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Fund For Women


 For 15 years now, the Fund For Women has been making a difference in the lives of women and girls in Delaware. Those who have been fortunate in their lives and livelihoods are helping other women and girls overcome the many barriers that may stand in their way to success. Through the power of their collective giving, the Fund For Women has the ability to make a greater impact. Fund For Women Founders also benefit from the social and networking opportunities of being part of this dynamic group; building professional connections, strengthening community ties and helping them become philanthropic leaders.

What's New with the FFW

1,000 Founders and Counting! The Fund For Women will hold three evening events -- one in each county -- to celebrate the achievement of its original goal to recruit 1,000 Founders to contribute $1,000 each to support programs that benefit women and girls in Delaware. For information on dates, locations & reservations, click here.

 

It’s time for a very special “sweet sixteen” celebration for the 1,000+ Founders of the Fund For Women. When the Fund was established in 1993, the original 16 Founders set two lofty goals—to recruit 1,000 Founders who would each contribute $1,000 and to fund a $1 million endowment with the Delaware Community Foundation. The Fund’s endowment now stands at $2.3 million and they have awarded more than $1.2 million to 216 nonprofit programs dedicated to enhancing the worth and potential of women and girls in Delaware. And, now they have their 1,000 Founder! So, what’s next for the Fund For Women? Adding another $1 million to their endowment! Are you one in 1,000+ who recognizes the power of collective giving? Check here!

What's really new with the Fund For Women? Check out our latest activities in our Summer 2009 newsletter Fund For Women News.

 

Who received this year's Fund For Women grants? How close is the Milton Historical Society to meeting their $300,000 endowment challenge grant goal? Find out in the Delaware Community Foundation's summer newsletter Connecting People, Building Communities. For an online copy, click here.

 

Thanks for joining 20-year LPGA veteran Alice Miller for this year's Swingin' With A Star, Delaware's most prestigious and profitable amateur women's golf event. Since SWAS began benefitting the Fund For Women, more than $1.000,000 has been raised to support programs making a difference in the lives of women and girls in Delaware. For more information about this year's June 22 fundraising success story, check out www.swinginwithastar.org.

 

Nearly 80 Founders and guests joined First Lady of Delaware & Fund For Women Founder Carla Markell and 2009 Driving Force Award Winner Laura Day as the Fund For Women awarded over $145,000 in grants for 15 programs that enhance the worth and potential of women and girls in Delaware. To learn more about this year's grant recipients, click here.

 

 

Mission

The Fund For Women's mission is to provide funding to enhance the worth and potential of women and girls in Delaware by bringing together the collective philanthropic power of women.

 

The Fund for Women

Created in 1993, The Fund For Women of the Delaware Community Foundation is a permanent endowment and additional source of funding for programs that address the unmet needs of women and girls in Delaware. The original goal of the Fund was to obtain 1,000 Founders, each contributing $1,000 to create a $1 million lasting endowment. To become a Founder, you may make a one-time pledge or make contributions over a five-year period.

 

More than 1,000 women and men have become Founders, and due to their generosity and fundraising success, the endowment now exceeds $2.3 million. Nearly $1 million alone has been raised through their fundraising efforts with the Swingin' With a Star Golf Tournament.

 

The Fund For Women includes The Fund For Women Leadership Fund, as well as the Mary E. Copper Memorial Fund, Lynn Estes Friess Fund, Sally J. Knox Memorial Fund, Clara Miller Trust Fund, Betsy Rawls Fund, and the Marjory Stone Memorial Fund.

 

Fund For Women Grants

The Fund For Women focuses its grant making on programs relating to the education of girls and women in health, wellness and life skills that lead to future economic self-sufficiency. Grant awards have provided prenatal care, housing, abuse counseling, legal assistance, medical care, scholarship programs and job training. Financial literacy, arts enrichment, science and sports programs have also been funded.

 

Grant applications are made annually on a competitive basis beginning in November each year. Applications were due January 31 with the awards announced in May. A total of $146,000 in grants was awarded in May 2009 to 15 nonprofit organizations.

 

Fund For Women 2010 Grants Program

Since 1994, The Fund For Women has given more than $1.2 million to 261 nonprofit organizations statewide that support programs for women and girls.

 

You can download the information about the workshops, application criteria and guidelines and the grants application.

 

For More Information

Are you one in a 1,000? More than 1,000 women and men already are! Check out our Founders list to see who you know who is already supporting programs for women and girls! Not a Founder yet? To become a Founder, simply complete our membership pledge form!

 

For questions or to make gifts to the Fund, please call 302.230.7000 or email,  TheFundForWomen@yahoo.com

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

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