Nourishing Rural Maine Families With Community and Compassion
On a cold frosty morning in the great north woods of Maine, tucked away in the small town of Burlington is the sound of laughter and chatter of many helping hands. They are preparing to deliver healthy nutritious food to over 500 families, which they do twice a week. With the help of over 50 volunteers with countless hours, this is a drive-through model pantry that is making a difference in the neighboring, largely rural, communities. What goes out to them is healthy nutritious food. What we get back from them is gratefulness with a big smile! Thanks to the support and funding from grants like The Salah Foundation, private donations and fund raising this have made our goal possible. We could not accomplish this without our partners.
Supporting Survivors Through Specialized, No-Cost Therapy
The Victim Service Center of Central Florida provides individualized services and resources to victims of sexual assault, violent crime, and traumatic circumstances, through crisis response, advocacy, therapy, education, and community awareness. Thanks to the Salah Foundation, we can continue supporting survivors with free therapy. Our licensed therapists provide trauma-specialized care through individual sessions, support groups, and group therapy processing. Each client gets an individualized treatment plan tailored to help reduce trauma symptoms, increase vitality and post-traumatic growth, and live a life beyond victimization. From a therapy client: “VSC has changed my life. EMDR can be daunting and their therapists provide the safety and support needed to make the jump in healing with all the tools available to us. I will never forget my time at VSC, for they provided me with skills I will use the rest of my life.” The Victim Service Center remains dedicated to supporting survivors in their healing journeys. With Salah Foundation’s funding, we can ensure many more individuals can access the care and support they need.
Peanut Butter & Jelly Project: Local Support That Lasts All Year
“The Peanut Butter & Jelly Project (PB&J Project) is a grassroots organization dedicated to uplifting and supporting underserved children and families in South Florida through year-round support and community-driven outreach. With your help, this grant powered our 9th Annual Back-to-School Giveaway, where we provided 2,000 backpacks filled with supplies, along with free haircuts, hair braiding, and hot meals for children in need. These simple yet meaningful gestures help build confidence and equip students with the tools they need for a successful school year. Any leftover supplies are donated to teachers to help ease the financial burden they often carry throughout the year. Since 2016, we’ve also led an annual Thanksgiving Drive, delivering thousands of meals—including 2,000 turkeys in 2024 alone—to families who might otherwise go without. This funding strengthens our ability to expand both of these vital programs and deepen our impact across Broward County.””
Academic Recovery for Teens with Brain and Spinal Injuries at Craig Hospital
“Each year, in the United States alone, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized for a traumatic brain injury, and over 18,000 sustain a spinal cord injury. Craig Hospital, located in Englewood, CO, is a national leader in spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation, taking on the most complex cases and delivering extraordinary outcomes. The Salah Foundation is generously supporting Craig’s School Program, which helps teens continue their education during their rehabilitation programs. Through customized curricula, one-on-one tutoring, and transition plans for returning to school, the School Program teachers play a powerful role in each teen’s recovery and future success. In the words of one recent grad’s mother, “To be around kids his own age who are going through similar injuries was invaluable to him. Seeing kids progress and improve was an incentive for him to keep pushing. It showed him he was not alone and things really do get better.””
MANNA FoodBank: Delivering Relief to Families in Western North Carolina
“MANNA FoodBank’s vision is to end hunger in Western North Carolina. Thanks to the Salah Foundation, we can purchase food for distribution through our MANNA Community Markets (MCM). Our MCM Manager, Bethany Vance, shares the story of two senior sisters living on a fixed income when we asked about the impact of this funding. One sister, battling cancer, drives their shared car. Their struggles worsened when Hurricane Helene damaged their home, leaving a hole in the roof that remains unrepaired. Despite these challenges, they express gratitude at every MCM visit, saying, “We don’t know what we would do without this market.” With medical bills, home repairs, and daily financial struggles, the Salah Foundation ensures food is one less worry for them.”
