and hot meals in 44 municipali5es. Centro de Ayuda Social: $48,000 to set up 13 kitchens to prepare hot meals for communi5es from Manal to Loíza. Na>onal Puerto Rican Leadership Council Educa>on Fund: $233,000 to supply potable water to 78 municipali5es in partnership with WaterStep, a non-profit interna5onal en5ty that provides safe drinking water to communi5es in the developing world. Calvary Chapel: $96, for the opera5on of disaster relief centers focused on food distribu5on to large groups, both in the metro area and outside of the metro area. In addi5on to food distribu5on, it will provide emo5onal and spiritual aid in these 5mes of crisis in Puerto Rico. Projecto Oasis Taíno del Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez: $65, to address the immediate needs of students of the Universidad del Turabo by supplying them with nonperishable food products. World Central Kitchen: $500,000 to con5nue the effort of providing hot meals to the vic5ms of Hurricane Maria under the #ChefsForPuertoRico program. The grant will be used to fund the final stage of the program to meet the needs of the most vulnerable communi5es and popula5ons who do not have access to hot meals with local flavors. Iglesia Evangélica Unida (United Evangelical Church): $100,000 to provide food and basic goods to communi5es in Yabucoa, Caguas, Las Piedras, Guayanilla, Humacao, Fajardo, Luquillo and San Juan. Fe Que Transforma, Inc.: $45,000 to emergency supplies, clothes and first-aid supplies to communi5es in Vieques. Metropolitan Emergency Response Team, Inc.: $100,000 to repair the roof of their center to protect the equipment that these firefighters use to respond to emergencies in order to con5nue delivering supplies throughout the Island. Centro de Bendición: $80,000 to provide 200 plates of food daily, personal supplies and psycological services to impact 700 peoples in Río Piedras, Santurce, Loíza, Fajardo and Humacao. Water and Food Page 3! of 17!

4 Casa de Oro de Caguas Inc.: $68,000 to buy food for their 350 par5cipants that they serve daily and was severely impacted by the hurricanes. Chilis On Wheels, Inc.: $15,000 to distribute vegan food to affected communi5es. They will also offer workshops to prepare the communi5es for future disasters. Iglesia Cris>ana Misionera, Inc. Misión de Amor: $90, to build a unit to storage food that that was destroyed by the hurricanes. They will also distribute hygiene products, clothes, medicines and hot food to affected communi5es in Bayamón, Cataño, Toa Baja, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Arecibo, Aguas Buenas, Lajas, Ponce, Coamo, Moca, Naranjito, Gurabo, Isabela, Mayagüez, Villalba and Utuado. Health La Perla del Gran Precio: $100,000 for distribu5on among its 8 organiza5on and/or programs that help HIV pa5ents, the disabled and the homeless. Fundación de Esclerosis Múl>ple de Puerto Rico, Inc: $43,100 to Support 348 pa5ents who lost all their property during the hurricanes. This organiza5on provides these pa5ents with basic goods and transporta5on to their medical appointments to con5nue their treatment. Inicia>va Comunitaria: $100,000 to support their Compassion Opera5on ini5a5ve, which includes a mobile clinic to address the health needs and medical emergencies of communi5es affected by the recent natural disasters. Ins>tuto Psicopedagógico: $500,000 to provide daily essen5al services to youth, adults and senior ci5zens with intellectual incapaci5es and address cri5cal areas such as safety, protec5on, infec5on control, emo5onal support and other basic needs. American Cancer Society, Puerto Rico Chapter: $290,000 to provide emergency assistance to cancer pa5ents, including providing shelter in the Puerto Rico Hope Lodge, (water, food, nutri5onal supplements, economic aid for medica5on, etc.) and transporta5on to treatment centers including transfers outside of Puerto Rico. Ser de Puerto Rico: $649,120 to establish a mobile clinic to offer medical services and basic need products to those in need. Medical Directors Academy (Academia de Directores Médicos): $100,000 to coordinate health and mental health clinics for communi5es in Arroyo, Guayama and Ponce. Father Vernard Home (Hogar Padre Vernard): $166, to incorporate showers and equipment for two programs: The Showers and A Produc5ve Life. Both programs provide public health and mental health services for the homeless in the historic sector of La Perla in Old San Juan. APNI, Inc: $31,842 to offer preven5ve health and mental health clinics in the 78 municipali5es affected by Hurricane María. Health Lilly's Angels & Down Syndrome Awareness Founda>on: $40, to offer workshops and therapy to Down syndrome pa5ents and their mothers. Page 4! of 17!

