Franki's Fund™

Franki's Fund™ is another way Lady Rebel Club® is helping its community. As marginalised business owners ourselves, we understand your frustration with the lack of support for women and all marginalised genders in business. Add to that being disabled / person with a disability or neurodivergent, and we know getting grants, investment, awards and scholarships is hard. So we've decided to do something about it

We're starting small yet will continue to grow and support more and more of our global community.

Jennifer, Founder of Lady Rebel Club®, (pictured on the right with her arm around her sister, standing on the left) always knew she wanted to support her community with support, awards and scholarships. Being marginalised herself and having faced biases when applying for grants and funding - she understood too well the additional hurdles her community faced.

So when she lost her sister in the summer of 2023, Francesca, or Franki as her friends called her, Jennifer decided to create Franki's Fund to house all of this type of support that she wanted to offer. Starting small with various awards - she aims to grow it to the largest intentionally diverse and inclusive pot for funding, awards and grants.

Plus she wanted a way to celebrate her sister's life and build a legacy around her, after her sudden passing at only 27.

two women with one having her arm around the another, smiling

Franki was a very talented painter, poet, photographer and was a funny, intelligent, spirited and caring person. She was also neurodivergent, had chronic conditions and struggled with mental health conditions.

With Jennifer struggling with biases and discrimination herself, and having her own struggles around mental health and being neurodivergent - she deeply understood the desperate need for more support for marginalised business owners and creatives and the massive impact that even something small can have. Jennifer sees Franki's Fund as a way of supporting other women like her sister, while honouring her memory in a way she believes she would have loved.

Before her passing, Franki was preparing to enter a poetry competition and here is the bio that she wrote:

"Francesca Lith is a first generation Colombian American residing in Brooklyn, NY. She is a poet, photographer and multimedia artist. Her work is influenced by the ebb and flow of dealing with mental health struggles, trauma, love and loss, and finding the beauty within. Through her poems she aims to challenge preconceived notions, and remind others they are not alone."

Below is Francesca from 2016 and below that are two of her black and white photographs on tiles and a collage with her, flowers and her cat Spit.

Columbian-American woman with long dark braids looking at camera (Franki)

black and white tile art of a bare woman's back

flowers, Franki up close and her cat in the corner

black and white tile art of Franki using effects

meet some of our recipients

Charlotte Ralph

Artist & Founder of the Be Body Confident Campaign

Charlotte Ralph (Lottie) is a single mum of three, which she says is the best job in the world. She's an artist, illustrator, and author. She runs her own small business, the Rose Gold Gallery and started the Be Body Confident campaign for women and girls to become more body confident and have self-love. With her campaign, she wants to raise awareness that we should love who we are and to show that being yourself is always the best. Learn more about her and her work at https://www.bebodyconfident.org/ (opens in new window)

Charlotte Ralph a white woman in yellow smiling at camera

Pink illustrated woman from WE ROAR Magazine cover

Kassandra Ayala-Najera

The Embracing Kulture Media & Movement

Embracing Kulture is a movement and media project started by Founder, Kassandra Ayala-Najera. Kassandra is a first generation Mexican-Canadian who could see that people should to feel empowered to embrace all of themselves, including their culture/s. Her movement is out to create more kindness, learning, connectivity, community, and appreciation for all cultures. We are SUPER excited to help her in this mission and excited to be supporting her Embracing Kulture Magazine coming soon!

Mexican-Canadian woman with longer dark hair looking at camera

Embracing Kulture Magazine cover with modern art on the cover. Artwork by Emilie Gosselin.

Beautifully Diverse Fashion

We supported Beautifully Diverse Fashion shows at NY Fashion Week and at other shows across the US and UK. Their concept was to bring more diversity to fashion, which we highly supported and encourage all fashion brands, shows, and agencies to have more diversity and inclusion

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