Heart & Hand Fund
The Heart and Hand Fund supports women and LGBTQI initiatives for Peace in the Balkans.
The Heart and Hand Fund supports women and LGBTQI initiatives for Peace in the Balkans.
We’ve learned over and over that activists often start projects on their own when they see unmet needs. One of Heart & Hand’s guiding principles is recognizing the wisdom of local activists to determine what funding is needed within the limits of our budget. We would like to add new grants to new and emerging projects without neglectiAgain, as we have for more than twenty years, we ask you to respond with gifts as large as you can to support these hardworking activists.ng our long-time partners. Again, as we have for more than twenty years, we ask you to respond with gifts as large as you can to support these hardworking activists.
Marta Drury founded the Heart and Hand Fund in 1999 after speaking to a friend at 2am in Pristina, Kosova who told her that the Serbian army was going door to door in their neighborhood and herding people onto boxcars.
She is a full time socially responsible philanthropist and investor with an especial interest in women and children. In 2
Marta Drury founded the Heart and Hand Fund in 1999 after speaking to a friend at 2am in Pristina, Kosova who told her that the Serbian army was going door to door in their neighborhood and herding people onto boxcars.
She is a full time socially responsible philanthropist and investor with an especial interest in women and children. In 2005, she was nominated as one of the 1000 Women for Peace for the Nobel Peace Prize. Marta Drury lives in rural northern California.
Since its inception in 1999, the Fund has provided unrestricted funding to organizations on the ground in Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro.
We’ve learned over and over that activists often start projects on their own when they see unmet needs. One of Heart & Hand’s guiding principles is recognizing th
Since its inception in 1999, the Fund has provided unrestricted funding to organizations on the ground in Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro.
We’ve learned over and over that activists often start projects on their own when they see unmet needs. One of Heart & Hand’s guiding principles is recognizing the wisdom of local activists to determine what funding is needed within the limits of our budget. We would like to add new grants to new and emerging projects without neglecting our long-time partners.
Through our fiscal sponsor, Peace Development Fund, we are able to accept mightycause donations. The button below will take you to a donation page with the following description: “Donate to Peace Development Fund/Purpose: Peace Development Fund/Heart & Hand Fund.” Your gift will be properly deposited to our account. Please note that Peace
Through our fiscal sponsor, Peace Development Fund, we are able to accept mightycause donations. The button below will take you to a donation page with the following description: “Donate to Peace Development Fund/Purpose: Peace Development Fund/Heart & Hand Fund.” Your gift will be properly deposited to our account. Please note that Peace Development Fund does not share or sell information about our donors. To receive a tax receipt by mail, you will need to share your address with Peace Development Fund. Otherwise, you will receive a tax receipt via email. Thank you.
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