Funding · Puerto Rico · Human services
Who funds human services in Puerto Rico
Human services funding in Puerto Rico is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Centros Sor Isolina Ferre Inc leads, and the money reaches 133 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 133 human services organizations share only 148 funders between them.
The short version
- 148 funders gave $40M to 133 human services organizations in Puerto Rico across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 56% of that came from funders also based in Puerto Rico; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in Puerto Rico is Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico, at $11M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is Centros Sor Isolina Ferre Inc, at $4M.
Largest funders of human services in Puerto Rico
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in Puerto Rico, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in Puerto Rico that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in Puerto Rico
- 1Start with the funders already active in Puerto Rico
The funders giving the most to human services in Puerto Rico are Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico, The Chicago Community Trust, Globalgiving Foundation Inc. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
44% of human services money in Puerto Rico comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Puerto Rico.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Puerto Rico?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in Puerto Rico, currently Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico, The Chicago Community Trust, Globalgiving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Puerto Rico from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in Puerto Rico?
- Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico gives the most to human services organizations in Puerto Rico, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in Puerto Rico?
- $40M reached 133 human services organizations in Puerto Rico, from 148 funders. 56% came from funders also based in Puerto Rico.
- How recent is this data?
- It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.
More from the funding graph
Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.