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WGA Overview
Who We Are
Our Grantmaking
2022
How It Works
Collective Giving
Women’s Giving Alliance
Our members pool their gifts and have made more than $7.6 million
in grants to benefit women and girls since our inception in 2001.
Our Mission
Inspiring women to be strategic philanthropists and investing
in the lives of women and girls in Northeast Florida.
WGA’s Grantmaking
Women’s Giving Alliance awards grants to organizations that serve women and
girls in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns Counties. WGA makes
strategic, research-based grants that facilitate systemic change to improve
how women and girls are served in Northeast Florida. We apply creative
solutions to critical needs, focus on equitable grantmaking, and produce
measurable impact on the lives of women and girls. Our current focus is
Breaking the Cycle of Female Poverty: Intervention and Prevention.
The Annual Membership Contribution
Is a tax-deductible contribution of $1,500. Of that amount, $1,000 goes
directly to grants, $200 helps defray overhead and expenses, and $300
is added to endowment. Women also have the option of making a one-time
Legacy gift of $25,000 or more (payable over five years) to endow
a WGA membership in perpetuity.
An Initiative of The Community Foundation
for Northeast Florida
WGA benefits from The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida’s
more than 50 years of experience and financial stewardship.
For more information, visit the website www.wganefl.org,
call (904) 356-4483, or check out our social media links on page 7.
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2 3Rebuilding Ex-offenders Successfully will allow the Community Health Worker
2021-2023 Grants Through Opportunities Rehabilitation program to train 20 lay members who share
& Education (R.E.S.T.O.R.E.) – ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status,
Ability Housing, Inc. – The Northeast they can afford to participate full-time in Optimism to the Future and life experiences with the community
the IT and Administrative Medical Assistant members they serve, providing frontline
Florida Villages Program $75,000 Duval County agents of change to build community
programs.
$60,000 Duval County R.E.S.T.O.R.E. is dedicated to reducing the healthcare capacity and self-sufficiency.
The Northeast Villages Program has 332 Generation W – Generation WOW rate of recidivism by providing services
quality, affordable rental units in Duval $75,000 Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Nassau, and resources to formerly incarcerated Empowerment Resources Inc.
County. It also offers comprehensive case Putnam Counties women to successfully transition into $13,500 – A donation for general operating
management services, on-site recovery mainstream society. Optimism to the Future support. Duval, St. Johns, and Nassau
The Generation WOW program provides provides safe housing and addresses the
support, trauma-informed care, financial Counties
girls in middle and high school with trauma the women have endured before,
education services, employment training mentorship, guidance, and specific tools to Empowerment Resources, Inc. serves at-risk
and job placement, and access to primary during, and after incarceration through
better navigate post-secondary education educational support and mental health, youth and families by providing programs
and behavioral healthcare. With this grant, and potential careers. This grant will allow and services that positively impact the
52 women will receive the comprehensive substance abuse, and resiliency programs
75 girls to participate in Generation WOW and treatment to promote stable emotional whole family.
care this program provides. clubs designed specifically for girls who health, sober living, and enhanced
are at or near the poverty level, including individual resiliency. This grant will allow 18 To learn more about our grantmaking,
Family Promise of Jacksonville – those in rural areas, by providing tablets
A Promise of Hope to 24 women to access this program. please visit our website
and accessibility resources so they may
$50,000 Duval County participate in remote learning activities. Sanctuary of Northeast Florida, Inc. – wganefl.org/what-we-do/
Family Promise of Jacksonville changes Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Girls on 8th our-grantmaking
outcomes for low-income mothers at risk of Florida, Inc. – Steps to Success $19,000 Duval County
or experiencing homelessness by providing Apply For a Grant
temporary shelter using partnerships $60,000 Duval County Sanctuary’s mission is to encourage and
empower Jacksonville youth and families Our Grantmaking Process
with local congregations. Family Promise Lutheran Social Services provides Grantee Success Stories
provides holistic, individualized case to become strong and independent by
struggling families with the services and
management that helps mothers transition offering afterschool programs and summer Grants History
support they need to overcome hardship
into affordable housing. The WGA grant camp for at-hope youth in Springfield and
and regain self-sufficiency. The Steps
will support 40-50 families through the A surrounding neighborhoods. The Girls on ♦ ♦ ♦
to Success program bundles financial
8th initiative focuses on the unique needs
Promise of Home program. counseling, career coaching, and benefits
of female youth to help them reach their Grantmaking Principles
assistance into one comprehensive support In its grantmaking, WGA:
Generation USA – Generation potential and rise out of poverty. This grant
system. This grant will allow Lutheran Social
will provide for 20 girls during the school • Uses community research to develop
Jacksonville IT and Medical Programs Services to serve 60 women over the two-
year and 30 girls in summer camp.
