Flamboyan Foundation
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About Flamboyan Foundation
The Flamboyan Foundation concentrates on major, targeted investments in arts and cultural institutions and select higher-education partners. Grants are large and strategic—supporting national literary infrastructure (poetry) and contemporary art institutions, with at least one grantee focused on Puerto Rico/community collaboration. The foundation appears to favor a small portfolio of significant grants rather than many modest gifts.
Focus Areas
National literary infrastructure — poetry programs and institutions (e.g., Academy of American Poets)Contemporary art museums and exhibitions (contemporary/Latinx-focused museum support)Community- and capacity-building organizations serving Puerto Rico (e.g., ColaborativoPR)Strategic higher-education partnerships supporting arts, humanities, or public programs (e.g., Johns Hopkins)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar funding to a small number of organizations; repeat support to flagship cultural institutions; mix of national arts organizations and place-based community grantees.
Funding Style
general operating support
About Flamboyan Foundation
A defining feature of Flamboyan Foundation Inc is its sustained support for Puerto Rico-centered work alongside major national arts and education grants. In the recent grants list, that pattern shows up in repeat general-support awards to Academy of American Poets, which received $515,000 in both 2023 and 2024, and to Museo De Arte Cont, which received $352,688 in 2024 and another $90,000 in 2025. The foundation also gives to organizations tied to Puerto Rico community infrastructure, including Colaborativopr Inc, Lead Collaborative Pr Inc, and Ayuda Legal Pr Inc in San Juan, plus education-focused grantees in Washington, DC. Its active programs reinforce that mix: early-grade reading in Puerto Rico, arts support for the island’s cultural community, and family engagement fellowships. The grant list suggests a small portfolio of comparatively large, targeted general-support awards rather than a high-volume, transactional style of giving. That approach extends across arts and culture, literacy, nonprofit capacity, and public education partnerships, with several recipients appearing more than once across the recent record.
What Flamboyan Foundation Funds
In arts and culture, the foundation supported Museo De Arte Cont with $352,688 in 2024 and later $90,000 in 2025, and also gave $100,000 to Alianza Pr Por Las Artes and $100,000 to Alianza De Museos De Pr in 2024. Its Puerto Rico arts program is also reflected in general-support grants to community and cultural groups in San Juan. On the literacy side, the active Strengthening K-3 Reading program matches grants to school and education partners that support classroom libraries, Read Aloud training, and other instructional resources in Puerto Rico. The foundation also funds family engagement and school-improvement work: DC Public Education Fund received $120,000 in 2024 and $68,442 in 2025, while Education Forward received $150,000 in 2025. These awards point to a mix of arts preservation, early reading, and education partnership work.
How Flamboyan Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is $2,500 at the 25th percentile, $8,644 at the median, and $28,242 at the 75th percentile. Recent giving includes both smaller awards and six-figure general-support grants, which indicates a spread between modest program grants and larger anchor gifts. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Academy of American Poets, Museo De Arte Cont, Colaborativopr Inc, Lead Collaborative Pr Inc, and DC Public Education Fund, suggesting recurring support rather than one-off gifts only. The foundation is a regular funder and funds individuals, while also making general-support grants to organizations. An active fellowship program is explicitly open to unsolicited applications, while other listed programs do not accept unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.7M
Total Assets
$16.8M
Total Revenue
$6.8M
Total Expenses
$12.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $28K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$28K
Geographic Reach
National20 states funded
About 33% of grants go to recipients in PR.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Flamboyan Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Flamboyan Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 313 | $9.9M | 89.7% |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 36 |
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