Moderator

Bob OttenhoffPresident and CEOCenter for Disaster Philanthropy

How to Participate

• Use #SODP2019 to tweet along during the webinar. • Submit questions using Q&A box at the bottom of your

screen. • Look for webinar recording and summary at

disasterphilanthropy.org.

Speakers and Agenda

• Disaster-Related Giving in 2017: Key Findings

• Impacts of Philanthropic Response to Hurricanes Harvey and Maria

• Q&A

Supriya Kumar Manager of Global Projects &

Partnerships,Candid

Sasha CoxDirector of Disaster Recovery,

Attack Poverty

Janice PetrovichFormer Executive Director,

La Red de Fundaciones de Puerto Rico

Funders

Thanks to generous support from:

Who We Are

• Created earlier this year when Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces.

• For a combined 88 years, Foundation Center and GuideStar each have helped change the world by giving people the information they need to do good.

• Founded in 2010.• First full-time center advising donors on disaster-related giving.• Provides timely and thoughtful strategies to help donors plan for

and respond to domestic and international disasters in order to minimize their impact on vulnerable populations and communities.

2019 Disasters

Hurricane Dorian, The BahamasPhoto by U.S. Coast Guard

Hurricane Dorian, North CarolinaPhoto by N.C. Department of Transportation

Cyclone Idai, Mozambique Photo by IFRC/DRK/Climate Centre

The Getty Fire, CaliforniaPhoto by Los Angeles County Fire Department

Questions for Philanthropy

• How did the funding community respond to disasters in 2017?

• How does the foundation response to disasters fit into the larger landscape of giving?

• What can funders do to become more effective in their disaster-related giving?

Taxonomy

2017 Analysis

Hurricane Harvey, TexasPhoto by National Guard

Hurricane Maria, Puerto RicoPhoto by U.S. Air Force

Philanthropic Funding by Disaster Type, 2017

Philanthropic Funding by Disaster Assistance Strategy, 2017

OTHER category includes grants for research, convenings, and other work that could not be classified.

Philanthropic Funding for Regions, 2017

Grants may benefit multiple regions and would therefore be counted more than once. As a result, figures add up to more than 100 percent.

Corporate Giving

Household Giving

Download the full report: doi.org/c5mq

Online Giving

International Government Aid

U.S. Government Aid

Funding SourcesPHILANTHROPIC FUNDING

Institutional Philanthropy (U.S. foundations, public charities, non-U.S. donors)

$504 M

Corporate Giving $275.4 M

Online Giving –Network for Good

$12.5 M

Online Giving – GlobalGiving $27.6 M

Individual Giving –Fidelity DAFs

$60 M

Individual Giving –Vanguard DAFs

$20.2 M

OTHER FUNDING

OECD: DevelopmentAssistance Committee

$21 B

UN OCHA: Additional Bilateral/ MultilateralAid

$1.9 B

FEMA $15.6 B

HUD $2.7 B

U.S. Foundation Funding Trends, 2013 - 2017

Online Tools

disasterphilanthropy.candid.org

Attack Poverty – Hurricane Harvey

Sasha CoxDirector of Disaster Recovery,Attack Poverty

Attack Poverty – Hurricane Harvey

Attack Poverty – Hurricane Harvey

Attack Poverty – Hurricane Harvey

La Red de Fundaciones de Puerto Rico –Hurricane Maria

Janice PetrovichFormer Executive Director, La Red de Fundaciones de Puerto Rico

How a Natural Disasterput Puerto Rico

on the Philanthropic Mapand Implications for the

Future

Janice Petrovich EdD

Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico

Three Topics

• Study Findings

• Trends

• Conclusions

Philanthropy in PR - Before Maria

– PR foundations: $25 M estimated total annual grants

• Historically 4-5 times that of non-Puerto Rico foundations

– Non-Puerto Rico foundations: Consistently less than $6 M (PR not on the map)

• Less than $2 Per Person (Comparisons: $204 pp in the South;

$2,000 pp in New York City)– Individual contributions – from locals

Philanthropy in PR –Post Maria

• Explosion of Giving– Foundations (PR and National)

– Nonprofits (PR, International, National)

