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In September 2024, The Kinship Fund launched our first grant-giving with Connection Grants. Connection Grants are small grants to nonprofit organizations providing services that uplift women and girls through the focus areas of education, mentorship, the prevention of youth incarceration, and the development of whole-person well-being.
In September 2024, The Kinship Fund launched our first grant-giving with Connection Grants. Connection Grants are small grants to nonprofit organizations providing services that uplift women and girls through the focus areas of education, mentorship, the prevention of youth incarceration, and the development of whole-person well-being.
Funding to provide counseling services to women to facilitate emotionally healthy and thriving families.
Funding to purchase adaptive equipment to enable children with disabilities to experience martial arts programs.
Funding to purchase security equipment for on-site protection during youth programming hours and after-hours security.
Funding the Military Spouse Symposium, enhancing the well-being and contributing to the overall resilience of military families.
Funding to provide new clothes, hygiene items, gift cards, phones, and emotional support items to victims of domestic violence.
Funding to send 10 low-income, first-generation high school students to Northern California colleges as a part of the College & Career Readiness Program.
Funding for the Safari Leadership Adventure, honoring the work of young leaders who have excelled as peer mentors.
Funding field trips to the ocean for youth of low socioeconomic status to participate in surfing and leadership development programs.
Funding to provide youth with outdoor education and environmental stewardship activities to build self-confidence, leadership skills, and emotional well-being.
Funding to provide expert-led support and training to utilize Salesforce software to manage outreach, relationships, and data better.
Funding to support FIRE, a girl-focused engineering and robotics program, and improve the deficit in STEM education.
Funding to support general operations to increase the reach of services and prevent future harm to families who have experienced trauma, abuse, and adversity.
Funding to support the annual camping retreat, which provides a high-quality camping experience that meets the unique needs of high-risk girls.
Funding for physical improvements to the organization’s Peace Garden.
Funding to support a program for socially and economically disadvantaged women to gain financial independence and self-sufficiency.
Funding to support a college tour for Latina middle and high school girls to support their path to higher education and professional careers.
Funding to establish a new scholarship fund that allows low-income seniors to participate in enriching educational activities.
Funding to sponsor two teen moms and their babies for one year of programming dedicated to empowering and supporting teenage parents.
Funding to provide survivors of domestic violence and their dependent children with safe transportation options to places of safety.
Funding to provide program support to counsel, educate and support women for successful reentry into their communities after incarceration.
Funding to provide graphic novels and Spanish-language books for the Adolescent Book Group.
Funding to support the Organizational Transformation Program, developing and supporting credible messenger youth mentors.
When we started our journey as a new private foundation, our goal was to build an organization that embodied the principles of trust-based philanthropy.
Now that we have completed our first round of grant awards, we continue to evaluate and learn how to live out these principles. For us, this includes:
One way we support our ongoing learning is through our partnership with Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties.
Catalyst provides resources for funders seeking to build an equitable, impactful, and effective social change ecosystem for San Diego and Imperial Counties.
The Kinship Fund
An initiative of the Nancy Neffson and Wetmore Family Foundation
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