Letter from the President The IWCF Board and I are excited for the great work underway at IWCF for 2025. Let’s take a brief moment, though, to reflect on and celebrate the collective impact we’ve made together as IWCF members in 2024. Community Impact Through Pooled-Fund Grants – We gave over $210,000 in grants to…
Letter from the President Our Annual Meeting and Grants Celebration is one of my favorite IWCF events each year. This year’s event did not disappoint! Once again we came together to see the culmination of our membership efforts–giving together, learning about the needs in our community together, evaluating grant applications together, voting on our ballot…
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Sunshine and smiles were present at the first in person Annual Meeting in two years! 126 members, guests, and grantees gathered at the Barber Park Events Center to celebrate more than $220,000 in pool-fund grant awards this season! Nine grantees shared through video what the funding means to their programs and the people they serve.…
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…
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 (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 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 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…