United Ways in Western North Carolina Help Rebuild Lives After Hurricane Helene
United Way of Alamance County connects people, local United Ways, and resources to help communities thrive across North Carolina. This grant supported Hurricane Helene relief in Western North Carolina, with funds directed to United Way of Burke County, United Way of Haywood County, and High Country United Way. These regions faced severe destruction and are still working toward long-term recovery. In Haywood County, retired public servant Robin lost her childhood home—lovingly restored—when floodwaters rose unexpectedly. She escaped with only her purse. With help from Baptists on Mission and United Way of Haywood County, her home was cleaned, repaired, and refurnished. “Things will never be exactly the same,” she said, “but I have a comfortable home again.” This grant allows us to continue helping families like Robin’s rebuild not just homes—but lives—with dignity and hope.
Uniquely Able Academy: Equipping Students for Independence and Career Success
Uniquely Able Academy at Bridgewater State University
“Our sincere thanks to The Salah Foundation for making this program possible. We are humbled by your generosity. The students feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to attend the Uniquely Able Academy which is part of the EXCEL Program at Bridgewater State University. This program truly, has provided these challenged young people the essential skills needed to pursue a full-time career and achieve independent living. Our students have grown more confident and socially active due to this exceptional program.”
Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra: Making Classical Music Accessible to All
Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra
“The Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra is deeply grateful for the generosity of The Salah Foundation. Their support has helped us bring the joy of live orchestral music to our community, making it more accessible and engaging for audiences of all ages. Through initiatives like our All-Ages Concert, we’re able to inspire young musicians and foster a lifelong love of music. Thank you for investing in the arts and in the power of music to connect and uplift!”
Pasadena Humane: Lifesaving Animal Rescue During the Los Angeles Wildfires
“At Pasadena Humane, our mission is to compassionately care for animals and the people who love them. Thanks to the Salah Foundation’s generous support, we are able to respond swiftly to help animals across our community affected by the devastating Eaton Fire, animals like Skinny Minnie, a sweet gray cat found covered in burns and ash. Skinny Minnie spent months recovering in our ICU, her gentle spirit inspiring everyone who met her. Against all odds, we were able to reunite her with the family who had feared her lost when the fire quickly destroyed their home. This funding ensures animals facing emergencies receive lifesaving care and strengthens our capacity to provide hope, healing, and second chances, no matter what challenges tomorrow may bring.”
The Fire Watch: Veteran Suicide Prevention Network
“The Fire Watch is Florida’s fight to end Veteran suicide. We are building a life-saving network of community volunteers trained to identify the risk factors of Veterans in crisis and to direct those Veterans to the resources they need. We call it our ‘Watch Stander’ program, and, to date, we have trained over 8,900 community members across Florida. The Salah Foundation’s generous support helps us grow our Watch Stander program throughout South Florida. According to a University of Kentucky study, 135 people are affected by every suicide. That means that since we launched our programs in 2019, there are 16,600 fewer Northeast Florida community members mourning the loss of a Veteran friend, colleague, or loved one. Through the support of The Salah Foundation, we hope to bring the same relief to the South Florida community.” – Nick Howland, Executive Director
California Strong: Community-Based Disaster Response
“California Strong partners with professional athletes and the Southeast Ventura County YMCA to support Californians impacted by major disasters. Since 2018, they’ve distributed over $3.3 million to more than 2,200 households. A recent grant from the Salah Foundation will provide $1,000 checks to 100 families who lost their homes in the LA fires—offering direct, immediate relief where it’s needed most.”
A Place for Families to Breathe
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas
“For 40 years, the mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas has been to create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children and families. This grant from The Salah Foundation is supporting our 30 bedroom Ronald McDonald House services including housing, hot meals, support groups, laundry, transportation and more for families with an ill or injured child, allowing them to be near the care that their child or baby needs. In 2024, 345 families stayed 9,960 nights at our Ronald McDonald House. Funding from The Salah Foundation ensures that families staying with us have everything they need so that they can focus on what matters most: their child.”
