Lawrenceville Nonprofit Receives $25,000 Grant From Princeton Area Community Foundation

The Princeton Area Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls has awarded $132,500 in grants to six local nonprofits, the foundation announced on Wednesday.

“Our Fund works to improve the lives of economically vulnerable women and girls in the region through community investment, education and collaboration,’’ Fund Chair Carolyn Sanderson said. “We are thrilled to announce that this year was our single largest grant making year since our founding in 1998.”

The following grants were awarded:

Millhill Child and Family Development Corporation in Trenton was awarded a three-year grant of $75,000. It will scale its Female Trenton PEERS Empowerment and Education Program, an outreach and support group for young women in high school that provides intensive mentoring, leadership development, and peer education.

HomeFront was awarded a grant of $25,000 for its Childcare Access for Mothers in Need program at the Atkinson Child Development Center in Ewing. It will focus on the educational, health, and workforce needs of very low-income mothers while their children receive free, quality childcare.

PEI Kids in Lawrenceville was awarded a grant of $25,000 for Helping Girls Achieve: A Therapeutic & Educational Support Group. It will address health and educational issues for girls who have been or who are at risk of being sexually abused.

Family Guidance Center in Hamilton, Henry J. Austin Health Center in Trenton, and RISE in Hightstown, were each awarded $2,500 relationship building grants.

The Princeton Area Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls supports the economic security of women and girls in central New Jersey.

Its funding priorities, based on the research-based needs of women and girls in the region, are reported in Shaping the Future, available online at www.pacf.org/shaping-the-future.

The Princeton Area Community Foundation promotes philanthropy and builds community across Mercer County and central New Jersey.

It helps people and companies make effective charitable gifts and awards grants to nonprofits.

Since its founding in 1991, the Community Foundation has grown into an organization with more than $120 million in assets and made grants of over $75 million, including $16 million in 2015.

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