We provide grants that allow low-income families with children in need of supportive, remedial therapy to have access to those professional services.
We provide grants that allow low-income families with children in need of supportive, remedial therapy to have access to those professional services.
Funding Priorities
Treatment and Therapy Grants
Grants are made in four program areas: speech therapy (including devices, such as hearing aids), psychotherapy, remedial education, physical and/or occupational therapy (including devices that help mobility and functionality).
We provide grants in the range of $3,000-$10,000, with an average of $6,000. We will consider payment of assessments for up to $2,500 on a case by case basis, only when it is part of a grant for comprehensive treatment.
Grants are paid to the service provider/practitioner administering restorative therapy for children (21 years of age or younger) diagnosed with a remedial disability, from low-income families.
Grants are limited to services provided to residents of Alameda County, Contra Costa County, MarinCounty, San Francisco County, and San Mateo County.
Note: We do not fund dental, orthodontia, eye glasses or routine eye-care, annual appeals, capital requests, conferences, or events.
Ruth Wisnom (pictured) continues her and her husband’s many years of dedicated service to the Avery-Fuller-Welch Children’s Foundation. The honorary grant in their name serves as a legacy to their long-term commitment to helping children thrive.
David and Ruth Winsom Grant
The Avery-Fuller-Welch Children’s Foundation issues special grants in honor of long-time board members David and Ruth Wisnom, both of whom led the foundation as Board President for many years.
The David and Ruth Winsom grant is made directly to a provider that is serving a child/youth who exhibits extremely high need in any of AFW’s four program areas. The provider should have very specific goals and objectives along with a very strong and positive prognosis for the child.
If you are a service provider with a candidate you’d like considered for support through the David & Ruth Wisnom Grant Award, please contact foundation staff to learn more about the application process.
Eligibility Guidelines
Grants are funded based on the following criteria:
Strong motivation
Evidence of a strong motivation in the child, the therapist, and the family. In partnership with the Foundation, the therapist is required to provide a discount on services for the child. Families are encouraged to contribute to the cost if possible.
Favorable prognosis
Favorable prognosis for achieving independent functioning or significant progress towards the goals set forth within the date parameters of the grant period.
Demonstrated need
Inability to pay or obtain full support elsewhere.