“I feel very empowered and more knowledgeable about social issues. I would recommend the Girl’s Grantmaking Project to any girl because it was empowering and a safe place to share our ideas.”
Since 2012, the Women’s Fund has worked with area schools to gather a group of high school-age girls each spring to meet for a leadership training, community education, and grantmaking program. At the end of the program, the girls are empowered to recommend $10,000 in grants to the program(s) that they think will best meet the needs of girls in the Fox Valley.
During the project, girls have a chance to:
6 Year Project Evaluation Report 2012-1017
More information about each Girls’ Grantmaking cohort and the issues and projects they funded is below.
2020 – Freedom, Little Chute, Kaukauna & Kimberly
2019 – Neenah, Menasha, and St. Mary Catholic High Schools
2018 – Appleton Central, Appleton East, Appleton North, Appleton West, Fox Valley Lutheran, St. Francis Xavier
2017 – Freedom, Little Chute, Kaukauna & Kimberly
2016 – Menasha, Neenah & St. Mary Central
2015 – Appleton Central, Appleton East, Appleton North, Appleton West, Fox Valley Lutheran, Xavier
2014 – Kaukauna & Kimberly
2013 – Menasha, Neenah & St. Mary Central
2012 – Appleton Central, Appleton East, Appleton North, Appleton West, St. Francis Xavier
Thank you to the Ether Keller Fund for Women for supporting the Girls’ Grantmaking Project!