Changing Lives, One Pet at a Time
Colorado Animal Rescue Express (CARE)
“Colorado Animal Rescue Express deeply appreciates grant support from The Salah Foundation for expanding spay and neuter programs in rural and low-income areas of Colorado, the Midwest, and Southwest. The Foundation’s 2023 grant sponsored surgeries for 756 dogs and cats, helping them live longer, healthier lives. Sterilization also reduced mating, marking, and roaming behaviors — creating safer, more relaxed home environments. Community shelter and animal control burdens were eased with fewer intakes and calls for bites or altercations. Spay and neuter remains the only humane, proven solution to pet overpopulation — a win for animals, owners, and communities.”
Together, We’re Breaking the Cycle
“The Lord’s Place’s mission is to break the cycle of homelessness by providing innovative, compassionate, and effective services to everyone in our community. Recognizing that incarceration is both a cause and consequence of homelessness, our Reentry Program helps returning citizens regain their stability and independence. “I don’t know where I’d be without The Lord’s Place,” said Sarah, a mother with a one-year-old. “Being housed with my son gave us a real second chance.” Thanks to the generous support of The Salah Foundation, we are able to provide housing, transportation, and essential resources that reduce recidivism and transform lives.”
Changing the Story for Kids in Foster Care
“Austin Angels is honored to partner with The Salah Foundation. Their investment has allowed us to support children and families experiencing foster care more generously than ever before. Thanks to the Foundation’s commitment, we’ve been able to sustain life-changing relationships between families and volunteers — and expand our reach to serve even more. The results speak for themselves: 72% of Love Box® caregivers say our support helped keep their foster homes open, compared to a 50% national closure rate. One caregiver shared, “We would have quit six months ago if not for their love and care.” The Salah Foundation’s partnership is strengthening families, empowering children, and transforming lives for generations to come.”
Timely Interventions Improve Lives of Youth & Families
Boys & Girls Club of Broward County
“The Salah Foundation’s support has enhanced our ability to triage the needs of youth and families. In nine months, the Life & Resiliency team has referred 101 individuals to community partners and helped 1,217 youth and 72 families complete over 8 hours of life skills and psychoeducation programming. This support has profoundly impacted their well-being and resilience.”
Fueling Growth and Rescue at MVHR
“Salah Foundation has been instrumental in helping MVHR grow our capacity to help more horses in need. From supporting the care of some of our herd, to the game changing help with purchasing a truck to transport horses, feed, and equipment we could not be where we are now as an organization without Salah Foundation support. This support has literally changed the lives of horses, and the people who love them.”
Healing and Hope for Grieving Families
“The Center for Grieving Children is so grateful for the Salah Foundation’s instrumental support of our work, allowing the Center to provide safe space, loving peer support, outreach and education to grieving children, teens, adults, and our community. As the need for our grief services remains stronger than ever and our service footprint continues to grow throughout the state of Maine, this generosity will allow us to reach and serve more participants and provide the healing, hope, and community they need during their grief journey.”
Bringing Theater to the Next Generation
“The generous grant from the Salah Foundation has played a vital role in supporting Slow Burn Theatre Company’s Discount Student Ticket Program. With these funds, we’ve provided free tickets to local children’s charities and deeply discounted tickets to hundreds of students across South Florida. This support contributes to increased student attendance, enhanced access to cultural experiences, and the development of lifelong arts patrons. At a time when state funding has been drastically reduced, the Salah Foundation’s investment has made a meaningful difference, helping us continue to inspire and uplift young audiences through live theatre.”
Opening Doors With Horsemanship
Equine-Assisted Therapies of South Florida
“The partnership between The Salah Foundation and Equine-Assisted Therapies of South Florida has expanded access to equine-assisted programs for youth with special needs, ages 13–21, from Palm Beach and Broward County schools. Funding has supported the Unmounted Horsemanship program and provided emergency scholarship assistance to families facing financial strain. Thanks to The Salah Foundation, more young people are experiencing the healing power of horses—building strength, confidence, and connection.”
Supporting Families in Crisis
“There With Care is honored to have the support and trust of The Salah Foundation. Their generosity ensures families facing a child’s life-threatening illness receive essential services, including food security, transportation, and housing stability. This compassion eases burdens and gives parents precious time with their children when it matters most. We are forever grateful to The Salah Foundation.”
