1 OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 WELCOME

6 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

12-13 SUNDAY PROGRAM

14 EXHIBITORS

15-33 MONDAY PROGRAM Millions of times a day, close to home and across the country, 34 WCGN SPOTLIGHT AWARDS

CVS Health is helping people on 35-41 TUESDAY PROGRAM their path to better health. 42 ABOUT IMPACT100

44 ABOUT WCGN

46 WCGN MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

2 WCGN 2018 | WE THE WOMEN | CHANGING THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY 3 CHANGING THE FACE OF WELCOME TO PHILANTHROPY PHILADELPHIA

Dear WCGN members and guests, Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of the WCGN Board of Directors, welcome to Philadelphia and thank On behalf of Impact100 Philadelphia and our Conference Steering Committee, we you for joining us as “we the women” change the face of philanthropy. As we want to welcome you to Philadelphia and to the WCGN 2018 Conference! We are gather together in Philadelphia, this will feel like the “city of sisterly love!” thrilled to be hosting the WCGN Conference and delighted to share our historic and vibrant city with you. We hope you will take some time to experience some of We come together to connect, and learn, from other smart, passionate the best of Philly. philanthropic women. We come together to improve our high impact grantmaking skills. We come together to accelerate the power of collective giving in our The theme of the conference, We the Women - Changing the Face of communities. By the end of this conference we will leave together as educated, Philanthropy, reflects the diversity and catalyzing influence our women’s collective inspired and energized philanthropists, changing the face of philanthropy. giving movement is having in the field of philanthropy. As Maya Angelou said, “In diversity, there is beauty and there is strength.” As the collective giving movement has grown to more than 1,500 groups worldwide, the Women’s Collective Giving Grantmakers Network has grown in This year’s conference attendees are the most diverse group of women to attend lock step to support the movement by providing access to education, tools and a WCGN conference. Geographically, the more than 300 women in attendance ideas. Today, our network is stronger, bigger and more impactful than ever with represent 26 states and Australia. Attendees also represent multiple ethnic 64 affiliates and 15,000 members in 27 states, the District of Columbia, and backgrounds. And, because of an increasing emphasis by our affiliates on Australia. Collectively, we have awarded more than $110,000,000! attracting and developing young philanthropists, conference attendees range in age from their early 20s to their 80s. This diversity is changing what philanthropy We are so grateful to our conference co-chairs, Ellan Bernstein and Sue Dubow, looks like and how we are impacting our communities. who, along with their terrific Impact100 Philadelphia volunteers, have infused a content-packed conference with fun, creativity, enthusiasm, and hospitality We are excited by the breadth and depth of the plenary and breakout sessions throughout. being offered at this conference. We hope you will be energized and inspired by what you learn in the sessions, who you meet and the work that we are all doing. Heartfelt thanks to all who have volunteered their time to plan, moderate, and present in the conference breakouts. They have planned for each of you an We want to thank the incredibly talented members of the Impact100 Philadelphia energized, inclusive and impactful conference. Get ready to fill those pages with Steering Committee who have worked tirelessly to plan this conference. The notes! New this year at the conference are exhibitors, so please be sure and stop Steering Committee’s goal is for you to leave this conference with new ideas, by to find out more about how they support the nonprofit communities. feeling engaged and excited about the collective giving movement, and what we can accomplish in our communities by working together. Enjoy! Let’s use this time together to accelerate the power of collective giving to create the greatest impact we can for our communities. Regards,

Warmly, Ellan Bernstein and Sue Dubow Co-Chairs, WCGN 2018 Conference Jenny Berg Members, Impact100 Philadelphia Chair, WCGN Board of Directors [email protected] Member, Impact 100 Cincinnati

