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A few Eva foundation Videos

Click here to go to to our Youtube page to view four videos; one of Anne and Mark talking about the foundation’s history and programs, and three stories of our Fellows and what their experience of their Fellowships was. check them out!
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Fellowships Awarded

The Eva Foundation grants committee, headed by president Anne Krantz, awarded two fellowships this week; one to support a year of ballet study for a dedicated ballet student whose family is having really, really hard times, and one to help send a girl to a youth leadership conference on medicine back east. These both epitomize the [...]
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The “Love Test”

We had our quaterly Eva Foundation Board meeting on Monday. We talk business, programs, fundraising, all the usual things non-profit Boards talk about. Then we got into a discussion about our vision; with the change in our situation over the past year and a half, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about this topic. We [...]
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Remembrance

While the mission of the Eva Foundation is to serve girls, an indelible part of our purpose is remember Eva, to make her presence alive for us as well as the community at large. I’ve just finished reading an extraordinary memoir by David Horowitz, “A Cracking of the Heart,” about his daughter Sarah Horowitz, who [...]
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Third Annual Networking Lunch

On October 22, 2009, we had our third annual networking lunch for our past and current grantee organizations and other allied organizations at Farina Restaurant in San Francisco. For a full report, click here. Our goal with these events is to learn what the organizations are thinking about, and to get information to help focus [...]
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  • Gunther Girls in Action


    Gabriela Ramirez, 2008 Fellow and photojournalist.
    photo by Gabriela Ramirez, 2008 Fellow and photojournalist.

    Jena Perry, Diversity Works participant
    Jena Perry, Diversity Works participant.


    Sahara is a gifted writer, dancer, musician, and student. She is a multi-year Eva Gunther Fellow.
    Sahara is a gifted writer, dancer, musician, and student. She is a multi-year Eva Gunther Fellow.