March 19, 2024 – Today, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Habilitat as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States.
In March 2023, Yield Giving launched an Open Call for community-led, community-focused organizations whose explicit purpose is to enable individuals and families to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being through foundational resources.
The Open Call received 6,353 applications and initially planned for 250 awards of $1 million each. The 279 organizations in the top tier of scores received $2 million each and the 82 organizations in the next tier received $1 million each. In the Fall of 2023, organizations top-rated by their peers advanced to a second round of review by an external Evaluation Panel recruited for experience relevant to this cause, and underwent a final round of due diligence. In light of the incredible work of these organizations, as judged by their peers and external panelists, the donor team decided to expand the awardee pool and the award amount.
“We are both honored and humbled to receive the top tier amount of $2 million dollars. This award will help us create sustainability and improve our programs for years to come. We would also like to congratulate the other two Hawai’i organizations who where awarded; Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke and Mālama ‘Ᾱina Foundation“.
Jeff Nash, Executive Director | Habilitat, Inc.
Habilitat, long known as a national leader in the recovery field, is planning strategy sessions to ensure responsible stewardship of this generous award for long term sustainability and expansion of its treatment programs.
Established by MacKenzie Scott to share a financial fortune created through the effort of countless people, Yield Giving is named after a belief in adding value by giving up control. To date, Yield’s network of staff and advisors has yielded over $16,500,000,000 to 1,900+ non-profit teams to use as they see fit for the benefit of others. To learn more, visit www.yieldgiving.com.
Lever for Change connects donors with bold solutions to the world’s biggest problems—including issues like racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of access to economic opportunity, and climate change. Using an inclusive, equitable model and due diligence process, Lever for Change creates customized challenges and other tailored funding opportunities. Top-ranked teams and challenge finalists become members of the Bold Solutions Network—a growing global network that helps secure additional funding, amplify members’ impact, and accelerate social change. Founded in 2019 as a nonprofit affiliate of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Lever for Change has influenced over $1.7 billion in grants to date and provided support to more than 145 organizations. To learn more, visit www.leverforchange.org.