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T H RO U G H
CO L L E C T I V E
The grantmaking focus of WFW is to: • Help economically-disadvantaged women become more self-sufficient • Promote access to quality health care and advance healthy lifestyles • Ensure women and girls live free from intimidation and abuse • Ensure educational opportunities that help women and girls reach their full potential • Eliminate discrimination against women and disparate treatment based on gender • Promote access for women to legal services and equity within the justice system In 2023, six grants totaling $278,950 were awarded: $64,650 to All Souls Counseling Center over two years to expand trauma-informed mental health services to 240 women survivors primarily in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Haywood and Transylvania counties. $15,000 to International Friendship Center over two years to support the two staff members facilitating Grupos de Mujeres, a safe place for Latinx immigrant women living in the Highlands/Cashiers area to support each other and their communities. $49,350 to KARE to hire a part-time victim advocate and a part-time forensic interviewer to support its evidence-based, community-coordinated response to child abuse, neglect and exploitation in Haywood County. $35,000 to NAMI Western Carolina to hire a parttime staff person to recruit and train bilingual support group facilitators, offer groups in Spanish, and serve Spanish-speaking individuals, primarily in Henderson and Buncombe counties.
G I V I N G
$65,000 to OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling over two years to expand the Women’s Financial Empowerment Center’s programming to BIPOC communities, primarily in Buncombe and Henderson counties. $49,950 to Sistas Caring 4 Sistas over two years to support a move into an accessible and functional office that will help reduce adverse birth-related outcomes among individuals of color by providing doula services, advocacy and education.
Get Involved Join the Giving Circle - members make a tax-deductible contribution of $1,200 each year for at least three years; $1,000 is granted out and $200 supports operations. Membership currently exceeds 215 women. Give to The Women’s Fund – endowment proceeds help to fund the Women for Women grant program. In FY 2023, the Fund added $70,640 to the grant pool. Give to the WFW Endowment Fund that provides for the Giving Circle’s activities and sustainability. WFW is a leading voice on women’s issues in the region, educating and advocating for social change. The 2023 advocacy agenda includes: · Support equitable access to affordable, high-quality early care and education · Support policies that address and mitigate health disparities and that promote access to quality health care and advance healthy lifestyles · Support policies that protect informed individual choice and access to reproductive health care · Support voting access and fair representation in the democratic process, especially for those who have been targets of voter suppression
Left: Women for Women 2023 Grant Awards celebration, photo by Michael Oppenheim
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