How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Puerto Rico?

Start with the funders already giving to science in Puerto Rico, currently Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc, Medtronic Communities Foundation, Yale University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Puerto Rico from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Puerto Rico?

Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc gives the most to science organizations in Puerto Rico, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Puerto Rico?

$8M reached 6 science organizations in Puerto Rico, from 27 funders. 30% 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.

Funding · Puerto Rico · Science

Who funds science in Puerto Rico

Funding is concentrated: Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust alone draws 75% of every science grant dollar in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$8M

granted

organizations

30%

from in-state

The short version

27 funders gave $8M to 6 science organizations in Puerto Rico across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
30% of that came from funders also based in Puerto Rico; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Puerto Rico is Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc, at $2M.
The science organization drawing the most is Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust, at $6M.

Largest funders of science in Puerto Rico

The funders giving the most to science organizations in Puerto Rico, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc$2M 2Medtronic Communities Foundation$1M 3Yale University$861k 4National Network of Public Health Institutes Inc$854k 5The Azmat a Assur Charitable Foundation$470k 6Silicon Valley Community Foundation$350k 7Rita Allen Foundation Inc$326k 8Consumer Technology Association$250k 9Peter Alfond Foundation$151k 10Save The Children Federation Inc$138k

Science organizations in Puerto Rico that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust$6M Ciencia Puerto Rico Inc$2M

How to find science funders in Puerto Rico

1
Start with the funders already active in Puerto Rico
The funders giving the most to science in Puerto Rico are Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc, Medtronic Communities Foundation, Yale University. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
70% of science money in Puerto Rico comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Puerto Rico.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Puerto Rico?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Puerto Rico, currently Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc, Medtronic Communities Foundation, Yale University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Puerto Rico from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Puerto Rico?: Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc gives the most to science organizations in Puerto Rico, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Puerto Rico?: $8M reached 6 science organizations in Puerto Rico, from 27 funders. 30% 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

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

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.