5 Puerto Rico Diabetes Associa>on: $95,000 to distribute insulin though the Island and medicine to Type 1 and Type 2 pa5ents diagnosed with diabetes. Puerto Rico Science Technology & Research Trust: $99,964 to visit pa5ents in Utuado and distribute water filters. The objec5ve is to educate par5cipants on how to use water filters to prevent diseases such as Leptospirosis. Oficina Pro Ayuda Personas con Impedimentos, Inc. (OPAPI): $100,000 to repair infrastructure at their shelters and to distribute food and water. Pequeño Campeón de Jesús: $99,970 to provide clinical and educa5onal services to kids with special needs. Familia Capaces, Inc.: $100,000 to provide psychological services to people in communi5es in Cataño and Orocovis that not have access to these services. Voces, Coalición de Vacunación de Puerto Rico, Inc.: $184,680 to conduct a massive immuniza5on route throughout the Island. Movimiento para el Alcance de Vida Independiente (MAVI): $99, to provide solar generators, rechargeable baveries and water purifiers for people with special disabili5es. MAVI, received a second grant of $81, to prepare ad adapt an emergency guide for people with disabili5es. They will train agencies and organiza5ons that work directly in emergency preparedness and response. Asociación de Espina Bífida e Hidrocefalia de Puerto Rico: $220, to buy medicines, medical equipment and rehabilitate their therapy space to provide services. Corpora>on for the Conserva>on for the San Juan Bay: $113, to train young people at risk on how to install and work with the desalina5on plant that will provide potable water for the communi5es. Centro Renal de Puerto Rico: $75,000 to provide medical equipment, educa5on and first-aid supplies along with transporta5on to dialysis pa5ents. A second dona5on of $227,028.00, was granted for a project in Vieques. YMCA of San Juan: $217,120 to offer recrea5onal ac5vi5es to the elderly and kids affected by the hurricane. They will also rebuild their physical facili5es. Fundación Agenda Ciudadana: $99,900 to offer psychological therapies to mi5gate the emo5onal effects of the Hurricane in Yabucoa, Maunabo, Pa5llas, Naguabo, Humacao, Las Piedras and San Lorenzo. The organiza5on will work with these communi5es in conjunc5on with students from UPR Humacao. Health Hospital Comunitario Buen Samaritano, Inc.: $621, to buy an industrial generator to build a wáter well and acquire a steriliza5on machine. Page 5! of 17!

