Cheryl Saban Self-Worth Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Cheryl Saban Self-Worth Foundation supports a wide variety of projects and programs aimed at women and girls.
IP TAKE: This modest and low-key, but very accessible foundation geographically supports organizations across the U.S., but particularly in New York, Illinois, Florida, Colorado, Texas, Utah and California. Globally, it tends to support work in London and Israel. It also accepts emailed LOIs and grant proposals.
This funder is laser-focused on investing in women across it’s areas of funding. Your work must center on women and girls, aligning closely with the foundation’s mission, to be considered for support.
PROFILE: Cheryl Saban founded the Cheryl Saban Self-Worth Foundation for Women and Girls (CS Self-Worth Foundation) in 2008. With an initial $10 million in funding that has since grown to $13 million, the foundation “believes that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is fundamental to changing society for the better for all humankind.” The foundation’s current areas of grantmaking interest include women’s empowerment, education opportunities and STEM for women and girls, women’s reproductive and mental health, women’s human rights, and global impact.
Grants for Women and Girls, Violence Prevention, Human Rights and STEM
This foundation conducts all of it’s grantmaking through a gender lens, focusing entirely on women and girls. Empowerment grants focus on leadership and support organizations offering programs such as small business training, financial training incentives and outreach programs. Its educational giving supports STEM, teacher training and computer science programs. The foundation also offers college and high school scholarships.
In the healthcare and family planning, the CS Self-Worth Foundation seeks organizations focusing on the healthcare and mental health needs of children, mothers and family planning programs. The foundation’s advocacy grants support organizations promoting policy changes; finally, its global impact giving supports organizations aiming to have a global impact.
Important Grant Details:
Grant amounts range from $10,000 to $375,000, with most awards ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. Past grantees include Girls Who Code, Feminist Majority Foundation, and Accion USA. Click here to learn more about the foundation’s current and past grantees.
All grant applications should be sent by email to: selfworth@saban.com with the words: New Grant Proposal in the subject line of the email.
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