Group Nine's The Gist Fund

Every Mother Counts

Every Mother Counts works to achieve quality, respectful, and equitable maternity care for all by giving grants and working with partners and thought leaders to increase awareness and mobilize communities to take action.

Homeless Prenatal Program, Inc.

In partnership with our families, break the cycle of childhood poverty

La Cocina Inc

THE MISSION OF LA COCINA IS TO CULTIVATE LOW-INCOME FOOD ENTREPRENEURS AS THEY FORMALIZE AND GROW THEIR BUSINESSES BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN SPACE, INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ACCESS TO MARKET OPPORTUNITIES. WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON WOMEN FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. OUR VISION IS THAT ENTREPRENEURS WILL BECOME ECONOMICALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT AND CONTRIBUTE TO A VIBRANT ECONOMY DOING WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO.

La Casa de Las Madres

La Casa de las Madres was founded in 1976 by a group of Bay Area women, most of whom had experienced domestic violence as victims or as daughters of abused mothers. Deeply motivated by the death of her mother, one of the founders set forth to establish a place where women could seek refuge from domestic violence; where they would be safe, cared for, and allowed to regain physical strength and self-esteem. Their refuge would be named La Casa de las Madres--The Home of the Mothers. Today, La Casa offers emergency shelter to women and their children while providing advocacy, counseling, family-based services and referrals. Our downtown office houses our two 24-hour crisis lines, Drop-In Counseling Center, Teen Intervention and Prevention Program, and Community Education and Outreach Program as well as our administration.

Room To Read

Room to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children in low-income countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education.

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children , our innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within schools in low-income countries during two time periods which are most critical in a child's schooling: early primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls' education.

We work in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children and ensure girls can complete secondary school with the skills necessary to negotiate key life decisions. By focusing on the quality of education provided within the communities and ensuring these outcomes are measured, we have created a model that can be replicated, localized and sustained by governments.

Room to Read has benefited 10 million children across 17,500 communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia, and aims to reach 15 million children by 2020.

Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.