We are living in a complex world where healthy, engaged fathering is needed more than ever. We need involved fathers in the inner cities, the suburbs, and in everyday life. We also must protect and care for the fatherless. Without a dad, children are more vulnerable to the negative currents in our culture. Contributing to this UGIV™ Fund will empower nonprofits to equip, encourage and support fathers and father figures in America. Working together, we can change the world—even if it happens one child at a time.
“The National Center for Fathering has been equipping dads and helping the fatherless for over 30 years. As a leader of NCF’s Urban Fathering Initiative, I have been privileged to partner with other non-profits who are efficient and have outstanding outcomes. The UGIV Honoring Fathers and the Fatherless Fund is providing strategic support in the most needed areas, and your support will make a tremendous difference. We will also provide you with an update of how your investment was used.
– Dr. George R. Williams, National Center for Fathering
As children, researchers and leaders have told us, the need for healthy responsible fathers is greater than ever. Fathers who are tuned into their children’s hearts, lives and future are an incredible, invaluable asset. Over the past 30 years, a large majority of the U.S. feels that fatherlessness is the most significant family or social problem in America.1
The National Center for Fathering has for more than three decades promoted fathering and equipped fathers for one of life’s most important tasks, being a dad. More than 25 million children live in a home without the physical presence of a father. Millions more have dads who are physically present, but emotionally absent. If it were classified as a disease, fatherlessness would be an epidemic worthy of attention as a national emergency.2
We need more mentoring, support and protection for the fatherless. As stated more than 25 million children (33% of all children under the age of 18) live in homes absent their biological father.3 In addition, of those in grades 1 through 12, over 17 million live apart from their biological father.4
African American children are especially affected5
of teens without a father will drop out of high school or become pregnant
For more than 30 years, the National Center for Fathering has worked with national experts to train and equip fathers and father figures. We have vetted and partnered with established nonprofit organizations dedicating to ending fatherlessness. The establishment of the UGIV Honoring Fathers and the Fatherless Fund is strategic. Through the work of the organizations in the fund will we: provide resources to equip and inspire dads to excellence in their fathering role, provide programming which will ensure that fathers make a measurable improvement in the quest to be good dads, and provide mentoring, counseling and services for the fatherless. With your investment, we will make a difference.
We will also give you quick reports of the results of your investment no matter how big or small. We believe a generation of responsible fathers can change the world and at the same time giving hope to the fatherless. We respectfully ask for your generosity and support! For more information about the National Center for Fathering, visit fathers.com.
TOCA FC coaches and inspires kids and families to become remarkable leaders through the values of faith, family, and fútbol. They use soccer as an outreach and a training opportunity to build character in children, especially kids in Hispanic communities, many who are fatherless or in at-risk situations.
Under the leadership of Percy Kennedy, Voices of the Fatherless seeks to make a difference by teaching, equipping, affirming, and mentoring fatherless children, with a focus on ministering to single-parent families, incarcerated fathers and others who may be economically stressed.
Strong Fathers helps organizations engage fathers and families for stronger child outcomes, with focused efforts to help men connect with fatherless children in schools.
WATCH D.O.G.S. is a school-based family and community engagement organization that partners with local schools nationwide to help recruit and equip fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, uncles, and other father figures to serve as volunteers in schools. Each school year, hundreds of thousands of fathers and father-figures make a positive impact on millions of children through this one-of-a-kind program.
Blue Sky Ranch is dedicated to offering hope, healing, and new-found freedom to those who are hurting and broken. Their main focus is working with young
men (ages 14-19) without fathers in their lives.
Divine Alternatives for Dads Services Led by Marvin and Jeanett Charles, D.A.D.S. is leading a movement to eradicate the epidemic of absent fathers in urban America. D.A.D.S gives fathers hope by walking together in supportive community, helping navigate relational and legal barriers that separate them from their children and families.
In response to the dramatic trend towards fatherlessness in America, Dr. Ken Canfield founded the National Center for Fathering (NCF) in 1990. For the past 30 years, NCF has worked to provide practical, research-based tools and resources to inspire and equip fathers to be actively engaged in children’s lives—their own children and other children around them who need a father’s positive influence.
Being you is your superpower. Use it for good! By giving to a UGIV Fund, you are making a difference in your community. Dollars are distributed to multiple nonprofits meeting a specific need, so your impact is spread throughout your community! It’s easy and you’ll get a tax receipt for your records.
You’ll help others awaken generosity. By sharing that you donated to a UGIV Fund, you are a voice for those in need. Your unique gifts and talents may inspire others to give. Nonprofits in your community need help now more than ever.
You are a part of a larger story. Change comes from everyone, not just those with the most money. You have more to give than you think!
Your generosity will help change the community, but it can also change “U.” Studies have shown that generous people are often happier, healthier and live longer.
We want to help you on your path to awaken generosity in you and in those around you. Contact us so you can get updates on how to start this journey. We’re here to help.
Your donation dollars are distributed to the nonprofits in the UGIV Fund based on the National Center for Fathering criteria. It’s easy and you’ll get a tax receipt for your records.
You’ll also be able to track all your giving in one place in a convenient digital giving wallet.
