As the area’s leading nonprofit organization advocating for sustainable transportation and land use, Sustain Charlotte organizes and hosts events that inspire, educate, and connect people. They’re planning a full schedule of events for 2023 including greenway walks, panel discussions, an advocacy workshop series, and sustainability board game nights. Greenways are hugely popular for recreation and …
Women’s Impact Fund’s grants committee kicked off the grants season with a webinar for potential grantees last month. In WIF’s second annual webinar grants leadership walked attendees through a wide range of topics including an intro to WIF, changes to the process over the last few years, eligibility requirements, information about our grants committee, and …
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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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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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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A key goal of collective giving is to amplify impact. It starts by pooling resources and giving in targeted ways. Many women’s collective giving circles, like Women’s Impact Fund (WIF), started their journey with project-based grants in topical funding areas — arts & culture, health, environment, education, and human services. More recently, trends in philanthropy …
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It was a beautiful Saturday morning. WIF members, friends and family gathered to meet with Zack Wyatt, CEO of Carolina Farm Trust (WIF 2021 grantee) and tour the Urban Garden located in East Charlotte adjacent to Aldersgate Retirement Community. The garden is host to beehives, fruit trees, rows of enticing vegetables, and a weekly farm …
Think globally, act locally. It’s a simplified message but it sums up the theme of this year’s Social Hour for Social Issues event where Women’s Impact Fund members and guests heard from two local experts on environmental justice and health disparities related to the environment. The event was kicked off with remarks from WIF Executive …
Though mostly virtual, Women’s Impact Fund had a busy last year. We launched our diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative; continued our grantmaking work through project and unrestricted grantmaking; connected women with each other through creative engagement events; engaged more than 120 women in leadership through a committee or board service; and discussed challenging, important topics …