! Fact Sheet United for Puerto Rico, a private non-profit organiza4on 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 communi4es affected by both natural disasters. o o The non-governmental organiza4on is cer4fied by the Puerto Rico Treasury Department and has the 501c3 federal cer4fica4on issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The organiza4on 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, facilita4ng that they may rebuild their lives, communi4es and Puerto Rico. As part of its efforts, the organiza4on will focus on mee4ng the immediate needs of those who lost their homes and property, par4cularly among the elderly, youth, women head of households, the homeless and the disabled. The key objec4ves 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 coordina4on with ins4tu4ons and complemen4ng federal benefits such as FEMA. Collaborate with non-profit en44es that specialize in providing these services and are currently addressing the needs of these groups, since they have the organiza4on and structure to be more efficient in delivering these services. Aid small businesses in communi4es with financial aid to help them reestablish opera4ons. Provide a public educa4on campaign on available federal aid for communi4es 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 19!
Iván Báez, Public Affairs Director, Walmart Alberto De la Cruz, President, CC1 (Coca Cola) Herbert Lewy, General Manager, Microso? Puerto Rico Ignacio del Valle, Regional President for La4n America and the Caribbean, Bacardí Corpora4on 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 Corpora4on Banco Popular Founda4on 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 19!
United for Puerto Rico total dona4ons granted for 175 organiza>ons, plus the generator program as of June 11, 2018 are $35,827,446.90 with the poten4al impact of more than 1,500,000 individuals through the following non-profit organiza4ons: Water and Food Banco de Alimentos de Puerto Rico: $100,000 to distribute food throught out Puerto Rico s 78 municipali4es. A second dona4on of $2,500,000 was granted. Boys & Girls Club de Puerto Rico: $225,000 to distribute non-perishable goods and hot meals in 44 municipali4es. Centro de Ayuda Social: $48,000 to set up 13 kitchens to prepare hot meals for communi4es from Manam to Loíza. Na>onal Puerto Rican Leadership Council Educa>on Fund: $233,000 to supply potable water to 78 municipali4es in partnership with WaterStep, a non-profit interna4onal en4ty that provides safe drinking water to communi4es in the developing world. Calvary Chapel: $96,000.00 for the opera4on of disaster relief centers focused on food distribu4on to large groups, both in the metro area and outside of the metro area. In addi4on to food distribu4on, it will provide emo4onal and spiritual aid in these 4mes of crisis in Puerto Rico. Projecto Oasis Taíno del Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez: $65,500.00 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 con4nue the effort of providing hot meals to the vic4ms 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 communi4es and popula4ons 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 communi4es 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 communi4es 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 con4nue 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 19!
Casa de Oro de Caguas Inc.: $68,000 to buy food for their 350 par4cipants that they serve daily and was severely impacted by the hurricanes. Chilis On Wheels, Inc.: $15,000 to distribute vegan food to affected communi4es. They will also offer workshops to prepare the communi4es for future disasters. Iglesia Cris>ana Misionera, Inc. Misión de Amor: $90,000.00 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 communi4es 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 distribu4on among its 8 organiza4on and/or programs that help HIV pa4ents, the disabled and the homeless. Fundación de Esclerosis Múl>ple de Puerto Rico, Inc: $43,100 to Support 348 pa4ents who lost all their property during the hurricanes. This organiza4on provides these pa4ents with basic goods and transporta4on to their medical appointments to con4nue their treatment. Inicia>va Comunitaria: $100,000 to support their Compassion Opera4on ini4a4ve, which includes a mobile clinic to address the health needs and medical emergencies of communi4es affected by the recent natural disasters. Ins>tuto Psicopedagógico: $500,000 to provide daily essen4al services to youth, adults and senior ci4zens with intellectual incapaci4es and address cri4cal areas such as safety, protec4on, infec4on control, emo4onal support and other basic needs. American Cancer Society, Puerto Rico Chapter: $290,000 to provide emergency assistance to cancer pa4ents, including providing shelter in the Puerto Rico Hope Lodge, (water, food, nutri4onal supplements, economic aid for medica4on, etc.) and transporta4on 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 communi4es in Arroyo, Guayama and Ponce. Father Vernard Home (Hogar Padre Vernard): $166,572.89 to incorporate showers and equipment for two programs: The Showers and A Produc4ve 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 preven4ve health and mental health clinics in the 78 municipali4es affected by Hurricane María. Health Lilly's Angels & Down Syndrome Awareness Founda>on: $40,099.95 to offer workshops and therapy to Down syndrome pa4ents and their mothers. Page 4! of 19!
