Foundation Highlights
Foundation Helps Launch Vivid Display of Support for "Forgotten Children"
"Forgotten Children," a dramatic event launched by National CASA Association and supported by the Freddie Mac Foundation aims to give voice to foster children nationwide while still preserving their privacy. Since underaged foster children cannot appear for themselves, life-sized, cut-out photos will take their place in the shadows of the Washington Monument on the National Mall this week – at the pace of 850 per day, which is how many children enter the system each day.
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Foundation Helps Families Thrive in New Affordable Rentals
The Foundation recently joined AHC Inc., a nonprofit developer and owner of affordable housing in Northern Virginia, to open a nine-story building with 108 new apartments for low- and moderate-income residents. A $500,000 Foundation grant will expand needed resident services for families and children in this AHC property and others.
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'HOUSE' Program to Keep Families Out of Homelessness
Reston Interfaith launched its new, innovative "Housing OpportUnities Strengthens Everyone" (HOUSE) program, made possible in part with a $500,000 investment by the Freddie Mac Foundation. Through HOUSE, 34 homeless families (128 individuals) will have access to town homes along with resident services with the goal of helping more vulnerable families stabilize their lives and stay in their homes.
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Foundation Announces $800,000 Grant to End Homelessness
The Freddie Mac Foundation has announced an $800,000 grant to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. The investment enables the Alliance to help nonprofit organizations and public sector agencies in the District of Columbia, Fairfax County, Va. and Montgomery County, Md. to implement their ten year plans to end homelessness and adopt Housing First initiatives for homeless families.
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Making Home a Place Where Children and Families Thrive
Since 1991, the Freddie Mac Foundation has invested more than $225 million to improve the lives of children and families. We recently sharpened our focus on 'making home a place where children and families thrive' and on three funding areas: Stable Homes/Stable Families, Foster Care and Adoption, and Academic and Career Success.
Foundation Sponsors Webinar on Economy's Impact on Family Well-Being
The Freddie Mac Foundation joined the Journalism Center on Children & Families to help journalists identify trends, research and story ideas on how economic downturns and housing decisions impact family well-being.
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Orphan Foundation of America Partners with Employee Volunteers for Valentine's Day
The Freddie Mac Foundation's long-time partner the Orphan Foundation of America (OFA) joined employee volunteers of Freddie Mac for a Valentine's Day Care Package event benefiting foster youth in college.
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Ending Homelessness: $800k Investment To Help Montgomery County Children And Families
More than 1,100 people are homeless everyday in Montgomery County – many of these are children. To help alleviate the issue, the Freddie Mac Foundation is investing $800,000 to support the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless’ (MCCH) innovative permanent supportive housing program
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Foundation Thanks the Region's Nonprofits
Freddie Mac and the Freddie Mac Foundation thank all the organizations we've supported in 2007 [PDF 106K] for their commitment to the DC region's community. Their extraordinary efforts are creating better lives for our children and families. Together, we are building better tomorrows.
Foundation Joins President Bush To Launch National Adoption Day 2007
The National Adoption Day Coalition, an organization co-founded by the Freddie Mac Foundation, joined President George W. Bush at the White House to honor the annual nationwide celebration of adoption from foster care known as National Adoption Day and to celebrate more than 3,330 adoptions of children from foster care on National Adoption Day 2007.
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In 1st Half '07 Foundation Invests More Than $2.5 Million
In the first half of 2007, the Freddie Mac Foundation invested in programs that strengthen and stabilize families and homes in the Washington, DC area by providing more than $2.5 million in funds for nonprofit organizations serving children and their families.
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Freddie Mac Foundation Family Home Now Open for Women and Children
A $500K grant from the Freddie Mac Foundation as well as important contributions from Arlington County, HomeAid and NVHomes has made possible the newly built Doorways for Women and Children Freddie Mac Foundation Family Home to provide safe, temporary housing and intensive support services to many homeless women and families within Arlington County and the DC region.
