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The following organizations were grantees of the Spring 2011 cycle.

Choices | Control Academic Program, Inc.
Dayton, OH - $1000
To support iHealth e-Girls - a health, literacy and media arts education program
http://ihealthegirls.ning.com/

dNaga
Oakland, CA - $1000
To support Reveal - a dance choreographed to interviews of powerful elders
who are women of color
http://www.dnaga.org/

Emerge Global
Cambridge, MA - $1000
To support Beads-to-Business: Collaborative Capital Creation for Girls who have
Survived Abuse in Sri Lanka
http://www.emergeglobal.org/

Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation
Ruleville, MS $1000
To support We Too Can Make A Difference: training of high school females
to identify women who have not been screened for breast or cervical cancer
http://www.fannielouhamer.info/cancer_foundation.html

GABRIELA USA
Carson, CA - $800
To support travel expenses to attend the International Women’s Alliance Conference
in Manila
http://www.gabusa.org

Hollaback!
New York, NY - $1400
To support the HollabackNYC Youth Leadership Project to stop street harassment of women
http://www.ihollaback.org/

LEAP - Learn-Empower-Act-Promote
Faisalabad, Pakistan - $500
To support a matching grant for Empowerment Alternatives for Domestic Maids

New York Abortion Access Fund
New York, NY - $1500
To support the purchase of infrastructure software and printing of outreach materials
http://www.nyaff.org

Project Rage
Rancho Cucamonga, CA - $1000
To support the “Stop Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation” Workshop
http://www.projectrage.org/

Save The Women Solidarity Forum
Accra, Ghana - $1250
To support the Community Action against Acid Attacks on Women

The Sanctuary for Veterans & Families
Medford, OR - $1000
To support the tour of HomeFront 911: Military Family Monologues
http://sanctuaryvf.org/

The Women’s Theatre Project
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - $600
To support the Ugly Ducklings Workshop: An Anti-Bullying Workshop
confronting LBGTQ Teen Suicide
http://www.womenstheatreproject.com/

Treasure Coast Human Trafficking Coalition
Ft. Pierce, FL - $1200
To support the printing of educational materials for the Human Trafficking:
Saving Lives by Practicing Awareness Campaign
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/initiatives/HumanTrafficking/

The Ellen Dougherty Activist Fund for Young Women

Alliance for Girls
Prospect, KY - $1400
To support the Louisville Girls Leadership Technology Component
on using social media for advocacy work
http://www.louisvillegirlsleadership.org/

Jahajee Sisters: Empowering Indo-Caribbean Women
Bronx, NY - $1250
Young Women’s Leadership Institute
http://www.jahajeesisters.org/

School Girls Unite
Kensington, MD - $500
To support the National Day of the Girl: a collective recognition of gender inequality
in US and globally
http://www.schoolgirlsunite.org/

The Jeanne Meurer Indigenous Women's Fund

Associação das Mulheres Indígenas do Alto Rio Negro
Manaus, Brazil - $1500
To support the development of new revenue
http://amarnmanaus.blogspot.com/

Solidarity for Advancement of Women’s Agenda
Nairobi. Kenya - $1150
To support adopting use of Reusable Sanitary Towels to curb school absenteeism

The Kologi Sports and Recreation Fund

Throwing and Growing Foundation
Jennings, MO - $1100
To support an after school program of exercise and introduction to shot put and discus
http://www.throwingandgrowing.org/

The Susan F. Eastman Fund for Environmental Activism

3rd Revolving Fund Initiative
Gulu, Uganda - $1000
To support the Green Women Trees & Fruits Growing Unit

The PatsyLu Fund for Women’s Music Projects

Anna Crusis Women’s Choir
Philadelphia, PA - $750
To support the production and distribution of Musical Musings:
a 2 CD set of original compositions
by Judith Palmer for feminist, historical, and political organizations
for their records, libraries, and distribution
http://annacrusis.com/

The Women’s Building
Albany, NY - $1000
To support the Wielding Words and Songs Tour with ensemble Taina Asili y la Banda Rebelde
and Climbing PoeTree of free performances and workshops to organizations
working for social justice along the East Coast
http://www.thewomensbuilding.org/

Women Singing OUT!, Inc.
Portsmouth, NH - $1000
To support Natural Woman: a multi-sensory concert series that explores our connection
to flora, fauna, and to each other as female humans
http://www.womensingingout.org/

 

Donor Gift

Children of Promise Development Series
Detroit, MI - $1200
To support Sounds in the Woods: A Chamber Music Experience in Nature

 

The India Fund

Grace Trust
Madurai, India - $1150
To support the Economic Empowerment of Disadvantaged Dalith Women and Girls Through Computer Education

Indira Female Peer Educators Collective
Chennai, India - $1740
To support the improvement of defense skills for children of sex workers in Chennai

Welfare Organization for Rural Development
Dharamsala, India - $1700
To support the Empowerment of Women on Political Governance and Gender Justice

 

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