Dignity, creativity, and a path forward.

The Antelope Foundation supports people impacted by poverty, incarceration, and economic hardship — through workforce development, creative opportunity, education, and direct support.

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Our focus Workforce Development · Arts & Culture · Education · Community Support · Grantmaking

What we do

Five connected ways we help people rebuild stability, confidence, and agency.

Workforce Development

Paid, dignified work and hands-on training that build real, transferable skills.

Artistic & Cultural Programming

Creative opportunity as a path to focus, confidence, and a sense of purpose.

Educational Initiatives

Mentorship and learning that open doors to long-term opportunity.

Community-Based Support Services

Meeting people where they are, in partnership with shelters and reentry programs.

Grantmaking & Micro-Grants

Reinvesting in people and partners working toward lasting change.

The Beading Project

Our flagship initiative employs women in transition — post-incarceration, without housing, or living in a shelter — to handcraft beaded jewelry at a dignified wage. It is a practical, replicable model for ethical, craft-based employment.

Dignified, paid work

A workforce initiative employing women in transition to handcraft beaded jewelry at a fair wage.

Skills that transfer

Beadwork training builds focus, patience, and craft skills people carry forward.

How we create change

Meet people where they are

We partner with shelters and reentry programs to reach women facing real barriers.

Provide paid, dignified work & training

Fair-wage employment paired with hands-on beadwork instruction.

Build transferable skills & confidence

Craft, focus, and agency that carry into the next chapter.

Reinvest through grants & community support

Outcomes fund micro-grants and partners advancing the same mission.

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Help us build a dignity-driven model.

Your support funds paid work, training, and a path forward for women rebuilding their lives.