Puerto Rico Diabetes Associa>on: $95,000 to distribute insulin though the Island and medicine to Type 1 and Type 2 pa4ents diagnosed with diabetes. Puerto Rico Science Technology & Research Trust: $99,964 to visit pa4ents in Utuado and distribute water filters. The objec4ve is to educate par4cipants 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 educa4onal services to kids with special needs. Familia Capaces, Inc.: $100,000 to provide psychological services to people in communi4es 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 immuniza4on route throughout the Island. Movimiento para el Alcance de Vida Independiente (MAVI): $99,987.94 to provide solar generators, rechargeable baveries and water purifiers for people with special disabili4es. MAVI, received a second grant of $81,334.85 to prepare ad adapt an emergency guide for people with disabili4es. They will train agencies and organiza4ons that work directly in emergency preparedness and response. Asociación de Espina Bífida e Hidrocefalia de Puerto Rico: $220,081.63 to buy medicines, medical equipment and rehabilitate their therapy space to provide services. Corpora>on for the Conserva>on for the San Juan Bay: $113,960.70 to train young people at risk on how to install and work with the desalina4on plant that will provide potable water for the communi4es. Centro Renal de Puerto Rico: $75,000 to provide medical equipment, educa4on and first-aid supplies along with transporta4on to dialysis pa4ents. A second dona4on of $227,028.00, was granted for a project in Vieques. YMCA of San Juan: $217,120 to offer recrea4onal ac4vi4es to the elderly and kids affected by the hurricane. They will also rebuild their physical facili4es. Fundación Agenda Ciudadana: $99,900 to offer psychological therapies to mi4gate the emo4onal effects of the Hurricane in Yabucoa, Maunabo, Pa4llas, Naguabo, Humacao, Las Piedras and San Lorenzo. The organiza4on will work with these communi4es in conjunc4on with students from UPR Humacao. Health Hospital Comunitario Buen Samaritano, Inc.: $621,934.50 to buy an industrial generator to build a wáter well and acquire a steriliza4on machine. Page 5! of 19!
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 vic4ms 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): $100,000.00 to repair the roof of the ins4tu4on, replace equipment, and to offers psychological support to 275 par4cipants Mayagüez. Fundación Infan>l Ronald McDonald de Puerto Rico, Inc.: $13,545.00 to repair the Family Living Room located at Ryder Hospital that was damage with the Hurricane. A second grand of $78,949.98 to acquire a vehicle (for 12 to 15 passengers) to facilitate transporta4on of families to and from the hospital. Also they will use the grand to buy voltage protec4on equipment, technology equipment, security system and repair plumping and electricity, 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 con4nue their clinical trials with local pa4ents as well as avract pharmaceu4cal and medical companies to invest in the Island. Fundación Centro Pediátrico de Diabetes: $103,149.00 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 educa4onal ac4vi4es 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 communi4es in Utuado, Jayuya, Ha4llo, Arecibo, Adjuntas and Lares that do not have access to clean water. Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Epilepsia, Inc.: $95,500.00 they will provide services to pa4ents such as medicines, access to neurological & psychological services, power generators & educa4onal workshops that will address mi4ga4on for future disasters. Voces, Coalición de Vacunación de Puerto Rico, Inc.: $69,150.00 to host a massive vaccina4on event focus on the elderly and people with chronic diseases. Health Corporación La Fondita de Jesús: $6,000.00 to impact 12 low-income communi4es by delivering nutri4onal supplies, medicines and informa4on about good health prac4ces during a disaster. Page 6! of 19!
