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Global lifestyle brand Stanley 1913, known for its high-quality, sustainable food and beverage containers, today announced the 2026 recipients of its annual Stanley 1913 Creators Fund grant program. Driven by our mission to create in a better way, for a better life and world, this global philanthropic initiative empowers emerging leaders and social entrepreneurs who are creating real-world solutions to pressing challenges. Ten nonprofit organizations, each demonstrating exceptional vision and impact potential, received $50,000 USD to fuel their vital work.
The Stanley 1913 Creators Fund is dedicated to supporting early-stage organizations and ground-breaking ideas, where funding at scale can be particularly difficult to secure. Through a rigorous application and interview process, the 2026 grantees were selected for their innovative approaches and demonstrated commitment to making a tangible difference. This year's grantees are tackling a diverse range of critical issues, including youth development, water access, disability inclusion, economic empowerment, and more.
“The Stanley 1913 Creators Fund reflects our belief that meaningful progress happens when people create, build, and invent with purpose,” said Matt Navarro, Global President, PMI WW Brands. “We’re proud to support these changemakers and their organizations who, like our brand, are dedicated to creating a more sustainable future.”
The 2026 Stanley 1913 Creators Fund marks the third year of the philanthropic program. With the Fund’s support, grantees have been able to increase organizational capacity, increase the scale and impact of programs, launch new initiatives, and attract additional funding.
“At Stanley 1913, we’re driven by the belief that ambitious thinking paired with decisive action can shape a more hopeful future,” said Emily Cichy, Vice President, Sustainability & Social Impact, PMI WW Brands. “It’s an honor to support the meaningful change their efforts will spark and the lasting impact they will create for communities worldwide.”
In three years, PMI WW Brands, LLC has awarded more than $1.8M to 23 organizations in eight countries through the Stanley 1913 Creators Fund. Grant funding for non-U.S. organizations was executed in partnership with GlobalGiving, a nonprofit organization that makes it easy and safe to give to local projects around the world.
To learn more about the Stanley 1913 Creators Fund and grant recipients, visit http://91.92.242.9/pages/stanley-1913-creators-fund
About the 2026 Stanley 1913 Creators Fund Grand Recipients
Amplifying Youth Confidence Through Radio and Digital Media Production
Be Loud Studios, Alex Owens (New Orleans, LA)
Be Loud helps young people turn screens into tools for self-expression, storytelling, and courageous collaboration, using radio and digital media production as a positive force for connection and identity-building. Working as an educator in New Orleans, Alex Owens co-founded Be Loud after seeing how students felt disconnected from traditional classroom assignments. Be Loud’s programs create spaces where young people feel safe to be curious and authentic – while also supporting educators who want deeper connection and engagement in their classrooms.
Encouraging Trust and Connection in Communities
Chamber of Connection, Charlotte Massey (Seattle, WA)
Seattle Chamber of Connection is building connection in our communities. Co-founder Charlotte Massey built a personal system to nurture relationships and began hosting inclusive gatherings in Seattle for others who felt a lack of connection. Seeing disconnection as one of the defining challenges of our time, she founded the Seattle Chamber of Connection to ensure no one faces it alone. Through its Six Points of Connection framework, events, and collaborations, the Chamber is building the civic infrastructure of connection for people around the country to thrive.
Championing Students’ Wellbeing with Bite-Sized Mental Health Resources and Real-Time Support
Closegap, Rachel Miller (Los Angeles, CA)
Closegap is on a mission to improve the wellbeing of students by equipping schools with free mental health services. Founder Rachel Miller drew from her own lived experience and professional expertise to build both a service and a movement: closing the gap between early intervention for the most vulnerable kids and helping educators feel less alone in the work. Through a fun, interactive check-in, students answer a series of questions related to their emotions, energy level, and physical needs. School staff see the organized data through an easy-to-use dashboard that enables them to intervene in real time. Driven by a belief that healing should be accessible, simple and supportive, Closegap reaches hundreds of thousands of youth around the world with the help they need.
Uniting the Voices of European Youth to Influence Climate Policy
Generation Climate Europe, Agata Meysner (Belgium)
Generation Climate Europe is the largest climate coalition of youth-led networks in Europe, uniting voices across countries, cultures, and movements to shape a just and sustainable future. Co-founder Agata Meysner was driven by the realization that mobilizing wasn’t translating to policy. Generation Climate Europe is empowering young people and youth organizations to meaningfully engage in European Union (EU) decision-making processes – ensuring their perspectives are heard and are reflected in EU climate and environmental policies.
