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 Donor Advised Fund at the Battle Creek Community Foundation in Michigan.
Always an 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. After clicking on the button below, click on the "Another Specific Fund" Tab and then type in Child Abuse Prevention. The CAP Fund's whole name should pop up.
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
Total $19,500
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. Only $25 a person and all funds go into the CAP Fund.
Contact Rita at: info@beforeanychildisharmed.org OR 269/317-1131