6 Health Corporación de Salud Aseguradora por Nuestra Organización Solidaria (SANOS): $154,250 to offers health services and support to the elderly, including those who living in isolate sectors. Corporación Desarrollo Económico, Vivienda y Salud, Inc. (CODEVYS): $90,000 to repair the roof of the shelter of homeless elderly and vic5ms of crime. Asociación Puertorriqueña Pro Bienestar de las Familias, Inc. (Pro-Familias): $45,000 to install an electric generator and to buy a tank to store fuel for the San Juan Health Clinic. Centro de Desarrollo y Servicios Especializados, Inc. (ESPIBI): $100, to repair the roof of the ins5tu5on, replace equipment, and to offers psychological support to 275 par5cipants Mayagüez. Fundación Infanmil Ronald McDonald de Puerto Rico, Inc.: $13, to repair the Family Living Room located at Ryder Hospital that was damage with the Hurricane. Puerto Rico Science Technology & Research Trust: $99,964 to repair their laboratory equipment that was damaged due to the hurricane. They will be able to con5nue their clinical trials with local pa5ents as well as avract pharmaceu5cal and medical companies to invest in the Island. Fundación Centro Pediátrico de Diabetes: $103, to provide medicines & supplies to kids youth with Type I diabetes through the Island. Proyecto Apoyando al que apoya de la Universidad Carlos Albizu: $212,120 to offer educa5onal ac5vi5es to address the needs of people who have served as first responders during the hurricane. PR Schience, Technology and Research Trust: $1,962,942 to distribute 30,000 walter filters to communi5es in Utuado, Jayuya, Ha5llo, Arecibo, Adjuntas and Lares that do not have access to clean water. Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Epilepsia, Inc.: $95, they will provide services to pa5ents such as medicines, access to neurological & psychological services, power generators & educa5onal workshops that will address mi5ga5on for future disasters. Voces, Coalición de Vacunación de Puerto Rico, Inc.: $69, to host a massive vaccina5on event focus on the elderly and people with chronic diseases. Corporación La Fondita de Jesús: $6, to impact 12 low-income communi5es by delivering nutri5onal supplies, medicines and informa5on about good health prac5ces during a disaster. Corporación para el Desarrollo del Centro Ponceño de Au>smo CD: $95, to offer psychological services to kids & families affected by the hurricanes on the South West part of the Island. Page 6! of 17!

7 Housing Programa de Asistencia Tecnológica de Puerto Rico de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Administración Central: $99, to provide technological assistance equipment to people with disabili5es throughout the Island, including Vieques y Culebra. Humanitarian Assistance Coopera>ve Housing Founda>on: $99,844 to provide tarps or zinc to repair the roofs of 200 homes in Caimito. Hogar Albergue para Niños Jesús de Nazaret, Inc.: $60,000 to repairs shelter s facili5es located in Mayaguez to ensure kid s safety. La Casa de Todos: $435, to rebuild their shelter houses for 25 children and 8 women who are vic5ms of domes5c violence. Voces, Fundación Topy Mamery, Inc.: $85,000 to rebuild 10 houses belonging to low-income families and repair 5 shelters for children vic5ms of domes5c violence. The organiza5on received a second grant of $192, to repair six homes that were destroy by the hurricanes. They will also provide furniture for these houses. Casa de la Bondad: $77, to repair their shelter that provide services for women vic5ms of domes5c violence. Monasterio de Santa María de Monte Carmelo, Inc.: $25,000 to repair their shelter who suffered severe damages from the hurricanes and to provide care to the elderly with cri5cal health condi5ons. Fundación Hospital Pediátrico Inc.: $262, to repair the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which suffered extensive damage to the roof, the A/C units and other special equipment. Hogar Escuela Sor María Rafaela, Inc.: $66, to repair damages in their physical structure, par5cularly the roof, that serves as a permanent home to girls that are vic5ms of violence. La Casa de AMPI, Inc.: $25,000 to repair the physical structure damaged by the hurricanes. This organiza5on serves as a permanent home to adult men who suffer various mental condi5ons. Hermanas Dominicas de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Fá>ma: $28, to rebuild 15 homes with the purchase of construc5on material, furniture and home appliance. Teen Challenge de Puerto Rico, Inc.: $100,000 to repair the third floor of the building where the offers services in Arecibo. Housing Corporación de Servicios de Salud Primaria y Desarrollo Económico del Otoao: $252, to buy an ambulance type II to transport pa5ents in the Municipali5es of Utuado, Jayuya, Florida and Ciales, in emergency situa5ons so they can reach the nearest hospital in a shorter 5meframe. Page 7! of 17!

8 Housing American Cancer Society, Puerto Rico Chapter: $81, to repair structural damages in their Caguas and San Juan buildings. Puerto Rico Council Boy Scouts of América: $250,000 to repair the Guajataca camp. Asociación Pro Juventud de Barrio Palmas, Inc.: $149, to repair houses and equipment. Sociedad Pro Hospital del Niño, Inc.: $362, to repair the building, industrial generator and transport. Lucha contra el SIDA: $97,900 for individuals on transi5onal housing. Esperanza para la Vejez, Inc.: $131, to rebuild the facili5es in several projects and to support individuals to buy home ar5cles and help them to repair their homes. Oblatas del Sanmsimo Redentor-Hogar Fá>ma, Inc.: $83,500 to rebulid their building that lives 50 girls and young woman who survived violence on their families. Fundación Puertorriqueña de Síndrome Down: $75,000 to enable a new occupa5onal, physical, speech and therapy room. Centro de Ayuda Social Emanuel, Inc.: $5, to repair structural damages caused to the kitchen and the library. Estancia Corazón, Inc.: $192, to rebuild three floors of their project located at Río Piedras, repairing temporary and permanent housing for 29 homeless. Fundación de Desarrollo Comunal de PR, Inc. (FUNDESCO): $98, to rebuild their building, Los Peregrinos Shelter, for homeless in Caguas. Fundación Fondo de Acceso a la Jus>cia, Inc.: $465, to appoint lawyers that can help at Disaster Recovery Centers through the Island, focusing exclusively on FEMA appeals and offer legal assistance to 300 families in cases of ownership through the notary. Ins>tución de Niños Andrés, Inc.: $25, to rebuild the roof of their building which provides housing for 24 minors who are vic5ms of violence. Centro Geriátrico San Rafael: $73, to repair their infrastructure & repair the electrical power grid that was damaged by the hurricanes of their facili5es in Arecibo. Centro de Orientación y Acción Social, Inc. (COASI): $283, for three programs: one for housing (to repairs and rebuild their facili5es); to distribute food, water and clothes among the Municipali5es of Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Toa Alta, Morovis, Dorado and Corozal and the third program to provide psychological counseling for families who were affected by the hurricanes. Page 8! of 17!

9 Corporación Desarrollo Económico, Vivienda y Salud, Inc. (CODEYS): $100,000 to rebuild the houses of 20 families in Arecibo. Hogar Nueva Mujer Santa María de la Merced: $89, to repair their infrastructure, install a security system and acquire equipment for rooms. Corporación de Servicios de Salud Primaria y Desarrollo Económico del Otoao: $252,710 to rebuild their recrea5onal facili5es and acquire a trailer for storage. The organiza5on will distribute equipment and supplies donated among their par5cipants. La Casa de Junny, Inc.: $32, to repair their facili5es and generator in Mayaguez. The organiza5on serves as a permanent shelter for women with disabili5es & mental retarda5on. Albergue El Paraíso, Inc.: $91, wants to repair their infrastructure that was severely damaged by the hurricanes (including their mul5-use room, storage area, air condi5oner and equipment). Centro María Mazzarello Alespi, Inc.: $787, to build and rebuild eleven (11) homes that were affected by Hurricane María in Orocovis. Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico: $200, to rebuild permanent roofs and to repair the infrastructure of 20 houses that were affected by the Hurricanes. Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico: $210, to design three model homes hurricanes resistants for low-income families. The models will be cost-accessible and will be available for other municipali5es, in order to replicate them. Enterprise Community Partners: $75, to work with local housing agencies to create a manual for resilient housing in Puerto Rico. Fundación Yo no me Quito, Inc.: $24, to replace electro domes5c supplies and medical equipment for 30 families in Caguas, Morovis, Toa Baja, Añasco y Humacao. La Casa de Doña Here, Inc.: $25, to repair their infrastructure that was severely damaged by the hurricanes. The organiza5on is a permanent shelter for women with intellectual disabili5es in the Municipality of Mayaguez. Housing Ponce Neighbordhood Housing Services, Inc. (PNHS): $400, to provide assistance to rebuild homes that were destroyed by Hurricane María in the South part of the Island. They will also offer workshops to affected families. Ricky Mar>n Founda>on: $2,000, to provide housing to families which lost their homes due to the hurricanes in Loíza Municipality. Page 9! of 17!

