$60 / month. 5 years. No red tape. Just trust.
If you’re here, you care.
Mothers and their families around the world live in unimaginable poverty. We believe there is a better way to change this.
We started Fund A Mom for two simple reasons
1. We are disillusioned with the traditional charity model
2. We believe in the power of mothers to end poverty
There have been over 300 studies on direct cash transfers, making it one of the most studied aid interventions. The studies show that it works – and lasts.
“I used to be able to make only one meal a day for me and my son.”
Research demonstrates an increase in income, assets, gender equality, business ownership, school enrollment, and food security.
Simultaneously it shows a decrease in alcohol and drug use, skipped meals, illness, depression, domestic violence, and child mortality.
Our personal experience has seen the softer impacts — more smiling, less worrying, and an overall sense of peace and hope.
Our moms’ growth in confidence and self-reliance gives their children a new example, breaking the cycle of self-doubt.
More work to be done
We are currently supporting moms in Jaipur, India and Ghana. All our moms are living in extreme poverty, lack family support, are alone, and cannot get the documentation necessary for government benefits.
We have hundreds already identified as a good fit for the program, just waiting for funding… waiting for us to help.
Why I Started Fund A Mom
by Leigh Blake, Founder
I’ve spent most of my life fighting poverty, injustice, and bureaucracy. But nothing prepared me for the quiet power of simply trusting a mother with cash.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
Mothers don’t waste money. They stretch it.
They feed families, start businesses, pay school fees, buy medicine, keep the lights on.
They survive. And then they rise.
But too many aid programs don’t trust them.
They offer rice, lectures, “micro” this and “micro” that—anything but actual action
It’s still a form of colonialism.
It says: We know better than you.
At Fund A Mom, we believe the opposite.
We send $60/month—directly to a single mom living in poverty—for five years.
No strings. No red tape. No one tells her what to do.
Why?
Because she already knows exactly what to do.
She’s been making miracles out of nothing her whole life.
And when you fund a mom, you don’t just help one person.
You lift up a whole family.
You change the future.
This isn’t charity.
It’s solidarity.
It’s justice.
It’s trust.
With love,
Leigh Blake
Founder, Fund A Mom
Why We Fund Moms—Not Programs
Most poverty relief programs are designed by people who’ve never been poor. They come with conditions, restrictions, paperwork, and assumptions.
They give food—but not choice.
Shelter—but not freedom.
Advice—but not trust.
Fund A Mom was created to flip that script.
We believe that mothers living in poverty are already economic geniuses.
They don’t need to be saved.
They need to be trusted.
No strings. No bureaucracy. No one is deciding for her.
Why $60 a Month?
Because that’s enough to make a difference—and to restore dignity.
It can mean:
Keeping a daughter in school
Buying asthma medicine for a child
Paying rent for a safe roof
Starting a tiny but powerful business
Eating every day
Most aid programs give one-off grants. We don’t.
We commit to five years of support, because poverty doesn’t end in a month—and hope takes time to rebuild.
Why Just Moms?
Because when you fund a mom, she funds a family.
Decades of global research prove this:
When mothers have money, they invest it in their children.
When mothers rise, entire communities rise with them.
And when you let a mom decide what’s best for her life?
She almost always gets it right.
This Is Not Charity. It’s Trust.
We don’t choose which moms get help—our on-the-ground partners do.
We don’t track or judge how they spend the money.
We don’t publish “before and after” photos for donor satisfaction.
We give. She decides. That’s it.
Because we don’t believe in fixing the poor.
We believe in funding the experts—and moms are the experts.
Join Us
Every $60 funds one month of dignity, choice, and security for a mom and her family.
You can fund a month, a year, or the full five.
You can buy a t-shirt that covers a week.
You can spread the word and shift the culture.
Because we don’t just need more giving.
We need more trust.
And that starts here—with you.
Fund a mom. Trust her future. Change the world.
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