Educate
Build knowledge, understanding, and skills for today and tomorrow.
The Gibbons Family Foundation
“The true measure of a societyis how the powerful choose toprotect, empower, and createopportunity for the most vulnerable.”
Making a difference,
one child at a time.
Who are we?
The Gibbons Family Foundation is a cradle-to-career pathway — rooted in lived experience, built for the children, families, and communities we love.
2,400+Youth served
40+Program areas
6Signature pillars
100%Community rooted
Our framework
Our Six E’s for Empowerment
Six principles that guide how every program is designed, every partnership is built, and every outcome is measured.
Expose
Broaden horizons through meaningful experiences, environments, people, and possibilities.
Empower
Build confidence, strengthen voice, and unlock potential.
Equip
Provide the tools, preparation, resources, and relationships necessary for success.
Elevate
Inspire growth, recognize progress, and celebrate achievement.
Engage
Connect people, encourage service, and strengthen families and communities.
Six Pillars. One Pathway.
From the Six E's came the Six Pillars. The E's are our why; the Pillars are how that philosophy becomes action.
The architecture
of a life.
Confidence, academics, health, career, family, community. Each pillar drops into place — together they form the architecture of a life.
Tell me moreBuilt to last
The Six Pillars
Social & Emotional WellnessAcademic ExcellenceHealth & Wellness
Career & Workforce DevelopmentCivic & Cultural LeadershipFamily Success
Social & Emotional WellnessAcademic ExcellenceHealth & WellnessCareer & Workforce DevelopmentCivic & Cultural LeadershipFamily Success
Pillar I
Social & Emotional Wellness
Our signature foundation
Before a child can become a leader, scholar, entrepreneur, or innovator, they must first believe in themselves. Our flagship Confident Kids Club develops emotional intelligence, resilience, self-confidence, healthy relationships, and positive self-identity.
Confident Kids ClubEmotional IntelligenceConfidence & Self-EsteemLeadership DevelopmentCharacter EducationConflict Resolution+6 more
Why we believe
Our leadership is living evidence that when a community invests in children, the return lasts for generations.
Meet the founderYou have the power
to make a difference
Help make real change to the children, families, and neighborhoods that shaped us — partner, sponsor, volunteer, or donate.
Where your gift goes
In every $1 we receive, 93¢ reaches a child.
- Direct programs78¢
- Family & community support15¢
- Operations7¢