Charlotte is ready to show you the future and it begins with unpacking the details of the Unified Development Ordinance or UDO. A panel of three Charlotte leaders, moderated by Stephanie Stenglein, and members of the Women’s Impact Fund, gathered virtually to unpack details of the Unified Development Ordinance, UDO, with the goal of educating …
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By Angela Scholl As the Community Impact Committee made Anniversary Connections with past grantees this winter, we reconnected with Envision Charlotte. They were awarded an unrestricted WIF environment grant in 2020-2021. Amy Aussieker, Executive Director of Envision Charlotte, shared the exciting news that the Innovation Barn opened to the public in September 2021. It is …
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WINGS for Kids, a 2017 WIF Grantee, successfully shifted from a school-based model to a community-based model during the pandemic. The community-based model is through a relatively new partnership with the Steve Smith Family Foundation, which they say is a perfect fit because WINGS needed a programming space and liaison for the schools that could …
More than 150 members, guests, and grantees gathered at The Terrace at Cedar Hill for the first in-person Women’s Impact Fund (WIF) Annual Meeting since 2019 — the first for our Executive Director, Patricia Massey Hoke! The Annual Meeting is a combination of social event, business meeting, and celebration. This year was no different. As …
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As was shared at the Annual Meeting on May 9, the WIF board recently approved eleven member-supported recommendations from the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) working groups, which picked up where the DEI Task Force left off almost one year ago (two of the original nine recommendations were broken into two parts, hence eleven total). …
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WomenGiveCLT, an amazing gathering of close to 400 philanthropically minded women with local nonprofits, was held at the Mint Museum on April 7, 2022. This first-of-its-kind event was co-hosted by Women’s Impact Fund, SHARE Charlotte, and the Junior League of Charlotte and has been in the making since 2019. After being delayed several times due …
The Community Impact Committee’s work continues to evolve as Women’s Impact Fund embraces a focus on trust-based philanthropy. New for the 2021-2022 WIF year, Community Impact committee members planned and conducted Anniversary Connections conversations with past grantees. The objective is to continue the relationship between WIF and past grantees, spread the word of the past …
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The Women LEAD series ended March 22 on a high note. Hosted by community partner, J.P. Morgan in South Park, the room was full of members and guests enjoying time to network, catch up, and hear from a stellar panel. It is hard to capture all that the dynamic and candid conversation covered, but here …
The Arts Empowerment Project (TAEP), a 2021 WIF grant recipient, works to break the cycles of violence and trauma through arts opportunities that ignite change in vulnerable youth. TAEP provides high-quality arts programming, enrichment experiences, and social-emotional development for children in need of access to light, hope, equity, and opportunity, which together offer paths to …
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