Housing Corporación para el Desarrollo del Centro Ponceño de Au>smo CD: $95,601.93 to offer psychological services to kids & families affected by the hurricanes on the South West part of the Island. Programa de Asistencia Tecnológica de Puerto Rico de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Administración Central: $99,983.00 to provide technological assistance equipment to people with disabili4es throughout the Island, including Vieques y Culebra. Academia de Directores Médicos de PR: $200,000 to offer health educa4onal services (Clinics) and disaster preven4on to the elderly and other vulnerable popula4ons in Mayaguez, Caguas, Arecibo, Bayamón, Ponce, Morovis and San Juan. Project HOPE-The People to People Health Founda>on, Inc.: $23,000 to buy units storage system for medicines in the Municipali4es of Ponce, Aguadilla, Culebra y Vieques. Salón Literario Libroamérica de Puerto Rico: $25,000 to provide literary workshops and ac4vi4es for people in temporary housing establishments (shelters) and other affected communi4es on the Island. Salud, Integral de la Montana, Inc. (SIM): $169,850.00 to acquire a type II ambulance, employ five paramedics and buy supplies/equipment to maintain this emergency transporta4on service to pa4ents in rural areas that do not have access to health services. Circle of Health Interna>onal: $10,000.00 to acquire an ultrasound machine for a MAM Center. Proyecto "Promo>ng Healthcare Service to Others" de la Universidad Central del Caribe, Inc.: $50,303.23 to provide health services in communi4es that were affected by the hurricanes. Students from the School of Medicine will offer these services through community health clinics and home visits in the Municipali4es of Utuado, Bayamón, San Juan, Rio Piedras and Toa Baja. 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 facili4es located in Mayaguez to ensure kid s safety. La Casa de Todos: $435,012.50 to rebuild their shelter houses for 25 children and 8 women who are vic4ms of domes4c violence. Housing Voces, Fundación Topy Mamery, Inc.: $85,000 to rebuild 10 houses belonging to low-income families and repair 5 shelters for children vic4ms of domes4c violence. The organiza4on Page 7! of 19!
received a second grant of $192,621.00 to repair six homes that were destroy by the hurricanes. They will also provide furniture for these houses. Casa de la Bondad: $77,191.87 to repair their shelter that provide services for women vic4ms of domes4c 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 cri4cal health condi4ons. Fundación Hospital Pediátrico Inc.: $262,880.00 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.: $66,285.00 to repair damages in their physical structure, par4cularly the roof, that serves as a permanent home to girls that are vic4ms of violence. La Casa de AMPI, Inc.: $25,000 to repair the physical structure damaged by the hurricanes. This organiza4on serves as a permanent home to adult men who suffer various mental condi4ons. Hermanas Dominicas de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Fá>ma: $28,050.25 to rebuild 15 homes with the purchase of construc4on 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. Corporación de Servicios de Salud Primaria y Desarrollo Económico del Otoao: $252,710.00 to buy an ambulance type II to transport pa4ents in the Municipali4es of Utuado, Jayuya, Florida and Ciales, in emergency situa4ons so they can reach the nearest hospital in a shorter 4meframe. American Cancer Society, Puerto Rico Chapter: $81,500.00 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.: $149,074.50 to repair houses and equipment. Sociedad Pro Hospital del Niño, Inc.: $362,747.91 to repair the building, industrial generator and transport. Lucha contra el SIDA: $97,900 for individuals on transi4onal housing. Housing Esperanza para la Vejez, Inc.: $131,543.51 to rebuild the facili4es in several projects and to support individuals to buy home ar4cles and help them to repair their homes. Page 8! of 19!
Oblatas del Sanpsimo 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 occupa4onal, physical, speech and therapy room. Centro de Ayuda Social Emanuel, Inc.: $5,717.78 to repair structural damages caused to the kitchen and the library. Estancia Corazón, Inc.: $192,000.00 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): $98,865.00 to rebuild their building, Los Peregrinos Shelter, for homeless in Caguas. Fundación Fondo de Acceso a la Jus>cia, Inc.: $465,000.00 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.: $25,000.00 to rebuild the roof of their building which provides housing for 24 minors who are vic4ms of violence. Centro Geriátrico San Rafael: $73,240.00 to repair their infrastructure & repair the electrical power grid that was damaged by the hurricanes of their facili4es in Arecibo. Centro de Orientación y Acción Social, Inc. (COASI): $283,764.00 for three programs: one for housing (to repairs and rebuild their facili4es); to distribute food, water and clothes among the Municipali4es 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. 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: $89,977.05 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 recrea4onal facili4es and acquire a trailer for storage. The organiza4on will distribute equipment and supplies donated among their par4cipants. La Casa de Junny, Inc.: $32,269.86 to repair their facili4es and generator in Mayaguez. The organiza4on serves as a permanent shelter for women with disabili4es & mental retarda4on. Housing Albergue El Paraíso, Inc.: $91,062.94 wants to repair their infrastructure that was severely damaged by the hurricanes (including their mul4-use room, storage area, air condi4oner and equipment). Page 9! of 19!
