International Women’s Day Celebration

IWCF will be celebrating International Women’s Day (March 8th) by supporting our 2020 pooled-fund beneficiaries with in-kind or monetary contributions in lieu of an in-person service day. IWCF asked each of our 2020 grant recipients to submit a list of requests for in-kind donations. We will be collecting these donations and delivering them directly to…

IWCF Summer 2020 Newsletter

Letter from the President: Caring for Ourselves, our Organization, and our Community Christine AveyPresident As I sit down to write this letter, I reflect on what stories we would typically share in our summer newsletter, and how the changes in the world have impacted IWCF and our members. The summer of 2020 has slowly…

A Membership Why by Jillian Huang

A Membership Why By Jillian Huang (reprinted from Fall 2023) I joined IWCF in 2012. Over the years, I have treasured my membership for different reasons, including being a philanthropist, pooling my money with other women for a common purpose, learning more about the needs in our community, and giving to organizations in our six…

Six C’s of Women’s Giving

Six C’s of Women’s Giving Given as Board Moment of Inspiration by Susan Smith (Summer 2024, reprinted) At IWCF’s May 2024 Board Meeting, Susan shared some key messages from the 2009 Women’s Giving Circle: Reflection From The Founders.  The study includes interviews with 18 women founders of giving circles. Many of the giving circle founders reported…

Planned Giving

Planned Giving By Laura Simic, IWCF Investment Committee Member (Summer 2024, reprinted) In my 38 years as a philanthropy professional working with donors and nonprofit institutions, my favorite thing has been facilitating planned giving. Call me a planned giving nerd–I’ll admit it! I really get excited about how such gifts are good for the donors…

Recommended Reading List

During our “Un-Book Club” on July 13, 2020, Rebecca Leber-Gottberg, with Rediscovered Books, facilitated a fun and interesting conversation around the latest books of all kinds. Below is a list of what was recommended by both Rediscovered books and our members. If you are interested in us continuing to have these types of events –…

Payment Plan Now Live!-OLD

IWCF is excited to announce that a membership payment plan is now open for enrollment and available to new, returning and current members. This pilot allows members to sign up in August for a 6-month payment plan option from August 2019-January 2020 using Paypal or automatic payments through their bank account. For this renewal year,…

IWCF Summer 2019 Newsletter

GRANTS Members Give $291,917 in Pooled Grant Funding By Amy Duque, 2018-2019 Grants Program Chair What an exciting year it has been in IWCF Grants! We had a record-breaking 391 members vote on the ballot this year. Thank you all for your participation! We started out the grants cycle with 84 submissions. Our five annual…