Unlocking Leadership Campaign Case Statement

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Unlocking eadership THE CAMPAIGN FOR

DALLAS WOMEN’S FOUNDATION


ADVISORY BOARD OF THE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL • AKOLA PROJECT • ALLEY’S HOUSE • ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE DALLAS • ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR CIVIC LIFE • ASSET FUNDERS NETWORK • ATTITUDES & ATTIRE • AUSTIN STREET SHELTER • AVANCE • BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR • BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY • BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY • BRIGHTER TOMORROWS • CAFÉ MOMENTUM • CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS • CC YOUNG • CHETNA • CHILDCARE GROUP • CHILDREN AT RISK • CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY • COLLIN COUNTY ADULT CLINIC • COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS • COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH TEXAS • COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GREATER DALLAS • COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER • CONCILIO • CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS • CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY INTERNATIONAL • DALLAS

AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK • DALLAS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY • DALLAS AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER • DALLAS CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER • DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION • DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM • DALLAS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY • DALLAS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION • DALLAS SERVICES • DENTON COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY • DESIGN CONNECT CREATE • EDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS • FAITH AND PHILANTHROPY INSTITUTE • FAMILY GATEWAY • FAMILY PLACE • FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN HEALTH ADVANCES (UTD CENTER FOR BRAIN HEALTH) • GALAXY COUNSELING CENTER • GATEHOUSE • GENESIS WOMEN’S SHELTER • GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS • GIRLS ON THE RUN OF DFW METROPLEX • GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN • GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN • HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTH COLLIN COUNTY TEXAS • HEALING HANDS MINISTRIES • HEALTH SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS • HEARTS FOR HOMES • HOCKADAY


SCHOOL • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION • IGNITE • INTERFAITH HOUSING COALITION • JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER DALLAS • JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS • JULIETTE FOWLER HOMES • JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS • JUNIOR LEAGUE OF COLLIN COUNTY • KERA (NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING) • LENA POPE HOME • LIFT FUND • LOS BARRIOS UNIDOS • METROCREST SERVICES • NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY • NEW BEGINNING CENTER • NEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE • OPENING DOORS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES • OUR FRIEND’S PLACE • PARKLAND FOUNDATION • PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE • PHILANTHROPY SOUTHWEST • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS • PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA • PROJECT TRANSFORMATION • PROMISE HOUSE • RAE’S HOPE • RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY • RECOVERY INN • RESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS • SAFER DALLAS BETTER DALLAS • SALVATION ARMY DFW METROPLEX COMMAND

• SAMARITAN INN • SENIOR SOURCE • SKILL QUEST • SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY • SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION • TEXAS APPLESEED • TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY • TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES FOUNDATION • TEXAS INTERNATIONAL THEATRICAL ARTS SOCIETY • TEXAS MUSLIM WOMEN’S FOUNDATION • TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND • TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY • UNDER 1 ROOF • UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES PROGRAM • UNLOCKING DOORS • VICKERY MEADOW LEARNING CENTER • VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION • VOLUNTEER CENTER • WiNGS (FORMERLY YWCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS) • WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS • WOMEN’S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO • WOMEN’S FUNDING NETWORK • WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT • YOUTH VILLAGE RESOURCES • ZERO TO FIVE COLLABORATIVE


As the world’s largest regional women’s fund, we have the experience, leadership and vision to set a new, higher standard for improving our world by investing in women.

30 4.4 1,974 32

positive social and

economic change million invested in women each year

grants to support programs in our

community

$

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HE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NORTH TEXAS IS

DIRECTLY TIED TO THE ECONOMIC SECURITY

years of work to advance

$

T

OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. WITH WOMEN MOST LIKELY TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF POVERTY AND DRAMATICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN

million invested

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS,

in our history

WE MUST TAKE ACTION.


We Are A Catalyst We raise funds for research, advocacy and grantmaking that unlock opportunities for women and girls in North Texas. Our approach has been honed over 30 years as a community foundation. Our focus is sharpened by deep commitment and courage to invest both in proven strategies and new, innovative ideas.

Our reach is limited only by the investments we are able to make. The generous support we receive from donors expands our reach and is the key to building a better future for all. When you give to Dallas Women’s Foundation, you are directly impacting the economic stability and future of North Texas.

OUR IMPACT IS REAL, AND GROWING. Thanks to long-standing partnerships in the community and with our donors, the Foundation has achieved remarkable momentum.

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The Ca

In 2013, the Foundation began a fundraising campaign to improve the future of North Texas in a way that only Dallas Women’s Foundation can – by

OUR SHARED FUTURE.

leadership potential of women and girls. The results have been inspiring.

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been raised toward our

50

$

million goal

Remarkable progress by any measure. Positive results by every measure. With your support, we will not only reach our goal, we will reach more women and girls who are the face of our future.

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HIS CAMPAIGN IS

A DIRECT INVESTMENT IN

investing in the economic security and

million has

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ampaign: Unlocking eadership THIS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT MORE THAN THE DOLLAR GOAL. It is about the women and girls who will now have the financial capability they need to complete their education, support their family or lead a business. It is about the bold investments that amplify our impact on women and girls. It is about the 4,000 donors who have already stepped forward as partners. We partner with the most proven and most promising women-focused organizations across North Texas. Together, we share a vision for the future. We are confident that your support of this campaign will enable us to:

STRENGTHEN

PROVIDE

SECURE

the economic security of 16,000 women and girls

leadership training and opportunities to 60,000 women and girls

our future through endowment

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30% 53%

of North Texas households are led by women

but

of all poor households are women-led.

