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Women's Legacy Fund

The Women’s Legacy Fund (WLF) was established in 2007 by the Southwest Florida Community Foundation to enable women in Southwest Florida to direct their giving in focused, strategic ways.

Through an active membership and our annual grant program, we

Jewish Women’s Foundation of the Greater Palm Beaches

The Jewish Women’s Foundation of the Greater Palm Beaches (JWF) is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls through social change grant-making. Our grants are strategically invested in activities that are designed to challenge and overcome the social, economic, political and legal inequities faced by Jewish women and girls around the world.

Women's Fund 2009 Annual Luncheon: Women Making Change

Join the Women's Fund of Miami-Dade for The Power Of The Purse: Part III

The Women's Fund 2009 Annual Luncheon will be held on April 24, 2009
11:00am: Reception & Silent Auction begin
12:00: Luncheon

Where: Hilton Miami Downtown, 1601 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL.

Tickets and Tables on sale now: click here to support this event and purchase your ticket!

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Debi Harris Takes Over Women's Fund of Miami

03/17/2009

South Florida Times: As the Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade’s first African-American leader, Debi M. Harris is borrowing the philosophy of President Obama as she assumes the leadership of an organization committed to improving the quality of life of women and girls.

Read the full story here (offsite link)

Cocktails, Community and Connections

The Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County and Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW-MIAMI) will be hosting Cocktails, Community and Connections to benefit the Women's Fund.

Cocktails, Community and Connections provides an opportunity each year for Miami’s business community to gather in support of organizations like the Women's Fund of Miami-Dade and to celebrate recent accomplishments. Please join us on November 13, 2008 as we reflect on the past and look forward to a successful year ahead.

Thursday, November 13, 2008 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm
Miami Women's Club
1737 N. Bayshore Drive
Miami, FL

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Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County

The Women's Fund of Miami-Dade has awarded over $2 million to more than 225 projects serving thousands of women and girls and has played an important role in encouraging the development of more programs designed with the need of women and girls in mind and strengthening existing gender-specific programs.

Building Economic Security in Miami

Women’s Fund of
Miami-Dade and partner Sant La Haitian Community Center provide financial literacy to women

In 2006, 52% of female-headed households in Florida were considered at or below the poverty level and 70% of births to Haitian women in Florida occurred within families with incomes of $15,600 or less.

Many of these Haitian women face linguistic and cultural challenges that hinder them from utilizing financial institutions and tax benefits to increase their fiscal independence.

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