Centro María Mazzarello Alespi, Inc.: $787,625.00 to build and rebuild eleven (11) homes that were affected by Hurricane María in Orocovis. Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico: $200,000.00 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: $210,000.00 to design three model homes hurricanes resistants for low-income families. The models will be cost-accessible and will be available for other municipali4es, in order to replicate them. Enterprise Community Partners: $75,000.00 to work with local housing agencies to create a manual for resilient housing in Puerto Rico. Fundación Yo no me Quito, Inc.: $24,000.00 to replace electro domes4c supplies and medical equipment for 30 families in Caguas, Morovis, Toa Baja, Añasco y Humacao. La Casa de Doña Here, Inc.: $25,000.00 to repair their infrastructure that was severely damaged by the hurricanes. The organiza4on is a permanent shelter for women with intellectual disabili4es in the Municipality of Mayaguez. Ponce Neighbordhood Housing Services, Inc. (PNHS): $400,857.52 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: $2,000,000.00 to provide housing to families which lost their homes due to the hurricanes in Loíza Municipality. Caribe Girl Scouts Council: $188,854.30 to rebuild two camps located in Río Grande and Añasco that were destroyed by the hurricanes. Fundación Azriel, Corp.: $100,000.00 to rebuild homes, provide supplies, medicines and medical equipment to families that were affected by both hurricanes in the Municipali4es of Río Grande, Loíza, Canóvanas, Trujillo Alto, Humacao, Toa Baja, Bayamón, Arecibo and San Juan. Casa La Providencia Inc: $102,478.79 to rebuild their infrastructure that was damaged by the hurricanes. Comunidad del Barrio Quebrada, Inc.: $50,000.00 to support 200 people in rural communi4es in Yauco for the acquisi4on of cisterns and power generators. Housing ENACTUS-RUM, Inc.: $44,920.00 will provide home equipment (furniture, beds etc.) to families who rebuilt their houses but do not have the money to acquire this equipment. The organiza4on will also travel to Vieques to clean bed-ridden elderly homes and purchase food for them. Page 10! of 19!
Sweet Homes Youth Facili>es: $118,822.45 The organiza4on is reques4ng funds to rehabilitate their shelter that serves as a permanent home for 40 teen girls who have been removed from their homes by the Puerto Rico Family Department. Social Well-Being Proyecto Nacer: $150,000 to purchase of equipment to con4nue 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 communi4es. United Way of Puerto Rico: $1,380,000 to con4nue with the effort of providing hot meals to hurricane vic4ms and Support other non-profit organiza4ons in expanding their community work with the provision of essen4al health services and other basic needs. Centros Sor Isolina Ferré: $75,000 to fund the "Abrazo Solidario" ini4a4ve (Solidary Embrace). This helps hurricane vic4ms 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 difficul4es of life a?er Hurricane María. Eduk Educa>onal Founda>on: $84,180 to create the Hope Oasis for university students where they can receive essen4al services, including oral health and other health tests, educa4onal talks, access to consulta4ons with psychologists as well as other ac4vi4es that may help in their recovery process, including mo4va4ng the crea4on of small businesses. Kinesis: $99,940 to offer relief services to students who suffered damages as a result of Hurricane María, including facilita4ng the filing of claims for FEMA aid. Niños de Nueva Esperanza: $50,000 for Educa4onal Workshops, Psychological Services and first-aid ar4cles 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 pa4ents. 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 vic4ms of Hurricane María have sought the protec4on and safety of these structures. Social Well-Being Mul>sensory Reading Centers of PR: $8,097 with the support of the Puerto Rico Educa4on Department to provide educa4onal material and furniture for the classroom of Readers for th3 Future in the community of Lloréns Torres. Page 11! of! 19
