Advancing a vision of social justice and community service
To celebrate our 75 years of continuous leadership and innovation, we are reaffirming our longstanding dedication to the well-being of our cherished community by establishing the McConnell Valdés Foundation. This non-profit entity is tasked with a mission to advance social justice and community service initiatives that benefit groups and sectors in need. The Foundation will support communities and people in need by overseeing opportunities, programs, and initiatives in the core areas of access to justice, the arts, education, health, conservation, and community development.
Some of the initiatives already set in motion and which reflect the Foundation's mission are our Pro Bono Program, which epitomizes our abiding sense of social responsibility, and the McConnell Valdés/Antonio Escudero Viera Scholarship. Established in 2006, the McConnell Valdés Pro Bono Program was the first such institutional program in Puerto Rico. Since then, it has provided free legal services to not-for-profits of limited means that serve the communities in which we live and work. The McConnell Valdés/Antonio Escudero Viera Scholarship, established in 2016 to mark our 70 years of leadership has provided financial aid to several University of Puerto Rico School of Law students.
Throughout our 75-year history we have allocated more than $3 million to support leading cultural, educational and health-related nonprofit organizations. In 2018, to help mitigate the catastrophic effects of hurricanes Irma and Maria, we also established the McV Disaster Relief Fund to support non-profit organizations with initiatives and programs in communities in dire need of basic human services. Today, through the McConnell Valdés Foundation, we seek to continue to augment the social impact of our charitable contributions and pro bono legal services.
The McConnell Valdés Foundation, simply put, will always look ahead – in order to lead the way to an ever brighter future for Puerto Rico.
Third McConnell Valdés/Antonio Escudero-Viera Scholarship Awarded
2019 Summer Associates Participate in Community Service
McV Pro Bono client EcoExploratorio signs Ground Lease and Development Agreement
McV Pro Bono Program News
2019 McV in the Community Newsletter Published
McV donates $60,000 through the McConnell Valdés Disaster Relief Fund
McConnell Valdés Disaster Relief Fund: Bringing Holiday Cheer
McConnell Valdés Disaster Relief Fund: Impacting Communities
An McV News
McV Creates the McConnell Valdés Disaster Relief Fund
First McConnell Valdés/Antonio Escudero-Viera Scholarship Awarded
McV raises over $1,000.00 for Fondos Unidos
McV Gives Back: Regala un Día
McV Gives Back: Regala un Día 2016
Ricardo J. García raises funds for the Ricky Martin Foundation
McV establishes the McConnell Valdés/Antonio Escudero Viera Scholarship Program
McV in the Community - A Publication about Social Responsibility
Other McV Social Responsibility Programs
McV Pro Bono Program
McConnell Valdés/Antonio Escudero-Viera Scholarship Program