2020 Orchid Giving Circle Finalists
The Orchid Giving Circle® at Texas Women’s Foundation has completed the review of applicants for the 2020 grant cycle and are pleased to announce the following 13 finalists have been funded.
It's a Sensory World
Executive Director, Rekha Suryanarayana created a program that serves children with special needs.
Grant will be used for a staff retreat. There is an increased need for nonrestrictive funds due to COVID-19 impacts.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$5,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Education
Community Served
Children
Vickery Meadows Youth Development Foundation
Seeks to provide a continuum of support and care to the 7500 youth in the Vickery Meadow neighborhood, beginning with early childhood and continuing through college graduation.
Funds will provide a counselor for mental health support and summer field trips in 2021 for Asian immigrant middle school through college students.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$20,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Education
Community Served
Children
Texas Muslim Women's Foundation
Provides direct services and programming for Asian-American and all women who have survived domestic violence.
Will use funds towards counseling women who are not able to seek help at this time and might require funds to be unrestricted to use for operational costs.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$20,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Domestic Violence
Community Served
Women
The Senior Source
Provides services to enable older adults to live to their fullest potential through nine programs that assist, protect, and connect older adults to needed resources, services, and tools.
This grant request assists older Asians who serve as volunteers with the RSVP and Foster Grandparent programs.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$10,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Economic Security
Community Served
Seniors and Children
Mosaic Family Services
Meets the needs of multicultural women and children who are survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.
Will support partial salary for a Shelter Advocate and hotline interpretation costs for Asian languages, supporting approximately 50 Asian women and girls.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$20,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Domestic Violence
Community Served
Women and Girls
Asian Breast Health Outreach Project
Provides breast health awareness, education, navigation & mammogram services to our local minority communities.
This grant will support the budget needed to provide these services to our Asian communities.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$10,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Health
Community Served
Women
Literacy Achieves
Serves immigrant and refugee families with free educational programs including Adult English Literacy, Early Childhood, and Student Support Services.
Funding will support the English Literacy Programs in Vickery Meadow serving 600 adults and 135 young children annually.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$15,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Education
Community Served
All
Ignite
Motivates women at an early age to become civically engaged to become the next generation of policymakers and political leaders
This grant will be used for staff that will create and execute programming for AAPI young women across DFW to become civically engaged and step into political power.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$11,500.00
Non-Profit Category
Civic Engagement
Community Served
Women
Heart House
Heart House is an education non-profit that serves refugee children with a holistic after school program utilizing trauma-informed care to help them thrive in their new community.
The grant would go towards salaries and training for staff providing these critical services.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$15,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Education
Community Served
Children
Dallas Chinese Community Center
Serves both the Asian and the non-Asian communities in the DFW area through educational, cultural, and recreational programs and activities for both adults and children.
The grant will focus on life skills for under-served Asians at age 50+, equality for men and women in their 20's to '40s, and leadership in children ages 8 to 18.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$20,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Education
Community Served
All
Communities in Schools in North Texas
Empowers PK-12 students to stay in school and achieve in life with goal to decrease dropout rates for this under-served community.
The grant will be used to hire a part-time Chin Family Engagement Specialist.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$20,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Education
Community Served
All
Chetna
Provides culturally specific services to South Asian victims of domestic violence.
Funds will be used to provide access to legal services, develop skills in the workforce, and remove transportation barriers they face.
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$20,000.00
Non-Profit Category
Domestic Violence
Community Served
Women
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
APIA Scholars provide college scholarships to undergraduate female APIA Scholars in North Texas.
Funds will provide scholarships to 5 women college students at $2500 each..
Year
Grant Amount
2020
$12,500.00
Non-Profit Category
Education
Community Served
Girls