Every nonprofit needs a solid foundation — a strong base of support in the form of a focused mission and vision as well as high quality effective programs, an engaged board and sufficient funding. Fortunately, the 20-year-old Humanity Project has all those elements in place … in no small part thanks to two other foundations in our community: the Our Fund Foundation and the Community Foundation of Broward.
Today we want to express our sincere gratitude to both of them for jointly awarding a generous new grant to the Humanity Project so we can continue our work. And also expand that work to reach many more kids who need our inspiring lessons in self-worth, equality and respect-for-all. Our nationally known Humanity Club and Antibullying Through The Arts programs forge deep connections with school children, helping them to treat all their peers respectfully. They learn to prevent bullying as well as to stop bullying whenever and wherever it may happen. Our programs place special emphasis on supporting the LGBTQ community of students, which is disproportionately victimized by bullying in and out of school.
The new grant continues the Humanity Project’s longtime partnership with the Our Fund Foundation, an LGBTQ community foundation, and its amazing CEO, David Jobin. We’re deeply pleased to begin an important new partnership with the Community Foundation of Broward, which is led by its own impressive CEO, Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson. Together, these two organizations have enabled our local South Florida community to become both more dynamic and more livable — funding new solutions, building new pathways forward during these challenging times.
We are proud and honored to be associated with the Our Fund Foundation and the Community Foundation of Broward. And we pledge that the Humanity Project will do our very best to make sure they both are proud to be associated with our efforts. “Equality for each, respect for all,” that’s the Humanity Project. Those values along with self-worth are at the core of everything we do. We believe they are needed now more than ever.