10 Social Well-Being Proyecto Nacer: $150,000 to purchase of equipment to con5nue aiding teenagers with children in Bayamón and neighboring areas. American Red Cross, Puerto Rico Chapter: $500,000 for disaster relief and support the recovery of the most affected communi5es. United Way of Puerto Rico: $1,380,000 to con5nue with the effort of providing hot meals to hurricane vic5ms and Support other non-profit organiza5ons in expanding their community work with the provision of essen5al health services and other basic needs. Centros Sor Isolina Ferré: $75,000 to fund the "Abrazo Solidario" ini5a5ve (Solidary Embrace). This helps hurricane vic5ms to replace appliances and purchase basic need products, among other aid. Centro Esperanza Inc.: $24,000 to provide youth in Loíza with an environment in which they can learn, obtain food and tools to deal with the difficul5es of life Hurricane María. Eduk Educa>onal Founda>on: $84,180 to create the Hope Oasis for university students where they can receive essen5al services, including oral health and other health tests, educa5onal talks, access to consulta5ons with psychologists as well as other ac5vi5es that may help in their recovery process, including mo5va5ng the crea5on of small businesses. Kinesis: $99,940 to offer relief services to students who suffered damages as a result of Hurricane María, including facilita5ng the filing of claims for FEMA aid. Niños de Nueva Esperanza: $50,000 for Educa5onal Workshops, Psychological Services and first-aid ar5cles for kids on Toa Baja. Proyecto Villa Palmera Resiliente de Religiosas del Sagrado Corazón (RSCJ): $100,000 to impact Villa Palmera in Santurce, specifically the elderly and mental health pa5ents. They will offer health clinics and will deliver medicines and food. Pre-Voca>onal and Industrial Ins>tute de Puerto Rico, Inc. (Ins>tuto Pre-Vocacional e Industrial de Puerto Rico, Inc.): $100,000 to repair shelters located in Utuado, Jayuya, Adjuntas, Las Marías, Arecibo and Aguadilla where vic5ms of Hurricane María have sought the protec5on and safety of these structures. Social Well-Being Mul>sensory Reading Centers of PR: $8,097 with the support of the Puerto Rico Educa5on Department to provide educa5onal material and furniture for the classroom of Readers for th3 Future in the community of Lloréns Torres. Asamblea Familiar Virgilio Dávila (Virgilio Dávila Family Assembly): $11,313 to offer an a@erschool program to children and youth between the ages of 6 and 16 who live in the Virgilio Dávila Public Housing Project. Page 10! of 17!

11 Hogar Teresa Toda: $38,750 to provide generators to par5cipants and temporary housing, transporta5on, food and clothing on Loíza and Canóvanas. Centro Santa Luisa: $12,250 to meet the nutri5onal needs of senior ci5zens of Barrio Caimito and con5nue providing and expanding services to this vulnerable popula5on. Hogar de Niñas de Cupey, Inc. (Girls Home in Cupey): $54,300 to offer psychological therapies, workshops and to girls from 0 to 18 years of age. New School Ins>tute (Ins>tuto Nueva Escuela): $141,000 to strengthen a tutorial program and an extracurricular program to help alleviate the effects of living in the wake of Hurricane María for children and single mothers who live in the towns of Naranjito, Aibonito, Barranquitas, Yabucoa, Comerío, Cayey, Guaynabo, Las Piedras and Humacao. EcoExploratorio, Inc.: $ to strengthen an educa5onal project for the management of natural disasters for youth from 15 to 18 years of age through the schools in towns that were heavily affected by the hurricane, such as Humacao, Toa Baja, Cayey and Utuado. Crearte, Inc.: $207,700 for the Alterna5ve Educa5on School, in Yabucoa, that offers different types of services to both kids and teens. Services include childcare and extracurricular ac5vi5es. Hogar Ruth para Mujeres Maltratadas: $67,850 to repair and renovate the shelter to secure the live of the par5cipants. Centro Geriá>co San Rafael: $75,000 to offers food to residents, repair emergency, ramp and other areas that were affected due to the Hurricane. Centro Carita>vo Geriá>co La Milagrosa: $26,000 to provide meals for seniors, repair damaged equipment, buy a refrigerator, two air condi5oners and gas/diesel for cooking and transporta5on. Salón Literario Libro América de Puerto Rico: $25,000 to provide literary workshops and ac5vi5es for people in temporary housing establishments (shelters) and other affected communi5es on the Island. Social Well-Being Fundación A-Mar para Niños Quemados, Inc.: $96,075 to offer services to burn vic5ms, workshops on how to prevent burning incidents and a massive educa5onal campaign through the Island on best prac5ces when using lamps and candles. Salesian Society: Oratorio Centro Juvenil San Juan Bosco: $56, to repair the roof and electrical system of the community s recrea5onal area at the Barrio Cantera in Santurce. Chana & Samuel Levis Founda>on: $40,000 throughout their program Metamorfosis Escolar, they will provide workshops to students, teachers and families to deal with post-trauma5c Page 11! of! 17

