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African Hope Committee $40,000
To support African Hope Committee�s work among the African immigrant community in New York City, with a particular focus on increasing awareness of HIV/AIDS and access to services among African immigrant women.
America SCORES New York $50,000
Literacy in Action
To support Literacy in Action program for low-income elementary school girls residing in Central Harlem and Washington Heights.
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund $40,000
New York Asian Community Anti-Trafficking Collaborative
To provide legal assistance and representation to Asian women and girls trafficked into New York and conduct multilingual education and outreach designed to build a stronger Asian community response to end human trafficking.
Audre Lorde Project $40,000
TransJustice
To support transgender and gender nonconforming individuals and their allies in seeking gender, racial and economic justice through organizing, advocacy, alliance building, public education and training.
Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective* $40,000
To provide academic support, leadership development and skills-building workshops for pregnant and mothering girls and young women.
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol $40,000
Rites of Passage Program
To support the Rites of Passage Program for young women, emphasizing long-term, positive adult mentorship, and the creation of a safe space for young Black and Latina women.
Catholic Big Sisters and Big Brothers** $30,000
Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Girls
To support mentoring, counseling, and skill-based programs for girls and families.
Center for Family Life of Sunset Park $35,000
Adult Employment Program
To support job training, education, employment and entrepreneurial services as well as the second year of the Si Se Puede/We Can Do It! house-cleaning collaborative for low-income, immigrant women in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Chica Luna Productions $40,000
To provide media literacy and practical media-making skills, along with community organizing and advocacy training, to young women of color.
College and Community Fellowship, Inc. $40,000
To provide formerly incarcerated women with opportunities for higher education and self-advocacy.
Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center $35,000
Domestic Workers’ Rights Initiative
To provide critical legal and technical support to the grassroots efforts of domestic worker organizations in New York City.
Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation $35,000
To support the leadership development and organizing of poor and low-income women on Staten Island who are affected by the child welfare system.
Correctional Association of New York $40,000
ReConnect Program of the Women in Prison Project
To support the ReConnect leadership and advocacy training program for formerly incarcerated women.
DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association
LUNAS: Filipino Migrant Workers’ Holistic Health Project $40,000
To address the health needs of Filipino domestic workers, while also helping them develop the skills and knowledge to navigate the health system and become strong advocates for their own welfare and human rights.
Day One $40,000
To prevent intimate partner and domestic violence among girls ages 12-22 throughout New York City through public education, legal representation, peer leadership, and advocacy.
Domestic Workers United $45,000
To support multi-ethnic leadership among low-wage workers to advocate for fair labor standards in the domestic work industry.
Dwa Fanm $40,000
Jistis Pou Fanm Project (Justice for Women)
To provide advocacy and legal education to Haitian and Black immigrant women who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
El Centro de Hospitalidad
Las Senoras de Santa Maria & Las Senoras del Centro $50,000
To support the economic advancement and wellbeing of immigrant women and their families by creating improved job opportunities and developing their capacity for advocacy.
Esperanza del Barrio $45,000
To support the empowerment of Mexican/Latino immigrants of El Barrio and their families through community organizing, legal/political education and leadership development.
FIERCE! $40,000
To support the leadership development of the transgender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, Two Spirit, queer and questioning youth of color to build the next generation of community activists.
Girls Educational & Mentoring Services $40,000
To expand and enhance Girls Educational & Mentoring Services’ direct services to sexually exploited young women and its outreach, education and awareness-raising programs on the issue of sexual exploitation.
Girls for Gender Equity $40,000
To facilitate youth-led leadership development, peer mentoring, school security and safety programs, and gender equity education in low-income communities in Brooklyn, and to assist the public schools in providing equal opportunities to students in a safe environment.
*This grant is made possible in part by Sullivan & Cromwell.
Greenhope Services for Women, Inc. $35,000
Domestic Violence Education/Prevention Program
To support domestic violence services for formerly incarcerated women, those referred to Greenhope Services for Women as an alternative to incarceration, and women substance users.
Housing + Solutions $40,000
ServicesPlus
To provide an intensive supportive services program for formerly homeless women and families living in Brooklyn.
JusticeWorks Community $40,000
Women of Substance
To support Women of Substance, a speakers’ bureau for formerly incarcerated women in recovery to speak about their experiences with incarceration and the need for drug reform and family residential programs.
Legal Momentum $35,000
Equality Works
To support an advocacy project that uses equal opportunity policies and procedures to expand opportunities for women in nontraditional occupations, specifically the construction and skilled trades.
Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development** $45,000
To support the health and wellbeing of Muslim immigrant women through health education, disease prevention, and better access to health care services.
Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project $45,000
Women’s Financial Justice Project
To provide low-income women – particularly younger women, women of color, and immigrant and senior women – with vital tools needed to establish financial security for themselves, their families and their communities.
New Settlement Apartments
Girls’ Program Initiative $35,000
To support expanded and age-appropriate, gender-specific programs for girls and young women in the Southwest Bronx.
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation $35,000
Teen Health Initiative of the Reproductive Rights Program
To expand access to reproductive health care for adolescent girls in New York City’s low-income communities through education and advocacy work.
New York Women’s Employment Center/ Women’s Center for Education and Career Advancement $50,000
To support citywide career readiness services, small business training, and the Self-Sufficiency Standard and Benefits Calculator.
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition $30,000
Women’s Education and Economic Security Initiative
To increase opportunities for predominantly low-income Latina women and girls to obtain living wage jobs and pursue higher education through improved educational equity and access to Northwest Bronx public schools.
*Funding made possible by the Dallas Women’s Foundation. The Ruth Ray Hunt Memorial III Fund, and The Ruth Ray Hunt Memorial IV Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas.
Queers for Economic Justice $40,000
Welfare Organizing Project
To support the Welfare Organizing Project that engages low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people who are on public assistance in outreach, trainings, leadership development, organizing and advocacy.
Red Hook Initiative* $50,000
Peer Health Education & Leadership Program
To train young women as peer educators to provide reproductive, social, and emotional health information as well as medical referrals to their peers in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York $40,000
Female Restaurant Workers’ Leadership and Organizing Project
To build the leadership of female restaurant workers to confront the challenges of gender discrimination and harassment in the industry.
Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc.
Sister S.A.G.E. (Strengthening Advocacy for Girls’ Empowerment) $40,000
To offer a girls’ empowerment program for adolescent and teenage girls residing in the Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
Sadie Nash Leadership Project $50,000
To support the strengthening and expansion of the Sadie Nash Leadership Project, enabling girls to develop analytical and leadership skills in order to examine and challenge social injustice.
Sauti Yetu Center for African Women* $45,000
To support education and advocacy efforts to raise awareness about violence against African immigrant women and girls and to ensure protection of their rights.
Sistas on the Rise* $40,000
To strengthen the leadership capacity of young low-income women of color, particularly young mothers, to participate and make their voices heard in social and economic justice work.
Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research and Treatment* $40,000
To engage and empower women living with or affected by HIV/AIDS to become informed about their health and rights, to learn how to live with the disease, and to advocate for changes in HIV/AIDS policy.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project $40,000
Medicaid Equality and Trans Youth Health Initiative
To improve health care access for transgender adults and youth in New York City through legal services, public education, and advocacy.
TAMKEEN: The Center for Arab American Empowerment $40,000
STOP Family Violence in the Arab American Community
To provide domestic violence services for Arab-American women and conduct domestic violence education work within the Arab-American community.
Turning Point for Women and Families $40,000
To provide services to the Muslim women experiencing domestic violence and empower Muslim women and girls to prevent future violence.
Women and Work $50,000
To provide job training, readiness, education, search and placement services for women of modest educational backgrounds who are experiencing economic hardship.
Women for Afghan Women $50,000
Itahad-i-zan (Community of Women)
To support educational and leadership development activities for Afghan women and girls living in Queens.
*This grant is made possible in part by the NYWF® Committee for the Future’s Giving Circle.
Women's HIV Collaborative of New York* $45,000
To support research and broad-based advocacy for addressing the specific needs of women infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation $30,000
Family Day Care Training and Network Support Program
To provide women with skills to successfully start and expand their own childcare businesses, increase childcare capacity in the Bronx, and improve the overall quality of care for children and families.
Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition* $40,000
To increase the visibility and voices of young women of color infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS in youth-serving and HIV organizations in New York City in order to ensure their needs are addressed.
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice $45,000
Center for Youth and Community Wellness/SOPHIA
To provide holistic wellness programming that meets girls’ mental and physical health needs and strengthens their critical thinking skills through increasing awareness about political and social issues.
*This grant is made possible in part by the generosity of The Catalyst Fund at Tides Foundation.
**This grant is made possible in part by the generosity of Helen LaKelly Hunt.
Funding for the 2008 Positive Development of Girls & Young Women grant portforlio is made possible in part by the generous support of Ernst & Young LLP.
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