Grants awarded in January and February 2025

The Foundation is pleased that we are now acceptng new grant submissions and have awarded the following grants..

• Project Next, Xcelerate program, San Marcos, CA -works with juniors and seniors to help prepare them for a job after school.
• Sonoma Valley Education Foundation – Empowerment Academy  after school programs for at risk youth to do their homework,nlearn skills around job readiness and financial literacy classes.
• Kitchens for Good –  provides culinary apprentice programs and business programs to women who have been impact by incarceration. A grant would support women enrolled in these programs.
• Ufondwa USA – this organization was formed to support the University of Fondwa. This grant would provide scholarships and housing for women attending the University in Haiti.
• Los Angeles Team Mentoring – works with middle school aged youth offering mentoring programs to those most in need.
• Children’s Place International -helps young women living in the Dominican Republic and Haiti who face many challenges by offering them a number of different services for their health and wellbeing along with education and career support.
• Start Lighthouse – Bronx, NY works to address childhood literacy by offering workshops and family engagement programs.
• Duke Lemur Center – organization because their focus is on non-invasive research and conservation of Lemurs in Madagascar by helping the community as well.   Their association workshops help women in Madagascar become more independent and have a voice in their homes and communities through skills in farming and animal husbandry and also helps them with businesses with micro loans.
• Ancient Secrets Foundation  – help orphans in Nepal who are subject to trafficking and other horrible issues. Their programs work with these kids helping them with self care and education and medical needs.
• Women’s Global Empowerment Fund – supporting women through economic, social and political programs, creating opportunities while addressing inequality; strengthening families and communities in Uganda.

The demand and need is great and I hope if you are reding this post that you too will learn more about the amazing work that these groups are doing and consider support if their mission moves you.