The Institute for Building Racial Equity in the Americas (REBIA) is a program of the Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico (FCPR), which seeks to strengthen initiatives and projects that seek grassroots anti-racist solutions for systemic change by impacting public policy and creating a new narrative of inclusion and racial equity.
Strategic axes
Knowledge for action
Generate data to make Afro-descendant and visibly black communities visible.
Narrative change
Empowering communicators to heal and tell a new anti-racist narrative.
Strengthening public policy
Strengthen Afro-descendant leaders to influence public policy.
Equity Fund
Develop a fund for the sustainability of equity-building organizations.
REBIA Origin
Starting from an understanding of the systemic and institutional racism that permeates our society, REBIA was born out of the need to create a network of equity builders to join the anti-racist efforts that are taking shape in the Americas. Our program seeks to facilitate equitable access to resources and opportunities that will allow the eradication of the racism that threatens Afro-Latinx communities.
What's new at REBIA
Por tercer año consecutivo, la Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico (FCPR) and its program Institute for Building Racial Equity in the Americas (REBIA) will hold the meeting Racial Equity Builders Dialogue 2026, del 25 al 27 febrero, en San Juan. El evento sirvió como un espacio filantrópico único en las Américas, que reunió a líderes de fundaciones, organizaciones sin fines de lucro y asociaciones de Estados Unidos, Centro América, el Caribe y Sur América, enfocadas en la construcción de la equidad racial. El encuentro se diseñó como un conversatorio activo entre quienes participan, desde sus respectivas plataformas, en el fortalecimiento de democracias inclusivas, de cara al escenario político en las Américas.
Puerto Rico participates in United Nations event on racism in Geneva, Switzerland
Puerto Rico was present at the Third Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent of the United Nations Organization (UN), which culminated on Friday, April 19 in Geneva, Switzerland. The forum was held under the motto The Second International Decade for People of African Descent: Combating systemic racism, restorative justice and sustainable development.
Leaders of African descent in U.S. and Caribbean philanthropy meet in Puerto Rico
With the purpose of advancing racial equity in the Americas from the philanthropic sector, leaders of 21 foundations from the United States and the Caribbean gathered February 21-23 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to celebrate The impact of global racism in the Americas: a racial equity builders dialogue.. The event served as a stage to reflect on racism and create paths for action in the continent.
REBIA is subsidized by:
The Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico (FCPR) is a philanthropic organization with a history of almost 40 years of collaboration with donors and communities, with the purpose of developing the capacities of the latter through the increase of community capital. It is the first community foundation in the Caribbean and Latin America and the only one of its kind in Puerto Rico. Its programmatic focuses have included access to water, energy, housing and education, and activating economic development, among others. Recently, gender and racial equity were added to the programmatic proposals.