DETOUR
DETOUR (Depositing Empowerment Through Outreach & Urban Development) is a mentoring program for girls of color. Their vision is to see equity and inclusion for teen girls of color in higher education and priority sector employment. Their mission is to increase access to education and employment opportunities for girls through our Focused And Naturally Confident Youth (F.A.N.C.Y.) Leadership programs (Expo, Leadership Academy, and Ambassador Internships.)
ElderHelp of San Diego
ElderHelp is a dynamic, values-based agency dedicated to improving the lives of seniors and their families. They provide community-based solutions through professional staff and nearly 500 volunteers committed to helping older adults live independently in their own homes.
Future Construction Leaders
Future Construction Leaders provides opportunities for young people to investigate the many private and public construction career opportunities available. orking with the San Diego County construction industry, they aim to dispel misconceptions about careers in construction and shatter stereotypes of who should work in the trades.
Jewish Family Service
Jewish Family Service San Diego provides compassionate care and supportive services to over 70,000 individuals annually. Their services range from food assistance and economic mobility programs to care management and career coaching.
Latina Giving Circle
Launched in 2013, the Latina Giving Circle of San Diego is a network of Latinas from across San Diego County who want to come together to create opportunities that connect and give back to the community.
MANA de San Diego
MANA San Diego inspires Latinas of all ages to reach their full potential through education, leadership development, community building, and advocacy by leveraging engaged members and community partners.
San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition
The San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition (SDRCC) is a collective of ethnic-community based organizations (ECBOs) located within San Diego County. The Center for Community Health Refugee Health Unit serves as the facilitating organization and backbone of SDRCC to support the inspirational work the coalition does. Members have been on the front lines of providing essential services to low-income refugee families for years. Collectively, SDRCC members serve thousands of some of San Diego’s under-resourced residents.
Sister Cities Project
Sister Cities Project creates formal partnerships between affluent communities and underserved communities to create programs and events that allow the two areas to build true relationships. Funding will help establish a permanent framework for Entrepreneurship programs that serve Black Women Entrepreneurs in San Diego. San Diego is a launch market and the groundbreaking work done here has the potential to provide an economic equity and racial equality ripple effect that will change the lives of the over one million Black Women Entrepreneurs nationwide.
Women of Color Roar
Women of Color Roar Media’s mission is to provide guidance and support for women of the African diaspora and to encourage young women to run for elected office, choose a career in public service and rise to leadership positions in their community.
March for Black Womxn San Diego
In 2017, Black Women in San Diego, led by Nyisha Green-Washington, was inspired by Black Women’s Blueprint National Call to Action to march and meet to lift up demands for racial justice, to denounce the propagation of state-violence and the widespread incarceration of Black women and girls, rape and all sexualized violence, the murders and brutalization of transwomen and the disappearances of our girls from our streets, our schools and our homes.
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest aims to ensure broad public access to sexual and reproductive health care through direct service, education and advocacy. They offer confidential, comprehensive, high-quality medical services to the communities of San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial Counties.
San Diego Breastfeeding Center Foundation
The mission of San Diego Breastfeeding Center Foundation (SDBFCF) is to reduce socioeconomic disparities in breast/chestfeeding support by increasing access to qualified lactation consultants for low-income families. This grant helped increase access to qualified lactation consultants for people of color and low-income families by training lactation consultants from the community and offering new parents free access to education about breast/chestfeeding.
2022
Accessity
Accessity’s mission is to open doors of financial opportunity, primarily to entrepreneurs of color, women, and immigrant entrepreneurs so they can build prosperous businesses and livelihoods for themselves and their families, while also strengthening our communities. Loans provided through this supported diverse women-owned small businesses as they contribute to vibrant neighborhoods, generate local tax revenue, and create jobs.
The Chicano Federation Women’s Small Business Development Program
The Chicano Federations Women’s Small Business Development Program is an eight-week childcare training program that provides women with the skills and resources to start a home-based childcare business, including preparing them for state licensing requirements. The goal of this program is to provide women with a unique opportunity to start their own business, while helping families in need of affordable childcare.
Logan Heights Community Development Corporation
Logan Heights CDC works to strengthen residents and businesses in Greater Logan Heights neighborhoods through community empowerment, education, economic growth, and housing development. The organization serves as a conduit to connect entrepreneurs with existing businesses, as well as provide access to agencies that can assist with resources like funding, financing, consulting and/or technical support.
Olivewood Gardens
Olivewood Gardens improves health and environmental stewardship by providing children, adults, and families from the community with the tools to make informed and healthy decisions in the kitchen, in the community, and for the environment. This grant supported the Kitchenistas Program and the development of educational tools and curriculum to support entrepreneurism, with a particular focus on San Diego County’s newly adopted Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) program.
San Diego Breastfeeding Center Foundation
The mission of San Diego Breastfeeding Center Foundation (SDBFCF) is to reduce socioeconomic disparities in breast/chestfeeding support by increasing access to qualified lactation consultants for low-income families. This grant helped increase access to qualified lactation consultants for people of color and low-income families by training lactation consultants from the community and offering new parents free access to education about breast/chestfeeding.
