Girls Inc. Partners

Stella & Dot Foundation

Girls Inc. is proud to be one of three nonprofit organizations that the Stella & Dot Foundation has chosen to support. Through the sale of the Stella & Dot Foundation bracelets and direct donations, the Foundation will in turn support organizations that create a positive change for women and girls.

Stella & Dot is a boutique style jewelry line sold exclusively through independent jewelry Stylists. It’s a company inspired by and created for strong women so they can have the opportunity to have their own business on their own terms. The Foundation was created to support organizations with a similar philosophy—to empower women through education or economic empowerment.

Learn more about the Stella & Dot Foundation.

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Each year since 2000, Girls Inc. partners with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to offer the Family Strengthening Awards. Girls Inc. recognizes and shares outstanding programs and strategies delivered by our affiliate organizations that strengthen girls’ families. Girls Inc. believes that when we supply families of girls with such assistance, we help build supportive home environments for girls. Strong and encouraging home environments are one of the many factors that can help to inspire girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

Through the Family Strengthening Awards program, Girls Inc. honors selected Girls Inc. organizations by announcing their work at special events, conferences, and through webinars. Winners currently receive a $10,000 award in recognition of their important family strengthening work, as well as materials to help them publicize their award-winning work locally. The awards program spreads best practices in family strengthening throughout the entire Girls Inc. network by enabling other Girls Inc. organizations to learn from the award recipients.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is committed to helping children and families living in challenging communities do better. The Foundation believes that children do well when families do well, and that families do better when they live in supportive communities. Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.

Read about the 2009 recipients.

Read about the 2008 recipients:

• Girls Inc. of Bowling Green, Kentucky

• Girls Inc. of Holyoke, Massachusetts

• Girls Inc. of Pinellas, Florida

DOVE®

Dove® is partnering with Girls Inc. to help raise self-esteem for girls across the country.

As part of its “Thank You for Making a Difference” campaign, Dove® will contribute up to $500,000, shared among Girls Inc. and two other partner organizations that support the brand’s mission to build girls’ self-esteem. These funds will help support Girls Inc. Mind+BodySM, a new initiative that gives girls the knowledge, skills, and attitude required to form and maintain a healthy and positive sense of self. Dove® will also train staff at Girls Inc. organizations throughout the U.S. to deliver the Dove Self-Esteem Workshop for girls.

Find out how you can support Girls Inc. by designating a dollar of your Dove purchase.

EILEEN FISHER

Girls Inc. is honored to be the charitable partner for EILEEN FISHER 25th Anniversary events this fall season and to introduce a new facet to an ongoing partnership that has helped support the hundreds of thousands of girls we reach every year.

Girls Inc. has benefited from personal contributions from Eileen as well as support from the EILEEN FISHER company and foundation. Eileen was initially drawn to the Girls Inc. mission when she contributed a letter to What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self, an anthology edited by Ellyn Spragins that also featured a letter from Girls Inc. president and CEO Joyce Roché. Eileen then participated as a speaker at a Girls Inc. panel discussion event celebrating the book’s release in 2006.EILEEN FISHER boutiques in Bloomingdale’s nationwide have donated 10 percent of one day’s gross sales to Girls Inc.

Last fall, Girls Inc. launched the Girls Inc. Outlet Store on eBay, featuring EILEEN FISHER as our inaugural partner.

• Help celebrate EILEEN FISHER’S 25th Anniversary and support Girls Inc.

• Visit the Girls Inc. Outlet Store on eBay, featuring EILEEN FISHER merchandise at a significant discount.

ABC FAMILY

ABC Family is supporting Girls Inc. through a partnership with DoSomething.org, a non-profit organization whose goal is to inspire, support, and celebrate a generation of doers. Cast members of the ABC Family television show "Greek" are participating in the campaign, “Pledge Yourself to Do Something," by showcasing their support of three non-profit organizations including Girls Inc.

Just as fraternities and sororities encourage volunteerism on college campuses across the country, the “Pledge Yourself to Do Something” campaign has the fictitious houses of “Greek’s” Cyprus-Rhodes University encouraging viewers to make commitments to take action in their communities.

• Watch the young women of "Greek's" Zeta Beta Zeta talk about why they support Girls Inc.

• Learn more about the "Pledge Yourself to Do Something" Campaign.

The White Envelope Project

Girls Inc. is proud to be one of only 28 nonprofits featured in The White Envelope Project’s 2009 “Catalog of Giving” publication. Each year, the print and electronic versions of the Catalog of Giving highlight some of the best national and local charities in the United States. Girls Inc. was selected from more than 1.7 million nonprofits because of its unique mission, financial responsibility, and low overhead costs.

Inspired by a 1982 magazine contest, The White Envelope Project is an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization dedicated to developing the next generation of givers, civic leaders, and philanthropists. Founded by four siblings in their twenties in May 2006, the organization's programs educate youth and young adults about charitable giving, inspire them to act, and provide them with the tools, information, and resources to make a difference in the lives of others. To learn more about Giving Something Different, please visit www.WhiteEnvelopeProject.org.

Girl Power Beauty

Girl Power Beauty donates $4.00 from the sale of each eight-ounce bottle of their all natural Powerful Pink Grapefruit 2-in-1 Shampoo & Conditioner to Girls Inc.

Founder Lisa Foster, a mother of three daughters, created Girl Power Beauty with the goal to develop a brand that would educate and empower girls. Through the company’s concept of Social GirlabilityTM, girls can purchase Girls Power Beauty products that support social and environmental causes that are important to them. Girl Power Beauty products are made in the United States and Canada and are formulated with gentle, all natural ingredients such as organic floral water, fruit and floral extracts, soy, beeswax and veggie-based cleansers. They are free of parabens, sulfates, aluminum, bacteriacides, harsh chemicals, and are earth and animal friendly. Girl Power Beauty products capture the fun of being a girl.

Dream Big Toy Company

Dream Big Toy Company will donate five percent of net proceeds from sales of its Go! Go! Sports Girls doll line to Girls Inc.

The Go! Go! Sports Girls are nine dolls that represent a diversity of girl athletes, from a swimmer to a basketball player to a gymnast. Each doll wears an inspiring slogan designed to encourage girls to explore the benefits of exercising and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Founder Jodi Norgaard, a lifelong athlete and coach, developed the dolls to send a positive message to girls about achieving physical, mental, and emotional health through sports.

Go! Go! Sports Girls are available on www.gogosportsgirls.com, Amazon.com, and Sears.com, and at major national sporting events such as the U.S. Open.