What can one heart do?
Can it help keep families together?
Vision
Empowering families to stay together when faced with difficult life circumstances.
Mission
To support small nonprofits by funding innovative programs designed to improve the lives of at-risk and vulnerable families.
EMPOWERING FAMILIES
Now Welcoming Applications
Charlie’s Heart Foundation is committed to supporting small non-profits who are doing great work! The Foundation values working with organizations whose efforts are collaborative, multicultural and evidence-based. Its grant making focus is on funding innovative human service projects that empower families to stay together when difficult life circumstances challenge the family structure.
From the Blog
Charlie’s Heart Foundation Grant Program
These are unusual times for all of us. Whether you’re a person, business, or nonprofit, everyone is struggling to find their footing in this new normal. The uncertainty of it all is daunting, and many are taking a financial hit. This is true for nonprofits throughout the world, who have had to cancel upcoming fundraising […]
Read MoreMeet Our 2020 Grant Winners: Camp Twin Lakes
The Charlie’s Heart Foundation Grant Program is designed to help other nonprofit organizations whose missions align with our own in helping families and empowering them to stay together under difficult circumstances. This year has been particularly difficult for nonprofits, who are seeing increased demand for their services but are experiencing fewer donations than typical due […]
Read MoreMeet Our 2020 Grant Winners: Kindermourn
As an organization, one of the highlights of our year was creating and running the Charlie’s Heart Foundation Grant Program for the first time ever and getting to know some of the incredible organizations who applied. More than ever, nonprofits need our help. Many are seeing an increased need for their services but are facing […]
Read MoreFamily Dinner
The times I miss Charlie most are seemingly the mundane moments of the day — getting dressed in the mornings, brushing teeth, dropping off, and picking up at preschool. These were the moments that he would say something funny, make a poignant observation or ask a question that required more than a one-sentence response. That’s […]
Read MoreI Wish for Charlie
My favorite time of day is after I drag myself out of bed, get Ellie ready for school, and hop in the car. I’m never super pleased when the alarm goes off and often wish I could press snooze for a few more hours. But the 10-minute drive between our house and school makes it […]
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– Mary Anne Roadmacher
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