Women and Girls Fund

Women and Girls Fund is sponsored by The Community Foundation (Fredericksburg Region, VA). This fund enriches the community by addressing the needs of area women and girls. It allocates money, time, and talent to address critical needs and persistent and systematic gender inequalities, focusing on health, education, employment, safety, and wellness of women.

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The Women and Girls Fund is both a component fund of The Community Foundation and a local movement to involve women in philanthropy. Initially established as a field of interest fund by the 2008-2009 Community Foundation Board of Governors, this fund enriches our community by addressing the needs of area women and girls. Research shows that social investment in women reduces poverty, raises productivity and accelerates economic growth.

By engaging and strengthening women from all walks of life, we can break the cycle of poverty and create healthier families and neighborhoods. Women who build on their strength have increased self-worth and are strong, positive role models for their children. Investing in girls yields still higher returns by increasing earning power and overall health among the women, their families and their communities.

These positive changes can last for generations. The founding vision is a fund made up of 1,000 women, each willing to pledge $1,000. The long range goal is a million dollar endowment.

Women and Girls Fund Membership Options: 1,000 paid over One Year ($250 per quarter) 1,000 paid over Four Years ($250 per year) Specific strategies of the effort include empowering area women leaders to contribute “time, treasure and talent” on behalf of women and girls, as well as generating localized data to inform and guide charitable grant making.

Grant funding recommendations are made at the direction of the members of the Women and Girls Fund. Your participation in this giving circle matters. Simply put, we are pooling resources around a shared interest and collectively deciding how to best distribute it.

Join us in amplifying impact! By increasing the amount available to immediately grant, we're inviting nonprofits to dream bigger, plan more comprehensively, and ultimately execute programs that have the potential to create lasting, transformative change.

Click the "give" link to make a gift online or donations may also be mailed to: Fredericksburg, VA 22404-0208 Please make your check payable to: Women and Girls Fund, immediate grantmaking Connect with other women through participatory philanthropy for women by women. Each spring, the foundation hosts Live Ballot, inviting all the fund members to determine the recipient of the Women and Girls Fund grant.

Through the Women and Girls Fund, we award grants to nonprofit agencies in our area that support women and girls. Each member has a vote to determine the organizations and programs to receive grant funding. Click the "apply" title above to learn more.

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