Sholl-Freede Family Education Award and Grant

The 2025 Sholl-Freede Family Education Award and grant will recognize organizations making extraordinary contributions to educate children through anti-hate and anti-bullying programming - including projects that actively combat hate speech, discrimination, and violence and aim to create safe spaces to speak out against bullying and harassment

Eligibility

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Application Details

Award and Grant Education Award and Grant
The 2025 Crisis Award and grant The 2025 Sholl-Freede Family
making extraordinary recognize organizations making
contributions to children so that extraordinary contributions to educate
they can live a life free from fear, children through anti-hate and
abuse, and exploitation—including anti-bullying programming - including
trafficking, slavery and sexual projects that actively combat hate
$30,000
harassment.
of California or New York
Timeline:

• ● August 22 - Grant Proposals Due
• ● By November 30 - Grant Determinations
• ● By December 31 - Distribution of Grant Funds

General Organization Selection Criteria:

• Eligibility:
• Impact: The proven and potential
• impact of the project to alleviate
• ● Majority of beneficiaries are
• suffering and advance well-being
• children/youth
• Feasibility: The practicality and
• ● Be able to directly accept funds
• feasibility of the project plan,
• as a US tax-exempt 501c3
• including the organization's
• organization in good-standing or
• capacity to execute it
• have an affiliate organization
• that can. Fiscally sponsored
• Measurable Outcomes: Clear
• organizations are also eligible.
• metrics and indicators for
• assessing the project's success
• ● Operating for a minimum of 5
• years
• Founder/Leader Commitment:
• The organization’s
• ● Does not discriminate on the
• Founder/Leader’s story,
• basis of race, religion, gender,
• commitment, and connection to
• national origin, age, disability, or
• the community they’re serving
• sexual orientation, in policy or in
• practice
• Submit a proposal by
• August 22, 2025
• Questions?
• Contact Arwen Thiel
• [arwen@shollfreedefoundation.org]
• About World of Children - a Sholl-Freede Foundation Initiative
• Now powered by the Sholl-Freede family’s passion for positive change, World of Children
• unlocks the future for vulnerable children by funding, elevating, and creating a community

for the most effective changemakers worldwide. For 27 years, World of Children has been
identifying and investing in high impact programs that are addressing the world’s most
pressing problems facing children today.
9220 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 200 www.worldofchildren.org
West Hollywood, CA 90069 A Sholl-Freede Foundation initiative

2025 Grant
Opportunities
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Submit a proposal by
August 22, 2025
World of Children Crisis Sholl-Freede Family
Award and Grant Education Award and Grant
The 2025 Crisis Award and grant The 2025 Sholl-Freede Family
will recognize organizations Education Award and grant will
making extraordinary recognize organizations making
contributions to children so that extraordinary contributions to educate
they can live a life free from fear, children through anti-hate and
abuse, and exploitation—including anti-bullying programming - including
trafficking, slavery and sexual projects that actively combat hate
imposition. speech, discrimination, and violence
and aim to create safe spaces to
Funding Amount: Grant up to
speak out against bullying and
$30,000
harassment.
Geographic Focus: Within the
Funding Amount: Grant up to
United States
$25,000
Geographic Focus: Within the state
of California or New York
Timeline:
● August 22 - Grant Proposals Due
● By November 30 - Grant Determinations
● By December 31 - Distribution of Grant Funds

General Organization Selection Criteria:
Eligibility:
Impact: The proven and potential
impact of the project to alleviate
● Majority of beneficiaries are
suffering and advance well-being
children/youth
Feasibility: The practicality and
● Be able to directly accept funds
feasibility of the project plan,
as a US tax-exempt 501c3
including the organization's
organization in good-standing or
capacity to execute it
have an affiliate organization
that can. Fiscally sponsored
Measurable Outcomes: Clear
organizations are also eligible.
metrics and indicators for
assessing the project's success
● Operating for a minimum of 5
years
Founder/Leader Commitment:
The organization’s
● Does not discriminate on the
Founder/Leader’s story,
basis of race, religion, gender,
commitment, and connection to
national origin, age, disability, or
the community they’re serving
sexual orientation, in policy or in
practice
Submit a proposal by
August 22, 2025
Questions?
Contact Arwen Thiel
[arwen@shollfreedefoundation.org]
About World of Children - a Sholl-Freede Foundation Initiative
Now powered by the Sholl-Freede family’s passion for positive change, World of Children
unlocks the future for vulnerable children by funding, elevating, and creating a community
for the most effective changemakers worldwide. For 27 years, World of Children has been
identifying and investing in high impact programs that are addressing the world’s most
pressing problems facing children today.
9220 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 200 www.worldofchildren.org
West Hollywood, CA 90069 A Sholl-Freede Foundation initiative
(760) 239-7477 EIN 85-439037