Meet Our Current Grantees
Grantees Selected in 2025
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Multi-year International Grantee
Agape Heart International Organization
Raising up Uganda’s Refugees from Poverty to a Flourishing Future
AHIO supplies humanitarian relief, health and hygiene training, education, and vocational training programs in the United States and Africa.
Multi-year International Grantee
Asociacion Kantaya
Improving Education for Children
Kantaya’s mission is to promote quality education and holistic development for children living in impoverished communities in Peru through two flagship programs: The Kantaya After School program and the Podera teacher assistant training program.
New International Grantee in 2025
Awamaki
Building Sustainable Economic Opportunities for Quechua Women Artisans
Through heritage textile programs, market access, and sustainable tourism programs, the honored tradition of crafting products from hand spun alpaca yarns takes on a modern relevance.
Multi-year Domestic Grantee
Building Our Lives Together
Empowering a Future Where Every Neighborhood Thrives
BOLT supports development of proximate leaders through curricula in community organizing, strategic management and navigation of the local ecosystem in Philadelphia.
Multi-year Domestic Grantee
Gary Comer Youth Center
Preparing Young People for College, Careers and Futures
Located on Chicago’s South Side, this youth advancement organization invests in the life outcomes of thousands of young people annually through programs that integrate academics, enrichment, college and career preparation.
Multi-year International Grantee
Congo Leadership Initiatives
Providing Training, Mentoring and Monitoring for Young Entrepreneurs
As part of their mission to develop the next generation of leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo, CLI offers a 50-hour training program and microfinance support, spurring future leaders to create economic and social change.
New International Grantee in 2025
GerHub
Transforming Traditional Ger Settlements into Productive, Income-Generating Hubs
GerHub, working with creative partners, aims to help marginalized populations living in informal tent communities in urban Mongolia improve their quality of life, economic development and infrastructure.
Multi-year International Grantee
Girls Gotta Run Foundation
Utilizing Running as a Tool for Life Skills and Vocational Training
GGRF selects girls from low-income families in Ethiopia as Athletic Scholars in an academic and athletic program that uses running as a tool to empower girls to become change-makers.
Multi-year International Grantee
Hatua Network
Preparing Promising Youth to Thrive
Hatua provides educational scholarships, soft skills mentoring, and access to professional networks to youth from low-income families in Kenya, thus opening up opportunities and helping end generational poverty.
Multi-year International Grantee
Kiwimbi International
Creating Educational Opportunities Through Locally Run Libraries and Community Learning Centers
Kiwimbi partners with underserved communities to create locally run libraries, outreach centers, and a community learning center. They provide academic support for primary school students, math and English skills for middle school students, and vocational training for young adults.
Multi-year International Grantee
Konexio
Providing Job Training and Digital Skills for Refugees
Konexio’s team of educators, information technology professionals, and community volunteers collaborate to create a streamlined path to employment for refugees in Kenya. Their program addresses lack of skills, poor local economic conditions, and limited access to the job market.
New International Grantee in 2025
MAIA
Improving Economic Opportunities for Mayan Girls Through Education and Mentoring Support
MAIA’s mission is to empower young Guatemalan women living in rural areas and below the poverty line to achieve economic independence and take leadership roles in their communities.
Multi-year Domestic Grantee
MORTAR
Helping Historically Marginalized Entrepreneurs Start, Sustain and Scale Thriving Businesses
Cincinnati-based MORTAR aims to enable historically marginalized entrepreneurs to access the training and resources needed to start and run successful businesses, helping to create diverse communities. MORTAR provides mentoring by alumni to foster a sense of community and be a source of ongoing support for businesses.
New International Grantee in 2025
Origin Learning Fund
Bridging the Education Gap for Under Represented Youth
By prioritizing indigenous, migrant, and Afro-descendant populations, Origin Learning Fund prepares youth for future employment and long-term self-reliance. In a 12-month program, participants train in information technology, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.
Multi-year International Grantee
Project Hope and Fairness
Improving Earning Opportunities for Cocoa Farmers
Project Hope and Fairness works with cocoa farmers across West Africa to help them build their capabilities and assume a more productive role in the vertically integrated cocoa bean processing and chocolate-making industry.
Multi-year International Grantee
Social Innovation Academy
Improving the Lives of Displaced Persons, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
SINA provides entrepreneurship and leadership training, and business creation opportunities, to youth in under served communities and in refugee camps across the world, and supports the development of SINA Communities to share its model.
Multi-year Domestic Grantee
Tomorrow’s Leaders New York City
Supporting Over-Age Students to Increase Matriculation and Employment
TLNYC helps over-age, left-behind middle and high school students overcome social, emotional and academic challenges so they can advance their educations and pursue productive employment.
Multi-year International Grantee
THRIVEGulu
Empowering At-Risk and In-Need Adolescent Girls
THRIVEGulu empowers girls through training in personal safety, sexual and reproductive health, peer-to-peer support networking, financial literacy, and business skills.
New Domestic Grantee in 2025
Vocal Justice
Cultivating Academic and Job Skills Through Project-Based Learning
Vocal Justice partners with educators in numerous United States cities to transform learning spaces into healing-centered environments that strengthen community, critical consciousness, and communication skills.
Multi-year Domestic Grantee
Women Initiating Success Envisioned
Empowering and Supporting Formerly Incarcerated Women
Through preparation for General Education Development (GED) testing, basic financial education, life skills coaching and access to job opportunities, WISE helps give formerly incarcerated women a change at stable, fulfilling lives..
Multi-year International Grantee
World Connect
Co-Investing to Advance Community Development
World Connect finds local leaders who understand community needs and can identify and carry out projects that positively impact populations living in poverty. Projects create opportunities, especially for girls and women, to attend school, master skills and maintain employment that will improve their standard of living.
Multi-year International Grantee
Youth and Child Visionary Ministries
Providing Education and Vocational Training
YCVM works in poverty-stricken Uganda to provide education for children, vocational training for vulnerable youth, and community development for people in under-served, rural areas.
Multi-year International Grantee
Breaking The Chain Through Education
Rescuing and Educating Trafficked Children
BTCTE provides for education, vocational training, and related services including room and board, supplies, clothing and uniforms, transportation and medical for children rescued from servitude in Ghana.
Multi-year International Grantee
Delta Education Collective
Creating a Viable Pathway to Education
Delta engages parents, students, educators, and community leaders in Uganda to set school goals, implement action plans, mobilize participation, and achieve academic improvement.
Multi-year International Grantee
Educate2Envision
Enhancing Curriculum and Educational Opportunities for Secondary School Students
Through a Youth Leadership Training program, the standard secondary school curriculum is enhanced by equipping students with 21st-century skills and practical, hands-on applications.
Multi-year International Grantee
OneVillage Partners
Impacting Poverty by Building Stronger Communities
The Nurturing Opportunities for Women (NOW) Program equips women in Sierra Leone with the financial skills and leadership to break cycles of multidimensional poverty and drive economic freedom and change in their communities.
Multi-year Domestic Grantee
READ 718
Improving Literacy Among Children from Low-Income Families
The READ 718 program utilizes a series of 10-week instructional cycles and has seen students gain, on average, 1.5 reading levels per cycle. Read 718 Remote, launched during the pandemic, extends the reach of the in-person program.
Multi-year International Grantee
Somo
Empowering Entrepreneurs with Training, Digital Tools and Resources
Somo provides training, business advising, funding, and assistance with market access to entrepreneurs in low-income communities in East Africa. Somo also supports a production facility and a texting-based financial records system for their entrepreneurs.
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