Empowering Women and Girls
Her Life on Her Terms
One of the things that holds a woman back is lack of opportunity and a community where she isn’t supported. In our society, gender powerfully impacts experience and opportunity. Through grant making, strategic initiatives, education and awareness, research and advocacy, the Women’s Fund addresses the issues and challenges specific to women and girls.
There’s More Work To Do
The latest study from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy indicates that only 1.9% of all charitable giving goes to organizations dedicated to women and girls.
Our relentless pursuit is to see that women are not limited by their options or opportunities. By engaging in philanthropic activity and leveraging community collaboration, we envision a community where women and girls can achieve their highest aspirations.
We Don’t Wait for Change.
We Make It.
We know what good looks like, and we exist to demand better for ourselves and the future. Each year the Women’s Fund invests over $250,000 to support projects and programs specific to the unique needs of women and girls.
Through our focus and priorities, we are making a real impact for women and girls in the Fox Valley. Giving and granting through the Women’s Fund is a way for you to have a greater impact on the issues facing women and girls. By joining others, you have the power to make change.
Let the Women’s Fund help you transform your charitable giving into meaningful philanthropy. Contact us to get started.
Without the help of the Women’s Fund, I would not be able to achieve what I have. Thank you so much for all your help.
Fox Valley Technical College – Impact Grant Recipient
The Future Will Be Different
Our funding grows potential for Fox Valley women and girls.
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The Women’s Fund is committed to meeting the current and future needs of women and girls in the Fox Valley. This requires substantial financial investment to provide the resources needed to address our primary issues.
30 Years of Impact: Our Potential is Powerful
Our founding donors imagined a better future for the women and girls in our community. Our first grants totaled $8,800 to four organizations and because of our founder’s vision, the Women’s Fund has granted more than $2.6 million to over 264 different programs at 119 local nonprofit organizations. While progress has been made, there is still ground to be gained: over 50% of requests to our annual grant programs go unfunded.
The Women’s Fund is the premier partner of female philanthropists in the Fox Valley. Our efforts improve our whole community through strategic investments in women and girls.
Growing Our Endowment Fund for Women and Girls
We are laser-focused on creating community change and our fund for women and girls channeled directly into realizing those opportunities. We expect the needle to move in the right direction in our community, one woman at a time. As a beacon of philanthropy, the ripples of our generous donors expand to propel the next generation.
Contact us if you are interested in contributing to the Women’s Fund endowment fund.
You can even establish an endowment fund in your own name to support annual grantmaking of the Women’s Fund to address the most critical needs. See how you can start a fund.
Thank you for your generosity and your trust. Your support truly makes a difference in the lives of the youth that we serve.
Youth Go – Impact Grant Recipient
Only Open Sky and Opportunity
We take on the barriers limiting opportunities for women in our community. We support reform that allows women and girls the freedom to create their own future, free from the constraints of societal expectations or bias. We fund progress toward becoming a place where a woman lives boldly through the following focus and priority areas.
Accelerating Economic Opportunities
The Women’s Fund directs its resources and leadership on creating, strengthening, and accelerating economic opportunities that enable women and girls to achieve their full potential.
Education
Knowing that education is a pathway to economic security and financial stability, the Women’s Fund support programs and initiatives to empower women to pursue and achieve their post-secondary educational goals.
Life Skills, Mentoring and Support
The Women’s Fund invests in programs and initiatives that equip women and girls to build resilience, discover their strengths, and gain confidence to meet challenges head-on, strengthening their ability to manage obstacles, and successfully navigate everyday life.
Mental and Emotional Wellness
To ensure women and girls have access to a spectrum of supports to nurture mental and emotional wellness to thrive, the Women’s Fund support programs and initiatives to proactively support women and girls to be mentally and emotionally healthy.
Together we are Catalysts for Change for Women in the Fox Valley
Impact & Financial Information
When we remove barriers for women, we protect the choices of the next generation.
For over 30 years, the Women’s Fund has partnered with donors in our community to make change for women and girls in the Fox Valley.
For a greater understanding of the work of the Women’s Fund, we are pleased to provide you with the following information. Please reach out if you have any questions or want more information about how we can work with you to have the greatest impact for women and girls in the Fox Valley.
As a supporting organization of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, the Women’s Fund for the Fox Valley Region’s consolidated financial information can be found here:
Audited Financial Statements
IRS Form 990 – Available at www.guidestar.org
For any other financial questions please contact:
Julie at (920) 720-7617 or jkeller@womensfundfvr.org.
View our Document Disclosure Policy.