Fundamom started in India, where being a single mom in the lowest caste is very difficult and many are relegated to hard jobs like picking rocks, construction, cleaning toilets, and cleaning homes and hotels.
Starting in 2018, we began giving single moms in the slums a guaranteed income.
We figured if it can work in such incredibly challenging circumstances – Indian slums – it can work everywhere.
Guess what? It was an amazing success. Our moms became confident, happy, and much more healthy – as did their children.
Meet the team
After years of experience in charitable giving, renowned humanitarian Leigh Blake created Fund A Mom to demonstrate the power of direct support to Moms in need and to create autonomy and economic empowerment through the power of a Mothers love.
Leigh brings an esteemed track record of advocacy, fundraising, and successful charitable solutions saving and improving millions of lives through her humanitarian organizations and work with Artists like Bono and Alicia Keys. Through Red Hot, Artists Against AIDS Worldwide, Keep a Child Alive, We Are Here Movement, Arms Around the Child and now Fundamom her mission has always been to give directly and cut out the huge systems in between.
Leigh brought in a Director, Ellie Milner, to launch Fund a Mom and start a global movement with a collective intention to further prove that empowerment directed to women works. Security, confidence, and the notion that someone cares changes everything for a Mom with little means of support and children to raise.
They are supported by a small team in India who make sure the moms get what they need.
