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Editor's note:
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, Marianne Ramírez Aponte, executive director and chief curator of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in San Juan, worried the devastation was so vast that the cultural sector could not overcome it.
However, thanks in part to donations from Lin-Manuel Miranda and his family, as well as the Flamboyan Foundation, Puerto Rican arts and culture is thriving, even becoming an economic driver, as musical star Bad Bunny’s recent residency proved.
Miranda was planning to wind down the Flamboyan Arts Fund, which distributed about $22 million to 110 Puerto Rican arts organizations and 900 artists. But the results have convinced the “Hamilton” creator to expand it instead, and he's looking to raise an additional $10 million to distribute. “It just gives us too much back,” Miranda told The Associated Press’ Gabriela Aoun Angueira on a recent trip to Puerto Rico. “To invest in that future is important.”
News and trends
Planned Parenthood closes Louisiana clinics after 40 years due to financial and political pressure
Louisiana is now the largest state without a Planned Parenthood clinic.
By Sara Cline/The Associated Press
In this special report, the Chronicle of Philanthropy identifies the 100 nonprofits that earn the most support from individual Americans, private foundations, and corporate philanthropies.
By The Chronicle of Philanthropy staff
Commentary and analysis
Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food
There are few, if any, alternative sources of food insecurity data that don’t rely on the survey the government is ending.
By Tracy Roof, University of Richmond, for The Conversation U.S.
The language nonprofits use can push people away. Here’s how to invite them in and build connection.
By Matt Watkins, Watkins Public Affairs, for the Chronicle of Philanthropy
Other nonprofit news of note
- Standing in the gap: How nonprofits and volunteers created a community safety net after Helene (NCNewsline)
- Guatemalan nonprofit that began in Maine celebrates 25 years (Portland Press Herald)
- What happens when giving is fueled by hate? The rise of retributive philanthropy (The Globe and Mail)
- 'NATO for nonprofits': Groups organize to band together if targeted by Trump (NBC News)
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