year grant period. initiatives
$75,000 Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Baker and • Focuses on prevention and effective
Nassau Counties UF Health Jacksonville (Shands
Micah’s Place – Breaking the Barriers Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.) –
intervention
Generation USA is a bootcamp-style • Supports new ideas and untested
training program that focuses on the $60,000 Nassau County Community Health Worker Institute efforts, as well as programs that have
technical and soft skills employers say are Micah’s Place provides prevention and $100,000 Duval County demonstrated results and impact
most needed in the workforce. Generation intervention services to victims of domestic • Establishes expectations for
Through its Urban Health Alliance program,
USA partners with local employers to violence. The Breaking the Barriers program sustainability, significant lasting value
UF Health focuses on leveraging social
provide full-time jobs or paid internships helps to cover essential costs many and impact
services, education, research and policy
upon successful completion of the training. survivors encounter, particularly related to
resources, and activities to improve the lives • Applies an equity lens
This grant will provide a stipend to 70 financial instability. This grant will allow 15
of fellow Jacksonville residents. This grant
women in training and 24 in internships so to 25 women to access this program.
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4 5Recent Grants Statement of Values
WGA has awarded over $7.6 million in grants since 2001. Below is a Diversity, equity and inclusion are central to WGA’s vision and mission.
summary of two-year grants made over the prior two grant cycles. WGA actively invites women of different backgrounds, perspectives,
opinions, passions, experiences, personalities, ideologies, and
2020-2022 Focus: Breaking the Cycle of Female Poverty
lifestyles. We believe that bringing together diverse voices – and the
Barnabas Center, Inc.: Girl Scouts of Gateway Council:
Hope Builders for Women 2.0 Community Development Troops
conversations and connections that result – makes us stronger.
$60,000 (Nassau County) $100,000 (Duval, St. Johns, & Clay
Counties)
BEAM (Beaches Emergency Assistance
Ministry): Single Parent Program
$80,000 (Duval and St. Johns County)
MaliVai Washington Kids
Foundation, Inc.: Girl Power!
Looking to Connect with WGA?
$100,000 (Duval County) Join us at a WGA event! We meet regularly to learn and grow together.
Boys & Girls Club of Nassau County:
SMART Girls Initiative Rethreaded Inc.: All of our events are open to everyone, so feel free to bring a friend.
$46,000 (Nassau County) Survivor Development Program
WGA hosts a number of events throughout the year, including:
$110,000 (All Northeast Florida Counties)
Delta Research and Educational
Foundation: Dr. Betty Shabazz Academy/ Year Up Jacksonville:
• Large semi-annual luncheons in the spring and fall
Growing and Empowering Myself Workforce Development (Member Forum and Annual Meeting)
Successfully (BSA/GEMS) Program • Smaller educational events, lectures and panel discussions
$10,000 (Duval County) $80,000 (Duval County)
• Connector Groups – Informal social events in your neighborhood
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2019-2021 Focus: Breaking the Cycle of Female Poverty Join the Conversation!
Catholic Charities St. Augustine Gateway Community Services, Inc.: www.facebook.com/ www.linkedin.com/
Regional Office: Project Forward Women in Transition womensgivingalliance groups/6612748
Families $100,000 (Duval County) @womensgivingJAX womensgivingalliance
$120,000 (St. Johns County)
Helping WIN, Inc.: Grants with Dignity
Center for Children’s Rights:
Hope Pipeline Project
$45,243 (All Northeast Florida Counties)
St. Gerard Campus: Homeless Maternity
For More Information
$50,000 (Duval County)
Students Residential/Dormitory Program Women’s Giving Alliance The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida
First Coast No More Homeless
$40,000 (Duval, St. Johns, & Clay Counties)
Pets: Veterinary Technician Jan Healy, President Kacie Smyth, Women’s Giving Alliance Director
Education and Employment Volunteers in Medicine: Women’s Health 904.716.9161 904.224.7203
Program and Wellness Program jan@charlesdhyman.com ksmyth@jaxcf.org
$78,614 (Duval County) $72,092 (Duval County)
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