Claire Buck Announces Women's Fund of Rhode Island Grant Award Winners for 2011

This year, our dedicated grant review team connected and engaged with 24 organization applicants from across the state.

On behalf of the board and staff of the Women's Fund of Rhode Island I am pleased to introduce the following grant recipients:

George Wiley Center has been awarded an $8,500 grant to support the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. With this campaign, George Wiley Center will work to advocate on behalf of women facing utility shut offs and engage in the broader public policy.
Girls Rock! Rhode Island received an $8,000 grant to support its capacity building and development. Girls Rock is an organization that works toward helping girls and women empower themselves through the development of musical skills in order to foster self-esteem, self- confidence, and self-efficacy.
Olneyville Neighborhood Association received a $6,500 to address domestic violence and build the knowledge and capacity of ONA's primarily undocumented and Latino community.
Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (also known as SAGE) received an $8,500 grant to support Transforming Health Care for Lesbian Elders, a project that will educate and empower Lesbian Elders to seek quality health care, and educate health care professionals and organizations to deliver quality care to this population.
Senior Agenda Coalition received an $8,000 grant to conduct community conversation, develop policy recommendations, and engage the community of women 65 and older to become policy advocates, and advance policies that will support the well-being of older women in Rhode Island.
Socio-Economic Development Center for Southeast Asians received an $8,500 grant to support the Southeast Asians Restoring Community Hope project. The funding will be used to engage and support Southeast Asian women civically, develop a policy agenda to advocate for issues that disproportionately affect these women and girls, and benefit the entire Southeast Asian community in Rhode Island.
With your support we were able to distribute $48,000 to improve the lives of women and girls in our state.

On behalf of the Women's Fund of Rhode Island board and staff we are proud of these six organizations and the commitment they have made to sustain the development of initiatives that will advance leadership and policy advocacy for women, girls and their families in Rhode Island.

It is my pleasure to introduce Senator Sheldon Whitehouse who will present our new grantees with certifications. Thank you.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Women's Fund of Rhode Island
• George Wiley Center
• Girls Rock! Rhode Island
• Senior Agenda Coalition