The Women and Girls Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation
GRANT RECIPIENTS
The Foundation established this permanent endowment fund in 2022 to build flexible resources to support programs and initiatives that strengthen the lives of women and girls throughout the region, now and in the years to come. To date, we have awarded $100,000 in grants to eight nonprofit organizations.
In the first two year’s of grantmaking, The Foundation focused on funding initiatives that would help break the cycle of poverty by increasing economic opportunity and self-sufficiency for women through trainings and educational programs and break down barriers for girls by providing new, expanded, or more accessible educational opportunities, out-of-school programs, and mentorship opportunities.
2024 Recipients
CAANAN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, $5,000
To support ESL (English as a Second Language) and civics classes. The Canaan Seventh Day Adventist Church has been a staple to the Cape Cod community by providing consistent services to the Haitian and local Caribbean population.
TEAM MAUREEN, ON BEHALF OF
GLAM GIRL, $20,000
To support GLAM (Global Local Athletic Movement) GIRL for GLAM GIRL Equity + Indigenous Youth Empowerment Project. GLAM Girl combines sports practice, leadership training, and service and advocacy projects to create more opportunities for young women and girls and drive gender equity. This project is a partnership with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to address the needs in their and other Indigenous communities and to empower girls in grades 5-8 and to build leadership among young adults.
GIRL SCOUTS OF NEW ENGLAND, $5,000
To support financial aid for up to 15 girls, grades 2-12, from low-income households on Cape Cod to attend Girl Scouts’ Summer Camps. The organization’s mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. The Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) is a research-based, robust collection of engaging, challenging,and fun activities in a girl-centric environment designed to empower girls (age K-12) to take the lead—in their lives and the world. The GSLE focuses on exploration and skill-building in 4 core pillars: Life Skills, Entrepreneurship/Financial Literacy, STEM, and Outdoor Engagement/
Environmental Stewardship.
HEALTH IMPERATIVES, $15,000
To support the “Partnering for Progress” Ambassador Program, which addresses the needs of Cape Cod’s growing immigrant population by connecting women and children to health care, food access, housing, and other services. “Partnering for Progress” engages past participants as Ambassadors to work with and support new arrivals which also creates economic development opportunities for the women who fill the Ambassador role.
SHARING KINDNESS, $5,000
To support Grief Support and Suicide Prevention Skills: Nurturing Resilience and Wellness in Women & Girls. Sharing Kindness will bring a trauma-informed, grief-focused clinician to one of Belonging to Each Other’s (BTEO) houses for women. BTEO is a Falmouth-based nonprofit organization that provides temporary cold-weather housing to unhoused neighbors.
2023 Recipients
WE CAN AND AMPLIFY POC, $20,000 ($10,000 to each organization)
To support a pilot partnership between the two organizations that will increase economic stability and opportunities for women of color living and working on Cape Cod and building capacity for both organizations to better support these women into the future.
FALMOUTH VOLUNTEERS IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, $15,000
To support the Be Bold mentorship program for 4th grade girls in Falmouth schools. The program is designed to instill confidence and nurture leadership skills through education and opportunities with diverse female entrepreneurs, professionals, and community members.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL
(CAPE COD), $15,000
To support access and participation in the Accelerator program for women, with focus on immigrant and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities. This program helps individuals to launch new businesses through trainings, individualized support, and mentorship.
Together, we have invested more than $100 million in grants and scholarships in the Cape Cod Community. For good.
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