Charitable Partnerships

Established in 1985, the Network is a global movement comprised of 134 women's foundations on six continents, all with a shared commitment to create lasting social change by unleashing the power and potential of women and girls. Its members are grant-making organizations that identify need and spearhead change through strategic investments in women's leadership and organizations, giving women the money and tools to transform their ideas into permanent reform -- from combating poverty, human trafficking and domestic violence to achieving advances in health care, education and human rights.

Plan is a global partnership of caring people founded in 1937 to bring hope and help to the world's poorest children.  Plan began as a child sponsorship organization. Today, it is one of the oldest and largest organizations of its kind -- its grassroots, self-help programs assist more than 10 million children and their families in poor communities around the world.

Peacekeeper Cause-metics is the first cosmetics line to give all of its after-tax distributable profits to women's health advocacy and urgent human rights issues. Peacekeeper builds a bridge between extraordinary women in the land-of-plenty with extraordinary women who just by chance of birth don't have our resources or opportunities.   

Heifer's Mission to End Hunger.
Heifer envisions ... A world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet.  Heifer's mission is ... To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.  Heifer's strategy is ... To "pass on the gift." As people share their animals' offspring with others -- along with their knowledge, resources, and skills -- an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around the globe. Heifer's history ... This simple idea of giving families a source of food rather than short-term relief caught on and has continued for over 60 years. Today, millions of families in 128 countries have been given the gifts of self-reliance and hope.

Changing the World, One Woman at a Time.
Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies.

From Victim to Survivor ... to Active Citizen
Women for Women International mobilizes women to change their lives through a holistic approach that addresses the unique needs of women in conflict and post-conflict environments.  They begin by working with women who may have lost everything in conflict and often have nowhere else to turn. Participation in the one-year program launches women on a journey from victim to survivor to active citizen. Women for Women International identifies services to support graduates of the program as they continue to strive for greater social, economic and political participation in their communities. As each woman engages in a multi-phase process of recovery and rehabilitation, she opens a window of opportunity presented by the end of conflict to help improve the rights, freedoms and status of women in her country. As women who go through the program assume leadership positions in their villages, actively participate in the reconstruction of their communities, build civil society, start businesses, train other women and serve as role models, they become active citizens who can help to establish lasting peace and stability.

Founded in 1990, the International Women's Media Foundation is a vibrant global network dedicated to strengthening the role of women journalists as a way to further worldwide freedom of the press. IWMF programs cultivate women leaders, pioneer newsroom change and honor the courage of women reporters. At its core is an international community of women and men--4,000 and growing--who actively support the IWMF mission and each other.

The Cancer Schmancer Foundation was founded on June 21, 2007 by the actress, New York Times best-selling author, patient health advocate, and U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women's Health Issues, Fran Drescher. While it took Drescher two years and eight doctors to receive a proper diagnosis for uterine cancer, it was not long thereafter that she made it her life's mission to ensure that all women with cancer are diagnosed in stage one, when it is most curable. To this end, Drescher launched the Cancer Schmancer Foundation to educate women on the risk factors, early warning signs, and tests that are available to ensure early detection for all women with cancer. For more information, visit www.CancerSchmancer.org.

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. The organization places a special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty.  Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.

Founded in 1967, the Saban Free Clinic (formerly the Los Angeles Free Clinic) is a highly regarded health and social services organization with four clinics, 195 employees, more than 400 volunteers, and over 90 million patient visits annually. The Saban Free Clinic operates in partnership with institutions such as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Kaiser Permanente, Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine and UCLA School of Dentistry. The clinic changed its name in 2008 to celebrate a $10 million donation from the Saban Family Foundation.

To make a world of difference in the lives of children, adolescents and their families by integrating medical care, education and research to provide the highest quality care and service to our diverse community.  A New Vision for the Future:  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles will be one of the best pediatric medical centers in the world, known for advancing research and providing definitive diagnosis and treatment for our diverse community of children and adolescents with complex diseases:  How We Accomplish our Mission:  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is the largest regional referral center for children in critical condition who need life-saving care.  While most of the children admitted to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles come from Los Angeles County, others come from the seven-county area near Los Angeles that includes Kern, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and around the world.  The Saban Family Foundation gave $40 million to the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. 

50 Ways To Save Our Children is a not-for-profit organization created in 1999 by Cheryl Saban and the Saban Family Foundation to encourage philanthropy and public service to the benefit of children and their families. The organization's goal is to educate, guide and inspire would-be philanthropists to get involved with existing local, national and global charitable organizations that have a track record of serving the myriad needs of children and their families. The official Web site provides a wealth of information in concise, CliffsNotes-style descriptions which provide interested viewers with at least 50 recognized charitable avenues that focus their efforts primarily on children and family issues.

Cheryl Saban and 50Ways.org has partnered with Plan USA on a special project to renovate the Homa Bay District Hospital in Kenya, the sole provider of surgical services for a catchment population of nearly 400,000. The cost of this facility is $54,285.00. 50Ways.org has dedicated $25,000 toward this project, and is seeking to raise the rest through online donations from caring individuals. The complete donation will ensure the creation of a hygienic environment to perform required surgical procedures; improved surgical interventions to reduce opportunistic infections; reduce the high child and maternal mortality rates in the South Nyanza region of Kenya; reduce long waiting lists for corrective surgeries; support for about 10,000 surgeries every year.