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We are building a better country. We recognize that the opportunities we aspire to require new solutions. Creativity and innovation are our tools to create a better quality of life.
Building economic opportunity in Puerto Rico through strategic investment and community partnership.
Platform for Social Impact is a capital platform that connects investment to community-based solutions, structuring the financial and operational systems required to expand economic mobility in Puerto Rico.
We design and deploy blended capital strategies that align public, private, and philanthropic resources with the organizations in our ecosystem, rooted in the communities they serve. Through disciplined governance and long-term investment, we build the conditions that allow individuals, families, and communities to access opportunity, grow, and sustain progress over time.
A Puerto Rico without poverty, where children, families, and all communities have access to opportunities for economic mobility and the resources to capitalize on them.
The Platform for Social Impact (PSI) leads a movement to catalyze both programmatic and investment-driven opportunities for economic mobility in Puerto Rico. We bridge the gap between communities and opportunity by deploying capital and talent and instilling disciplined governance through an ecosystem of effective partner organizations. We distribute resources across communities, unlocking the potential of thousands of families and empowering them to grow and thrive for generations to come. As PSI grows, our commitment remains simple: we will work with communities to understand their needs and bring the right capital, partners, and structure to make solutions possible at scale.
“ The one thing that we need to reestablish in communities is their ability to dream…When you allow people to see themselves as the drivers of those dreams, magic happens. ”
Driven by his own journey from an underserved community, Eduardo's leadership was forged over two decades at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico, where he rose to CEO and earned international recognition. An expert in mobilizing cross-sector funding, he founded PSI with the conviction that investing directly in a community's potential can generate systemic change, but this is only possible with comprehensive solutions and large-scale investment. Eduardo embodies PSI's mission and is a powerful example that social investment works and creates a ripple effect of opportunity.
Our values shape our character. Our principles shape our work.
At Platform for Social Impact (PSI), our values are the compass that guide every decision, initiative, and relationship. They reflect not only who we are, but also the future we aspire to co-create with our communities, partners, and stakeholders. These shared principles unify PSI and all its entities, ensuring alignment with our mission to eradicate child poverty in Puerto Rico and to foster sustainable and inclusive development.
We are building a better country. We recognize that the opportunities we aspire to require new solutions. Creativity and innovation are our tools to create a better quality of life.
We believe in demonstrating love and compassion to all those we serve and in everything we do. We work hard to ensure respect, solidarity and purpose and we are dedicated to a sense of mutual service based on a deep sense of empathy.
Our mission to eradicate child poverty in Puerto Rico is the driving force to do things right, with the best governance, ethics and transparency.
We learn from those most affected by poverty. We develop opportunities with them at the heart of what we do. We discover the needs so we can design and implement the right solutions at scale.
Every investment, partnership, and intervention begins with the people we serve, their barriers, their assets, and their long-term aspirations. Capital follows community, not the other way around.
Economic mobility is built over decades, not funding cycles. We structure initiatives with the patience, governance, and staying power required for generational change.
We treat capital not as charity, but as infrastructure. We structure, stack, leverage, and recycle public, private, and philanthropic capital to unlock opportunity in underinvested markets.
Poverty is systemic. So are our solutions. We align capital, services, and institutions across education, health, workforce, entrepreneurship, and policy to shift entire local ecosystems.
We build with partners, operators, lenders, government, and philanthropy, aligning incentives and connecting the right capital to the right opportunities at the right time.
Strategy, underwriting, deployment, and learning are grounded in data. We measure outcomes rigorously and adjust capital allocation accordingly.
PSI is one platform with two interdependent mandates. Together, they form a coordinated system where capital flows efficiently, partners operate in alignment, and individuals access clear pathways to mobility.
PSI operates as both a capital platform and a catalyst for impact investment.
PSI designs, negotiates, and deploys capital vehicles, evergreen funds, revolving loan funds, and SPVs tied to hubs, housing, and infrastructure. We own underwriting, risk, compliance, and reporting for public, philanthropic, and private capital providers. This is where most of PSI's time, effort, and resources are concentrated.
We align public, private, and philanthropic capital into coordinated investment strategies that reduce fragmentation, share risk, and enable long-term deployment. Through disciplined governance and underwriting, PSI ensures that capital is not only mobilized, but effectively allocated and managed over time.
Structuring investments that combine federal funding, philanthropy, private capital, and tax credits into unified strategies.
Developing funds and financing mechanisms, including revolving loan funds and place-based vehicles, that deploy and recycle capital over time.
Applying financial discipline to ensure investments are viable, aligned, and positioned for long-term sustainability.
Establishing frameworks that track performance, enforce compliance, and ensure capital reaches intended outcomes.
Coordinating capital across multiple partners and initiatives within a unified strategy.
Why it matters: Without structure, capital remains fragmented. Without governance, it fails to scale. PSI turns capital into infrastructure, something communities can build on.
PSI maintains a focused community engine, calibrated to understand local conditions, partner with delivery organizations, and ensure capital delivers its intended results.
Capital cannot move in a vacuum. The Community Mandate ensures investment is grounded in real opportunity, working alongside the four ecosystem organizations under the PSI umbrella, Vimenti, Project Makers, IDJ, and Vidalus, to translate capital into measurable economic mobility.
Through place-based investments like the Oasis 360 Hub, these programs are made available within a defined geography so that individuals and families can access interconnected opportunities, not isolated services.
Aligning mission-driven organizations into coordinated systems of delivery.
