MESSAGES TO OUR READERS
From The Chairman – Steven A. Tsavaris
I am very pleased to present the anticipated report of the Ponce De Leon Foundation. This report celebrates the many accomplishments of our grantees. Through another year of extraordinary circumstances, our grantees again have proven their dedication in putting their communities first. The Ponce De Leon Foundation’s mission promotes equity in socio-economic development of low and moderate income communities by providing grants to nonprofits that provide services to those of special needs, the elderly,
and provide education to the unskilled, to name a few. I have the greatest respect for the e ff orts of everyone involved in these services. As our communities continue to recover from the assault of the coronavirus, we have witnessed the shockwaves it has sent through our communities with unprecedented challenges and we at the Foundation, will continue to support them with a flexible mindset and devote our very best e ff orts to carrying out our core mission.
From The President – Carlos P. Naudon
We began the year hopeful that the unusual challenges presented by a global pandemic, uncertain economy, and social unrest would soon be in the rearview mirror. As we have seen, these forces have been more enduring and the economic recovery has been uneven. The rifts in our society are still in need of healing and our banking system encountered turbulence of its own this year. At the same time, however, while our communities have not been immune from these struggles, we have also seen an extraordinary resilience in the individuals as well as the
non-profit organizations that make our communities strong. All the above would be meaningless without the enduring support of the people in the communities in which we work. Everyone – from those who advise and guide, to those who facilitate, to the one who executes and implements, and finally, the one who benefits – is an important link in this long but strong chain that forms and catalyzes the development process that brings about change.
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