MIAMI, FL (September 3, 2025) – Give Miami Day, one of the nation’s largest giving events, returns Thursday, November 20, 2025, for its 14th year. Powered by The Miami Foundation, Give Miami Day invites the entire community to financially support more than 1,000 local nonprofits, fueling solutions for Greater Miami’s most pressing challenges. New this year, the celebration (and giving!) … Read More
Rebecca Fishman Lipsey habla del impacto en la comunidad
This profile on The Miami Foundation’s leader is the fifth in a weekly series highlighting the South Florida Business Journal’s 2024 South Florida Ultimate CEO Awards honorees. Original By Jeff Zbar – South Florida Business Journal Rebecca Fishman Lipsey President and CEO, The Miami Foundation Age: 43 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Residence: Miami Beach Rebecca Fishman Lipsey’s career speaks to her commitment … Read More
Un programa de la era Covid desmonta el mito de que financiar empresas con rentas bajas es arriesgado
Four years ago this month, Wells Fargo created the Open for Business Fund by voluntarily donating all processing fees earned from Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans made in 2020 to provide grants to Community Development Financial Institutions and other nonprofits positioned to help small businesses manage the economic effects of Covid-19. The OFB grants provided much-needed capital, technical assistance, and … Read More
Ático donado por el multimillonario Jorge Pérez a una organización sin ánimo de lucro vendido por 10 millones de dólares
Original By Dina Katgara – South Florida Business Journal An ocean-view penthouse on South Beach that was deeded to the Miami Foundation has sold for $10 million. In April, Related Group Chairman and CEO Jorge M. Pérez and his wife Darlene deeded the condominium at 1 Collins Ave., Unit 706, to the Miami Foundation for $100. The unit sold on June 25 … Read More
Ante el inicio de la temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico, las fundaciones comunitarias de Florida preparan fondos permanentes para catástrofes
Original By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press May 27, 2024 After the collapse of a condominium tower in North Miami in June 2021, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey realized her organization needed to overhaul how it responded to disasters. As CEO of the Miami Foundation, the city’s primary community foundation, Fishman Lipsey got to work coalescing support for victims of the tragedy that … Read More
Las empresas propiedad de negros colaboran para obtener préstamos y ayuda financiera
Un nuevo programa ofrece subvenciones y otras fuentes de apoyo para ayudar a las empresas dispuestas a trabajar juntas a obtener la financiación necesaria para construir, crecer y expandirse. El programa está cambiando las comunidades y ayudando a las familias a crear riqueza generacional con el espíritu empresarial... leer más en NBC 6 South Florida.
Pilar Guzmán, CEO de Half Moon Empanadas, en la lista de mujeres fundadoras de Inc. 2024
Inc.’s seventh annual Female Founders list highlights entrepreneurs with world-changing companies MIAMI, APRIL 9, 2024 – We are thrilled to announce that our very own Pilar Guzman, a Miami Foundation trustee and Miami Fellows alumna, was named to Inc. magazine’s seventh annual Female Founders list, which honors 250 women whose innovations and ideas are shaping the world into a better … Read More
Inspirado por la memoria de su hermano, un hombre del sur de Florida encuentra soluciones para apoyar a las empresas locales
A grieving Liberty City business owner carries on his younger brother’s legacy. “Danny had a vision,” said Phillip Agnew. “He never stopped up until that last moment.” A violent car crash on I-95 in Miami last summer claimed the life of a South Florida activist, Daniel Agnew. Now, Phillip helps take the lead in finding solutions to support local businesses … Read More
Mackenzie Scott dona 11 millones de dólares a 6 organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro de Miami
Miami is at the forefront of many important civic and community issues that impact not only our region, but the nation at large. From climate resilience to immigration, the strength of Miami’s social impact infrastructure has great consequences. Here at The Miami Foundation, we are pleased to see a growing trend of philanthropists – both local and national – prioritizing … Read More
Press Forward concederá más de 500 millones para revitalizar la información local
Una coalición de 22 donantes ha anunciado hoy Press Forward, una iniciativa nacional para fortalecer las comunidades y la democracia mediante el apoyo a la información local con una inyección de más de 500 millones de dólares en los próximos cinco años. Press Forward mejorará el periodismo local a un nivel sin precedentes para volver a centrar las noticias locales como una fuerza para la cohesión de la comunidad, apoyar nuevos modelos y soluciones que están listos para ampliar, y cerrar las desigualdades de larga data en la cobertura y la práctica del periodismo.