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. Hogar Teresa Toda: $38,750 to provide generators to par4cipants and temporary housing, transporta4on, food and clothing on Loíza and Canóvanas. Centro Santa Luisa: $12,250 to meet the nutri4onal needs of senior ci4zens of Barrio Caimito and con4nue providing and expanding services to this vulnerable popula4on. Hogar de Niñas de Cupey, Inc. (Girls Home in Cupey): $54,300 to offer psychological therapies, workshops and cra?s 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.: $203.360 to strengthen an educa4onal 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 Alterna4ve Educa4on School, in Yabucoa, that offers different types of services to both kids and teens. Services include childcare and extracurricular ac4vi4es. Hogar Ruth para Mujeres Maltratadas: $67,850 to repair and renovate the shelter to secure the live of the par4cipants. 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 condi4oners and gas/diesel for cooking and transporta4on. Salón Literario Libroamérica de Puerto Rico: $50,000 to establish Resiliency Centers in affected communi4es. These centers will serve as an informa4on hub for residents in case of future disasters. Addi4onally, art workshops and cultural ac4vi4es will be offered to manage post-hurricane trauma. Social Well-Being Fundación A-Mar para Niños Quemados, Inc.: $96,075 to offer services to burn vic4ms, workshops on how to prevent burning incidents and a massive educa4onal campaign through the Island on best prac4ces when using lamps and candles. Salesian Society: Oratorio Centro Juvenil San Juan Bosco: $56,630.85 to repair the roof and electrical system of the community s recrea4onal area at the Barrio Cantera in Santurce. Page 12! of 19!
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-trauma4c stress disorder due to the hurricane. They will also address emo4onal management and violence preven4on. 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 ac4vi4es 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 ac4vi4es 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 educa4onal program for par4cipants to provide technical educa4on about the opera4on, benefits and different op4ons available and the legisla4on that apply. Hogar Cuna San Cristobal: $25,000 to provide direct services to 1,800 kids, including psychiatric services and medica4ons. Hogar Abrazo de Amor: $ 98,740 to establish educa4on 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 opera4ons in Arecibo and Utuado. A second grant of $8,000.00 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 iden4fy needs in communi4es 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 disabili4es, provide first-aid supplies Page 13! of 19!
and repair their houses in Mayagüez, Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Adjuntas, Utuado and San Germán impac4ng 150 people. Colegio de Educación Especial de Rehabilitación Integral, Inc. (CODERI): $99,470 to reconstruct the therapeu4c pool, the roof, the fence and the floor of their facili4es. They will subs4tute the stair and the ramp for a specialized chair that students with mobility limits impac4ng 240 people. Juan Domingo en Acción, Inc.: $33,287.42 to coordinate support services through a social worker and deliver supplies and food to the community. 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 orienta4on and housing repairs in Humacao, Las Piedras, Naguabo y Yabucoa. San Jorge Children Hospital, Inc. (Fundación Niños San Jorge), Inc.: $81,100.00 to fill basic pa4ents and families necessi4es that s4ll don t have electricity to guarantee access to treatments. ENACTUS-RUM, Inc.: $54,964.34 they will offer sewing workshops that are adapted to the blind and other people with severe disabili4es. They will also offer an entrepreneurship workshop to promote the crea4on of small businesses. Addi4onally, they will open a health clinic for the deaf, with interpreters. Fundación Santa María de los Ángeles: $32,500 through an alliance with Ins4tuto Nueva Escuela, they will offer psychological services to help low-income children, youth and adults in rural communi4es. The program will include violence and suicide preven4on 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 communi4es in Municipali4es such as Adjuntas, Humacao, Jayuya, Vieques, among others. Asociación Puertorriqueña de Ciegos: $48,937.72 to buy a generator for their center and a transporta4on vehicle for pa4ents. Coalición de San Juan, Inc.: $99,950.00 to acquire equipment and furniture for families that lost their homes. Social Well-Being Cas>llo de Angeles Inc.: $89,300.00 to provide services to the elderly and single mothers in vulnerable, low-income communi4es. They have conducted an assessment and want to provide psychological services to these two communi4es in the Municipali4es of Canóvanas (Barrio San Isidro) and Fajardo (Barrio Florencio/Rio Arriba). Envejecer con Armonía, Inc.: $80,080.00 to assist the elderly popula4on through care, food and medicines in Aibonito. The organiza4on has iden4fied cases of people (elderly) who have been le? in the island by their families who have emigrated due to the hurricanes. Page 14! of 19!
