Global Fund for Children
For The Juliette Gimon Fund For Courageous Leadership
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Amount$900,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/18/2018
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
The Global Fund for Children (GFC) will establish the Juliette Gimon Fund for Courageous Leadership to honor the spirit that Juliette brought to her work with children and young people globally. Annual awards from the fund, the Juliette Gimon Courage Awards, will recognize innovative organizations that survive and thrive in especially challenging economic, cultural, political, or environmental contexts, and whose teams exhibit fearlessness and resilience in their quest to advance education, gender equality, freedom from violence and exploitation, and empowerment for children and youth. The awards will be given to grassroots organizations that both focus on any issue affecting children and youth in GFC’s thematic focus areas and to organizations that focus on amplifying the empowerment of girls and/or strive to achieve gender equity through engagement with both boys and girls.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.globalfundforchildren.org
Address
1101 14th St. NW Suite 420, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Global Fund for Children (GFC) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization with the mission to transform the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. Established in 1994, GFC partners with local organizations around the world to help children and youth reach their full potential and advance their rights.
for the Juliette Gimon Fund for Courageous Leadership
The Global Fund for Children (GFC) will establish the Juliette Gimon Fund for Courageous Leadership to honor the spirit that Juliette brought to her work with children and young people globally. Annual awards from the fund, the Juliette Gimon Courage Awards, will recognize innovative organizations that survive and thrive in especially challenging economic, cultural, political, or environmental contexts, and whose teams exhibit fearlessness and resilience in their quest to advance education, gender equality, freedom from violence and exploitation, and empowerment for children and youth. The awards will be given to grassroots organizations that both focus on any issue affecting children and youth in GFC’s thematic focus areas and to organizations that focus on amplifying the empowerment of girls and/or strive to achieve gender equity through engagement with both boys and girls.
