The Girls Rights Project (which was formerly the Keare/Hodge Family Foundation) has funded over $6 million in grants since 2001 to organizations addressing issues of health, education and human rights. As we developed our organization we were particularly drawn to issues that help girls live lives of autonomy, dignity, and hope. In our research we discovered that not many foundations focus on this set of issues and decided it would be the focus of our efforts. In 2012 we changed the name to Girls Rights Project and make small grants to non profits around the world and in the Bay Area that address the unique needs of girls. We are especially concentrated on making sure that all girls go to school, have physical autonomy, and are protected from a life of abuse, slavery, child marriage or trafficking.
Stacey Keare, the President of Girls Rights Project, studied international relations at Stanford University, has a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a law degree from Hastings College of the Law. She is the current Board chair of Women Moving Millions, a community of women who have each made bold commitments to help women and girls worldwide. She is currently on the Board of Amplify Girls, and she has also been a Board member of Summit Public Schools, and the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County. She is on the Kennedy School’s Women’s Leadership Board, Tahirih Justice Center SF Advisory Board, Parity Lab Advisory Board and is a founding investor in the Giving List Women. She has three daughters, Haley, Ryan and Brooke and lives in Woodside with her husband John Hodge.