FAUSA supports:
Projects that benefit women and children
Our Annual Grant which focuses on work in the Americas
Education Awards and Development Grants programs of The FAWCO Foundation
The seeds of the FAUSA Philanthropic program were planted in 1997 with donations of backpacks filled with books and school supplies for children in Bogota, Columbia. FAUSA’s philanthropy has evolved through the years to become a dedicated and reliable support for FAWCO and The FAWCO Foundation. In 2018, FAUSA was granted tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status to better enable our members and other supporters to donate to our causes.
2022 FAUSA Grant Recipients
Project Beloved: Beloved Bundles and Soft Interview Room for Project Beloved in Ft Worth, TX submitted by Therese Hartwell
Lamp Foundation: Women’s Health Program for Expectant Mothers and Babies for the Lamp Foundation in Cité du Soleil submitted by Elizabeth Hemminger
2021 FAUSA Annual Grant Recipient:
Lamp for Haiti: Lamp for Haiti is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, apolitical organization dedicated to providing health care and humanitarian aid to improve the lives of some of the most marginalized people in Haiti, among the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. We deliver quality medical care to the community of Cité Soleil, a slum on the outskirts of Port-au- Prince. Our committed staff has weathered hurricanes, earthquakes, civil unrest, and political turmoil to provide life-saving medical care to more than 15,000 patients a year. Many Haitians live on 50 cents a day and can only dream of regular visits to the doctor, leaving many to suffer and die from preventable and treatable diseases. Lamp founder, Dr. James Morgan, knew that a brighter future and tremendous human potential could be unlocked with improved health. Being selected as FAUSA's Annual Grant recipient, the $3,000.00 will assist 150 women with pre- and post-natal care.
Recent FAUSA Supported Development Grants
2022 FAUSA Effecting Change for Women and Children at Risk Development Grant: $4,000
Recipent: Empowering Community Health Workers in a Haitian Shantytown, Cité Soleil, Haiti
2021 FAUSA Effecting Change for Women and Children at Risk Grant: $4,000
Recipient: Potatoes and Guayule Cultivation: Re-knitting the Social Fiber in Rural South Africa: A Covid-19 women-inspired social reconstruction project - Bira, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Past FAUSA Development Grants can be found here
Recent FAUSA Supported Educational Awards
2022 FAUSA Skills Enhancement Award, $4000
Recipient: Brooke Viertel
FAUSA Skills Enhancement Award: $4000
Recipient: Andrea Stoddard
Past FAUSA Educational Awards can be found here.
2020-2022 FAWCO Target Project
S.A.F.E. (Safe Alternatives for Female Genital Mutilation)
Hope for Girls & Women, Tanzania
The initial goal for this project was $140,000 and the FAWCO community raised just over $177,000! FAUSA raised $9468 for Target 4 and achieved Diamond Donor Status.
Previous FAUSA-supported projects
The following is a summary of previous projects supported by FAUSA.
- Lamp for Haiti - Cité Soleil, Port-au- Prince 2022
- Veronica’s Voice - Kansas City, Kansas in 2019, 2020
- Operation Bootstrap Monduli, Tanzania - 2020
- Love People Not Pixels (now called Demand Disruption) - Houston, TX - 2020
- Pathways to Safety Internat'l (formerly American Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center) Portland, OR - 2006, 2018
- Turning Point Suffragist Memorial in Lorton, VA - 2018
- Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies in Houston, Texas - 2017
- The Urban Farming Guys in Kansas City, MO - 2017
- 4 Girls Foundation in Long Beach, CA - 2016
- Friends of Paradies des Indiens, Inc in Haiti - 2015
- San Francisco Safe House in San Francisco, CA - 2014
- The Eleanor Roosevelt Girls’ Leadership Program - 2013
- Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition, Girls Prevention Program in Houston, Texas - 2011
- The Aleethia Foundation Secret Santa Program at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, MD - 2011
- El Maestro En Casa, a literacy program broadcast by Radio San Miguel in the Amazon region of northern Bolivia - 2009
- Kids Help Project (TFF/FAUSA) school bags for students in Bogata, Columbia - 2007
- Amazon Children's Foundation in Rireralta, Bolivia - 2006, 2008
- The FAWCO Millennium Goal Treated Malaria Net Project - 2005
- Estancia Fraternidad in Oaxaca, Mexico - 2004-2009
- The Johanna Cecilia School in Guyana - 2004
- The FAWCO Emergency Relief Fund
Previous Beneficiaries
Previous recipients of FAUSA’s donations can be found here.
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