Hogar Sus>tuto Rosanna Corp.: $247,011.51 to repair the facili4es 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.: $59,300.00 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.: $15,000.00 to hire psychologist to provide therapy for post-trauma4c 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.: $38,025.00 to offer psychological help to 60 par4cipants of their programs and to rebuild their building in Humacao that was damaged due to the Hurricanes. Amurtel Inc.: $65,479.00 to provide portable emergency units in communi4es that are hard to reach in the Municipali4es of Maricao, Las Marías, Aguadilla, Cataño and Naguabo. These units will contain solar generators and water purifica4on systems. Centro de Deambulante Cristo Pobre, Inc.: $129,138.00 to provide food and hygiene products to 160 par4cipants that are in the process of looking for permanent housing in Ponce. Fondo de Ayuda Social del Leonismo, Distrito 51, Inc.: $100,000.00 to acquire specialized equipment for kids & youth with disabili4es. Fundación Educa>va C.A.F. Corp.: $128,000.00 to offers therapies, counseling, workshops, orienta4on & preven4on services in the Municipali4es of Toa Alta & Naranjito. Fundación Modesto Gotay, Inc.: $206,000.00 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. The Salva>on Army: $105,784.00 to repair their infrastructure that was damaged by the hurricanes and to buy beds for the shelter. Social Well-Being Programa Socioeduca>vo de Respuestas a Desastres para Adultos Mayores de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto Metro: $94,016.00 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: $72,425.00 to develop a Communica4on Center with advanced technology in order to improve the communica4ons system and be bever prepare for future disasters. Page 15! of 19!
Fundación Stefano Steenbakker Betancourt, Corp.: $187,200.00 to offer psychosocial ac4vi4es to kids in Vieques that were affected by the hurricanes and those municipali4es with a high rate of child abuse. Hogar Infan>l Santa Teresita del Nino Jesús, Inc.: $35,926.00 is reques4ng funds to acquire a power generator and to buy and install a roof made of galvalume in the Municipality of Arecibo. Hogar Resurrección, Inc.: $ 88,924.58 is reques4ng funds to rehabilitate their infrastructure that was damaged by the hurricanes located in Caguas. Proyecto Villa Palmera Resiliente de Religiosas del Sagrado Corazón (RSCJ): $30,000.00 to provide psychological services to 26 bed-ridden persons. They will also offer workshops to 60 people who are unemployed. These workshops will center on crea4ng agricultural small businesses in Barranquitas. Rayito de Esperanza, Corp.: $40,500.00 wants to acquire two vehicles to transport pediatric cancer pa4ents, Economic Development 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 Municipali4es 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: $31,662.11 to replace equipment and tools for 20 fishermen in Naguabo. A second dona4on of $188,096.00 was granted to replace equipment and tools for fishermen the North Part of the Island, such as in Cataño. Also, a third grant $68,359.50 will be use to replace equipment and tools for fisherman in Cabo Rojo, Mayaguez and Rincón. Economic Development Founda>on for Puerto Rico: $529,650 through their model of visitor s economy, they will impact 5,000 people in Punta San4ago community in Humacao and other municipali4es such as Orocovis, Aguadilla and Isabela. Throughout a comprehensive plan with special aven4on on basics necessi4es and infrastructure, they will support the development of small business, that will have the objec4ve 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 ac4vi4es thought the Island reaching 100 ecological farmers. Page 16! of 19!