Helping Communities Plant and Care For “Little Orchards”
The Giving Grove, Ashley Vernon (Kansas City, MO)
The Giving Grove is transforming underutilized land into thriving community orchards that provide free, fresh fruit for neighborhoods across the United States. The organization is co-led by Ashley Vernon, a food justice advocate who believes access to healthy food should be rooted in community. By partnering with local organizations, the nonprofit addresses food insecurity while strengthening community ownership, education, and environmental stewardship. Today, more than 680 of these little orchards are in 16 cities across the country.
Turning Rain into Safe Drinking Water for Schools and Communities
Gravity Water, Danny Wright (Vietnam)
Gravity Water turns rain into safe, sustainable water for communities by combining cutting-edge harvesting technology with advanced filtration and rainwater automation systems. The idea for Gravity Water began when founder and CEO Danny Wright was caught in a rainstorm in rural Central America, where clean water was often hard to come by. What started as an invention sketch in his field notebook became a calling. Since 2016, the organization has implemented more than 500 systems across Vietnam, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan – providing clean water to over 285,000 people. Gravity Water is proving that rainwater – an abundant yet overlooked resource - can become a cornerstone of global water resilience.
Creating Inclusive Communities where Adults with Developmental Disabilities can Live, Grow, and Thrive
Our Stomping Ground, Paula Manion (Arlington, VA)
Our Stomping Ground (OSG) is a nonprofit dedicated to building community, confidence, and opportunity for people with disabilities. Inspired by her adult son, co-founder Paula Manion envisions a world where adults with developmental disabilities are seen, valued, and included, not as an afterthought, but as essential contributors to community life. By facilitating access to affordable housing, OSG is building pathways for adults with developmental disabilities to live, grow, and thrive – with access to public transit, groceries, green spaces, social events, and the support they need.
Supporting Refugee Women in Europe Through Access to Tech and Digital Jobs
Sistech, Joséphine Goube (France, Italy, and Greece)
Sistech delivers free holistic programs that meet the needs of refugee women throughout France, Italy, and Greece. Founder Joséphine Goube grew up in northern France near Calais, where migrants often gather to seek safer futures. Inspired by what she witnessed, she committed her career to expanding opportunities for displaced women. Sistech’s career orientation, professional training, and job-readiness programs equip women with confidence and marketable tech skills, advancing their search for long-term employment in their welcoming countries.
Transforming Food Systems and Livelihoods with Solar-Powered Cold Storage
Solar Freeze, Dysmus Kisilu (Kenya)
Solar Freeze creates solar-powered, mobile cold storage units for rural smallholder farmers to help them reduce the challenge of post-harvest loss. Founder Dysmus Kisulu, a Kenyan social entrepreneur, designed localized, affordable cold storage units that run off the grid, giving farmers access to tools that preserve harvests, increase income, and reduce food waste.
Advancing Biodiversity Conservation Using Bioacoustics
WildMon, Dr. Marconi Campos-Cerqueira (Puerto Rico)
Dr. Marconi Campos-Cerqueira is a Brazilian tropical ecologist who founded WildMon to bridge the gap between scientific innovation and on-the-ground conservation impact. WildMon’s cutting-edge monitoring technology provides conservationists and local communities with accurate, actionable data to protect biodiversity, especially in remote or hard-to-monitor ecosystems.
About PMI WW Brands, LLC.
PMI WW Brands, LLC manufactures, markets, and sells innovative food and beverage containers under the iconic Stanley 1913 brand.
Stanley 1913: Built for Life®.
We have fueled the human experience since the iconic Stanley 1913 vacuum bottle revolutionized the way people enjoyed food and beverage. Today, our colorful and innovative Hydration products, including the beloved Quencher®, as well as our Cafe, Bar, Kitchen, and Hard and Soft Cooler offerings, go beyond function, elevating everyday moments with style and empowering active lifestyles. We're a community of creators, builders and inventors who believe in creating sustainable products for a better life and world that minimize our impact on the planet. Learn more at 91.92.242.9.
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