At the annual dinner on March 2, 2018, we were pleased to award $150,000 to six worthy charitable organizations:
First Place for Youth – $40,000
Peninsula Food Runners – $40,000
The Grateful Garment Project – $40,000
Catholic Charities Youth Club – $10,000
Sunday Friends – $10,000
10 Books A Home – $10,000
We are currently accepting applications for our 2018-19 grant season. Click here for more information.
Please join us for the Annual Dinner and Grant Vote at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 2 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel located at 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Register today as this event will sell out! Members and guests are welcome. To learn more details and/or register for this inspiring evening click here.
Attendees will hear presentations from the six local non-profits that have been nominated finalists by the grant committees. 100 Women Members will vote to determine the 2017 winners of impact grants ($40,000) and investment grants ($10,000). All winners will be announced following the dinner.
Catholic Charities Youth Club at St. Francis of Assisi
Serving the East Palo Alto community for over 10 years, the Catholic Charities Youth Club helps youth grow into responsible adults by providing athletic and educational activities that foster character development, academic achievement, physical fitness, and community and environmental stewardship.
First Place for Youth
At First Place for Youth, their nationally-recognized model helps foster kids beat the odds. They support young people in finding a safe place to live, get their first job, and keep going in school. Together, their programs provide California’s most vulnerable young people with the tools they need to reach their full potential in school, work and life.
Peninsula Food Runners
The mission of Peninsula Food Runners is to alleviate hunger and minimize food waste on the Peninsula and in the Silicon Valley area. Every day, Peninsula Food Runners relays a wide variety of wonderfully prepared and non-prepared food to community food support organizations in both San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
Sunday Friends
Sunday Friends empowers families to break the generational cycle of poverty by fostering positive development in children while educating and guiding parents to support their children’s life success. Children and parents work together to learn, earn and serve the community.
The Grateful Garment Project
The Grateful Garment Project’s mission is to ensure that every victim of a sexual crime who crosses the threshold of a Sexual Assault Response Team facility or who seeks medical attention and/or law enforcement involvement, is provided with new clothing, toiletries, snacks and other miscellaneous items that he or she may require.
10 Books A Home
10 Books A Home is an early childhood education nonprofit whose mission is to send all high poverty preschoolers into kindergarten prepared to perform above grade level. They work with families living in communities where rates of poverty and school failure are higher than all other school communities in the US. According to longitudinal academic performance data, their graduates outperform millions of California students.