Sister Cities Project
Sister Cities Project creates formal partnerships between affluent communities and underserved communities to create programs and events that allow the two areas to build true relationships. Funding will help establish a permanent framework for Entrepreneurship programs that serve Black Women Entrepreneurs in San Diego. San Diego is a launch market and the groundbreaking work done here has the potential to provide an economic equity and racial equality ripple effect that will change the lives of the over one million Black Women Entrepreneurs nationwide.
2021
DETOUR
DETOUR (Depositing Empowerment Through Outreach & Urban Development) is a mentoring program for girls of color. Their vision is to see equity and inclusion for teen girls of color in higher education and priority sector employment. Their mission is to increase access to education and employment opportunities for girls through our Focused And Naturally Confident Youth (F.A.N.C.Y.) Leadership programs (Expo, Leadership Academy, and Ambassador Internships.)
ElderHelp of San Diego
ElderHelp is a dynamic, values-based agency dedicated to improving the lives of seniors and their families. They provide community-based solutions through professional staff and nearly 500 volunteers committed to helping older adults live independently in their own homes.
March for Black Womxn San Diego
In 2017, Black Women in San Diego, led by Nyisha Green-Washington, was inspired by Black Women’s Blueprint National Call to Action to march and meet to lift up demands for racial justice, to denounce the propagation of state-violence and the widespread incarceration of Black women and girls, rape and all sexualized violence, the murders and brutalization of transwomen and the disappearances of our girls from our streets, our schools and our homes.
North County Lifeline
North County Lifeline is a community-based human services organization that serves low-income and underserved populations in San Diego County. Every year Lifeline serves more than 5,000 members of our community through clinically-strong and evidence-based programs that focus on positive youth development, child abuse prevention and domestic violence intervention, housing and self-sufficiency.
San Diego and Imperial Women’s Business Center
The San Diego & Imperial Women’s Business Center (WBC) works to secure economic justice and entrepreneurial opportunities for women by providing training, mentoring, business development, and financing opportunities to women entrepreneurs throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties.
Somali Family Services of San Diego
Somali Family Service (SFS), guided by its community champions, empowers immigrants, refugees, and other underserved communities in San Diego through its programs that promote health, educational and economic success, and leadership development. SFS envisions a better quality of life for refugees, immigrants, and other under-served communities in San Diego. This vision is reached through fostering self-sufficiency, building healthy communities, and promoting equity.
2020
Home Start
To effectively prevent and treat child abuse, Home Start addresses the conditions that can contribute to risky or abusive situations – poverty, unsafe neighborhoods, lack of affordable housing and unemployment – while concurrently addressing individual self-sufficiency and emotional needs.
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 US cities, their dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people.
Just in Time for Foster Youth
Just in Time Foster Youth’s mission is to engage a caring community to help transition-age foster youth achieve self-sufficiency and well-being. They envision a future in which every youth leaving the foster care system has access to a community of caring adults after age 18. Just in Time Foster Youth believes forging consistent, lasting relationships is the foundation for the success of the youth they serve so they can thrive and enjoy productive, satisfying lives.
San Diego Center for Children
The San Diego Center for Children is the oldest children’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the region and provides evidence-based therapeutic, educational, foster care, and transition-age services to children and families struggling with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. With eight program sites and community-based services within hundreds of homes and schools across San Diego County, the center empowers over 1,000 people every day.
2019
Crisis House
Crisis House is a Community Resource Center in El Cajon, California serving the poor and homeless. Their support helps clients overcome complex and challenging circumstances, including domestic violence, health conditions, and lack of access to food and housing.
Free to Thrive
As a Women Give Grant Partner, Free to Thrive will assist clients at Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility (San Diego’s women’s jail) with their housing needs by connecting them with emergency shelter, safe houses, relocation assistance, transitional housing and a case manager to oversee their transition.
Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Services empowers people of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds to overcome challenges, set goals, and build more stable, secure, and connected lives. Our grant supports their Safe Parking Program (SPP), which aids homeless people living in their cars by offering person-centered, wraparound services that address the needs of each participant and support their transition to permanent housing.
The San Diego LGBT Center
The San Diego LGBT Center provides many types of vital, direct service through its youth services programming that increase housing stability and improve the wellness and empowerment of LGBT youth.
2018
Casa Cornelia
Our grant supported the Victim of Crimes program, which provides no-cost, quality legal services to indigent, undocumented victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and other serious crimes.
Casa de Amparo
Our grant supported programs that assist female foster youth and transition age youth as they age out of the system and make their way towards independence through one-on-one case management and trauma care, education support, and job readiness training.
Mana de San Diego
Women Give San Diego supported a mentorship program that guides Latinas from at-risk backgrounds from middle school through college and a leadership program for Latina professionals looking to advance in their careers.
