2007 Women of Silicon Valley Donor Circle Grant Partners

2007 Women of Silicon Valley Donor Circle Grant Partners

Businesses United in Investing, Lending, and Development (BUILD) | Menlo Park
$15,000
To support the expansion of the curriculum used in an entrepreneurship and leadership development program for high school girls in Menlo Park and East Palo Alto

Learning and Loving Education Center | Morgan Hill
$23,210
Funding to increase leadership and employment opportunities for newly-arrived, low-income and limited English-speaking women

Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN) | San Jose
$15,000
Funding to strengthen the leadership capacity and skills of SIREN’s executive staff and to hire a community organizer

Somos Mayfair (formerly Mayfair Improvement Initiative) | San Jose
$25,000
Funding to develop the leadership of immigrant women through a community theater ensemble, Familias Unidas de Mayfair, which provides an opportunity for immigrant women to tell their stories and generate dialogue about economic justice issues, immigration reform, educational opportunity and child care access

Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES) | Oakland
$25,000
To train new owner-managers to join two successful eco-friendly co-op housecleaning businesses started by other former low-income immigrant Latinas in Silicon Valley