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Causes: Philanthropy, Public Foundations
Mission: Pba foundation supports charitable initiatives and the historical preservation of the beauty industry.
Programs: Disaster relief - to assist salon professionals in rebuilding their lives following the devastation of a natural disaster. In 2017, we disbursed $342,875 to aid 376 beauty professionals in their recovery from the devastation of hurricane harvey, hurricane irma and the california wildfires. For more information, please visit the website https://probeauty. Org/drf.
cut it out - to build awareness of domestic abuse across the country and train salon professionals to recognize warnings signs and safely refer clients to local resources.
look good feel better is a non-medical, brand-neutral public service program that teaches beauty techniques to people with cancer to help them manage the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. The program includes lessons on skin and nail care, cosmetics, wigs and turbans, accessories and styling, helping people with cancer to find some normalcy in a life that is by no means normal. Thousands of volunteer beauty professionals support look good feel better. All are trained and certified by the look good feel better foundation, the american cancer society, and the professional beauty association at local, statewide, and national workshops. Other volunteer health care professionals and individuals also give their time to the program. (cont'd sched o) the program is open to all women with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, or other forms of treatment. Annually, the program serves 50,000 women and 15,000 workshops held across all 50 states.
scholarships - we offered four educational scholarship offerings: lifetime member scholarship and scruples scholarship for member continuing education, and the minerva scholarship and neumaier scholarship for student tuition. Timing of the application process and award dates vary and cross fiscal years. In 2017 we gave scholarships to 25 recipients. Expenses: $27,547 grants: $24,549 revenue: $0hairitage initiative - to preserve the industry's history, archives and artifacts. Expenses: $4,641 grants: $0 revenue: $0