Stepping Up for Students
“Laces of Love is honored to be supported by The Salah Foundation. With their generous grant, we provided over 500 children in need across Collier and Lee Counties, FL, with brand-new, high-quality sneakers. These shoes were distributed through school nurses, counselors, and administrators in Title 1 schools, as well as nonprofit organizations serving vulnerable youth.”
Unleashing Hope: The Power of Pet Therapy
“Thanks to The Salah Foundation, thousands of vulnerable people experienced the healing power of therapy dogs. From easing anxiety and loneliness to inspiring confidence and connection, the investment brings life-changing comfort, companionship, and hope. The Salah Foundation’s support helped us recruit new therapy teams and retain over 138 teams in total, ensuring thousands can continue benefiting from the unique healing only a therapy dog can provide.”
Connecting Families to Healing Support
“As a small organization supporting hundreds of childhood cancer families across New England, support from The Salah Foundation has been critical to expanding our programs and reaching more families in need. Their funding allows Lucy’s Love Bus to connect children with cancer to integrative therapies without delay—providing opportunities for joy, building resiliency, and offering a path toward healing. We are grateful to partner with The Salah Foundation in improving quality of life for these children and their families.”
Fueling Comfort at Boston Children’s Hospital
“We are deeply grateful for our partnership with the Salah Foundation, which supports two of our most vital programs at Boston Children’s Hospital: the Parking Pass Program, easing the financial burden of hospital visits, and the Catered Meals Program, providing free, regularly scheduled meals that bring comfort and a sense of normalcy during treatment. Your partnership is a beacon of hope, reminding families at Boston Children’s Hospital that they are not alone.”
Where Compassion Meets Healing
The Salah Foundation’s generous support of Rett’s Roost has made it possible to launch a Grief and End-of-Life Support program for families facing the unimaginable loss of a child. This gift creates a safe, healing space for parents to process their grief, connect with others who understand their pain, and find hope through legacy work and therapeutic activities.
Raising The Bar On The Anti-Trafficking Field
The Salah Foundation is supporting a multi-year, external evaluation of Love146’s Not a Number to demonstrate the curriculum’s evidence base and set standards for effective prevention education in the US.
Improving Tens Of Thousands Of Lives
The Salah Foundation has been instrumental in helping My Brother’s Keeper build capacity and expand services to a new region which includes two of the poorest cities in Massachusetts. The Salah Foundation’s partnership and generous support will help us improve tens of thousands of lives in the coming years— both those we serve and those who serve with us.
Serve Through Your Caring And Compassion
Since Angel Flight Northeast’s first flight in 1996, their mission coordinators have scheduled more than 80,000 free flights with the assistance of our 400+ Volunteer Pilots who have flown patients over 14 million miles to access specialized medical care that is not readily available to them in their area.
Mobile Mammograms
The Saint Joseph Hospital Mobile Mammography Unit
Mammograms are one of the most important health screenings that women age 40 or older can have. Not because they prevent cancer, but because they save lives by detecting the disease as early as possible. In fact, finding breast cancer early reduces a woman’s risk of dying from the disease by 25 – 30% if not more. With the convenience of Saint Joseph Hospital’s mobile mammography unit, there is no reason to miss getting a potentially life-saving mammogram. With help from The Salah Foundation, St. Joseph’s Hospital could purchase a mobile mammography unit.
Bring Joy, Laughter & Relief
The objective of this project is to bring joy, laughter and relief to increase happiness and speed recovery when a child needs it most. Bags of Fun originally started to help children in the hospital for cancer treatment. Today, the Bags of Fun program is active in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Florida and Texas and reaches children that are diagnosed with any long-term, life-limiting conditions. Since inception in 2004, there have been over 10,000 Bags of Fun delivered nationally. The Salah Foundation has been a proud partner of Bags of Fun.
“Our Earliest Supporters”
“South Shore Hospital has benefited tremendously from the generosity of The Salah Foundation. The Foundation was among our earliest supporters of our Mission-Critical Campaign which raised funds to replace a 40+ year old ICU with a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit.”