Puerto Rico Consor>um for Clinical Inves>ga>on (PRCCI): $99,963.00 to repair their central office and laboratory equipment that was damaged due to the hurricane. By repairing these, they will be able to con4nue their clinical trials with local pa4ents as well as avract pharmaceu4cal and medical companies to invest in the Island. Enactus Puerto Rico, Inc.: $218,400.00 to help finance 13 projects in communi4es that were affected by the hurricanes in the Municipali4es 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 conserva4on of areas that have a great ecological value, structural rehabilita4on, economic development, crea4on of potable water systems, and renewable energy. Puerto Rico Industries for the Blind, Corp.: $98,400.00 to provide training and employment to blind people who lost their jobs due to the Hurricane. Igual que Tú, Inc.: $79,660.00 to provide supplies and emo4onal support and psychological services to the LGBT community that was severely affected by the hurricanes. Proyecto Asistencia a comerciantes y estudiantes de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Ponce: $61,800.00 to offers workshops & economic assistance to 25 small business owners. The organiza4on will also distribute to 2,400 meals to college students that were affected by the hurricanes. Sinergía Los Naranjos, Inc.: $25,000.00 to restore a kitchen in a nearby community school that was donated to the organiza4on. 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 incen4ves to small businesses such as covering opera4onal costs, inventory, and generators. Ins>tuto Especial para el Desarrollo Integral del Individuo, la Familia y la Comunidad, Inc.: $27,596.00 to rebuild their storage center and psychosocial support area. Also, the grant will use to restore their plant and tools so that par4cipants can keep working. Economic Development Sol es V.I.D.A., Inc.: $99,999.95 to build community facili4es 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: $240,000.00 to help 10 business owners through mentorship, co-working space, networking and an economic incen4ve ($20,000). They will also provide local talent for 12 weeks to help launch their businesses. Vitrina Solitaria: $86,500.00 to support small business owners in Río Grande (El Yunque area) through economic incen4ves, technical support and entrepreneurship trainings. Page 17! of 19!
Incubadora Microempresa Bieke, Inc.: $250,000.00 to restore and reopen small business in Vieques, provide generators to small business owners and to open a community kitchen and Food Park. Founda>on for A Beuer Puerto Rico, Inc.: $100,000.00 to rebuild the public facili4es of Flamenco Beach: Bathrooms, Showers and Office Center for the personnel. These areas were destroyed by the hurricanes and economic development in this region depends on tourism. Asociación Recrea>va y Educa>va Comunal del Bo. Mariana de Humacao, Inc. (ARECMA): $199,917.00 to establish an entrepreneurship and social well-being center for the Mariana community in Humacao and to rehabilitate the infrastructure of an abandoned and recently acquired school. The community center will serve as: a solar/community laundry; a space where the community can access tools and services that impact their social well-being, a hostel to receive brigades of volunteers, a planning and emergency management hub and as a business incubator. Boys & Girls Club de Puerto Rico: $250,000.00 The organiza4on wants to train 1,250 teens in an effort to increase their chances of employment & reten4on in sales, construc4on and tourism in the Municipali4es of San Juan, Carolina, Arecibo, Isabela, Mayagüez, Loíza, Bayamón, Vieques, Aguas Buenas and San Lorenzo. Programa de Educación Comunal de Entrega de Servicios, Inc. (P.E.C.E.S.): $1,800,000.00 to implement their economic development model in Punta San4ago, Humacao. The ac4vi4es include: restora4on and reac4va4on of Punta San4ago s fishing village through the acquisi4on of 25 motors for fishing boats; rehabilita4on of 100 houses that were destroyed by the hurricanes; promote tourism through the acquisi4on of two passenger vehicles; the rehabilita4on of their Sustainability and Community Center and the restora4on of Punta San4ago s dock. For dona>ons You may donate through: -PayPal Use the link found in www.unitedforpuertorico.com -ATH Móvil Retail dial the following telephone number: 787-552-9141 Business - Use: path/unidosporpuertorico -Deposits or transfers Account name: Unidos por Puerto Rico/United for Puerto Rico Account number: 0108501910 FirstBank Puerto Rico ABA/Rou4ng Number: 221571473 SWIFT: FBPRPRSJ Page 18! of 19!
Contact informa>on For more informa4on about the organiza4on, or how to submit a grant applica4on or donate, please visit www.unitedforpuertorico.com. Page 19! of 19!