The Grateful Garment Project
Our Mission
The Grateful Garment Project’s (TGGP) goal is to ensure that every survivor of a sexual crime who comes to a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) facility or seeks medical attention and/or law enforcement assistance receives new clothing, toiletries, snacks, and other essential items. We have expanded our mission to support all victims of sexual violence, including Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) and survivors of Human Sexual Trafficking (HST).
OUR core Values​
What Makes Us Different​
The goal of TGGP is to ensure that no survivor of sexual violence in our communities faces additional hardship due to a lack of clothing to wear home after receiving help from a Sexual Violence Service Provider.
Integrity
Acting with moral soundness as good
stewards of the resources trusted to us
Service​
Humbly provide the highest level and
be of the greatest use to our clients.
Dedication
Strive to continually provide to the
needs of our clients and beyond
Dignity
With absolute resolve we maintain
dignity is essential to all human life.
WHAT WE DO​
We Restore dignity to victims of sexual violence​
We’re not just changing lives–we’re rewriting what justice and humanity look like, one survivor at a time.
The Grateful Garment Project helps survivors of sexual violence by offering them clothing and resources necessary to restore their dignity and start the healing journey.
Our Story​
History
The Grateful Garment Project began as a university class assignment in March 2011 to assist the community, led by Founder and CEO Lisa J. Blanchard. Upon learning about the challenges faced by victims of sexual assault, who sometimes only had a hospital gown to wear after their ordeal, Lisa reached out to the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) facility near her home for ways to provide support. She initiated a clothing collection program that garnered an overwhelmingly generous response from the community. The news spread, leading other SART facilities to request assistance. Recognizing the gravity of the situation, Lisa applied for 501c3 status, officially launching The Grateful Garment Project on May 17, 2011.
Since then The Grateful Garment Project has expanded to include many other items besides clothing. We also expanded from helping victims of sexual assault to include all victims of sexual violence in California, including Commercially Sexually Exploited Children and Human Sexual Trafficking victims.
The Grateful Garment Project has earned the Gold Seal of Transparency from GuideStar!
Team​
Team Members
Lisa J. Blanchard
Founder & CEO
Georgina Ong
Community Outreach Coordinator
Dakini Perkins
Program Resource Overview
Abdullah Azim
Operations Coordinator
Board​
Board Members
Padma Vemulapalli
Board President​
Marcia Rendall
Board Vice President​
Clorinda Sammis
Interim Treasurer
Sumati Natarajan
Board Member​
Armin “J.R.” McKee
Board Member​
Patrick Hammon
Board Member​
Ritwick Chatterjee
Board Member​
Romina Parikh
Board Member​
Anviti Shastri
Board Member​
Yvonne Murray
Board Member​
Cheryl Mathews
Board Member​
Financials
Type of Nonprofit
Designated as a 501(c)(3)
Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.
Category: Human Services — Multipurpose and Other / Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash) (NTEE)
Donations to this organization are tax deductible.