After the Fund: Meet the Girls We’ve Funded

Impact Story: BroadcastHER Academy Gaming & Esports Fellow Heidi

1,000 Dreams Fund was thrilled to recently announce the Year 5 return of our ground-breaking BroadcastHER Academy Esports & Gaming Fellowship (powered by Allied Gaming & Entertainment and HyperX) and our first three Fellows to the program this year, including @simplyheidi. This 22-year-old is currently in her last semester at college and will be graduating

Impact Story: How 1,000 Dreams Fund’s Student Leadership Summit Opened Doors for Bruna!

The team at 1,000 Dreams Fund is busy with preparations for our 2nd annual Student Leadership Summit in just a few months in Washington, D.C. on July 22nd! Building on the success of our inaugural Student Leadership Summit last year, we are looking to open more doors for our student leaders who travel from all

Impact Story: 1,000 Dreams Fund provides Scholarship Funding for Micah’s College Visit Trip to Howard University!

1,000 Dreams Fund was proud to unveil our 2022-2023 Project: Girls on the Rise Class this past fall. This program is special because it helps high-potential young women who are college-bound find their best-fit school.  We get to fund and support awesome young women like Laurel High School senior Micah H., a talented student who

1DF Impact Story: BroadcastHER Grant and JBL Quantum Grant winner @Imfamousx1x rocks many roles — and gets ‘esports person of the year’ nod

We previously celebrated @Imfamousx1x as a BroadcastHER Grant winner and a JBL Quantum Grant winner — and for good reason! She manages an impressive list of roles, including content creator, caster/host, cosplayer, model, mental health ambassador, and parent — and, lately, she’s added more charity streams into the mix while working on her makeup show

1DF Impact Story: BroadcastHER Student Scholarship winner Jae achieves big milestones in the gaming industry

It has been a couple of years since Jae or @JaedumGaming, 23, was awarded our BroadcastHER Student Scholarship. At that time, she was attending college and studying business — while pursuing her passion for gaming and entertaining her community. Thanks to the support 1DF was able to provide through the scholarship, and she’s accomplished some

After the Fund: An update from Natalie

Natalie Becerra Visits Washburn University and Kansas State University Girls on the Rise helped me in deciding which college I will apply to and attend in the future. I never thought I would be able to actually go on a college visit before this funding. I am not only able to see the campuses, but

After the Fund: An update from Zaniya

I used my grant to attend the Young Women Run Conference. Over 100 young women from across the country gathered in the nations capitol to train to run for office not in four years, but right now. I had the opportunity to participate in workshops that would help me as I prepare for a career

#1000dreamsfund winner Alexis Grippi

Meet our #1000dreamsfund winner Alexis Grippi who received $500 in funding from the@1000dreamsfund! Learn how she will use the funding to chase her dreams of having her own boutique and fashion line in this mini-interview: What is your professional dream?  My professional dream is to own my own boutique one day and have my own

“Believe. Believe you can do this. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams.”

There is no doubt that @1000dreamsfund ambassador and winner of our #1000dreamschallenge Sanah Jivani is going to change the world. From overcoming bullying to embracing her differences, she is truly an inspiration for girls just like YOU all over the world. Follow her on her journey to end self-doubt and self-hatred one insecurity at a

‘1000 Dreams’ Update: Karina Acing Law School One Semester at a Time

This fall after a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo we were able to fund 13 dreams of young women nationwide. Some girls used the funding to help pay for school books, another girl purchased a camera, and others used it to study abroad. For the next few months we will be catching up with the