At Uplift, we have a committee who reviews and responds to every grant application within 72 hours. This committee is faced with several difficult, heavy decisions as they choose how to allocate the funds that our generous donors have trusted us with.

Our first grant recipient found herself in an abusive marriage, where her husband was traumatizing her and her son. “My husband has been extremely abusive to myself and my son,” she shared. “I have been planning our escape for months, I just didn’t act fast enough.”