Buffalo News: This week, the Western New York Women’s Fund will issue the findings of a new study, called “Pathways to Progress” that offers a comprehensive assessment of the status of women and girls in the area.
The Women’s Sports Foundation is a national charitable educational organization dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through physical activity. It is the only national organization promoting all sports and physical activities for women of all ages and skill levels and is acknowledged as the expert resource on all women’s sports issues.
The Chief Development Officer is responsible for increasing the Foundation’s revenue by developing and executing ongoing, multi-year fundraising strategies and growing a base of donors that include, but are not limited to major donors, planned giving, private and corporate foundations, and the general public. Most immediately, focus will be placed on increasing giving from major donors, institutions, family and private foundations and other institutional donors.
Althought it is almost five decades since the passing of William H. Donner, the breadth of vision and the willingness to take risks that characterized his business and philanthropic careers are fittingly memorialized in The William H. Donner Foundation.
The Women’s Fund of Central New York is a permanent endowment, established through the Central New York Community Foundation, to fund programs and projects that support women and girls. There are several specific goals, but the overall aim of the Fund is to enable women to become economically self-sufficient and achieve their full potential as members of the community.
The Buffalo News, Opinion: October is a fitting time to consider the status of women as we mark both National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and World Poverty Day on Saturday. In Western New York we see every day the intersection of poverty and domestic violence.
The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF) was established in 1987 as a public philanthropy to be a voice for women and a force for change. We are a cross-cultural alliance of women helping low-income women and girls in the five boroughs to achieve sustained economic security through expanded opportunities. We work together to transform the conditions of poverty and to create an equal and just future for low-income women and girls.
Step Out and Step Up with the New York Women’s Foundation as we honor Elizabeth and Herb Sturz and Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas D. Kristof.
The Stepping Up Award is presented to New Yorkers who serve as role models and demonstrate courageous leadership, vision and commitment to women and girls as individuals and as a couple.
These are just two of the questions that will be tackled by WomenGirlsLadies in this provocative discussion at the Brooklyn Museum right in time for Father’s Day.
Representing the perspectives of four unique generations, we’ll wrestle with women’s ever-evolving relationship with the men in their lives— fathers, partners, and sons— and the men out in the world, from Rush Limbaugh to Barack Obama.
Come and join the long overdue conversation, with special guests Susan Faludi and Jessica Valenti and others.
