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The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation

Grants & Scholarships.

The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation is looking to provide donations to programs and services that are reflective of the needs of the Youth in our communities.

The Foundation will serve as a source of empowerment for youth across the Nation and abroad through building Agencies to maximize program funding.

Our Administration has an infrastructure with vision, mission, policies and procedure, that will reflect the values of the communities that we serve. Rebuilding, Repairing and Restoring our youth through Mentoring programs, STEM, Arts & Letters, Mental Health and Special Categories.

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Arts & Letters

The Arts was the cornerstone of Whitney’s career. She was an actress, model, producer, singer and all around entertainer. The Foundation will offer scholarships in the arts to any of the 106 HBCU (Historically Black College and Universities) in Acting, Music, Visual & Graphic Arts and Directing. If awarded a scholarship, the monies is to be used to pay for tuition & fees or room & board.

 

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Mentoring Programs

Grants are awarded bi-annually to programs that provide support, guidance and opportunities for youth.

Previous Grant Awardees:

  • Trinity Girls Network (2022) – Trinity Girls Network empowers, inspires, heals, and guides young girls & women in the community as well as those who are presently in abusive situations, or have aged out of the foster care system, and are transitioning to independent living by providing the necessary tools needed for them to become self-sufficient in all areas of their lives.
  • Living Live Foundation  (2023) – The Living Live Foundation aims to promote, produce and provide access to a variety of arts experiences encompassing the visual, media, and performing arts. We encourage artistic expression in young people of color to explore their creative dreams and develop their talents.
  • Orlando Children’s Home (2024) -The Orlando Children’s Home for Children in need of care was established in 1940. It caters for children that are abandoned, lost, orphans, neglected, abused, the affected and infected by the H.I.V. virus.
Grants & Scholarships

STEM

Grants are awarded to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) programs that foster useful 21st century forward thinking life skills.