At the dinner on March 1, 2019, we awarded a total of $144,000 to six amazing causes. This brings the 12-year giving total of the 100 Women Charitable Foundation to $1,596,000. Check out our past grant recipients as well!
FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH (FLY)
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Grant Received from 100 Women Charitable Foundation = $40,000Founded in 2000, Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) is an award-winning nonprofit working to break the cycle of juvenile violence, crime, and incarceration. FLY’s legal education, leadership training, and mentoring programs motivate youth to engage with their education and change the course of their lives. They are also committed to helping our juvenile justice systems become more just, humane, and equitable. As a result, FLY increases safety in our communities and decreases the costs and consequences of crime. FLY is one of the very few Bay Area agencies that specialize in working with kids who are incarcerated or on probation, or whose risky behavior could land them in juvenile hall. Recognizing the importance of education, FLY incorporates educational outcomes in each of our programs to put youth on the path to success. |
LOAVES AND FISHES |
Grant Received from 100 Women Charitable Foundation = $40,000Loaves & Fishes provides free hot, nutritious meals to low-income families and disadvantaged individuals, with a special concern for children, families, seniors, veterans, the disabled, and the homeless. They also provide a monthly grocery bag of staple foods, and a bagged lunch program. All are welcomed, no questions asked.
In addition to serving over 500,000 meals, 365 days per year, at various locations, Loaves & Fishes now delivers 12,000 meals per week to locations ranging from Gilroy to Palo Alto, and partners with 30 non-profits to provide these meals at low-income senior retirement centers, community centers, schools, and after-school programs.
Loaves & Fishes recognizes that the meals provided may be their client’s only meal of the day, and serves generously, with dignity, and in locations that provide a safe place to rest and enjoy a hot meal. |
PARENTS HELPING PARENTS |
Grant Received from 100 Women Charitable Foundation = $40,000Founded in 1976, Parents Helping Parents grew from a small support group of two mothers of children with Down Syndrome, into a nationally recognized Family Resource and Training Center. PHP has helped children of all ages and backgrounds who require special services due to illness, accidents, birth defects, neurological conditions, autism, cerebral palsy, learning or physical disabilities, mental health issues, or ADHD. PHP recently added the BFF Project to its services. The BFF Project aims to decrease the loneliness and social isolation that dependent adults with developmental disabilities and their parents or caregivers experience, by providing semi-monthly events that help with networking among their peers. |
Recipients of $8,000 Investment Grants
Bill Wilson Center has been providing services to homeless and runaway youth since 1973. With eight guiding principles that allow youth to learn, fail, and try again, Bill Wilson Center helps build skills and resilience. A significant portion of homeless youth are in the LGBTQ community, and Bill Wilson Center operates programs specifically for this population.
Bill Wilson Center is expanding the Family Advocacy Service program into the Santa Clara Unified School District. This is a school-based, homeless prevention and intervention service that has been successful in San Jose. Once a family loses their housing, it’s extremely difficult to recover, which correlates to students with higher drop-out rates, low literacy, and high risk of poverty. This program focuses on keeping families together and keeping students in school. Caseworkers assist with rapid rehousing, temporary shelters, student attendance monitoring and tutoring, counseling, emergency funds and action plans for each family.
Stanford Children’s Legacy Project:
As part of the Family Guidance and Bereavement Program of Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, the Children’s Support Program was established in 2014 to meet the unique needs of families with children facing the loss of a parent. All program services are offered at no cost, in Spanish and English. The program offerings include individual, family and group counseling for children and adults, referrals to community support, a bilingual newsletter, and four annual events including a Bereaved Grandparents Brunch and the (Annual) Day of Remembrance. While the Family Guidance and Bereavement Program is part of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, all services for this program are funded through philanthropy and grants. It is a small program, with a total of 9 part-time and full-time equivalent employees.
The Family Engagement Institute operates under the sponsorship of the Foothill-DeAnza Foundation, focusing on initiatives that advance student success in underserved local communities including immigrant and Latino families. By using a unique multi-generational approach, cradle to grave, FEI delivers affordable and accessible programs that advance college-going aspirations. They provide concrete support and resources to allow participants to become successful community college students, regardless of income and immigration status. The program has served 7,000 parents/caregivers; provided professional development to 1600 educators; prepared 800 children to be school ready and mentored 250 first-generation college-bound youth in Silicon Valley.