In the days after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, leaving the island crippled and in the dark, San Juan-native Karla Peña, faced her own bleak reality. “My husband lost his job. The nonprofit pet rescue I ran was essentially out of business. And our...
At our 50th anniversary Resiliency summit, Dr. Judith Rodin, president emeritus of Rockefeller Foundation, helped us understand how philanthropies and organizations can unite and invest in a city's resilience. We saw this in action with a panel talk connecting strategies to post-Irma recovery and through...
Recovery is an opportunity to rebuild more resiliently, Dr. Judith Rodin, president emerita of Rockefeller Foundation and Univ. of Pennsylvania, told a crowd of 150+ philanthropists, elected officials and local leaders at our 50th anniversary Resiliency summit. In her keynote, Dr. Rodin shared about cities...
I told everyone to meet us at the Community Emergency Operations Center at EcoTech. We scraped up what we could and went to the stores. We went to Publix for supplies and a local meat store. We got some hot dogs and a few bags...
As Miami-Dade recovers post-Irma, we've been working with donors, partners and organizations to raise money for relief efforts here and throughout our region. The Hurricane Relief Fund at the Foundation supports nonprofits addressing food security, vulnerable populations, stable housing and other immediate to long-term needs...
Several communities are affected by Hurricane Irma. We invite you to support the Hurricane Irma Relief Fund at The Miami Foundation. The Fund will help groups with relief efforts as they work on the ground to help families, communities and businesses rebuild and recover. ...