12 stress disorder due to the hurricane. They will also address emo5onal management and violence preven5on. Red de Albergues, Ins>tuciones y Centros para Menores, Inc.: $90,000 to provide psychosocial support for vulnerable children throughout the Island, with health professionals that will conduct individual and group ac5vi5es and will offer psychosocial support. Jóvenes de Puerto Rico en Riesgo: $48,420 to repair the trailers where they offer services to young people at risk. Casa Montessori del Centro Inc.: $75,000 for a series of ac5vi5es that will develop resilience amongst the community including a health clinic and workshops regarding natural disaster management. Pathstone: $100,000 to provide help with housing, direct services (such as water and food) and grants to small business that will impact 1,000 through the Island. Inicia>va Comunitaria de Arecibo: $75,000 to rehabilitate their Care Center which serves 35 low income minors. Solar Photovoltaic Training Program Project at the University of Sacred Heart: $169,404 for a free educa5onal program for par5cipants to provide technical educa5on about the opera5on, benefits and different op5ons available and the legisla5on that apply. Hogar Cuna San Cristobal: $25,000 to provide direct services to 1,800 kids, including psychiatric services and medica5ons. Hogar Abrazo de Amor: $ 98,740 to establish educa5on strategies and place 100 young adults in new jobs. Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos: $63,928 to cover mental health services for 45 women and their families. Caribbean K9 Rescue Diver Team Corp: $10,000 to acquire equipment s that is necessary for search and rescue opera5ons in Arecibo and Utuado. A second grant of $8, was given to acquire a K-9 Search and Rescue dog to train it for future disasters. These dogs specialize in searching for missing persons a@er a disaster. Social Well-Being Corporación para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Económico de Sabana Grande Corp. (SACED): $43,308 to iden5fy needs in communi5es in Sabana Grande, Yauco, Maricao and San Germán to refer health and housing cases, distribute food and acquire technological equipment for high school and college students that were affected by the hurricanes. Asociación Mayagüezana de Personas con Impedimentos, (AMPI), Inc.: $300,000 to to provide services to individuals with physical and mental disabili5es, provide first-aid supplies and repair their houses in Mayagüez, Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Adjuntas, Utuado and San Germán impac5ng 150 people. Page 12! of 17!

