Grantmaking History

The Women's Giving Alliance makes grants in four Fields of Interest. Individual grants often leverage additional support from funding partners. Including this additional support, WGA, commissioned a major research project on the status of women and girls in Northeast Florida and channeled over $1.5 million to 28 agencies for programs serving this target population.

Note: Grants are designated by the year in which they are awarded; evaluation takes place during the year[s] in which a program is operating with WGA support. Thus, a 2005 one-year grant refers to activities conducted and evaluated in 2006. Discretionary grants are an exception to this rule; often time-sensitive, they typically are completed in the year in which the grants are awarded; agencies/programs then submit final reports for review by the Evaluation Team co-leaders.

Economic Empowerment

Barnabas Center Inc.

2002: $10,000 for Literacy Program for Women in Nassau County
A 38-week life skills curriculum to improve literacy through practical training

FCCJ Foundation

2005: $15,000 for Bridging the Digital Divide for Displaced Homemakers
2006: $15,000 Renewal
Computer education to prepare women for the workplace

Jacksonville Women's Business Center

2005: $10,000 for Mentoring Matters
2006: $15,000 Renewal
A program to help both aspiring and current women entrepreneurs develop business skills
2007: $15,000 Renewal
Continuation funding for Mentoring Matters

Lutheran Social Services

2005: $20,000 for Financial Literacy Education for Refugee and Immigrant Women
A program to provide financial literacy training to supplement classes in English

Women's Center of Jacksonville

2002: $9,520 for Literacy Curriculum Development
A gender-specific model of literacy education suited to the unique needs of HIV-positive clients, addressing self-esteem and self-efficacy issues
2003: $40,000 Expanded Horizons
2004: $20,000 Renewal
2005: $20,000 Renewal
2006: $25,000 Renewal
Literacy training that incorporates the findings of WGA-funded research (2002) to offer education customized for the unique needs and abilities of women
2007: $20,000 Renewal
Continuation funding for Expanded Horizons, a gender-specific literacy program based on WGA funded research in 2002

Mental and Physical Health

Cathedral Arts Project, Inc.

2004: $10,000
2006: $10,000 Renewal
An after-school dance program that helped elementary school girls increase their self-esteem, creativity, discipline, physical fitness and teamwork
2007: $10,000 Renewal
Continuation funding for the free, all-girls, after-school dance program at two elementary schools in disadvantaged areas of Jacksonville

Collaboration Grant: Taking Our Measure and Finding Our Strength

2002: $50,000
2003: $70,000
This collaboration among six agencies provided girls aged 12 to 18 with a seven-month gender-specific learning experience to help build self-esteem, recognize their special talents, respect their bodies, value education and develop leadership skills. In the first year, it also supported a 12-week program for women to develop self-esteem, creative self-expression and assertiveness. In the second year, the collaboration focused entirely on girls, and the program was expanded to include those aged 9-11. Participating agencies were The Bridge of Northeast Florida, Community Connections of Jacksonville, Girls, Incorporated of Jacksonville, PACE Center for Girls of Jacksonville, Planned Parenthood of Jacksonville and the Women's Center of Jacksonville.

Girls, Incorporated, of Jacksonville

2004: $10,000 for Photo Voice: The Game Face Project
A program for middle school girls using photography to explore the importance of health and fitness and the challenges to body image in today's culture

Jewish Family & Community Services

2005: $20,000
2006: $50,000 (over two years) Renewal
To prevent families from entering or re-entering the child protection system
2007: $40,000
Fund a one-year pilot program, "Building Bridges," offering individual and group counseling, life skills training/practice, guidance from a female caregiver or mentor, transportation, transition planning and ongoing competency assessment

Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition

2007: $38,050
To restore a critical outreach component to the Azalea Project, which offers preconceptual and pregnant women long-term, intensive services, including one-on-one counseling and group activities focused on health, life skills development, decision-making and goal-setting.

PACE Center for Girls of Jacksonville

2005: $20,000 for Inspiring the Spirit of Beauty
For the expansion of the Cooperative Educational and Spirited Girls programs, to develop girls' self-image, wellness and positive attitude

Women's Center of Jacksonville

2003: $35,000 for Learning for Leadership
2004: $ 8,000 Renewal (to package and market curriculum)
A 12-week program that helps women be positive role models and function as advocates for themselves and their families

Pre-Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Public Education

Barnabas Center Inc.

