Valentine Foundation

2017 Grantees

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$172,000—Valentine Foundation Grants

$24,140—Visionary Leadership Fund Grants

$500—Retiring Trustee Grants

$196,640—Total 2017 Valentine Foundation Awards


2017 Valentine Foundation Grants

Organization Name Project Title Social Change Indicator Amount Awarded
ArtWell Women of Equity Shift in Definition $10,000
Education Law Center Unlocking Possibilities: Education Collaborative for Philadelphia’s Black Girls Shift in Policy $10,000****
HIAS PA Expanding Protection for Immigrant Survivors of Interpersonal Violence Shift in Policy $12,000***
Girls Rock Philly Sound Scholars Shift in Engagement $10,000*
Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women Improving Systemic Responses to Interstate Custody and Domestic Violence in Pennsylvania Shift in Policy $12,000
Lutheran Settlement House MEN CAN Initiative Shift in Engagement $10,000
Mazzoni Center Sisterly L.O.V.E. (Leading Others Via Education) Shift in Engagement $10,000
Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health (PhilaPOSH) Impacting Sexual Harassment Policies and Practices at Philadelphia Area Restaurants Shift in Policy $10,000
POWER:Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower and Rebuild Women in POWER (originally called Women’s Justice League) Shift in Engagement $12,000
SEAMAAC, Inc. Safe Families Program Shift in Engagement $10,000
University Community Collaborative at Temple University Increasing awareness about sexual violence against women Shift in Definition $10,000*
Why Not Prosper, Inc. Women’s Peer Advocacy Training Program Shift in Policy $10,000
Women Against Abuse Advancing the coordinated response to domestic Violence Shift in Policy $15,000**
Women’s Law Project General Operating Shift in Policy $10,000****
Women’s Medical Fund Women’s Medical Fund: Activism and Caller Engagement Shift in Engagement $11,000
YWCA Tri-County Area Eliminating implicit bias in school discipline of girls of color Shift in Policy $10,000
Total 2017 Valentine Foundation Grants: $172,000
*First payment of a two year grant
**Second payment of a two year grant
***Second payment of a three year grant
****First payment of a three year grant

2017 Visionary Leadership Fund Grants

Organization Name Project Title Amount Awarded
Bread & Roses Community Fund The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University Certificate in Nonprofit Management $1,590
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Conferences and or workshops, training and or coaching $3,750
Lutheran Settlement House Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) at Bryn Mawr College Executive Leadership Program $5,850
Project HOME Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) at Bryn Mawr College Ascending Leader Program $2,100
Women Against Abuse, Inc. Training and/or Coaching $5,000
Women’s Resource Center Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) at Bryn Mawr College Ascending Leader Program $5,850
Total 2017 Visionary Leadership Fund Grants: $24,140

2017 Retiring Trustee Grants

Organization Name Project Title Amount Awarded
Women’s Medical Fund Retiring Trustee Grant $500
Total 2017 Retiring Trustee Grants: $500

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