2018 Grantees
Featured
Since 1991, Cara has helped people affected by poverty (and often the challenges of recovery, domestic violence, episodic homelessness, and incarceration) to get and keep quality jobs and, more importantly, rebuild hope, self-esteem and opportunity for themselves and their families in the process. Learn more, here.
Charleston Hope is dedicated to improving local Title 1 education and impoverished youths quality of life and education through three core values: collaborating, creating, and connecting. Learn more, here.
Chicago Women’s Health Center facilitates the empowerment of women and trans* people by providing access to health care and health education in a respectful environment where people pay what they can afford. Learn more, here.
Dee Norton works to prevent abuse, protect children and heal families. Child abuse does not define who a child is or who they will become. At the Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center, children and families have a safe, child-friendly place to turn when there is a concern about abuse. Learn more, here.
The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Learn more, here.
For over 50 years, Legal Aid Chicago has provided high quality, free legal services to people living in poverty in Cook County. Legal Aid Chicago resolves critical legal problems that trap people in poverty. Learn more, here.
In the spirit of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Mount Saint Vincent strengthens the abilities of families and children to emotionally and socially participate in the community, making life better for generations to come. Committed to providing compassionate care, we strive to produce positive, life changing results. Learn more, here.
Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide. Learn more, here.
Reprieve is an international collective of lawyers, investigators and campaigners with an unfailing commitment to human rights and justice. Through legal action and public education, we fight for those who have suffered extreme human rights abuses at the hands of powerful governments. Learn more, here.
The mission of the WVU Foundation is to enrich the lives of those touched by West Virginia University by maximizing private charitable support and providing services to the University, its students and its affiliated organizations. Learn more, here.