Hightstown's RISE Gets Grant For Single‐Parent Families Program

EAST WINDSOR, NJ - The Fund for Women and Girls celebrated 25 years recently by awarding $250,000 in grants to local nonprofits that help improve the lives of women and children.

RISE, Hightstown, received a three-year grant, totaling $75,000 for its Rising to Help Single‐Parent Families program.

The initiative provides financial support to 196 low‐income, single‐parent households, mostly led by Latina women.

Some 326 children live in these households, mostly in the Hightstown and East Windsor area. With the grant, the organization plans to expand its services for the families, many of which live paycheck to paycheck.

RISE will provide close monitoring, counseling by case managers and funds in an emergency.

“We are incredibly fortunate to have 25 years of support from our fund members,” said Carolyn Sanderson, Fund Chair. “We want to congratulate our grantee partners and thank them for the tremendous impact they make in our communities every day.”

The Fund is comprised of members who make individual donations. Then applying the concept of collective philanthropy, they meet annually to recommend grants to local nonprofits.

In 25 years, the Fund has awarded more than $2 million to nonprofits in the region, including a quarter of a million dollars awarded in November.

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