Children's Trust Foundation Celebrates 25 Years
Children’s Trust Foundation kicked off its 25th birthday doing what it does best—supporting families and the programs that help them become stronger and preventing child abuse and neglect. In response to the budget crisis facing prevention programs this year, which brought a hefty $1.4 million cutback in funding, Children’s Trust Foundation worked hard to meet the needs facing families with a remarkable grant season. This year our support included $206,000 in grants.
Well aware that this year’s spending gap would deeply impact Washington families, we reacted by expanding our Board of Directors and stimulating growth in our grant cycle. For example, Children’s Trust Foundation’s April campaign dedicated 100% of all gifts received to family support grants, which sent much needed funds to 25 programs in 12 Washington counties. These programs provided parenting education classes, support groups, child development, and parent-and-child activities to more than 3,200 parents and children.
We also made certain that the grants awarded this year would reach as diverse of a group as possible. The families who benefit from these grants include those who belong to the military care for special-needs children, live in urban and rural communities, and are native speakers of Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and many other languages. Children’s Trust Foundation’s 2009 efforts propelled unprecedented results for a single year.
Not too shabby for an organization 25 years young and a fantastic start for us as we head into the next 25 years of leadership and aid for families throughout Washington.