2017 - 2023
Hispanic Scholarship Consortium has served the Central Texas community with a unique combination of leadership, scholarship, and mentorship over the last 15 years. They collaboratively leverage resources to provide scholarships to Central Texas Hispanic students and offer a network of support that mentors and empowers scholars to graduate from college as workforce-ready leaders engaged in the community.
2023 Grant Information: Awarded 3 vocational skills education scholarships to women in Central Texas.
The Ladder Alliance was founded in 2001 by Sharon Cox, who wanted to teach computer skills to women survivors of domestic violence and low-income women. They offer a series of computer skills training programs (in English + Spanish) that directly connect women to jobs upon graduation. They are located in the One Safe Place building which is a resource center for survivors. While attending their computer training programs, participants have access to a variety of other resources like professional clothing, childcare, counseling, legal support, etc.
2022 Grant Information: Awarded to fund the curriculum for their industry-recognized training programs.
2021 Grant Information: Awarded to fund the curriculum for their industry-recognized training programs.
The Women’s Center of Tarrant County was founded in 1979 with the goal of providing information and referral, employment assistance, and life skills workshops to women, men, and children of all ages, ethnic and economic backgrounds. Shortly afterwards, services expanded to include a rape crisis program and the Play it Safe!® child sexual abuse prevention program. Today, the Women’s Center provides expanded programming in its three original service areas: rape crisis and victim services, employment solutions, and general counseling services
2022 Grant Information: Awarded to their Targeted Skills Training program which funds partial scholarships for short-term career training.
2021 Grant Information: Awarded to their Targeted Skills Training program which funds partial scholarships for short-term career training.
2019 Grant Information: Awarded to their Employment Solutions Program which supports women in receiving skills and career training for in-demand fields.
The International Rescue Committee is an international organization that focuses on humanitarian aid, relief, and development. They are present in 40 countries and over 20 cities in the United States. The IRC in Seattle has seven programs designed to ensure refugees thrive in America. Their New Roots Program focuses on food access and builds on the agricultural experience of many new refugee and immigrant families. They provide access to land, materials, and education for program participants to grow healthy food.
2020 Grant Information: Awarded to their New Roots program in Seattle, WA. This grant will support the development of a new farm site and provide vocational training for farmers wanting to expand their business and market their produce locally.
Per Scholas was founded almost 20 years ago with a mission to open doors to transformative technology careers. Per Scholas provides technical training courses in information technology, network support, and platform and prepares them for tech careers. They’re building a more diverse technical workforce by creating onramps for women and people of color, groups staggeringly underrepresented in IT employment today.
2019 Grant Information: Awarded to the Dallas, TX chapter to sponsor participants enrolled in technology course trainings.
Interfaith Dallas was founded by Ben Beltzer in 1986 after running a transitional housing program in Missouri for over 10 years. Over the last 30+ years they have developed a holistic approach to breaking the cycle of poverty for families in Dallas through its family empowerment, housing, and career development programs. Interfaith is currently building a new family empowerment facility that will continue expand their reach and impact in the Dallas community.
2018 Grant Information: Awarded to their career development program which provides vocational training & education to women
People for Guatemala was founded in 2010 by Lois & Ken Werner. The couple had been visiting and volunteering in Guatemala for almost two decades before deciding to move full-time & start their own non-profit. Their organization offers health services, education opportunities and community development to the population of San Martin, Jilotepeque. They recently opened a vocational school where they're offering a wide range of occupational/skills based courses to the local communities.
2018 Grant Information: Providing the skills-based education for Namaste's ongoing women's workforce pilot program
Amigos de Santa Cruz was founded in 1998 by a group of foreign-born residents of Santa Cruz to help support this small remote village. Their primary focus is on education both at the primary and secondary level. Together with community leaders they work to make a difference in the future lives of the people, helping to develop a literate populace and an educated leadership better able to improve their own communities. Amigos works with community leaders to identify needs and to find solutions to problems and believes that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty for the indigenous people of Guatemala.
2018 Grant Information: Awarded to the culinary education Program
2017 Grant Information: Awarded to the women's empowerment program
Namaste Direct was founded by Bob Graham, one of the first “social entrepreneurs” for microfinance in Latin America. He knew that microfinance could be n transformational tool for lifting families out of poverty, but only if it was paired with culturally- informed mentoring and education. This is what inspired him to start Namaste Direct, which is facilitated entirely by local leaders. Since 2004 Namaste has been working with low- income women entrepreneurs across Guatemala.
2017 Grant Information: Awarded to a pilot program for women's workforce & skill-based education