Grants
Our Approach
Our grantmaking model is designed to identify and champion organizations that build resilience in children and families. We leverage a unique, multidisciplinary collaboration: HFC Academic Consultants, a global network of social welfare experts, lead HFC Grants Committees composed of dedicated professionals from the Alternative Investment industry. This model ensures our investments target rigorously effective and high-impact programs with proven solutions that protect children and strengthen communities worldwide.
Backed by Academic Excellence
HFC’s commitment to protecting children and families is anchored by a unique academic collaboration that ensures local relevance and optimal impact. HFC’s Academic Consultants are social welfare experts and faculty from local universities in our grantmaking locations. Their extensive social work training and local ties provide unparalleled knowledge of the specific organizations, initiatives, and needs on the ground. This rigorous, locally informed network creates a global brain trust that powerfully vets every grant, guaranteeing our funding supports the most effective, community-strengthening programs focused on protecting children and families worldwide.
To learn more about our Academic Consultants, visit About Help For Children (HFC) | Our Mission to Protect Children.
Our Grants History
YMCA of the Cayman Islands
To increase the awareness of what constitutes child abuse, and how it can be reported.
Child Abuse Prevention Council
To prevent child abuse and neglect, strengthen families, and provide mental health support in English and Spanish
East Bay Children’s Law Offices
To disrupt the cradle-to-prison pipeline for youth in the foster care system by addressing service gaps not typically addressed through courtroom advocacy
Family Paths
To reduce and prevent child abuse and neglect and improve the overall wellbeing of children and families by promoting and strengthening the protective factors, effective co-parenting and communication.
Homeless Children’s Network
To provide innovative, Afri-centric healing support for the most marginalized Black/African American children, youth, and parents/caregivers through Homeless Children’s Network’s (HCN’s) groundbreaking Ma’at and Community Mental Health programs and host at least two healing group convenings to center the community’s experience with intergenerational trauma and empower children, youth, and families
Marin Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
To provide consistent, trauma-informed advocacy for justice-involved youth in Marin County, ensuring they have the support, resources, and stability needed to break cycles of trauma and achieve long-term success.
STAND! For Families Free of Violence
To promote psychological healing for children who have been traumatized by family violence (experienced direct child abuse and/or witnessed domestic violence and abuse in their home) through trauma-informed evidence-based therapy services and other essential supports, including parent education.
Association to Benefit Children (ABC)
To build an unbreakable bond of love between parent and child that shields children at the highest risk of morbidity and mortality against the strains of poverty and complex trauma
Blythedale Children’s Hospital
To continue to bring awareness and provide educational tools to help parents/caregivers learn how to care for a child with medical complexity (CMC)