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Foundation Chair Addresses Human Services Coalition
Foundation Chairman Ralph F. Boyd, Jr. recently gave a keynote address to the Human Services Coalition of Northern Virginia annual luncheon. An event attended by local non-profit leaders and elected officials, this year's theme was: Business, Government, Nonprofits: Partners in Creating Stable Home, Stable Families. Boyd discussed the Foundation's work and direction as well as challenges facing the region.
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Foundation Helps Recruit Foster Parents for Brothers & Sisters
A new ad campaign, supported by a Freddie Mac Foundation grant, is helping find foster parents for D.C. children in urgent need of a home. The ads aim to reach parents willing to take in sibling groups, so that brothers and sisters can stay together.
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Freddie Mac Named Finalist in Corporate Citizenship Awards
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce named Freddie Mac a finalist for its Corporate Citizenship Awards. Freddie Mac is being honored for its employee adoption benefits and for the Foundation's foster care and adoption work. The Foundation has helped find adoptive homes, or identified families, for more than 1200 children through Wednesday's Child – one of many ways the Foundation improves the lives of foster children.
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Foundation Commits $1.1 Million to JC Nalle Community School
The Freddie Mac Foundation today announced a $1.1 million grant over the next 18 months to provide further support to JC Nalle Community School. This grant will continue and enhance the community school programming, which includes extended day, summer enrichment, Saturday school, mental and health services, and a parent university.
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Foundation Funds Online Tool to Help Region's Families Move Out of Poverty
A growing number of the region's working families are struggling to meet the rising costs of even the most basic necessities including housing, child care and food. To help alleviate this, Wider Opportunities for Women has announced the availability of the DC area's first Self-Sufficiency Calculator, a new online financial counseling tool to help the region's most vulnerable families move out of poverty and gain financial independence. The innovative new tool is made possible by a $100,000 Foundation grant.
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Foundation Makes Large Investment to Help New Orleans' Families
The Freddie Mac Foundation will continue its Katrina relief efforts by joining Freddie Mac in committing a combined $5 million to New Orleans. The Foundation's investment will focus on providing needed resident services for many low-to moderate-income families to stabilize their lives. The company and Foundation will make investments in organizations throughout the next year to support on-going, innovative and effective efforts.
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Foundation Tops List of Philanthropic Investors
Freddie Mac and the Freddie Mac Foundation were once again named as the Washington, DC region's largest corporate giver by the Washington Business Journal and Greater DC Cares. Freddie Mac, along with the Foundation, invested nearly $26 million in 2006 to help children and families in the national capital region thrive.
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Study Shows Savings in Properties With Resident Services A report in part funded by the Freddie Mac Foundation and released by Enterprise Community Partners and Mercy Housing shows that resident services in affordable, family rental housing helps reduce operational costs related to turnover and nonpayment of rent as well as bring significant benefits to the residents of that housing property. The study found that affordable family properties with resident services outperformed similar properties without resident services in vacancy losses per unit, the cost of legal fees per unit, and the cost of bad debt per unit.
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Foundation and Washington Nationals Help Region's Foster Children
Eating hot dogs and cheering for the home team is a pastime shared by many families, but for more than 6,000 foster children in this region special outings like these with a family of their own are only a dream. Last night, the Freddie Mac Foundation and the Washington Nationals recommitted their joint efforts to help remedy that. The Foundation and the Nationals will continue a partnership started nearly a year ago to help recruit adoptive families for more of our region's foster children as well as raise awareness of their plight.
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Freddie Mac Foundation Grant Helps Formerly Homeless Children Prosper
So Others Might Eat (SOME) is best known for serving up to 900 meals each day to homeless individuals and families in the Washington, DC area. But SOME today is more than a food program, and offers job training, healthcare, family services and housing options. In fall 2005, SOME opened Independence Place, which provides supportive housing to 21 formerly homeless families and SOME Place for Kids at the same location. The Freddie Mac Foundation recently awarded a $400,000 grant to help Independence Place's younger residents prosper.