13 Colegio de Educación Especial de Rehabilitación Integral, Inc. (CODERI): $99,470 to reconstruct the therapeu5c pool, the roof, the fence and the floor of their facili5es. They will subs5tute the stair and the ramp for a specialized chair that students with mobility limits impac5ng 240 people. Programa de Educación Comunal de Entrega y Servicios, Inc. (PECES): $250,000 to develop community leaders in emergency, provide equipment and supplies to families, psychological help, legal orienta5on and housing repairs in Humacao, Las Piedras, Naguabo y Yabucoa. Juan Domingo en Acción, Inc.: $33, to coordinate support services through a social worker and deliver supplies and food to the community. San Jorge Children Hospital, Inc. (Fundación Niños San Jorge), Inc.: $81, to fill basic pa5ents and families necessi5es that s5ll don t have electricity to guarantee access to treatments. ENACTUS-RUM, Inc.: $54, they will offer sewing workshops that are adapted to the blind and other people with severe disabili5es. They will also offer an entrepreneurship workshop to promote the crea5on of small businesses. Addi5onally, they will open a health clinic for the deaf, with interpreters. Fundación Santa María de los Ángeles: $32,500 through an alliance with Ins5tuto Nueva Escuela, they will offer psychological services to help low-income children, youth and adults in rural communi5es. The program will include violence and suicide preven5on workshops in Guayama, Aibonito, Vieques and Barranquitas. O Horizons Founda>on: $100,000 they will provide water filters, solar lamps and refrigerators, generators, food and medical supplies to 34 community centers located in rural communi5es in Municipali5es such as Adjuntas, Humacao, Jayuya, Vieques, among others. Asociación Puertorriqueña de Ciegos: $48, to buy a generator for their center and a transporta5on vehicle for pa5ents. Social Well-Being Cas>llo de Angeles Inc.: $89, to provide services to the elderly and single mothers in vulnerable, low-income communi5es. They have conducted an assessment and want to provide psychological services to these two communi5es in the Municipali5es of Canóvanas (Barrio San Isidro) and Fajardo (Barrio Florencio/Rio Arriba). Envejecer con Armonía, Inc.: $80, to assist the elderly popula5on through care, food and medicines in Aibonito. The organiza5on has iden5fied cases of people (elderly) who have been le@ in the island by their families who have emigrated due to the hurricanes. Page 13! of 17!

14 Hogar Sus>tuto Rosanna Corp.: $247, to repair the facili5es of their shelter that were damaged due to the hurricanes. The shelter serves as a permanent home to 14 women (teens and adults) between the ages of 16 to 59. Reborn Family Center, Inc.: $59, will offer services to support to individuals who were affected by the hurricanes. They will also work on a community health fair that will impact more people in Villalba, Orocovis and Juana Díaz. Hogar Albergue para Niños Jesús de Nazaret, Inc.: $15, to hire psychologist to provide therapy for post-trauma5c stress disorder to the children in the shelter. They will also give workshops to employees so that they can be prepared to assist during this process in the Municipality of Mayaguez. Centro de Enseñanza para la Familia, Inc.: $38, to offer psychological help to 60 par5cipants of their programs and to rebuild their building in Humacao that was damaged due to the Hurricanes. Coalición de San Juan, Inc.: $99, to acquire equipment and furniture for families that lost their homes. Amurtel Inc.: $65, to provide portable emergency units in communi5es that are hard to reach in the Municipali5es of Maricao, Las Marías, Aguadilla, Cataño and Naguabo. These units will contain solar generators and water purifica5on systems. Centro de Deambulante Cristo Pobre, Inc.: $129, to provide food and hygiene products to 160 par5cipants that are in the process of looking for permanent housing in Ponce. Fondo de Ayuda Social del Leonismo, Distrito 51, Inc.: $100, to acquire specialized equipment for kids & youth with disabili5es. Fundación Educa>va C.A.F. Corp.: $128, to offers therapies, counseling, workshops, orienta5on & preven5on services in the Municipali5es of Toa Alta & Naranjito. Fundación Modesto Gotay, Inc.: $206, to repair their infrastructure (roof, equipment, kitchen, nursery and maintenance areas) that suffered damages due to the hurricanes. They also want to acquire an industrial generator, install solar panel. Social Well-Being Programa Socioeduca>vo de Respuestas a Desastres para Adultos Mayores de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto Metro: $94, to offers a series of six modules to the elderly in different topics that relate to emergency preparedness. ECOMM, Estableciendo un Centro de Comunicaciones de Emergencias en Mayagüez, de la Universidad de PR, Recinto de Mayagüez: $72, to develop a Communica5on Center with advanced technology in order to improve the communica5ons system and be bever prepare for future disasters. Economic Development Page 14! of 17!

