Senior Program Officer
Domestic violence is everywhere. It impacts adults, children, extended families, and entire communities.
In fact, 63% of Californians have been affected by domestic violence, either as a survivor, as a person who caused harm, or through a close friend or family member.
Breaking the cycle of domestic violence requires working across generations to prevent childhood exposure, while also strengthening prevention and healing.
Rooted in harmful gender norms, racism, and income inequality, domestic violence is a societal issue we can collectively work to prevent.
To break this multigenerational cycle, we focus on directly addressing its root causes.
Promoting healing and addressing root causes to end domestic violence
Our work to break the cycle of domestic violence involves working with community leaders and innovators to drive toward healing and prevention.
Survivors, families and communities affected by domestic violence should be directly engaged in building solutions that prevent it across generations. It ensures equitable solutions promote healing and go beyond what is needed to survive, providing pathways for people and families to thrive."
Lucia Corral Peña
Chief Program Director
Chief Program Director
Creating impact through systems change
Solutions that enable a whole family to heal break the cycle of violence for future generations. These solutions work to include children exposed to violence and the person who causes harm.
Through organizations such as California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and ValorUS, the Foundation promotes policies that increase gender and racial justice. By advocating for the priorities and needs of survivors, families, and communities of color, our partners recently helped secure $15 million in new state funds for prevention and early intervention services, and $100 million supporting services for domestic violence survivors, victims of sexual violence and other crime.
Grantees
| Grantee | Year awarded | Grant amount | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Department of Health Care Services | 2026 | $400,000 | Statewide |
| ValorUS | 2026 | $300,000 | Statewide |
| Children Now | 2026 | $100,000 | Statewide |
| California Partnership to End Domestic Violence | 2025 | $640,000 | Statewide |
| Futures Without Violence | 2025 | $600,000 | National |
| Alliance for Girls | 2025 | $520,000 | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Regents of the University of California, Davis | 2025 | $600,000 | Statewide |
| Tides Center | 2025 | $500,000 | Statewide |
| AfroLA Media Group | 2025 | $200,000 | Los Angeles |
| National Network to End Domestic Violence Inc | 2025 | $100,000 | National |
| Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management | 2024 | $740,000 | Statewide |
| Contra Costa Family Justice Center Alliance | 2024 | $500,000 | San Francisco Bay Area |
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