The Clothed Project Foundation · 501(c)(3) Pending

Every kit she receives starts here.

The Foundation is the part of The Clothed Project that turns a pair of underwear into a Clothed Kit, gets it into the hands of a young woman in South Africa, and tracks the impact for years. Funded by your purchases and your direct gifts together.

A group of African schoolchildren in uniform sitting in a classroom
Why The Foundation Exists

7 million girls. 5 school days a month.

Across South Africa, period poverty pulls girls out of class every cycle. We exist to put them back at their desks — with dignity, knowledge, and the truth of their worth.

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Two Ways To Walk With Us

Shop a pair. Or give a kit. Either way she's covered.

Every purchase from the brand sends a pair to South Africa — plus a puberty + encouragement book on becoming a woman — via the Foundation. Every direct donation to the Foundation funds the rest of the kit (the necklace, the devotional, the freight) and scales the program beyond what BOGO alone can cover.

Option 1 · The Brand

Shop & Give.

Browse premium reusable period underwear from The Clothed Project. Every pair you buy for yourself triggers a pair donated to a young woman — along with an encouragement book about becoming a woman — through the Foundation. Same dignity, different bodies.

  • Three styles in our launch lineup
  • OEKO-TEX certified, PFAS-tested
  • 1 pair bought = 1 pair + 1 encouragement book given
  • You wear it. She wears it. Both with dignity.
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Option 2 · Direct Donation

Give a Kit.

Direct, tax-deductible gifts to the Foundation fund everything inside a Clothed Kit beyond the underwear — and let us reach women beyond what shop sales alone can cover.

1 woman equipped for 2 years, ~120 school days protected.

Tax-deductible upon IRS 501(c)(3) approval (pending). We'll reach out the moment we open for giving.

Portrait of a young African girl
"She is clothed with strength and dignity."
What's Inside a Kit

Your gift funds the parts of her kit she'll carry forever.

The brand provides the underwear via BOGO. The Foundation, funded by your donations, provides everything else — the parts of the kit she keeps long after the first pair wears out.

$8

The Keepsake

Custom-engraved Proverbs 31:25 necklace. One signature piece per recipient — a reminder of her worth long after the kit is gone.

$6

The Devotional

30-day devotional booklet plus scripture cards. Identity, Strength, Dignity, Purpose, Love — words for her, in case no one else has said them.

$5

The Education

Menstrual health booklet translated into Zulu, Xhosa, English, and Afrikaans. Care instructions, common myths addressed clearly.

$6

The Delivery

US-to-SA freight, in-country distribution through vetted local partners, paired in-person menstrual health education.

How Donations Are Used

Where every dollar goes.

We've structured the Foundation to be lean. The brand pays its founders; the Foundation pays for program. In Year 1, you'll know exactly where every dollar lands.

  • 80% Program: kit components, freight, in-country distribution, education materials, translation.
  • 15% Operations: accounting, compliance, insurance, donor communications, banking.
  • 5% Fundraising: donor platform fees, materials. Founders take zero salary from the Foundation in Year 1.
Our Vision

Every woman equipped and empowered for everyday life.

We start in South Africa. By Year 3, we serve Lesotho and Eswatini. By Year 5, we reach across the Southern African Customs Union — 30,000 women a year, equipped with dignity, knowledge, and the truth of their worth.

Year 1
South Africa
~1,000 girls
Year 2
South Africa
5,000 girls
Year 3
+ Lesotho
+ Eswatini
10–12K girls
Year 4
+ Botswana
+ Namibia
18–20K girls
Year 5
+ Zimbabwe pilot
30K+ girls
African students engaged in focused classroom learning
Every Kit, Every Cycle, Every Day In Class

She's in school because someone gave.

Your donation today reaches a real young woman, in a real classroom, on a real cycle, with real dignity. We'll tell you when she's there.

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"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come."

Proverbs 31:25