Girls Rights Project
Historical FunderPortola Valley, California · EIN 52-2364195 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$388K
Organizations funded47
Typical grant$8,000
Total assets$5.7M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $5,000 and $10,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | STACEY KEARE |
|---|---|
| Address | 155 MOUNTAINWOOD LANE, WOODSIDE CA 94062 |
| Phone | 6506145003 |
| Form and materials | APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A LETTER OF REQUEST, ACCOMPANIED BY A STATEMENT FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE CONFIRMING QUALIFICATION. |
| Deadlines | NONE |
| Restrictions | NONE |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
65% of grants went outside California.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tandem | San Francisco, CA | To support early learning and development. | $25,000 |
| Women Moving Millions | New York, NY | To fund organizations promoting the advancement and empowerment of women and girls | $25,000 |
| Amplify Girls | Chattanooga, TN | To localize global development and invest in adolescent girls. | $20,000 |
| Equality Now | New York, NY | To work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls around the world. | $20,000 |
| Crea Nicaragua | Oakland, CA | To inspire nicaraguans to empower t hemselves and ther communities by providing educational resources | $13,000 |
| Soccer Without Borders | Cambridge, MA | To use soccer as a vehicle for positive change | $12,000 |
| She Can | San Rafael, CA | To equip and empower young women from post-conflict countries to become leaders | $11,000 |
| Cambodia Childrens Fund | Santa Monica, CA | Provide education, nourishment and healing to children | $10,000 |
| Educate 2 Envision | San Leandro, CA | To bring affordable and impactful secondary school education to rural poor communities in honduras | $10,000 |
| Everfree | San Juan Capistrano, CA | To free communities from human trafficking and empower survivors everywhere to thrive in freedom. | $10,000 |
| Every Woman Treaty | Seattle, WA | To support working for a safer world for women and girls worldwide. | $10,000 |
| Flying Kites | Dedham, MA | To transform education in rural kenya. | $10,000 |
| Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security | Washington, DC | To build the evidence-based case for a focus on women, peace and security. | $10,000 |
| Global Fund for Children | Washington, DC | Prevent child trafficking and prostitution | $10,000 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | To provide an academic prog of the highest quality | $10,000 |
| Impact Assets | Bethesda, MD | To impact investing and charitable giving. | $10,000 |
| Nami Network | Arlington, VA | To raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need. | $10,000 |
| Parity Lab | Parsippany, NJ | To prevent gender based violence in india. | $10,000 |
| Plan International USA | Warwick, RI | To address the needs of children around the world through community engagement and ownership | $10,000 |
| Rise Up | Oakland, CA | To create a betteer future for girls, youth and women globally | $10,000 |
| Sacred Valley Project | Montclair, NJ | To provide boarding and supplementary education for young women from remote areas of the andes | $10,000 |
| Tahirih Justice Center | Falls Church, VA | To protect immigrant women and girls | $10,000 |
| Rain for the Sahel | Portsmouth, NH | To provide access to education and opportunity for rural and nomadic peoples of niger | $8,000 |
| U-Go | Solana Beach, CA | To help ambitious and promising young women in low-income countries to pursue higher education. | $8,000 |
| Apne Aap International | New York, NY | To increase choices for at-risk girls and women. | $5,000 |
| Care Impact Fund | Merrifield, VA | To work around the globe to save lives, deveat poverty and achieve social justice | $5,000 |
| Chichuas Wasi School | Sonoma, CA | To promote gender equality, self-esteem, and human dignity to indigenous girls of rural cusco, peru. | $5,000 |
| Colors of Connection | Shorelind, WA | To engage conflict-affected youth and communities worldwide in collaborative art-making | $5,000 |
| Creative Life Foundation | Boston, MA | To connect vunerable and marginalized children and parents in urban and rural thailand to resouces that prevent human trafficking. | $5,000 |
| Freedom Story | Oakland, CA | To preven child trafficking and exploitation through culturally relevant programs | $5,000 |
| Global Fund for Women | San Francisco, CA | Advancing women's rights by making grants that support and strengthen women's groups around the world. | $5,000 |
| L'ecole de Choix | Houston, TX | To partner with haitians to develop haitian leaders | $5,000 |
| Malala Fund | Washington, DC | To promote girls' education and equality worldwide by working to ensure that girls everywhere have access to 12 years of free, safe and… | $5,000 |
| My Own Image | Washington, DC | To prevent technology facilitated sexual violence and inform public understanding and societal responses to these crimes. | $5,000 |
| Nadia's Initiative | Washington, DC | To rebuild communities in crisis and advocating for survivors of sexual violence. | $5,000 |
| Nurturing Minds Inc | Newtonville, MA | To educate tanzanian girls who are poor, marginalized and at-risk of exploitation | $5,000 |
| Rights 4 Girls | Washington, DC | To end gender-based violence against young women and girls in the u.s. | $5,000 |
| Room to Read | San Francisco, CA | Focus on literacy and gender equality of children in india | $5,000 |
| The 19Th | Austin, TX | To empower women with the information, resources and community they need to be equal participants in our democracy. | $5,000 |
| The Citizens Foundation | Houston, TX | To educate underprivileged children. | $5,000 |
| Ladakhi Sisters | Durham, ME | To improve the well-being of the women, children and families of ladakh | $3,000 |
| Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative | San Jose, CA | To provide powerful interventions for the most vulnerable children in our communities | $2,500 |
| Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | San Francisco, CA | To protect basic human rights of refugee women and girls | $2,500 |
| Far Away Friends | Lakewood, CO | To ensure all children in uganda have access to quality education no matter how far away the village. | $2,500 |
| Freedom Firm | E Wenatchee, WA | To end child sex trafficking in india. | $2,500 |
| Unatti Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | To provide comprehensive programs for girls in nepal who live in vunerable situtations. | $2,500 |
| The Women's Network | San Dimas, CA | To connect members to industry leaders, professional development resources, and career opportunities. | $1,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $388,500 | 47 |
| 2023 | $419,800 | 52 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 10, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543149349103159
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 52-2364195
- Profile updated Nov 6, 2026
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