2004: $10,000 awarded/$2500 used for Girl Power
To improve academic performance, enhance self-confidence and lower at-risk behavior of middle-school girls

The Bridge of NE Florida

2005: $6,000 from WGA for Girls' Connection
A program for girls in grades 3-5 to develop participants' self-image and essential skills for academic success

Child Watch Partnership of Jacksonville (National Council of Negro Women)

2004: $10,000 for Reed Educational Campus program
2005: $10,960 Renewal
2006: $20,000 Renewal
Learning experiences in reading, computer skills, health, nutrition and physical fitness for third and fourth grade girls, with the goal of encouraging resilience, self-sufficiency and improved academic performance
2007: $23,300 Renewal

Communities in Schools, St. Johns County

2005: $20,000 for Hand Up to High School
2006: $10,000 Renewal
A program pairing at-risk seventh and eighth grade girls with tenth grade mentors to help the younger girls prepare for the challenges of high school

Girl Scouts of Gateway Council, Inc.

2004: $10,000 for Middle School in Motion
An after-school program for middle school girls in Baker and Duval Counties with interactive activities to strengthen character, self-esteem, goal-setting, positive peer influence and financial literacy

John E. Ford Elementary School

2002: $9,964.50 for Great Girls + Great Books = Great Readers
2004: $7,500 Renewal
To improve reading comprehension and critical thinking skills of girls in grades three through five

Kesler Mentoring Connection

2005: $14,650
For recruiting more women to serve as mentors for youth in programs run by some thirty area agencies

Violence and Crime Intervention/Prevention

Betty Griffin House, Inc. (Safety Shelter of St. Johns County)

2004: $35,000
2005: $30,000 Renewal
For technology to provide tracking of all programs and clients at three locations, as well as partial funding for a manager for the transition facility
2007: $20,000 Renewal
For continuation funding for the Rape Crisis Unit staffed by the Betty Griffin House at Flagler Hospital in St. Johns County

Children’s Campaign, Inc.

2007: $80,000 (over two years)
With partnership funding totaling another $100,000, this grant will fund the Justice for Girls: Duval County Reform Initiative. Led and coordinated by Children’s Campaign, a statewide nonprofit advocacy group, the initiative will produce Florida’s first comprehensive countywide plan to stem the tide for girls entering the justice system and improve outcomes.

Hubbard House, Inc.
2004: $60,000 (over two years) for WINGS

2006: $60,000 (over two years) Renewal
To provide women who have moved beyond a domestic violence crisis with the knowledge, skills and support to become emotionally and financially self-sufficient

Micah's Place

2004: $25,000 for Community Services Project
Outreach advocacy, crisis counseling, court advocacy and outreach support groups for adults and children who are victims of domestic violence

Quigley House

2004: $40,000 (over two years) Transition House
Support for an additional case manager, for longer stays at the shelter for victims of domestic violence (from12 to 18 months), and for a job coach and computer skills training

Discretionary Grants

Betty Griffin House, Inc. Flagler Hospital Rape Crisis Center

2006: $2,000
Support for start-up of the Betty Griffin/Flagler Hospital Rape Crisis Center

Child Watch Partnership of Jacksonville (National Council of Negro Women)

2006: $850
For Reed Educational Campus to add a math tutor for its summer program

The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra

2006: $5,000
Support for “From the Inside Out,” an arts education program for girls in the alcohol or drug rehabilitation program at TPC Village

Girl Scouts of Gateway Council, Inc.

2005: $2,412
For an expansion of “Middle School in Motion,” an after-school program for middle school girls to strengthen character, self-esteem, goal-setting, positive peer influence and financial literacy

Girls, Incorporated, of Jacksonville

2005: $2,500
To train and certify facilitators for two programs

Girls on the Run of NE Florida

2005: $4,635
To help girls aged 8-12 develop a healthy lifestyle and positive self-image
2006: $2,000
Partial funding to start the Girls on the Run program in an additional school

Jacksonville Film Festival

2005: $500
To encourage girls' attendance at “The Changing Image of Women in Film”

Women's Center of Jacksonville

2006: $5,000 for Bosom Buddies
To expand the curriculum of this support group for breast cancer survivors

Research

University of North Florida (Florida Center for Public Policy and Leadership)

2002: $ 75,000 for Voices Heard: Women and Girls Speak
$120,500 Funding Partners
A comprehensive report on the status of women and girls in 21st century Northeast Florida

WGA's Funding Partners

“Voices Heard” Research (2002)

Funding Partners for WGA Grants

Helen and Edward W. Lane, Jr. Endowment for Domestic Abuse
2004: $112,000
2006: $4,600

Remmer Family Foundation
2005: $7,000

Jesse Ball duPont Fund
2007: $40,000

The Community Foundation
2007: $5,000

WGA Founders and Presidents
2007: $55,000

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