"Before any child is harmed"
How to DOnate
- Click on the DONATE HERE text below to go directly to the CAP FUND donation page on the Battle Creek Community Foundation's website.
- If it does not take you directly to our page start typing Child Abuse Prevention Endowment Fund in the SEARCH box. You may have to scroll to the bottom to find the box.
- The CAP Fund is a Field of Interest Donor Advised Fund.
Thank you!
Our Mission
The Child Abuse Prevention Endowment (CAP) Fund for Calhoun County, Inc. exists to raise money for positive parenting activities in order to prevent child abuse and neglect.
The CAP Fund is a 501©3 nonprofit organization and a Field of Interest (Advised) Fund at the Battle Creek Community Foundation in Michigan.
Always a need
Despite the fact that so many people agree that child abuse and neglect is a devastating problem there is little money available for parenting programs that engage a family before a child is harmed. Our federal and state governments will never fully fund prevention efforts and the funding they do provide is often tenuous and temporary. If we want to significantly reduce the abuse and neglect that children in Calhoun County experience we must develop our own source of funding for our local programs. A need for local support for prevention programs will always exist.
Donate Now for Positive Parenting!
Donate Online, directly to the Battle Creek Community Foundation, which holds the CAP Fund.
The DONATE button below takes you to the Battle Creek Community Foundation's website.
- Click on "Give" , which is one of the choices at the top.
- In the drop down menu, click on "Field of Interest (Advised) Funds."
- From the list that pops up, scroll down to "Child Abuse Prevention Endowment Fund" and click on the green donate button.
Thank you!!
Grants Given!
$250 Family & Children's Services - 2000
$2,000 Network for Young Children - 2005
$4,300 At-Risk Summer Preschool - 2010
$2,000 Nurse Family Partnership - 2012
$3,000 Community Fatherhood - 2012
$8,000 Community Fatherhood - 2015
$10,000 Strong Families are Connected Families-2020
(Calhoun Intermediate School District)
$3,500 Women's Life Recovery Program/The Haven - 2022
$5,000 SAFE Place Children's Services - 2023
$5,000 Milk Like Mine - 2024
$3,500 Inasmuch House/The Haven - 2024
$1,500 Catching the Dream Learning Center - 2024
Total $48,050
Host a Painting Party for parenting
Paint with watercolors on a framed canvas to create a unique piece
for your home or office. Embellish the canvas with a favorite saying, beads, glitter or whatever you like! You supply the place and people. We will provide the supplies and instruction. All funds go into the CAP Fund.
Contact Rita at: info@beforeanychildisharmed.org OR 269/317-1131
Learn to Recognize Signs of Abuse: Ten-4-Facesp Fact Sheet
A fact sheet and QR code to a five minute video explaining possible signs of physical abuse in young children. Most victims of child abuse are under 5 years old. They depend on adults to recognize when asking more questions is warranted.