Hedge Funds Care, also known as HelpFor Children (HFC),
is an international charity,supported largely by the hedge fund
industry,whose sole mission is preventing and
treating child abuse.
HFC has 2 goals:
GOAL #1To raise as much money as possible
to fund the programs that do thepreventing and treating.
GOAL #2To showcase the
philanthropy of the hedgefund and finance industries.
This mission isaccomplished by raisingmoney and granting it to
child welfare organizationsthroughout the United
States, Canada, theCayman Islands, and the
United Kingdom.
Money raised is distributedlocally to community-basednonprofit organizations that
address child abuse in thefollowing 6 ways:
1. EDUCATION (PRIMARY PREVENTION) toenhance awareness and understanding of
abuse and neglect for children, parents, andprofessionals in the community
3. INTERVENTIONS for children who havebeen physically or sexually abused and
support services to non-offending familymembers