The president of the Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico (FCPR), Dr. Nelson I. Colón Tarrats will contribute to the discussion on the island's reconstruction during the fall forum of CFLeads, Making Our Mark: Igniting the Future of Today's Community Foundations, which will be held from October 22nd to 24th in Pittsburg, PA.
During the event, sponsored by The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation, Colón Tarrats will present on the panel Speed Dating on Issues: Critical Challenges of Our Time, under the premise of Rebuilding After Natural Disasters. Your participation will be on October 24th, between 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
After Hurricane Maria (September 2017), FCPR developed a strategic plan that shifted the focus from immediate relief to reconstruction, through the lens of equity and sustainability. To achieve this, it focused on providing access to five essential resources: renewable energy, safe drinking water, safe housing, community economic development, and education. Two years after the weather event, FCPR published an update on its progress in the country’s major newspapers. To view, click here.
The forum brings together U.S. community foundations to build relationships and gain knowledge, define the future of community foundations committed to community leadership, and discuss the role and responsibilities of community foundations, among other objectives.
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Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico will participate in the CFLeads 2019 Fall Forum, “Making Our Mark: Igniting the Future of Community Foundations”
The president/CEO of Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico (FCPR), Nelson Colón Tarrats, will participate in the CFLeads 2019 Fall Forum Making Our Mark: Igniting the Future of Community Foundations, This October 22-24, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In the event, sponsored by The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation, Colón Tarrats will be one of the participants in the Speed Dating on Issues: Critical Challenges of Our Time Panel, Focusing in Rebuilding After Natural Disasters. His participation will be on October 24th, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
After Hurricane Maria, the FCPR activated the Puerto Rico Community Recovery Fund, thus becoming a reliable source for donors interested in helping and strengthening our communities and a source of grants for organizations throughout the island. A total of $13 million has been received. Since then, the fund has awarded $8.5 million in donations to nonprofit organizations and individuals for immediate relief and sustainable renovation in our communities, plus $1.3 million for training and technical assistance. To transition from the immediate relief phase to the sustainable recovery phase, the FCPR implemented a strategic framework to guide the work, focusing on five areas: renewable energy, water, housing, economic development, and education.
According to the CFLeads webpage, the event is designed to bring together the most forward-looking community foundations from across the country to: identify the ever-changing roles community foundations need to play as community leaders; debate the role and responsibilities of community foundations in a time of political, economic, and social division; dive into promising practices of community leadership; gather with like-minded peers to build relationships and achieve greater learning; and define the future for community foundations committed to community leadership.