Cultivating Health and Well Being
Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood – BCFSM
- Fall 2025 |
- 1st Grant
Founded through a partnership with two Black obstetricians, Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood (BCFSM) was created to give Black birthing people and their supporters ownership of their maternal health experiences. BCFSM offers the ACTT curriculum — Asking questions until you understand the answers, Claiming your space (physically and mentally), Trusting your body, and Telling your […]
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National Women’s Defense League (NWDL)
- Spring 2024 |
- Spring 2025 |
- 2nd Grant
National Women’s Defense League (NWDL) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preventing sexual harassment and protecting survivors, particularly in political workplaces. NWDL serves as a movement backbone, developing national state strategies, coordinating advocates, and resourcing survivors. NWDL conducts research to help understand the breadth of the problem, provide education for the public and decision makers, […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
Supporting Immigrants and Refugees
Altagracia Faith and Justice Works
- Spring 2022 |
- Spring 2024 |
- Spring 2025 |
- 3rd Grant
Altagracia Faith and Justice Works started through the leadership and efforts of lay women of faith in New York to bridge the faith community and the broader Manhattan community. It is located in a majority Hispanic/Latine immigrant community of Northern Manhattan and is dedicated to empowering community leaders to put their faith into action and promote social […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
South Asian Women Project
- Spring 2025 |
- 2nd Grant
The South Asian Women Project (SAWP) supports survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and their families through culturally sensitive support groups, trauma-informed counseling, and financial empowerment. South Asian Women Project’s goal is to create a space for women and their children, who have suffered IPV, to feel safe and comfortable to talk about their traumatic […]
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National Women’s Defense League
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
National Women’s Defense League (NWDL) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preventing sexual harassment and protecting survivors, particularly in political workplaces. NWDL serves as a movement backbone, developing national state strategies, coordinating advocates, and resourcing survivors. NWDL conducts research to help understand the breadth of the problem, provide education for the public and decision-makers, and […]
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Accompanying Women Experiencing Incarceration
Rockland Prison Justice Project
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Rockland Prison Justice Project advocates for restorative justice practices as an alternative paradigm to punishment and for a justice system based on reparation and reconciliation rather than retribution and vengeance. The grassroots group of Rockland County residents and activists work in solidarity with others in New York State and around the country to end mass […]
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South Asian Women Project (SAWP)
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
The South Asian Women Project (SAWP) supports survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and their families through culturally sensitive support groups, trauma-informed counseling, and financial empowerment. South Asian Women Project’s goal is to create a space for women and their children who have suffered IPV, to feel safe and comfortable to talk about their traumatic […]
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Altagracia Faith and Justice Works
- Spring 2022 |
- Spring 2024 |
- 2nd Grant
Altagracia Faith and Justice Works (AFJW) started through the leadership and efforts of lay women of faith in New York to bridge the faith community and the broader Manhattan community. AFJW is located in a majority Hispanic/Latine immigrant community of Northern Manhattan and is dedicated to empowering community leaders to put their faith into action […]
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Fandom Forward
- Fall 2023 |
- 1st Grant
Fandom Forward’s mission is to turn fans into heroes. They are a leader in fan activism, an organizing strategy that draws parallels between pop culture and real-world issues of inequity to mobilize fans for social good. They foster community among fans and mobilize them to change real-world narratives. They work in three ways: providing accessible […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
The WomanHOOD Project
- Spring 2022 |
- 2nd Grant
The WomanHOOD Project (HOOD: Helping Ourselves Overcome Discrimination) is an after school mentorship program for girls, femmes, and trans/gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth of color in the Bronx. Their mission is to celebrate womanhood through a racial and gender justice lens by building the next generation of grassroots leaders. This means equipping a generation of young […]
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