Our Funders
GEMS would like to thank the public and private foundations, community organizations and churches who have supported our mission and our work and who believe in the power and potential of the girls and young women we serve.
Faith Based Organizations:
First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn
Jewish Child Care Association
New York Church International
Second Presbyterian Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Community Organizations:
Circle of Friends: Celebrating Life, Inc.
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Lambda Theta Alpha, Latin Sorority, Inc.
Knickerbocker Chapter: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Businesses & Corporations:
DFB Sales, Inc.
Dunn Development Corp.
Serenity Salon Spa Nett LLC
Shoe Revolt
Pepsi-Cola Advertising and Marketing, Inc.
Spavana
Foundations:
Achelis and Bodman Foundations
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Carnegie Corporation
The Clark Foundation
Dunn Family Charitable Foundation
Eileen Fisher Foundation
Equality Now!
Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation
Global Fund for Children
Hedge Funds Care
Jewish Communal Fund
Lilah Hilliard Fisher Foundation
The Marion E. Kenworthy-Sarah H. Swift Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation
New York Women’s Foundation
North Star Fund
NoVo Foundation
Pepsi Foundation
The Pinkerton Foundation
Playa Foundation
Public Welfare Foundation
The Ruth Turner Fund
The Shippy Foundation
Sponsors for Equal Opportunity
The Tides Foundation
Tiger Foundation
V-Day Foundation
Valentine Perry Snyder
Government Agencies:
Federal:
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office for Victims of Crime
Office on Violence Against Women
State:
Office of Child and Family Services
City:
Department of Youth and Community Development
Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator















