Susan Jean Murphy Evans
Living Legacy Fund
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Our grant making is focused less on fixing a problem today, than investing in a person's future
to open opportunities and provide the means for better tomorrows
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Each of the Susan Jean Murphy Evans Living Legacy Fund programs will be expanded to other geographic areas as additional resources become available. These areas will be the areas in which Susan worked, including Washington, DC, South Florida, and the five boroughs of New York City.
Helping Those in Need
Standing Programs that Will be Supported by the
Susan Jean Murphy Evans Living Legacy Fund
The Susan Evans
Development Officer / Fundraiser
Mentoring Program
This program, inspired by Susan, will be carried out in cooperation with the Madison House at the University of Virginia (UVA). It will teach the power of fundraising: how the efforts of one person can ripple out across a community and to help many in need. It will offer training and mentoring by fundraising professionals as well as internships with community nonprofits to help those in need while providing hands-on fundraising experience and assisting local nonprofits raise funds
The Susan Evans Patient Assistance Fund
This program will be carried out in cooperation with UVA Health to improve access to health care by providing fill-in-the-gaps services, such as transportation to medical appointments, in-home medical equipment, mental health counseling, and other assistance not covered by other programs
Health & Nutrition and
Housing & Employment Micro Grants
These grants will be provided on an individual, case-by-case basis to fill in gaps in existing programs by, for example, proving cooking lessons, spices, and utensils; gym memberships; housing assistance; employment training; and business startup
Get Aways
This program will provide dinners out, tickets to movies, concerts, and sporting events, and weekend escapes on a selective basis for the families receiving micro grants to give them a break, and let them get away for a few hours or a weekend, from the stress, worry, and desperation that weigh on their lives
By Lending a Hand
Also:
The Susan Jean Murphy Evans Living Legacy Fund will provide grants to community-based nonprofit organizations for:
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individual empowerment,
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small business start-up,
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under-served community assistance,
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employee-owner initiatives; and
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social justice programs.
What We Will Support
From a fundraising mentoring program
and fill-in-the gaps medical assistance,
to health, nutrition, housing and employment micro-grants,
and community-based nonprofit programs our focus will be
on helping those in need
View the Living Legacy Fund's
Grant applications in support of 501(c)(3) organizations and community programs to assist those in need will be welcomed. We will post Nonprofit Organization Community-Based Application Guidelines
once this fund is opened.
Once the initial standing programs have been established, the Living Legacy Fund will expand its services to three other areas of need that Susan focused on during her career:
Welcoming Arms for the Homeless
This program will provide food, clothing, shelter, mental health services, skill training, and access to micro grants for Health, Nutrition, Housing and Employment
Welcoming Arms for Women
This program will provide secure housing for abused women at undisclosed locations with 24-hour security and access only by authorized persons, secure transportation, counseling, legal services, skill training, name change and relocation assistance, and access to micro grants for Health, Nutrition, Housing and Employment
Welcoming Arms for Children
This program will provide legal services, family counseling, and a nurturing, restorative haven for abused children ages 1 month to 18 years old who have to be separated from their parents, living in small groups with trained house parents who provide play and art therapy, trauma counseling, schooling, intervention, skill and talent development, and ongoing encouragement
