The Women's Fund of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation is established to create and support programs that enhance the lives of all women and children, involving women as leaders and donors in the process.
A $100,000 challenge grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation launched the Women's Fund in 2002. Since then, the Women's Fund has raised more than $1 million and awarded more than $530,000 in grants.
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Vision
To assist women and girls in building their personal and financial strengths so that they may live their best lives.
To encourage organizations to see their services through the eyes of girls and women, working together with them to develop new ideas and initiatives.
To help women and girls understand and utilize their giving potential.
The vision and purpose of the Women's Fund has been shaped by some startling statistics about women and girls. Women, and the children they solely support, represent more than 75 percent of those in poverty in the U.S. About 10 percent of women age 65 to 74 are living below the poverty line, as are 15 percent of women age 75 and over--double the rate of men in that age category.
Our Funds
The Women's Fund now has seven component funds. The first two are used for Women's Fund grantmaking, and the last five have specific purposes.
Women's Fund Endowment
Women's Fund Flexible
Education Fund for Anna Marie's
Fund for Global Women
Julianne Williams Fund
Starfish Fund
Women's Fund Scholarship Fund
