Grants That Make a Difference
Every month, "Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Washington, DC area organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. "Grants That Make a Difference" profiles these important community success stories.
December 1, 2004
Grant amount: $20,000
Who got the grant:
Rebecca Project for Human Rights
1752 Columbia Road, N.W. , Third Floor
Washington , DC 20009
Contact: Malika Saada Saar, Executive Director at 202/265-3907
Fax: 202/265-3909
E-mail: Malika@rebeccaproject.org
Web site: http://www.rebeccaproject.org
Who gave the grant:
Butler Family Fund
1301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202/463-8288
Fax: 202/463-8294
E-mail: info@butlerfamilyfund.org
Web site: http://www.butlerfamilyfund.org
Purpose of the grant:
Support to further the programs and services of the Rebecca Project for Human Rights.
Impact:
Executive Director Malika Saada Saar founded the Rebecca Project for Human Rights in 2000 while she was a student
at Georgetown University Law Center in D.C.
Through Rebecca Project's two civic action programs,
Crossing the River and Sacred Authority, the organization considers parents denied access to treatment
and the plight of substance abusing parents incarcerated for their addiction as human rights violations. The Rebecca Project
documents and challenges these human rights violations that deny mothers the opportunity to raise their
children.
The Rebecca Project's vision is to create a community of civic-minded leaders by educating, organizing, and training low-income
parents recovering from substance abuse. In turn, those parents, through direct civic action, advocate on behalf of their families
and communities for sensible substance abuse treatment policy and social-welfare policy.
To date, over forty mothers in recovery have trained to be national civic advocates and leaders.
Mission:
The Rebecca Project for Human Rights is a national legal and advocacy organization for families struggling with the
intersecting issues of economic marginality, substance abuse, access to family-based treatment, and the criminal
justice system.
"Grants that Make a Difference" is a rotating
feature profiling grants awarded to 501(c)3 nonprofit
organizations in the Metropolitan Washington,
DC area ONLY (the grantmaker doesn't necessarily
have to be local). The selection of grants for
"Grants That Make a Difference" is based on criteria
such as programmatic interests, geographic focus,
and size, to ensure the broadest possible representation
of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see a grant awarded to your NPO
featured here, e-mail a detailed description of
the grant (following the format below), to dclibrary@foundationcenter.org,
with "Grants Submission" in the subject line.
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Here is what you need to include:
- Name of your funded program
- The amount of the grant (indicate if multi-year)
- Who received the grant - Your organization's name, contact person's name (if applicable), address, telephone and Web site (if applicable).
- Who gave the grant - Name of the grantmaker
- Community impact: A brief (250 words maximum) explanation of how this program is making a difference in the community.
- Your organization's mission and how it relates to this funded project.
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