– Community Foundations

– Individuals

– Crowdfunding

– In-Kind

Private Giving in Puerto Rico after 2017 Hurricanes

– La Red Studied (surveys, interviews, public documents) 41 top/most visible sources of philanthropic support (over $500,000 in monetary contributions):

• 7 Puerto Rico-based foundations (one with 2 funds)

• 11 non-Puerto Rico-based philanthropic entities

• 9 Puerto Rico-based nonprofit groups (including La Red)

• 12 non-Puerto Rico-based nonprofit groups • 1 private fund

Findings: How much was donated?*

• Total commitment reported: $400 M – (includes an estimated $25 M in

double counting)– $375 M is over 60 times annual

support for PR reported by Foundation Center

– $375 M is $107 per person (NYC is $2000; South is $204)

* As of September 2018

Where were donors located? (Outside or Within Puerto Rico)

– Organizations outside of Puerto Rico• $282.4 M

– National foundations $37.6 M– Funds: $206.4 M– New foundations: $35 M

– Within Puerto Rico - $116.1 M (includes some funds from national foundations)

- PR Foundations $47 M - PR nonprofit funds $69.1 M

Philanthropic Trends• Proliferation of funds - distinguishing feature

of the philanthropic response to the disaster. – $310 M raised through 26 Funds

• 12 funds were created by nonprofit groups outside of Puerto Rico: $106.4 M

• 1 private fund committed $100 M • 4 Puerto Rico Foundations created funds that

raised $35.4 M• 9 Puerto Rico nonprofit groups (including La

Red) raised $69.1 M– LARGEST FUNDS– Forward 787 ($100 M), Hispanic

Federation ($43M) and Unidos por Puerto Rico ($38.2 M)

Characteristics of Funds– Source of donations for funds:

individuals, donor advised funds, national foundations, community foundations, crowdfunding campaigns, corporate donors, etc.

– Purpose of funds: The majority of the resources reported were subgrantedto local nonprofit groups.

– Grantmaking Experience: Many funds were created by organizations that had no prior history of grantmaking.

Philanthropic Trends

• Prominent role of individuals and institutions of the Puerto Rican Diaspora–Diaspora foundations and funds - $211.5 M

– New $100 M Fund created by Puerto Rican entrepreneur in the U.S.

– Two new U.S. based foundations were created and endowed by Puerto Ricans in the United States - $35 M

– Funds created by Puerto Ricans in the diaspora in various cities and states, e.g., DC and MA raised $6.3 M

– Many champions within US foundations and funds are Puerto Ricans and Latinos

Philanthropic Trends• Crowdfunding platforms attract individual

givers – Tens of thousands of individual donors:

200,000 Hispanic Federation; 28,000 Hurricane Maria Fund; 23,000 Puerto Rico Community Foundation

– Crowdfunding platforms and social media

– International crowdfunds new to PR –Comic Relief, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Global Giving

Philanthropic Trends• Celebrities played a visible role

– Celebrities helped raise over $86 M (Lin Manuel Miranda, Ricky Martin, Carlos Beltran, politicians, Puerto Rico governor’s wife, etc.)

• Donors tapped local knowledge– Local entities served as intermediaries and

advisors• Non-Puerto Rico Funds and foundations

channeled donations through PR- based entities• Puerto Rico based donors and leaders tapped as

advisors• Donors participated in learning groups and visits

– Grants to local organizations favored– New grantmaking organizations established

in PR; hired local staff; set up offices

Lessons for grantmakers

• Tap local knowledge / Donate to local NGOs

• Evolve funding strategies to pursue social justice as relief needs transition to recovery and rebuilding challenges

Conclusions• National Foundations – investments

larger than ever ($37.6 M), but contributions significantly smaller than of organizations of the Puerto Rican diaspora ($211.5 M).

• Puerto Rican Diaspora – recognition of growing value and importance of collaborations between Puerto Rico-based organizations and those of the Puerto Rican diaspora.

• Puerto Rico is on philanthropy’s radar. For now.

Full report available• http://filantropiapr.org/wp-

content/uploads/2019/11/Philantropy_PR_v328770.pdf

• THANK YOU!

• Improve currency, quality, and quantity of data:– Foundations and corporate donors can share their

data directly.– More precise grant descriptions, particularly around

assistance strategy.

• Contact Supriya Kumar, supriya.kumar@candid.org, if you would like to add your data.

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Questions and Answers

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