Partnerships

The Domestic Violence Program

Receives $20,000 Grant from

The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation

            MURFREESBORO—The Domestic Violence Program has received $20,000 in grant funding from the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation (MKACF).  During the month of October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the MKACF announced it has committed $3 million to domestic violence shelters and safe houses in all 50 states.

            The MKACF has awarded shelter grants each year since 2000, increasing both the number and size of grants awarded from year to year.  This year’s total of $3 million in grants represents a 100-percent increase from last year; the number of shelters receiving grants is up 50 percent, from last year’s 100 to this year’s 150; and the $20,000 awarded to each participating shelter rose 33 percent from last year, when each participating shelter received $15,000.

            “The increase in our shelter grant awards again this year is due in large measure to the generosity of the tens of thousands of Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants who have contributed to the Foundation during the year.  Their contributions at Mary Kay’s annual Seminars in Dallas this summer set new records for giving at that event.  These Independent Beauty Consultants are so generous, and they are the ones who make it possible for our Company to continue its mission to enrich women’s lives,” said Michael Lunceford, president of the Foundation.

            Each recipient shelter or safe house submitted a grant application to the MKACF, specifying their needs and the projects any grant would help fund.  The Foundation rates grant requests according to needs.  Some recipients are struggling to keep their doors open, and others desperately need the funds for repairs, programs and other items their budgets don’t cover.

            In Tennessee, 3 shelters and safe houses received grant funding from the MKACF.  The United Methodist Urban Ministries Safe House and Domestic Violence Shelter in Clarksville, Families in Crisis, Inc., in McMinnville, and the Domestic Violence Program in Murfreesboro each received $20,000 in grant funding. 

About the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation

            The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation was created in 1996 to fund research of cancers affecting women, and in 2000, expanded its mission to include the prevention of violence against.  To date, the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation has granted more than $13 million to these two causes.  For more information about the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation call 1-877-MKCARES (1-877-652-2737) or log on to www.mkacf.org.

About the Domestic Violence Program 

            The Domestic Violence Program was started serving domestic violence victims of Rutherford and Cannon Counties in 1986.  The Domestic Violence Program provides domestic violence victims assistance through court advocacy, individual and group counseling, sexual assault and rape counseling, elder abuse support, children victims programs, and safe shelter.  The Domestic Violence Program is a certified non-profit organization, which is partially funded by the State of Tennessee and is a participating United Way agency.  For more information about the Domestic Violence Program call 615-896-7377 or log on to www.dvpshelter.org.