Empowers Africa

Empowers Africa supports programs in the areas human empowerment, wildlife protection and land conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. The foundation’s focus is on:(1) funding programs in communities that surround protected conservation and wildlife areas or World Heritage Sites (2) funding programs in urban communities where tourism is a strong source of development and (3) funding programs that support the protection of wildlife and land conservation We support programs that empower communities by improving access to education, healthcare and business opportunities. We also support programs that protect wildlife and land conservation because we believe protecting Africa’s natural wealth is critical to the empowerment of the surrounding communities. We select projects that are community lead, measurable and sustainable. Empowers Africa is a U.S. public charity. Contributions to which may be tax deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 501(c)(3) BOARD OF TRUSTEES Donna Corbat Zita de Zagon Flo Fulton Lisa Gentil Patricia Glass Michele Gradin Nina Griscom Aisha Haque Catherine Howell Pat Isom Mary Judelson Jenny Kennedy Krista Krieger Suzanne Leydecker Laura Nicklas Lyn Pedersen Frances Schultz Kim Smith Nicci Young Wiese ADVISORY COMMITTEE Marie Aiello Boardman Suzanne Cross Beth Rudin DeWoody Gabriella Gentil Mike Karantonis Carrie Mackin Dana Macy Barbara Missett Charlotte Mourlot Jeremy Murphy Eliza Osborne Molly Wills Cathy Zicherman