Opening Doors
Empowering Futures
Every Foster Youth Deserves a Bright Future
We provide critical resources, mentorship, and unwavering support to foster youth transitioning out of care. Through education, opportunity, and community, we help them build independence, resilience, and success.
Every foster youth has a story worth telling and a future worth fighting for. At Sunshine’s Open Door Foundation, we help them write their next chapter.
A Crisis We Can’t Ignore
Each year, 23,000 children age out of foster care, instantly losing access to nearly every form of support. With no safety net, they face homelessness, unemployment, and vulnerability to exploitation, struggling to navigate adulthood alone.
This is Their Reality
One in Five Become Instantly Homeless
Seventy Percent of Young Women Become Pregnant Before Age 21
Sixty Percent Are at Risk of Being Trafficked
Fifty Percent Struggle With Drug Addiction
Twenty-five Percent Suffer From PTSD
One in Four Enter the Criminal Justice System by Age 21
*Source: National Foster Youth Institute*
Foster children are among the most vulnerable in America, but with your generosity, we can rewrite their future. Your support creates real opportunities for hope, healing, and success.
How You Can Make a Lasting Impact
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Transform Lives
Donate Mental
Wellness Kit
Nominate a Student for
a $500 Scholarship
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Honoring a Legacy of Compassion
Founded in 2016, Sunshine’s Open Door Foundation was created to honor Elizabeth “Sunshine” Brooks, a woman whose unwavering kindness changed countless lives.
Sunshine believed in the power of generosity, warmth, and protection—offering her home and heart to those in need. Inspired by his grandparents’ compassion, Marion E. Brooks established this foundation to continue their legacy of opening doors for those who didn’t have their own “Sunshine.”
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