Starting at the age of 18, women are disproportionately poor. We must raise the visibility of this issue and the negative impact it has on our community and our state. In this campaign, we seek to raise $15 million to invest in solutions that get to the root causes of women’s economic insecurity – and reverse them.

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W

E WILL STRENGTHEN

THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF 16,000 WOMEN AND GIRLS IN NORTH TEXAS.


Economic Security Initiative CAMPAIGN PRIORITY: $15 MILLION

Your investment in our economic security initiative will advance our time-tested, evidenced-based model that provides women and girls with:

KNOWLEDGE to manage their finances, the training to get the best possible jobs, and the tools they need to manage their family finances for the long-term

FINANCIAL LITERACY AND COMPETENCE

ACCESS TO CRITICAL LIFE AND WORK SUPPORTS

BENEFIT OF OUR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT

needed at each stage of their lives, through a continuum of resources and skills that will improve their economic capability

– education, child care, health care and housing – that are essential to their economic security

in sustained

programming that moves women and girls from surviving to thriving – and gives them control of their and their families’ futures

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52% 14.6%

of all professional jobs are held by women, of executive

but only

There is

positions are held by women.

not one

single woman CEO at the region’s top 150 public companies. To make real progress for women and girls on all fronts, we must strengthen the pipeline of women leaders – from the classroom to the first job, the executive suite, the board room and the political arena.

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W

E WILL PROVIDE

LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR 60,000 WOMEN AND GIRLS, PREPARING THEM TO LEAD IN THE WORKPLACE AND THE COMMUNITY.


eadership Initiative CAMPAIGN PRIORITY: $10 MILLION

Your investment in our leadership initiative will cultivate a new generation of women leaders in North Texas as we:

INCREASE GRANTS

BRING WOMEN TOGETHER

to support girls and women who aspire to lead in the public and private sectors

as a powerful network of leaders to advocate for change in their own careers, companies and industry sectors

SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN

EXPAND GENDERED, SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS

in key leadership positions and advocate for responsible representation of women and girls in the media

enabling the Foundation and its donor advised funds to put invested assets to work for women and girls, accelerating women’s entrepreneurship and leadership as well as the growth of women-owned and women-led companies

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No organization is better positioned than the Foundation to connect donors with opportunities to impact the economic security and leadership pipeline for women and girls in North Texas.

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4,000

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Active Donors

XIX Society Members

Giving Circle Participants

Over

Donor Advised Funds

$

Million Endowment $

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VERY GIFT TO

DALLAS WOMEN’S FOUNDATION IS AN INVESTMENT WITH

Women Moving Millions

Over

E

Million Total Assets

LONG-TERM IMPACT.


Sustainability CAMPAIGN PRIORITY: $25 MILLION

Every gift, in every form, directly benefits our community and provides significant returns to our donors, through:

ANNUAL GIFTS

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS

ENDOWMENT

Annual gifts are the heart of the Foundation, and the lifeblood of our partner organizations. Your annual gift is put directly to work, allowing us to stay on the cutting edge of research, respond quickly to urgent needs, and think creatively about new opportunities.

In managing donor advised funds, the Foundation provides the experience and breadth of a 30-year organization with global standing, a deep and respectful understanding of the community and a highly personalized approach that responds to each donor’s goals and interests.

Resolving the issues women and girls face requires long-term vision and long-term commitment. Your endowed gift will ensure the continuity of critical investment in the women and girls of North Texas. Endowment is fundamental to our ability to make measurable progress‌ today and in all the years to come.

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UNLOCKING LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN CABINET Ellenore Knight Baker, Board Chair Kalita Beck Blessing Julie S. England Hilda C. Galvan Ashlee Kleinert, Campaign Co-Chair Christopher W. Kleinert, Campaign Co-Chair Caren K. Lock, Board Chair-Elect Janie Strauss McGarr Maribess Lehmann Miller Retta A. Miller Paula R. Parker, Campaign Co-Chair Ronald C. Parker, Campaign Co-Chair Janice V. Sharry Richard Yip, Campaign Co-Chair Trea C. Yip, Campaign Co-Chair

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NVEST IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR DALLAS WOMEN’S

FOUNDATION. YOU ARE THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE FUTURE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. YOU ARE THE KEY TO CHANGING OUR WORLD.


This Campaign Is Personal Thirty years ago, a diverse group of 19 women came together to form Dallas Women’s Foundation. They have been followed by hundreds of dedicated, visionary board members, volunteers and staff who believe in the power of the ripple effect created by investing in women and girls. All of these – board members, volunteers and staff – understood that the issues are complex, and the road to resolving them is long. Yet they pressed forward, unwilling to accept the disparities impacting women and girls.

All of these made a deep and abiding commitment to advancing women’s economic security and leadership, and unleashing a transformational impact on our community. Today, we represent the next generation of volunteers who have embraced that commitment. We have made it our mission to steward and grow the resources of the Foundation, so that it can extend its reach to even more women and girls in North Texas. This is why we talk about the Unlocking Leadership campaign as being about more than the dollar goal. Every gift in this

campaign will impact the lives of thousands of women for years to come. And this campaign is personal – to each of us, and to every one of these women and girls. Each has the potential to create transformational change, in her own life, her family’s lives and her community. Join us in unlocking it. Invest in the Campaign for Dallas Women’s Foundation. You are the key to unlocking the future for women and girls. You are the key to changing our world.

Campaign Co-Chairs

Campaign Co-Chairs

Campaign Co-Chairs

Ashlee and Chris Kleinert

Trea and Richard Yip

Paula and Ron Parker


Dallas Women’s Foundation Campbell Centre II 8150 North Central Expressway Suite 110 Dallas, Texas 75206 (214) 965-9977 www.dallaswomensfdn.org


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