Global Community Works is a philanthropic non-profit organization that is dedicated to making a big difference in the lives of people in the poorest communities all over the world, with small community-directed grants.
Values
Results Oriented
GCW works with community leaders that have the innovative ideas, passion and commitment to implement smart, sustainable solutions.
Trust & Empowerment
We trust the local community leaders to identify the best solutions for their communities. Then we empower them to get it done by providing the resources needed.
Fiscally Direct
Our funds (and your donation) go directly to the projects – not to administrators or overhead expenses.
Relationships
Our relationships with inspired individuals and non-profits benefit the communities we serve by referring project opportunities, participating in matching grants and sharing best practices.
Goals
Economic Empowerment
Global Community Works partners with communities to enable economic empowerment and alleviate poverty by financing the innovative ideas of the people who live there.
Sustainable Solutions
GCW looks for projects that are smart, sustainable economic solutions. The projects we fund enable members of a community to obtain the knowledge, skills or tools to make a living and support their family.
Micro- Giving
Our role is to provide small, one-time grants to our partners to get their projects started. 100% of your donation goes to our partner communities.
Sponsored Projects
Here are a few examples of some of the types of projects we have sponsored:
Sustainable Agriculture
Materials for water system on chicken farm, Guatemala
Training villagers on native Amaranth crop business, Guatemala
Training and materials for alternative water pump system,
Indonesia
Education
Vocational training for teachers, Nicaragua
Tuition, materials and transportation for nursing
students, Guatemala
Carpentry tools and training, Belize
Micro Credit
Micro-lending to impoverished women in India
Contact Us
We welcome your comments! We are especially happy to hear from like-minded US citizens who volunteer in third-world countries, who might like to tell us about communities that they have visited and the ideas for small communitiy development that they have observed. Please fill in the form below and enter your message to us:
Global Community Works Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)3 private operating foundation, operating under the official name of Paul A. Schafer Charitable Foundation. We are based in Texas and also work in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. All donations to the foundation are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Global Community WorksPaul A. Schaefer Charitable Foundation2710 Walsh Tarlton Lane, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78746
