60000 Invested Over 3-Years In May of 2022, Specialty Family Foundation awarded Art Trek, Inc. a $60,000 multi-year Accelerating Progress grant in support of their efforts to establish organizational competency in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) – teaching staff how to approach all lessons, teacher trainings and student encounters with Read more
25000 Invested In August of 2022, Specialty Family Foundation awarded a $25,000 grant to Abundant Housing LA’s Education Fund (AHLA). The Fund is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to making Los Angeles County a more affordable, diverse, and vibrant region where everyone can afford a place to live through education and Read more
32000 Invested over 4 Years 4 Years w/ High School Intern SFF is incredibly proud of Mekhi Mackey, our intern from Cristo Rey Network school, Verbum Dei. Mekhi is headed to HBCU Jackson State University as a freshman in the fall. We will miss him but are so glad for Read more
1855000 Million Invested over 3 Years 220 Elementary Schools Affected 50 High Schools Affected In 2021 SFF entered into a multi-year partnership with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to fundamentally change the organizational structure of the Department of Catholic Schools (DCS) to systemically improve the business, academic and leadership support Read more
400000 Invested Annually 3000000 Invested over 11 Years 950 Students Received Tuition Assistance In the belief that a Catholic education opens doors to dramatically increased opportunities for educationally at-risk students, Specialty Family Foundation, in honor of our founder the late Dr. James B. Peter, has provided scholarships to graduating 8th Read more
368000 Total Investment to Date 14 Children Received Tuition Assistance In honor of our founder, the late Joan C. Peter, Specialty Family Foundation established the Joan C. Peter Memorial (JCP) Scholarship Program, a pilot program with the intention of laying the foundation of longstanding tuition assistance, spanning kindergarten through 12th Read more
40000 Invested 700 Families and Individuals Received Support Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Specialty Family Foundation was unable to throw its annual Christmas party in 2020. The funds for the party were then diverted to four organizations: Homeboy Industries and St. Francis Center received $15,000 each and the Partners for Read more
50000 Invested 259 Youth Served by the COE Program In November 2020, Specialty Family Foundation awarded Safe Place for Youth a $50,000 grant to support their Community Outreach & Engagement (COE) Program. The COE Program at SPY connects youth living on the streets with the services and resources necessary for Read more
180000 Invested Over 3 Years In May 2021 Specialty Family Foundation awarded SPY $180,000 to support their capacity-building efforts to operationalize diversity, equity, and inclusion through their Human Resources Department. This money will go directly to the hiring of Sr. HR Manager. Over the past 10 years, SPY has grown Read more
100000 Invested Annually 1300000 Total Investment SHIELDS’ Heros & Sheros Program serves children and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 18 whose parents are enrolled in SHIELDS’ SUD treatment services. Heros & Sheros addresses the high risk of alcohol and drug use with the children of substance abusers, as Read more