Women for Women
Women for Women is an exciting program for women to join together in an engaging and meaningful way and give back to their community. By combining their financial resources and working with others committed to the same cause, this group of women will make high-impact grants to improve the lives of women and girls in our region.
Membership is comprised of women who make a tax-deductible gift of $1,100 per year for three years. As a group, members learn about the needs of local women and girls and then direct their resources to high-impact programs that help less fortunate women make positive changes in their lives. Every member has a voice and a vote in how funds are directed.
The 2010 Women for Women Grant Program aims to help economically disadvantaged women in Western North Carolina to become more self-sufficient. We will invest in programs that address the root causes of poverty and promote long-lasting financial independence for vulnerable women. This might include, but is not limited to, areas such as job training, employment, literacy, education, child care, financial literacy, self-empowerment and overcoming barriers to economic self-sufficiency. We will also invest in advocacy programs that promote social change at all levels of our society.
Organizations that show increased effort to collaborate and/or cooperate with other organizations will be given priority. Every effort will be made to distribute these funds throughout the 18 counties of Western North Carolina region. Our goal is to support programs that provide the greatest community impact.
Grant Objectives: Women for Women will invest in programs that:
- Demonstrate sustainable and measurable social change for women through services that promote economic self-sufficiency and financial independence
- Address causes of poverty rather than symptoms
- Assist women in overcoming barriers to economic independence
- Make a long-term difference in the lives of women and girls
- Advocate for social change for women at various levels of society--communities, institutions, systems and policies
- Demonstrate collaborative and/or cooperative partnerships with other organizations and groups that yield greater impact than either organization could achieve alone
Women for Women Grant Program
Watch the new Women for Women video
How to Apply
The expertise and guidance of key leaders and organizations will be sought in Women for Women’s research, grantmaking and educational activities. As a result, each member of this giving circle will become a more inspired and informed philanthropist.
The current Women for Women members are:
| Marla Adams*
Zenda Addis
Leslie Anderson*
Shiner Antiorio
Holly Arghiere*
Gwen McNeill Ashburn*
Glenda Bailey
Linda Bair
Melba Banks
Audie Bayer*
Pam Beyer
Laura Bourne
Martha Boyd*
Elaine Boyer*
Lynne Brofman
Leah Broker
Becky Brown
Cindy Brown*
Elda Brown
Lin Brown*
Nancy Brown
Shelley Brown*
Janice Brumit*
Bunnie Burgin
Diana Burns
Linda Bushar
Sandra Byrd*
Nancy Cain
Ellen Carr*
Barbara Cathey
Gayle Childress
Cindy Clarke
Pat Clogston
Nancy Ackermann Cole*
Gay Coleman*
Lisbeth Riis Cooper*
Donna Coudés
Kathy Courtney
Nancy Crosby*
Susan Crutchfield*
Jeanne Cummings*
Wendy Danielson
Suzanne DeFerie
Connie De Land*
Carol Deutsch*
Lee DiCesare
Lynne Diehl*
Chris Dismukes*
Betty Doll
Laura Dover Doran*
Jancy Dorfman
Kathy Dover
Claire Dunn
Fran Durden
Mignon Durham
Sally Duyck*
Bobbie Eblen*
Jennie Eblen*
Bridget Eckerd*
Nancy Edgerton*
Sana Efird
Cindy Eller
Beth Ellers*
Barbara Etsell
Lina Evans*
Benn Edney Fass, Jr.