UCSD Center for Community Health, Refugee Health Unit
Our grant supported a community-based participatory research study that will build collective understanding and knowledge of how gender (and other factors) has impacted economic, educational and leadership opportunities for refugee women and girls in our community.
2017
ElderHelp
For over 44 years, ElderHelp has advocated for San Diego’s senior population, believing that helping seniors age with dignity in their homes creates a stronger more vibrant community for citizens of all ages.
National Association of Women in Construction
The National Association of Women in Construction is a network for women in the field of construction. WGSD supported their annual volunteer-led camp that teaches fundamental skills within the construction field as well as excites young women about a profession that likely felt inaccessible to them previously.
Promises2Kids
Promises2Kids is a leading nonprofit organization originally founded over 35 years ago as the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation of San Diego County. Since 1981, Promises2Kids has responded to the needs of foster children and provided support to children removed from their home due to abuse and neglect.
Workshops for Warriors
The mission of Workshops for Warriors is to provide quality training, accredited STEM educational programs, and opportunities to earn third party nationally recognized credentials to enable veterans, transitioning service members, and other students to be successfully trained and placed in their chosen advanced manufacturing career field.
2016
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Big Brothers, Big Sisters provides children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
The Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges
The Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges raises awareness and financial resources for the two colleges and the students they serve. In this case, Women Give will be supporting the Office Professional Training (OPT) program, a job training program for unemployed adults. OPT provides skills training, personal & crisis counseling, and job placement assistance to students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and age groups.
United Women of East Africa
The United Women of East Africa is not only the pipeline to culturally competent health care services for East African women in San Diego, they are dedicated to making a positive and lasting change in the economic self-sufficiency of East African women and girls.
Vista Hill
Established in 1957, Vista Hill will soon celebrate 60 years of leadership as a nonprofit corporation dedicated to creating stronger families in San Diego. Vista Hill has historically provided assistance to children and families in the areas of mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities, and currently serves over 20,000 individuals in numerous sites throughout San Diego.
2015
Dreams for Change
The Safe Parking Program assists homeless living in their vehicles by providing safe parking lots for nightly parking with case management services.
International Rescue Committee
International Rescue Committee will leverage existing funding to assist more low-income refugee women recover from war and attain financial independence in San Diego through entrepreneurship as well as employment.
Leap to Success
Leap to Success helps women recover from abuse by increasing confidence, improving readiness and capacity to become employed, learn decision-making skills, create abuse-free relationships, and develop pathways to become employed and self-sufficient.
North County Lifeline
Project LIFE, a human trafficking prevention and intervention program, helps victims (99% are female) transition from victim to survivor with the ultimate goal of physical and mental recovery, and permanent self-reliance.
2014
Community Housing Works Women’s Achievement Club
Founded in 1982, Community Housing Works (CHW) is a national non-profit organization that helps people and communities move up in the world through opportunities to own, rent, and achieve.
Nile Sisters: Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program
Nile Sisters helps refugee women and their families in San Diego County overcome barriers and become socially and economically self-reliant through education, training, and support.
San Diego Youth Services: Stars General Operating Support
San Diego Youth Services has provided comprehensive services to youth and families for nearly forty years. While each program is unique, all programs are designed to support the mission of SDYS to help at risk girls become self-sufficient and reach their highest potential by investing in them, strengthening their families and building their communities.
2013
Casa Cornelia
Casa Cornelia provides pro bono legal services to indigent immigrant victims of human and civil rights violations, and to educate others regarding the impact of immigration law and policy on the public good.
Southwestern College Microenterprise Family Childcare Program
The Southwestern College Microenterprise Family Childcare Program creates economic self-sufficiency among socioeconomically disadvantaged Spanish-speaking women by providing no-cost certification courses on how to establish licensed childcare business in their own homes.
Women’s Resource Center
Based in North County, Women’s Resource Center’s Transition House provides a case-managed, supportive environment for victims of domestic violence and their children, where women are able to focus on employment training, budgeting, money management, life skills,
2012
Grossmont College’s Office Professional Training
The Grossmont College’s Office Professional Training (OPT) program serves unemployed individuals who have been laid off or home with family members or they’ve changed careers or need to start one.
Barrio Logan College Institute
Barrio Logan College Institute developed Circulo de Mujeres, a gender specific support group for girls that meets weekly to discuss the challenges they are facing at home or in their community while expanding their future outlook with regards to education options and careers.
Foundation for Women
The Foundation for Women is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that strives to continually support and encourage impoverished women, both globally and locally, by funding and creating microcredit programs.
2011
Just in Time for Foster Youth
Just in Time for Foster Youth is an organization that provides emancipated foster youth with opportunities for self-sufficiency through emergency support, essential resources, and caring personal guidance at critical junctures on their path to independence.
Supportive Parents Information Network
The Supportive Parents Information Network (SPIN) is a grassroots organization that has successfully taken on the enormous challenge of lifting women out of poverty in San Diego for the past 13 years.
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