New Grants June-September

I’ve not been timely with my posts, but the Foundation has been making awards. Hopefully I,ve captured them all.   The following grants have been awarded from June to now:

• Augusta Locally Grown –  their Nourishing Moms Program and in particular for the fresh food boxes for mothers. The boxes are specially designed to provide nutritious foods for expectant mothers.
• Hope Alive – to help children not currently enrolled in school in Uganda. Funds specially will be used for supplies for a new school house/meeting space to enroll 50 new children.
• The Chica Project is out of Massachusetts and they work to support women of all aspects of life who are facing oppression, looking to support them with counseling needs and help them enroll back in school. They are asking for salary needs of their executive director and program director, as well as benefits.
• Finemind – they are returning to us, post grant report attached. They work with individuals in Uganda, focusing on their mental health. They in particular help women and children.
• She Can Global – this organization works with women from conflict and climate affected regions around the world, working to empower women for employment and leadership positions through scholarships in US based colleges and universities.
• Hope for Learning – this organization is out of the Richmond, VA area working to help children with educational, literacy and hunger based needs. They are asking for their hunger program helping children most in need.
• Etta Projects – works in Bolivia helping them overcome health disparities that they face through training community heath promoters that not only can help with physical health needs, but also teach how to better take care of yourself. They work primarily with women and children.
• Find Feed & Restore  – this organization inFlorida works with folks who face homeless and housing issues. They offer mobile type housing options to folks to offer them temporary housing while they work to get back on their feet. While they house folks, they offer case management services and job search assistance.
• Hope’s Door –They are a domestic violence organization working to help women in particular who are in need. They are asking for their S.A.V.E. program, which is a multi-step program to help women get out of the abuse they are facing and work to heal from abuse they have faced.
• Terrie Hess Child Advocacy Center – in North Carolina, whose mission is to support children who have been victims of child abuse. They work to help prevent the abuse before it happens and provide children and adults with the tools needed to identity and stop abuse.
• CSJ Learning Center – Brentwood, NY,  They work to help undereducated women (particularly immigrant women) gain literacy and employment. The grant will help women with transportation needs to the center.
• Mill Mountain Zoo –  Their ask is 2 parts, one for their K-12 education programs and the other for Wildlife conservation efforts.
• Captivating International – this organization works with the most improvised women in China helping them overcome the barriers to poverty and independence. This grant will help women obtain the skills needed to start and maintain chicken raising methods and businesses.
• She’s the First is an organization that works with girls around the world to provide training and mentorship to those who are underserved and looking to gain decision making powers over themselves. They  give girls and women a voice and become leaders.
• Flying Kites – works with marginalized girls in Kenya who constantly have to undertake gender based violence and discrimination. The grant would help hire and train child protection volunteers and run workshops so they folks can better identify and help the girls who are experiencing this.
• Interfaith Prison Partnership – this organization is out of New York and works with incarcerated and formally incarcerated women in the area. The grant will support  their wellbeing workshops.
• Alliance for Children’s Rights  – this organization is out of Los Angeles and works with kids in foster care. The grant will support the program that works with kids who are experiencing developmental delays, which often happens to kids in the foster care system.
• Sew Powerful – this organization works with girls and young women in Zambia.  They work to keep girls in school and not have to worry about menstruation products. As we know, many choose to stay at home because they do not have access to these products. They also serve other needs as well.
• Shooting Touch – a organization started in Boston and realized the need for what they do in Africa, specifically in Rwanda. They work with women to help them with health related needs through the game of basketball.
• Georgia Appleseed – helps girls and children who have issues with staying and finishing school and have legal needs getting back into school. Curious to your thoughts on this one.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia’s support the Club’s annual STEM program.
• American Indian College Fund, scholarships
• One Acre Fund assists farm families in Sub-Saharan Africa with the knowledge and means to achieve big harvests, support healthy families, and cultivate rich soil.