Recent Grants

To date, GFC has made over $5 million in small grants to over 180 groups in sixty countries. Our current grantees include:

Shidhulai Swanirvar
Sangstha (SSS)
(Village Self-Reliance)

Pabna District, Bangladesh
Schools and Scholarships portfolio
SSS brings basic education, environmental training, and human rights awareness to children, especially girls, who would otherwise be unable to attend school. GFC's grant supports SSS's mobile boat school program, which uses a solar- powered boat to provide basic academics, Internet access, health awareness, human and gender rights training, and library services to children in remote villages.

Luna Nueva (New Moon)

Asunción, Paraguay
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children portfolio
Luna Nueva works to eradicate the commercial sexual exploitation of children and other forms of violence against women and children through programs in education, healthcare, confidence building, and human rights awareness. GFC’s grant supports Luna Nueva’s outreach and education programs, which each year reach approximately 250 girls living in exploitative situations on the streets.

Rural Institute for Development Education (RIDE)

Kanchipuram, India
Hazardous Child Labor portfolio
One of the leading advocates for the eradication of child labor in the state of Tamil Nadu’s silk looms, RIDE educates entire communities about the dangers of child labor, alternative ways to boost family incomes, and the far-reaching benefits of an educated, healthy, and empowered population of children. GFC’s grant supports RIDE’s village-based Child Labor Prevention and Intervention Centers and its Bridge School Centers, which ease children’s transition from the workplace to school.

Ikamva Labantu (The Future of Our Nation)

Cape Town, South Africa
The Distinctive Needs of Vulnerable Boys portfolio
Ikamva Labantu works in partnership with local residents to improve the quality of life in their communities by addressing a range of issues, including education, economic empowerment, and home-based care. GFC’s grant supports the Boys/Men Kindness Project, a unique effort through which a team of researchers, educators, and specialists are working with young boys and their fathers to gather data that will help break the prevalent cycle of negative masculine behavior, which often includes domestic abuse and irresponsible sexual behavior.

Click here to view a full list of our current grantees.