Please read a special statement from We Raise Board Chair Andrew Steele and We Raise President and CEO Paul Miles.
Let’s end poverty, violence,
and inequality in our communities.
and inequality in our communities.
Stay informed about the many ways we’re investing
in communities across the country
Stay informed about the many ways we’re investing
in communities across the country
Motivated by the belief that freedom is grace in action, We Raise Foundation partners with Christian nonprofit organizations and emerging leaders working at the intersection of poverty, violence, and inequality. We employ a unique approach to our investing by coupling program funding with a variety of robust value-added services that empower our grantees to grow their solutions to tackle social problems on the scale at which they exist. Our three priority granting areas are:
education, workforce development, and criminal justice.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
Emerging Leader and Fellow Staff Literally Take Students By The Hand
Imagine the power of leading at-risk children “by the hand” every day after school, every year from kindergarten through college, loving and nurturing them mind, body, and soul.
That’s exactly what By The Hand Club For Kids (BTH) in Chicago does. Daniel Bell, the Social-Emotional Learning Specialist for BTH received an Emerging Leader Grant from We Raise Foundation in 2021 for his all-in dedication at the Christ-centered after-school program.
Bell and a staff of close to 150 people work across five club sites that serve more than 1,700 kids in the Altgeld Gardens, Austin, Cabrini-Green, and Englewood neighborhoods. Almost all the students referred to the program are struggling academically. They’re referred by their teachers and bussed to the after-school sites. There, they receive academic support, literacy intervention, healthy meals, vision and dental care, and spiritual discipleship. They can explore their talents and interests to prepare for college and career.
“ … And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8