Building Strong Relationships
The Salah Foundation supports City Year across the country, focusing its generosity in Denver, Boston, and Miami, to help City Year AmeriCorps members build strong relationships with students to help them develop the academic and social-emotional skills necessary to stay on track to high school graduation.
Igniting The Power And Promise Of Youth
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado mentor 2.0 program.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado is proud to partner with The Salah Foundation. The Foundation’s support helped launch the mentor 2.0 program in Colorado. The mentor 2.0 program builds relationships between a student and an adult mentor through weekly online communication and monthly in-person activities. The program uses a proven curriculum to ensure students in low-income communities have the skills and support needed to graduate high school prepared for post-secondary education and the workforce. 91% of high school mentees enrolled expect to go to college.
Eliminating Waiting Lists
Imagine having to wait for services when traumatized or in crisis. Waiting is too common – Tennyson and The Salah Foundation are eliminating wait lists for kids in child welfare in order to significantly reduce their trauma and show that responding immediately saves lives.
Building Resilience
Miracles for Kids, a nonprofit organization helps build financial and emotional resilience for families who are crumbling under the combined impact of a life-threatening illness, a devastated economy, and the effects of COVID-19 on their child’s already compromised immune system. The Salah Foundation has generously supported Miracles for Kids.
Empowering Low-Income Children
Since 2014, ACE has been granted $450K, enabling 180 students to attend the quality private school of their choice. Because of partners like The Salah Foundation ACE can help eliminate generational poverty by empowering low-income children with need-based tuition scholarships to attend the K-12 private school of their dream, emboldening families with options, restoring hope, and helping children write a new story for their lives.
Empowering Through Education
The Salah Foundation support helped Arc Broward grow its groundbreaking social enterprises–Arc Culinary and Arc Educates–which together provide a successful catering and food service management business along with accredited post-secondary certificates and job placement support helping individuals with disabilities and those with various other employment barriers on the road to independence.
Building Community
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts
The Salah Foundation has been instrumental in the Broward Performing Arts Foundation’s efforts to build the community and increase access to the arts, particularly for the economically disadvantaged. The Salah Foundation’s investments have enabled us to present robust seasons of high-quality artistic and cultural programming, renovate and expand the Broward Center and historic Parker Playhouse, and provide award-winning arts-in-education programs that have transformed the lives of thousands of children through the power of the performing arts.
Therapy program Challenge Grants
Salah Foundation challenge grants have supported two of Kristi House’s most important core programs: our Therapy program and our program for sex trafficked children. Salah Foundation grants generated excitement and inspired donors to meet the challenge each time. They came at critical junctures in our organization’s development, propelling us forward in service to our South Florida community and in leadership to the field. On the individual level—for the clients we serve—the grants have meant the difference between a life destroyed and a life restored… a future forever impaired or triumphant and violence-free.
Meals On Wheels South Florida
As the coronavirus pandemic took hold of South Florida in March 2020, there were over 1,400 homebound seniors on Meals on Wheels South Florida’s waiting list for home delivered meals. The Salah Foundation was there to offer hope. The Foundation empowered Meals on Wheels to provide 3 months of nutritious meals to 450 of the most at-risk seniors on the waiting list. The Foundation’s leadership brought additional support from across the community to protect and serve our seniors through those unprecedented and frightening times.
Preventing Food Waste
“Newly acquired 26’ Refrigerated truck ready to provide those less fortunate with nutritious food during our Drive Thru Mobile Food Market.”
Create Lasting, Positive Change
The Kids of Love foundation helps children and families who battle with cancer and other debilitating illnesses. We provide Toy and Health Snack Karts at the Salah Foundation Children’s’ Hospitals year-round. We visit all the children in the hospital and Emergency Room and create less stress and anxiety by providing the children with new toys, games, books, and craft projects, which helps keep them stimulated and encourages child development. With the assistance and support of Mrs. Noreen Salah Burpee and The Salah Foundation, we have created lasting, positive change in the lives of the children and adolescents suffering from adversity and unable to live and enjoy life to the fullest. We love turning frowns upside down!
