Launched
in 2004 by caring community members, the Women and Girls Fund brings
diverse women together through charitable giving.
It gives donors
the opportunity to pool resources in order to more effectively address
issues of importance to women and girls. The goal is to provide annual
grants to organizations that help women and girls in our area, now
and far into the future.
 In pursuit of our mission, the fund will:
• Respond to health, nutrition, safety, shelter, and educational needs
of women and girls
• Engage women as donors and expand their opportunities to address the
diverse needs of women and girls through focused community grantmaking
• Build a permanent endowment to provide ongoing support for organizations
serving women and girls who are at risk or in need
“We all know a woman who has inspired
us or helped us along our path—a
mother, grandmother, friend, or mentor. But what of the many other
women whose lives are endless struggles? Struggles for rent, for
childcare, for nutritious food, for education, for transportation,
for help to
escape violence?”
The Women and Girls Fund brings diverse women together through
charitable giving. We’ve funded programs such as:
- Political Science camp for girls
- Pregnancy Prevention Program utilizing
crying “babies” for
young women living in a residential treatment facility
- Landscaping and Household
Services for elderly and disabled women
- Stress Management and Healthy Living
Program for high school girls
- Transition to the community programs for women
who were incarcerated
- Employment Programs for single parents
- Diabetes Prevention
Program for low income women
- In-home education in parenting and life skills for residents
of shelters, including transportation to and from GED classes
- Prenatal services for low-income uninsured or underinsured women
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Providing stay-at-home parents with a support group to educate them with
services available to them while providing activities for children
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Providing training, and mentoring Spanish-speaking women in caretaking
fields, literacy, improving relationships, and creating confidence.
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Providing emergency services to single mothers.
Our grants are making a difference!
We are building a permanent resource to support exceptional nonprofit work
in our community so that all women and girls can feel safe and valued. Ambitious?
Yes! But, together we can do it!
Windham Chapter Grants
Norwich Chapter Grants
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