15 Generator Program for Small Businesses: $3,700,000 to provide small businesses with annual sales of less than $1 million para and which are registered in the Business Registry of the Puerto Rico Treasury Department with generators of 7.5 to 10 kw, an electric extension and a gas container. Centro de Emprendedores, Inc.: $100,000 to offer assessments, mentoring, coaching & grants to small business owners for Municipali5es at the Center of the Island. Centro para Puerto Rico: $251,075 to create the Emergency Entrepreneurial Fund to help entrepreneurs who have completed the Center s program. The Ocean Founda>on: $31, to replace equipment and tools for 20 fishermen in Naguabo. A second dona5on of $188, was granted to replace equipment and tools for fishermen the North Part of the Island, such as in Cataño. Also, a third grant $68, will be use to replace equipment and tools for fisherman in Cabo Rojo, Mayaguez and Rincón. Founda>on for Puerto Rico: $529,650 through their model of visitor s economy, they will impact 5,000 people in Punta San5ago community in Humacao and other municipali5es such as Orocovis, Aguadilla and Isabela. Throughout a comprehensive plan with special aven5on on basics necessi5es and infrastructure, they will support the development of small business, that will have the objec5ve to develop several local businesses. Rico, Inc. (Visit Rico): $99,500 to buy a truck that would make it possible to coordinate visits with farmers and to acquire an equipped trailer for the farmers ac5vi5es thought the Island reaching 100 ecological farmers. Puerto Rico Consor>um for Clinical Inves>ga>on (PRCCI): $99, to repair their central office and laboratory equipment that was damaged due to the hurricane. By repairing these, they will be able to con5nue their clinical trials with local pa5ents as well as avract pharmaceu5cal and medical companies to invest in the Island. Economic Development Enactus Puerto Rico, Inc.: $218, to help finance 13 projects in communi5es that were affected by the hurricanes in the Municipali5es of Loíza, Humacao, Luquillo, Corozal, Toa Alta, Comerío, Guaynabo, Culebra, Carolina, Mayagüez, San Juan, Trujillo Alto, Cataño, Río Piedras and Caguas. These projects were developed by college students and include the following topics: clean-up and conserva5on of areas that have a great ecological value, structural rehabilita5on, economic development, crea5on of potable water systems, and renewable energy. Puerto Rico Industries for the Blind, Corp.: $98, to provide training and employment to blind people who lost their jobs due to the Hurricane. Igual que Tú, Inc.: $79, to provide supplies and emo5onal support and psychological services to the LGBT community that was severely affected by the hurricanes. Page 15! of 17!

16 Proyecto Asistencia a comerciantes y estudiantes de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Ponce: $61, to offers workshops & economic assistance to 25 small business owners. The organiza5on will also distribute to 2,400 meals to college students that were affected by the hurricanes. Sinergía Los Naranjos, Inc.: $25, to restore a kitchen in a nearby community school that was donated to the organiza5on. The space will be used for a family business program that will train youth in the community and prepare them for careers in culinary arts. Corporación para el Financiamiento Empresarial del Comercio y las Comunidades (COFECC): $63,840 to provide economic incen5ves to small businesses such as covering opera5onal costs, inventory, and generators. Ins>tuto Especial para el Desarrollo Integral del Individuo, la Familia y la Comunidad, Inc.: $27, to rebuild their storage center and psychosocial support area. Also, the grant will use to restore their plant and tools so that par5cipants can keep working. Sol es V.I.D.A., Inc.: $99, to build community facili5es at Villa del Sol in Toa Baja. Also the grant will be used to build five houses at Toa Baja Municipality. Proyecto Parallel 18, del Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust: $240, to help 10 business owners through mentorship, co-working space, networking and an economic incen5ve ($20,000). They will also provide local talent for 12 weeks to help launch their businesses. Vitrina Solitaria: $86, to support small business owners in Río Grande (El Yunque area) through economic incen5ves, technical support and entrepreneurship trainings. For dona>ons You may donate through: -PayPal Use the link found in -ATH Móvil Retail dial the following telephone number: Business - Use: path/unidosporpuertorico -Deposits or transfers Account name: Unidos por Puerto Rico/United for Puerto Rico Account number: FirstBank Puerto Rico ABA/Rou5ng Number: SWIFT: FBPRPRSJ Contact informa>on Page 16! of 17!

17 For more informa5on about the organiza5on, or how to submit a grant applica5on or donate, please visit Page 17! of 17!

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