Through this program, the Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation would like to fund organizations leading initiatives and services that aim to prevent families and young people from entering the foster care system.
Donor Name: Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation
State: Hawaii
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Through the Foundation’s funding opportunities, it has supported young people transitioning out of care, has funded programs and services benefiting foster youth & their caregivers, has provided capacity building for foster care-focused service providers, and has offered an Enhancements program, providing value-add life enhancements to all children in care.
Funding Priorities
Programs must meet two or more of the listed priorities:
- Align program activities and outcomes to child abuse and neglect protective factors: individual, family, and community-based protective factors; (Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention)
- Mitigate or directly address risk factors for child abuse and neglect including individual, family, and community-based risk factors; (Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention)
- Support families experiencing homelessness or housing instability, with a focus on families with children ages 0-5 years old
- Provide supportive and focused services for youth in foster care who are expecting a child or are already a parent
- Have established programming focused on providing family strengthening services to vulnerable, high-risk families in Hawai‘i
- Provide resource navigation or advocacy services to families in Hawai‘i at risk of entering the foster care system.
Funding Information
Grants usually range from $10,000 to $50,000 per year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Tax-exempt Hawaii organizations are eligible to apply. This includes nonprofit organizations, 501(c)(3) organizations, religious organizations that are exempt from taxation, and units of government.
- At least 50 percent of the individuals or families served by the program must have children ages 0-5.
- Programs must be in Hawai‘i and provide services to residents of Hawai‘i.
- Organizations must have experience administering grant funding and can provide data to show their experience with family-focused programming.
- Programs must demonstrate cooperation or collaboration with other service providers or agencies working with the target population.
For more information, visit HCF.