Exploration
The Salah Foundation’s partnership began with an investment in our historic island campus. Now permanently named Salah Hall following a major restoration, the 110-year-old classroom building, serves as the base for science and adventure exploration of our 204-acre wilderness by thousands of Boston Public School students annually.
Unforgettable Opportunities
The Salah Foundation recognizes the value of enriching the lives of children with serious illnesses and their families through their generous support of Roundup River Ranch. The Foundation has provided funding support for camp programs, campsite expansion, and indoor programming space to give campers unforgettable opportunities to discover joy, friendships, and confidence.
State Of The Art Facility
Firefly Autism Center, Lakewood, CO
The Salah Foundation’s extensive support allowed Firefly Autism to expand into our new 30,00 sq ft education center, more than quadrupling the number of lives we can positively impact daily. The Salah Foundation was the spark that ignited our transformation of this 80-year-old Lakewood landmark into a state-of-the-art facility.
Cancer Care For First Responders
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/University of Miami Health System
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Firefighter Cancer Initiative (FCI) provides cancer screening and education to firefighters across Florida, while conducting research on causes of elevated cancer diagnoses and deaths among this population. Thanks to generous support from the Salah Foundation, the FCI is creating a mobile clinic, which will bring services to these brave first responders at their stations and on their schedules.
Emergency Financial Assistance
Since 2012, through grants awarded to the Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation, the legacy of the Salah Foundation has impacted the lives of nearly 700 children and family members battling childhood cancer. Grant funds have provided emergency financial assistance for basic human necessities (i.e. housing, food and electricity) and allowed families to focus on the ill child’s survival. On behalf of the children we serve, I am forever grateful for the generous support provided by The Salah Foundation. Thank you for investing in the wellness of our community.
Tremendous Impact
Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield
“Through the support of the Salah Foundation our Boys & Girls Club has been able to have a tremendous impact with the most vulnerable kids in our surrounding communities.
Children who might not otherwise be able to participate are provided safe social recreation, healthy food, transportation, enrichment programs, mentorship and an opportunity to make many new friendships!”
Rebuilding Lives
St. Francis House is grateful to THE SALAH FOUNDATION for their consistent and generous support. We appreciate their commitment to supporting our mission: rebuilding lives by providing refuge and pathways to stability for those who are experiencing homelessness and poverty.
Preschool Scholarships For Sensory Impaired Students
Anchor Center for Blind Children
Anchor Center for Blind Children is so grateful for the generous grant we received from the Salah Foundation to support preschool scholarships for our students with visual, cortical visual, dual sensory (vision and hearing), and co-occurring disabilities and medical conditions.
Food Rescue Truck
The truck sponsored by the Salah Foundation has rescued and distributed more than 320,000 pounds of food (the equivalent of more than 250,000 meals.). This food has gone on to support Massachusetts residents, some experiencing food insecurity for the first time. We are very grateful for the Salah Foundation support.
No Child Left Alone With Grief
Through a generous investment from The Salah Foundation, Judi’s House is able to serve families seeking connection and healing following the death of a parent, sibling or other special person. Together with The Salah Foundation we move closer to our vision that no child should be alone in grief.
Healthcare Heroes
Holy Cross HospitalInvesting in Mankind
“Holy Cross is grateful for the support of the Salah Foundation for providing life-saving Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. We admire the Foundation’s compassion and support of our community and its Healthcare Heroes.”
Changing Lives Through The Power Of Theater
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
The Salah Foundation has been instrumental in funding and expanding the Arts in Education programs that are critical to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts to produce Student Matinees and offer programs like Dramatic Learning, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, Playwriting Workshop and Competition, and other on-site and in-school programs that have changed the lives of thousands of children & young adults through the power of live theater. These investments have been leveraged with a matching funds component which has enabled the DCPA to effectively double the value of these investments.
Arts And Music Accessible To All
South Shore Conservatory of Music
The Salah Foundation provided support to the South Shore Conservatory of Music, to make arts and music education accessible to all on the South Shore regardless of age, backgrounds, or abilities. This was made possible through the Community Partnerships such as ImagineARTS and Creative Arts Therapies.
