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