EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION
956 Corsica Drive, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 www.everychildfoundation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To raise funds for distribution to entities and organizations devoted to improving the prospects and easing the suffering of children affected by conditions like poverty, illness, injury, abuse, and neglect.

The Everychild Foundation ("the Foundation") was formed in 1999 and began operations in July 2000. It was established to raise funds for distribution to entities and organizations devoted to improving the prospects and easing the suffering of children affected by conditions such as illness, injury, abuse, poverty, and neglect. In addition, the Foundation was born out of the belief that a small committed group of women can produce an immediate, tangible impact in the lives of local children without the tremendous commitment of time, energy, and money that most charities invest in annual fundraising activities.The Foundation takes a unique approach to philanthropy. The Foundation is a non-profit public benefit organization, with participation open to all women in the Los Angeles area who currently contribute annual donations of $6,000. In 2006, the Foundation reached its goals of 225 participants and a grant of $1 million. The Foundation was named the "Outstanding Private or Community Foundation" in Los Angeles for 2004 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals and received the Women of Distinction Award from law firm Alston & Bird in 2013.In recognition for her achievements as Founder and President of the Foundation, Jacqueline Caster was the recipient of the Humanitarian Award for three organizations: First Star in 2004, The Optimist Youth Home in 2005, and Shane's Inspiration in 2006. She was also named Santa Monica/Westside YWCA Woman of the Year for 2005 and was awarded the Silver Shingle Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to the Community from Boston University School of Law. She has also been honored by Loyola Law School in Los Angeles with the Sister Janet Harris Juvenile Advocate Award and received the 2011 Momentum Award from the Women's Foundation of California. Additionally, she was named 2017 Woman of the Year for California's 26th Senate District by Senator Ben Allen.The annual grant is made in support of a project that will profoundly help local children facing disease, abuse, neglect, poverty, or disability. The grant recipient is chosen by a vote of the entire Foundation membership from a roster of carefully screened candidate projects. The Foundation salons are held two to four times a year; outside expert speakers are brought in to inform the Foundation participants on highly topical children's issues. Activities such as recruitment breakfasts and salons are funded entirely through non-participant cash contributions, in-kind donations, and earned income. Foundation activities, the Foundation administration, and the grant process are staffed by unpaid Foundation volunteers, with the assistance of a grant consultant, enabling the Foundation to keep administrative costs low.Since its inception, the Foundation has made twenty-one annual grants to local non-profit organizations. Disbursements begin in the following year in accordance with the grant agreement and may span multiple years. The Foundation has made the following grants: 1) 2000: QueensCare - $230,000Purchase and equip the first mobile dental clinic to serve 30 low-income elementary schools in LAUSD.2) 2001: Wonder of Reading - $385,000 Renovation and restocking of 15 elementary school libraries and creation of replicable model.3) 2002: Violence Intervention Program - $600,000Renovation of a building to create a permanent center for the psychological care of physically and sexually abused children.4) 2003: Optimist Youth Homes - $630,000Construction of youth learning center for abused, neglected, and other at-risk children.5) 2004: Hillsides - $715,000Establish transitional housing program for emancipated foster youth that provides them with skills and resources. 6) 2005: Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital - $925,000Construction of universally accessible playground at orthopedic pediatric outpatient clinic.7) 2006: Heart of Los Angeles Youth - $1,000,000Renovation of Lafayette Park Community Center to improve space for free, after-school programming in Rampart District. 8) 2007: Mar Vista Family Center - $1,000,000Construction of Youth Center to house "By Youth For Youth," a youth-led leadership and mentoring program in Mar Vista.9) 2008: St. John's Well Child & Family Center - $1,000,000Expansion of "Healthy Homes, Healthy Kids," an environmental health project targeting asthma and lead poisoning. 10) 2009: South Bay Center for Counseling - $1,000,000Implementation of "Youth Career Pathways" job training program, placing at-risk teens in living wage jobs. 11) 2010: Boys & Girls Clubs of LA Harbor - $1,000,000Expansion of College-Bound Program to help at-risk teens graduate from high school and get to college. 12) 2011: Centinela Youth Services - $1,000,000Launch a Restorative Justice Center to divert high-risk teens from the juvenile justice system. 13) 2012: Public Counsel/Alliance for Children's Rights - $1,000,000Create the "Families Forever Project" to provide comprehensive legal and social services to adoptive and guardianship families.14) 2013: The Children's Clinic - $1,000,000Launch of Bright Beginnings Pilot, to identify and address the effects of toxic stress on children 0-5 and pregnant mothers.15) 2014: 1736 Family Crisis Center - $1,000,000Renovation of a new facility for an emergency youth shelter program, serving homeless and at-risk girls and boys 10-17.16) 2015: The Whole Child - $1,000,000Creation of the Everychild Foundation Family Housing Program to permanently house and stabilize homeless families with children.17) 2016: Richstone Family Center - $1,000,000Creation of The Everychild Foundation Healing Center to provide children and their families with child abuse treatment programs and help alleviate the risk for future abuse.18) 2017: Center for Juvenile Law & Policy at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles - $1,000,000 - Launch of the Everychild Integrated Educational and Legal Advocacy Project to provide legal and educational representation for "crossover youth" in order to stop the school to prison pipeline.19) 2018: Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services - $1,000,000Grant to support the expansion of its successful suicide prevention program. The program will be named the Everychild Suicide Prevention Program.20) 2019 Homeboy Industries - $1,000,000Purchase and renovation of a facility to create the first Homeboy Industries Youth Re-Entry Center: A Home for Every Child, providing program support for youth, ages 14-21, who are re-entering the community.21) 2019 Baby2Baby - $100,000The first runner-up grant awarded by the Foundation. The Everychild Foundation Special Recognition Grant will support Baby2Baby's ongoing efforts to provide the children they serve with diapers and other basic essentials throughout Los Angeles County.

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