Community Impact Fund Spotlight 3: BEST Kids, Inc.

About BEST Kids, Inc. Mentoring Program
BEST Kids empowers youth who are in foster care and at-risk to build healthy and successful futures through mentoring, college, and career readiness and life skills programs. Learn more about their work here.

About Martha’s Table Community Impact Fund: 
The Martha’s Table Community Impact Fund is a grant program that strengthens and amplifies the work of Ward 8 nonprofit organizations. This direct investment helps build capacity for organizations historically excluded from institutional philanthropy and whose leadership and staff reflect the demographic, composition, and lived experiences of the communities they serve. For the 2023-2024 grant cycle, grants of up to $15,000 in unrestricted funds was awarded to 14 organizations that were were selected by a committee of 38 Ward 8 residents. Read more about the Community Impact Fund here.