Community Foundation Women’s Fund

Community Foundation Women’s Fund is sponsored by Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. Awards grants to nonprofits serving women and girls in Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on Maryland's Lower Shore.

The Women’s Fund of the Eastern Shore was created through the power of collective philanthropy. Members work together to help change the lives of local women and girls.

By pooling our financial resources, we increase the impact of local programs serving girls in foster care, mothers in crisis, young women seeking job-readiness or leadership skills, and others who need a hand-up to be stronger, more self-sufficient forces for positive change in our community.

Each spring, The Women’s Fund focuses its grant making on programs addressing the unmet needs of women and/or girls on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore. Requests must articulate a direct and measurable benefit of this targeted population in Wicomico, Worcester, and/or Somerset County. The grant award maximum is $5,000.

We’re Empowering Women & Inspiring Girls! The Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore is a permanent endowment fund created through the power of collective philanthropy. Members work together to help change the lives of local women and girls.

Becoming a member of the Women’s Fund of the Eastern Shore gives you the satisfaction of making a difference in your community, and provides social and networking opportunities through this dynamic group. Members are permanently recognized and will guide the growth of the Fund in the future.

Women’s Fund members also benefit from the social and networking opportunities of being a part of this dynamic group; building professional connections, strengthening community ties and helping them become philanthropic leaders. Individuals, couples, groups and businesses are welcome as members.