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 2009 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
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:
| Laleah Adams
Marla Adams*
Zenda Addis
Mary Frances Allen
Leslie Anderson*
Holly Arghiere*
Gwen McNeill Ashburn*
Glenda Bailey
Mary Alice Bailey
Linda Bair
Jo Ann Bass
Audie Bayer*
Sandra Beverly
Diana Bilbrey*
Becky Blalock
Laura Bourne
Martha Boyd*
Elaine Boyer*
Pam Branning
Lynne Brofman
Leah Broker
Becky Brown
Lin Brown*
Nancy Brown
Shelley Brown*
Janice Brumit*
Bunnie Burgin
Anne Burkhardt
Sandra Byrd*
Nancy Cain
Ellen Carr*
Leslie Casse
Barbara Cathey
Pat Clogston
Nancy Ackermann Cole*
Gay Coleman*
Anna Lisa Collins
Lisbeth Riis Cooper*
Donna Coudés
Julia Courtney
Kathy Courtney
Nancy Crosby*
Susan Crutchfield*
Jeanne Cummings*
Beverly Cutter
Julia Damore*
Jeannie Davis*
Ann Dean
Suzanne DeFerie
Connie De Land*
Carol Deutsch*
Lynne Diehl*
Chris Dismukes*
Anne Marie Doherty
Nancy Donnelly
Laura Dover Doran*
Jancy Dorfman
Claire Dunn
Fran Durden
Mignon Durham
Sally Duyck*
Bobbie Eblen*
Jennie Eblen*
Bridget Eckerd*
Nancy Edgerton*
Sana Efird
Cindy Eller
Beth Ellers*
Barbara Etsell
Kathy Evans
Lina Evans*
Benn Edney Fass, Jr.
Shirley Ferguson*
Kay Finger*
Hedy Fischer*
Margo Fischer
Pat Fitzpatrick
Debra Fontaine
Margaret Forehand-Harte
Janice Framke*
Jacqui Friedrich
Judy Futch*
Janet Garrett*
Dionne Ghaussy
Louise Glickman*
Dianna Goodman
Kay Goodman*
Melanie Dover Goodson
Jann Graham
Marjie Graham*
Sydney Green*
Sue Greenberg*
Eva Greene*
Clemie Gregory
Dee Griffith*
Pat Grimes*
Rhoda Groce
Susan Groh
Nene Gunn
Denise Guthy*
Martha Guy*
Bonnie Habel
Dot Hamill*
Amy Hanks
Betsy Harlan
Mary Hart
Carole Hartness
Peggy Heilig
Connie Herbst
Kim Hewitt
Lynn Hill
Sheila Horine*
Mary Hornowski
Barbara Howard
Donna C. Hughes
Nancy Humble*
Ginny Hunneke
Maryjane Hunter
Jane Lysko Isbey*
Rita Isbey*
Betsy Ivey*
Susan Jenkins*
Suzanne Jones*
Brenda Jones-Rafferty*
Lynn Karegeannes
Patsy Keever*
Carrie Keller*
Amy Kelso
Angela Kemper*
Adelaide Daniels Key*
Lynn Kieffer*
Fran Killian
* founding member
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Dodie King
Terri King
Laura Kirby
Adrienne Kort
Susan Kosma*
Suzy Landau
Theresa Landwirth
Phyllis Lang*
Marcia Lawrence
Heather Lee*
Polly LeFaivre*
Mardi Dover Letson*
Ann Lewis
Becky Lewis*
Ginny Liles*
Virginia Litzenberger*
Kathryn Long
Barbara Lothrop
Barbra Love*
Tamye Lozyniak*
Rose MacDowell*
Carla Maddux
Dorie Maitland*
Diane Mance*
Amy Mandel
Rendi Mann-Stadt
Lisa May
Clary McCall
Sue McClinton*
Carol McCollum*
Laura McCue*
Pat Dodd McDuffie
Kim McGuire*
Tina McGuire*
Bobbi McIntosh
Joy McIver
Donna McKee*
LeNoir Medlock
Carol Minton*
Judy Morosani
Judy Munson*
Vinton Murray*
Helen Nagge
Christine Nelson
Susan Nilsson*
Louise O'Connor
Susan Oldham
Lucy Oliver*
Janice Orson
Karen Osborne-Rowland
Kathryn Deas Overstreet
Cary Owen*
Eleanor Owen*
Claudia Oxner-Simmons
Stephanie Pankiewicz
Sallie Parker*
Anna Parker-Barnett
Emily Partin*
Janice Pearsall*
Ruth Peckham
Barbara Peterson
Julia Peterson
SharonAnn Philip
Dini Pickering*
Anne Ponder
Bitsy Powell*
Linda Reiser
Sally Rhoades*
Annette Richards
Monika Riely
Katrina Rodis
Maria Roloff
Kat Rorison*
Jill Rose
Ramona Rowe*
Diane Russell*
Cherry Saenger*
Sue Gowen Samson
Jane Schenck
Jan Schulhof*
Beth Searles*
Candy Shivers*
Ann Skoglund
Bonnie Smith
Jerri Smith*
Pat Smith*
Yvonne Smith
Barrie Sneed*
Jane Snyder
Katherine Soderquist
Susan Sorrells
Kathy Spencer
Bonnie Spradling*
Elizabeth Spragins
Sharron St. John
Beth Starling
Henny Steinfeld*
Cissie Stevens*
Liz Swann
Alicia Sweat
Michele Swicegood
Peggy Swicegood
Ellyn Tanner*
Donna Tarleton*
Kathy Tempelaar-Lietz
Laura Thomas
Elizabeth Tindall*
Marti Touchstone
Stacy Travis
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*
Mary Williams
Rosalind Willis*
Cindy Winkenwerder*
Pam Winkler
Anne Winner
Harriette Winner*
Patricia Wood
Mary Bruce Woody*
Dianne Worley
Diana Wortham*
Donna Wright
Laura Bradley Yurko
Caren Zivony
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To learn more about Women for Women or any
of these programs, please contact Susan Russo by e-mail or call (828) 254-4960.
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