Shirley Ferguson*
Kay Finger*
Margo Fischer
Pat Fitzpatrick
Melissa Fleig
Debra Fontaine
Janice Framke*
Jacqui Friedrich
Judy Futch*
Betty Garner
Janet Garrett*
Dionne Ghaussy
Louise Glickman*
Dianna Goodman
Kay Goodman*
Melanie Dover Goodson
Kristin Gowin
Jann Graham
Marjie Graham*
Sydney Green*
Sue Greenberg*
Eva Greene*
Clemie Gregory
Pat Grimes*
Rhoda Groce
Nene Gunn
Denise Guthy*
Martha Guy*
Bonnie Habel
Dot Hamill*
Marcia Harper
Alice Hart
Mary Hart
Libby Hasselman
Peggy Heilig
Connie Herbst
Kim Hewitt
Lynn Hill
Pat Hinkley
Susan Hopkins
Sheila Horine*
Mary Hornowski
Barbara Howard
Donna Hughes
Nancy Humble*
Maryjane Hunter
Eileen Hutchison
Jane Lysko Isbey*
Betsy Ivey*
Melissa Jacobs
Susan Jenkins*
Julie Jensen
Barbara Johnson
Beth Johnson
Julie Johnson
Suzanne Jones*
Brenda Jones-Rafferty*
Patsy Keever*
Carrie Keller*
Amy Kelso
Angela Kemper*
Lynn Kieffer*
Fran Killian
* founding member
|
Terri King
Laura Kirby
Kathie Kline
Susan Kosma*
Suzy Landau
Theresa Landwirth
Phyllis Lang*
Heather Lee*
Polly LeFaivre*
Becky Lehman
Mardi Dover Letson*
Renee Levine
Ann Lewis
Jeanne Lewter
Ginny Liles*
Virginia Litzenberger*
Kathryn Long
Barbara Lothrop
Barbra Love*
Brenda Macauley
Rose MacDowell*
Carla Maddux
Dorie Maitland*
Amy Mandel
Kay Manley
Rendi Mann-Stadt
Jan Marrs
Judy Mayer
Clary McCall
Diana McCarthy
Sue McClinton*
Laura McCue*
Elaine McGuire
Kim McGuire*
Tina McGuire*
Bobbi McIntosh
Joy McIver
LeNoir Medlock
Brenda Medore
Carol Minton*
Judy Munson*
Vinton Murray*
Christine Nelson
Peggy Newell
Susan Nilsson*
Louise O'Connor
Suzy Oldham
Lucy Oliver*
Janice Orson
Karen Osborne-Rowland
Kathryn Deas Overstreet
Cary Owen*
Eleanor Owen*
Wendy Owen
Stephanie Pankiewicz
Sallie Parker*
Anna Parker-Barnett
Emily Partin*
Janice Pearsall*
Susan Petersen
Barbara Peterson
Judi Peterson
Julia Peterson
SharonAnn Philip
Dini Pickering*
Anne Ponder
Bitsy Powell*
Jill Preyer
June Reeves
Linda Reiser
Sally Rhoades*
Annette Richards
Katrina Rodis
Maria Roloff
Kat Rorison*
Ramona Rowe*
Cherry Saenger*
Sue Gowen Samson
Linda Saylor
Missy Schenck
Jan Schulhof*
Beth Searles*
Nancy Sharigan
Lori Shields
Candy Shivers*
Laura Simmelink
Ann Skoglund
Bonnie Smith
Jerri Smith*
Pat Smith*
Sarah Smither
Barrie Sneed*
Ann Clarke Snell
Jane Snyder
Katherine Soderquist
Susan Sorrells
Bonnie Spradling*
Mara Sprain
Sharron St. John
Beth Starling
Peg Steiner
Cissie Stevens*
Robin Stickney
Liz Swann
Alicia Sweatt
Ellyn Tanner*
Donna Tarleton*
Kathy Tempelaar-Lietz
Nathalie Therien
Laura Thomas
Elizabeth Tindall*
Marti Touchstone
Katina Turner*
Pam Turner*
Grace Unruh*
Terry Van Duyn*
Jill Vargo
Mary Anne Warlick
Laura Webb*
Janet Weil*
Alice Weldon
Elisabeth Wharton*
Karen Wilde
Ellen Williams*
Rosalind Willis*
Cindy Winkenwerder*
Pam Winkler
Anne Winner
Harriette Winner*
Sharon Wisehart
Mary Bruce Woody*
Dianne Worley
Diana Wortham*
Donna Wright
Emmy Wright
Laura Bradley Yurko
Kathy Zimmerman
Caren Zivony
|
To learn more about Women for Women or any
of these programs, please contact Becky Davis by e-mail or call (828) 254-4960.
|