Translating community needs into structured opportunities for capital deployment.
Connecting programs so they reinforce one another and create clear pathways for participants.
Grounding strategy in lived experience to ensure relevance, trust, and effectiveness.
Why it matters: Without alignment, even the best programs operate in isolation. PSI ensures that services connect, pathways are clear, and opportunity becomes accessible to achieve the greatest possible impact.
PSI's impact is not driven by capital or community engagement alone, but by the combination of both.
ensures resources are structured, deployed, and sustained.
ensures those resources translate into real opportunity.
Together, they form a coordinated system where capital flows efficiently, partners operate in alignment, and individuals access clear pathways to mobility. This integration is what allows PSI to move beyond isolated interventions and build systems capable of producing long-term, scalable change.
Too often, communities know what they need to prosper, but lack access to the technical expertise and capital needed to make it happen. At the same time, public funding, philanthropy, and private investment often work separately, limiting their overall impact.
PSI was created to close these gaps. We bring together the right financial resources, practical expertise, and community-focused partners to turn local priorities into real, scalable opportunities. By aligning capital with on-the-ground needs, we help create measurable economic mobility, one community at a time.
PSI is more than a single organization. It is a coordinated ecosystem of mission-aligned entities operating under one umbrella, each focused on a distinct dimension of economic mobility. Together they form the delivery system that translates PSI's capital and governance into measurable outcomes for families in Puerto Rico.
This is an intentional design choice. Rather than building one large organization to deliver many programs, PSI brings together specialized organizations with deep expertise in their respective domains. Each operates with operational autonomy while remaining aligned with PSI's overall mission, governance, and impact framework.
Vimenti runs Puerto Rico's first K–12 public charter school and delivers wraparound family programs that connect education, workforce development, and family stability. Within the PSI ecosystem, Vimenti leads three of the five Recompete-funded programs: Better Jobs for Me, Family Navigator, and Caring Community.
Project Makers is the entrepreneurship engine of the ecosystem, Puerto Rico's first incubator and accelerator specifically designed to make entrepreneurship accessible to low-income families. Through the Oasis Expansion, Project Makers leads the Equitable Employment through Enterprise (E3) program.
IDJ is the policy and advocacy arm of the ecosystem, the only nonpartisan organization in Puerto Rico dedicated to advancing public policies that strengthen the economic security of families with children and youth. Through the Oasis Expansion, IDJ leads Empowered for Employment (E2).
Vidalus is the health arm of the ecosystem, providing accessible primary and behavioral care to over 4,000 low-income patients annually. Its integration within the Oasis Hub creates direct cross-sector pathways between healthcare, workforce, and family services.
PSI was founded in 2022 by Eduardo Carrera after more than two decades serving children and families at Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico. Rising from club member to CEO, Eduardo saw that meaningful progress requires more than strong programs, it requires coordinated investments that address the broader conditions shaping poverty. He recognized that philanthropic, public, and private capital alone cannot produce impact at the scale or pace Puerto Rico needs. Guided by this firsthand experience, PSI was created to provide informed, enduring solutions that catalyze financial opportunities and dismantle the obstacles facing low-income communities.
Chief Financial Officer
A global finance professional with results-driven leadership experience in Fortune 500 companies, including Walmart, Procter & Gamble, and Motorola.
Chief Operating Officer
An international program management expert with over 15 years of experience, including leadership roles with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Brazil and Timor-Leste.
Chief of Staff
A cross-functional leader with expertise in governance and strategic planning, bringing experience from leadership roles at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico.
ESG and Integrity Director
A veteran with over 18 years in the nonprofit sector, leading the organization's environmental, social, and governance initiatives.
PSI's strategic direction is guided by a highly accomplished Board of Directors. Diverse in their areas of expertise and robust in accumulated experience, this group brings together leaders from the finance, impact investing, and community development sectors. The Board accesses national and international networks with a deep commitment to Puerto Rico, ensuring strong governance and a strategic vision for our organization's future.
Chair of the Board
Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company, where for 27 years he guided key transformations in the high-tech industry. He advised the Puerto Rico Fiscal Oversight Board and co-founded Xtillion, a San Juan-based AI firm dedicated to developing local tech talent. Engineering degrees from MIT, MBA from Stanford.
Co-founder and President, Fundación Colibrí
A public interest attorney and philanthropist with over 20 years of legal advocacy, leading Colibrí's strategic investments in Puerto Rico's long-term recovery and transformation. She serves on the boards of the New York Botanical Garden, TechnoServe, and Espacios Abiertos. Degrees from Yale and NYU School of Law.
Co-founder and CEO, QMC Telecom International
A serial entrepreneur who previously co-founded and led VIU Media to become the largest private outdoor advertising company in Puerto Rico before its successful sale. Graduated magna cum laude from Yale, MBA from Stanford.
President and Founder, Atabey Capital
An investment firm focused on sustainable economic development in Puerto Rico. Current president of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association and board member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico. Degrees from Babson College and Georgetown.
Impact Reporting and Investment Standards framework for social impact measurement.
Aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for global impact.
Transparent reporting of programs, outcomes, and financial information.
By deploying capital, talent, and governance, PSI enables its program partners to achieve measurable, transformational impact across four areas: economic growth (jobs created, wages increased, businesses launched), access to education (credentials earned, skills developed), improved health (access to care, wellness outcomes), and financial benefits (savings accumulated, credit improved, assets built).
Build economic mobility in Puerto Rico alongside PSI.