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Foundation and Washington Nationals Help Region’s Foster Children
Eating hot dogs and cheering for the home team is a pastime shared by many families, but for more than 6,000 foster children in this region special outings like these with a family of their own are only a dream. Last night, the Freddie Mac Foundation and the Washington Nationals recommitted their joint efforts to help remedy that. The Foundation and the Nationals will continue a partnership started nearly a year ago to help recruit adoptive families for more of our region’s foster children as well as raise awareness of their plight.
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Freddie Mac Foundation Grant Helps Formerly Homeless Children Prosper
So Others Might Eat (SOME) is best known for serving up to 900 meals each day to homeless individuals and families in the Washington, DC area. But SOME today is more than a food program, and offers job training, healthcare, family services and housing options. In fall 2005, SOME opened Independence Place, which provides supportive housing to 21 formerly homeless families and SOME Place for Kids at the same location. The Freddie Mac Foundation recently awarded a $400,000 grant to help Independence Place’s younger residents prosper.
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Foundation Gives Nearly $11M To Children And Families In 2nd Half '06
In the second half of 2006, the Freddie Mac Foundation continued to strengthen communities by awarding nearly $11 million thought 129 grants to organizations whose innovative programs help improve the lives of children and families, primarily in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The total amount of Foundation giving in 2006 equals $26.2 million. This amount includes all giving expenses, cash contributions, grants, and the matching of employee donations.
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Foundation Helps Underserved Families Gain Financial Independence
With tax season underway, the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), a leading voice for vulnerable children and their families in America, will help thousands of low-to moderate income families across the country file their tax returns and recoup thousands in earned income tax and income tax credits. The efforts are made possible by a $750,000 Freddie Mac Foundation grant and are part of CDF's ongoing public education and financial literacy programs to help underserved working families move out of poverty and achieve long-term financial independence.
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Freddie Mac and Foundation Named Corporate Advocate of the Year
Freddie Mac, along with the Freddie Mac Foundation, have been named by the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) 2007 Corporate Advocate of the Year. Following the Gulf hurricanes, Freddie Mac and the Foundation contributed a combined $10 million to help nonprofit and national organizations find housing solutions for displaced families. As part of this commitment, the Foundation set up the Katrina Fund for Foster Children to help meet the immediate and long-term needs of displaced foster children and families.
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Freddie Mac Foundation and Washington Capitals Team Up to Help Region's 6,000 Foster Children
Donning a favorite player's jersey and cheering for the home hockey team is a pastime shared by many families, but for more than 6,000 foster children in this region special moments like these with a family of their own are only a dream. The Freddie Mac Foundation and the Washington Capitals are teaming up to help remedy that and help find homes for the hundreds of children available for adoption. The Foundation and Capitals are starting a partnership to help recruit adoptive families for more of our region's foster children as well as raise awareness of their plight.
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Foundation Supports First Lady Holtons's Launch of Foster Care Initiative
Virginia's First Lady Anne B. Holton has announced that foster care issues will be her major focus during her time as First Lady, and launched an initiative called "For Keeps" The initiative will partner with Virginia's human services agencies, the Freddie Mac Foundation, and other private organizations to find and strengthen permanent families for older children already in foster care or those at risk of entering the foster care system.
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Darrell Green Youth Life Learning Center Receives a $50,000 Grant from Foundation
The Youth Life Foundation is the recipient of a $50,000 grant from the Freddie Mac Foundation for support of its educational program at the Darrell Green Youth Life Learning Centers (DGYLLCs) in the greater Washington DC area. The model program offers a youth development solution aimed at changing the educational achievement landscape for minority and underserved students. The program includes no-cost after-school and summer programs conducted at the DGYLLCs, most of which are located in high-crime, low-to-mid income urban areas.
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Foundation Awards Grant to Healthy Families Howard County for Fifth Year
More than 2,750 families have benefited from Healthy Families Howard County since the program began in November 2001 to provide first-time parents with educational and emotional support during pregnancy and into the first five years of parenthood. For the fifth consecutive year, Healthy Families has received a $100,000 grant from the Freddie Mac Foundation to fund the operational costs of the program.
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