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heymanGrants & Projects
Abigal Heymann,
"Growing up Female"
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Grantmaking

Three Guineas Fund does not accept unsolicited inquiries for grant support. Past grants approved by the Three Guineas Fund Board of Directors are listed below.  

Geography of 3GF Grants

The chart below shows the geographical distribution of 3GF grants.  In the United States, grants are further broken down into those that are:  1) national in scope, 2) state-wide across California, 3) S.F. Bay Area focused, and 4) other local projects based outside of the S.F. Bay Area.
1996-2005 Total = 60 Grants. 22% (13 Grants) International and 78% (47 Grants) in the United States. Of grants made in the US, 38%, (18 Grants) were in the San Francisco/Bay Area, 32% (15 Grants) were Nationwide, 26% (12 Grants) were Other, and 4% (2 Grants) were all of California
 
 

 
  The chart below shows the distribution of grant awards, by amount.
 
1996-2005 Total Grants = $1,197,400. 24% ($291,000) International and 76% ($906,000) in the United States. Of grant dollars given in the US, 41% ($368,700) were Nationwide, 27% ($247,000) were in the San Francisco Bay Area, 26% ($235,000) were other, and 6% ($55,000) were all of California.
  Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest hundred.

 

 

3GF Grant Partners

Co-Abode House Sharing, Inc.
 General Operating Support, Multi-Year
 Seed funding for a new web-based resource that shifts the economics of single-motherhood and redefines the family unit.

GirlSource
 General Operating Support, Multi-Year
 Support during a critical expansion phase of a unique girls' program that produces exceptionally high rates of high school graduation and college enrollment.

Lower Eastside Girls' Club
 Sweet Things Company
 Support to launch the Sweet Things Bake Shop and the Sweet Things Café, two social ventures of New York's only girls' club.

National Women's Law Center
 Gender Equity in Education, Multi-Year
 Ongoing support for critical policy work, advocacy, and litigation to fulfill Title IX's promise:  gender equity in all aspects of education.

Women's Technology Cluster
 Social Fusion: Accelerating Microfinance Success
 Seed funding to develop and launch an innovative microfinance product, and build capacity in the microfinance sector.


Count Me In
General Operating Support, Multi-Year
An on-line credit scoring system and micro-lender addressing banks' and other financial institutions' discrimination against women's access to credit.

Gender Action
General Operating Support, Multi-Year
Seed funding for a new non-profit working towards mandated gender policy at the World Bank.

IDEX
Girl Child Network, Multi-Year
Support for a new national girls' movement in Zimbabwe that is transforming gender roles and creating economic opportunity, via an innovative model for engaged international philanthropy.


 View other Past Grants.

Operating Projects

Three Guineas collaborates with partners to test unique solutions to social problems impacting women and girls.  The Fund has created and managed operating projects.

Past Operating Projects

ASTIA (formerly Women's Technology Cluster)
A model for helping women access capital through incubation and mentoring of early-stage technology businesses in which women have principal ownership stake. (launched in 1999)

Social Fusion (formerly Social Entrepreneurship Incubator)
A cross-sector incubator and community for early-stage non-profit organizations aligned with the Fund's mission. (launched in 2002)

Young Women's Technology Cluster
A model for increasing the number of girls pursuing technology careers, providing high school girls with work experience in technology companies. (launched in 2001)

Brave Little Girls
A community collaboration revolving around a traveling exhibition of original illustrations from children's books portraying girls of courage. (launched in 1997)