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23

REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN 1:00-6:00 PM BREAKFAST PLENARY 7:30-9:15 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS - 2:30-3:30 PM BREAKFAST PLENARY 7:30-9:15 AM Logan Hotel Amplify the Money You Give | Katherina Rosqueta ROUND 3 Spotlight Awards | WCGN Ballroom Tech Solutions That Work Transforming Community through Public Art | Communications & Tech | Monticello Jane Golden SIGHTSEEING ACTIVITIES 2:00-5:00 PM Ballroom Barnes Foundation Tour BREAKOUT SESSIONS - 9:45-10:45 AM How to Create a Pipeline of Future Leaders Guided Walking Tour in Philadelphia ROUND 1 Governance | Mount Vernon Advance registration required A Practical Guide to Branding & Marketing BREAKOUT SESSIONS - 9:45-10:45 AM Communications & Tech | Mount Vernon ROUND 4 Innovative Granting: Powered by Research Posting & Promoting: Effective Social Media NETWORKING SESSIONS 4:00-5:00 PM Grantmaking | Ballroom South Managing Transitions: Lessons Learned Communications & Tech | Monticello Facilitated conversations with peers Governance | Monticello Impact 100 model | Ballroom North Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Managing Growth: Is Bigger Better? Community foundation affiliation | Ballroom South The Essential Journey & Practice Making a Difference: How Do You Know? Governance | Mount Vernon <150 Members | Ballroom North Crossover Track Session | Ballroom North Grantmaking | Ballroom South 150-300 Members | Monticello Implicit Bias in Grantmaking: An Open Discussion 300+ Members | Ballroom South Strategies Driving Growth: Recruiting & More HOT TOPICS 4:00-5:00 PM Grantmaking | Ballroom South Paid staff of WCGN orgs | Boardroom 427 Membership | Ballroom North Gender Lens Investing & Environmental Impact | Young professionals | Ballroom Terrace Laura LaRosa & Casey Clark Young Philanthropist Programs & Initiatives Mount Vernon Membership | Ballroom North RESEARCH FROM THE FIELD 4:00-5:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS - 11:00-12:00 PM ROUND 2 Philanthropy of High Net Worth Donors of Color | Why Creating a Cohesive Culture Matters | Plan Ahead for Communications: Improve Results CLOSING PLENARY 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Hali Lee Sandy McCullough Communications & Tech | Monticello A Conversation: Philanthropy in Action | Mount Vernon Monticello Liz Scott, Kristina Wahl Tactics for Financial Sustainability Conference Closing | WCGN The Hidden Crisis of Childhood Poverty | COCKTAIL RECEPTION 6:00-7:00 PM Governance | Mount Vernon Ballroom Ballroom Foyer Michal Smith Ballroom South Creating Impact & Building Consensus DINNER PLENARY 7:00-9:00 PM Grantmaking | Ballroom South Conference Welcome | WCGN COCKTAIL RECEPTION 6:00-7:00 PM Ballroom Foyer Plug In & Power Up | Uneeka Jay Enhancing the Membership Experience Ballroom Membership | Ballroom North DINNER PLENARY 7:00-9:00 PM LUNCH PLENARY 12:30-2:00 PM A Conversation: Advancing Juvenile Justice | A Strong Financial Future: Investing in Women | Marsha Levick, Marty Moss-Coane Mary Ellen Iskenderian Update on Collective Giving Nationwide | WCGN Ballroom Ballroom

6 WCGN 2018 | WE THE WOMEN | CHANGING THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY 7 WCGN & IMPACT100 PHILADELPHIA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

ARE GRATEFUL TO THE SPONSORS THAT WILL INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND STRENGTHEN WHO HAVE MADE THIS CONFERENCE POSSIBLE THE COLLECTIVE GIVING MOVEMENT

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2018

4:00 PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS 6:00 WELCOME RECEPTION PM PM Ballroom Foyer

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY 7:00 DINNER PROGRAM FACILITATED CONVERSATIONS WITH PEER ORGANIZATIONS PM Ballroom | Music by Suzanne Christine

DESCRIPTION: Join one of these groups for a facilitated conversation about common interests, challenges and questions. WCGN CONFERENCE WELCOME & KICKOFF

IMPACT 100 MODEL | Ballroom North | Sandy Cook, Impact100 Metro Denver

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AFFILIATION | Ballroom South | Maggie Glasgow, Greenville Women Giving PLENARY SESSION

FEWER THAN 100 MEMBERS | Ballroom North | Virginia Mills, Giving WoMN, Womenade PLUG IN AND POWER UP ! and The Philanthropy Connection

150-300 MEMBERS | Monticello | Karen Holly, Impact 100 Indianapolis UNEEKA is president of Rewrite 365, a training and performance improvement firm that works with clients to define, achieve and sustain breakthrough MORE THAN 300 MEMBERS | Ballroom South | Jenny Berg, Impact 100 Cincinnati results. She is the founder of both the LeadHer Academy, a program designed to provide the necessary skills to women who want to move into leadership PAID STAFF OF WCGN ORGS | Boardroom 427 | Joanne Cohen, Community Foundation of positions, and a program called She Rewrites, which helps women achieve Northeast Florida their goals regardless of their past. Uneeka has more than 20 years of training, quality, and customer retention experience and more than a decade of senior YOUNG PROFESSIONALS | Ballroom Terrace | Isabel Clark, Impact100 Philadelphia executive leadership positions in corporations with annual revenues up to half a billion dollars. She has appeared on CNN and recently delivered a TEDx talk. Participants in her presentations describe them as not only inspirational UNEEKA JAY and motivational, but also transformational, practical, and relevant. Her most RESEARCH FROM THE FIELD President Rewrite 365 rewarding rewrite, she will tell you, is raising her infant grandson. PHILANTHROPY OF HIGH NET WORTH DONORS OF COLOR

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DESCRIPTION: Join us for a presentation that will highlight the insights from research on the philanthropic practices of communities of color and the implications for engaging and connecting with this expanding and important group of philanthropists. There will be an opportunity for dialogue among and between Hali and session participants.

HALI LEE Asian Women Giving Circle

HALI is co-leader of the Asian Women Giving Circle (and new WCGN member); and co-founder, Faces of Giving. Hali is a co-lead on the Donors of Color Collaborative, a project around engaging and networking high net worth donors of color nationally.

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ALL EXHIBITORS 7:30 BREAKFAST PROGRAM DAY Ballroom Hallway AM Ballroom

Conference exhibitors and vendors will be available for conversations with conference attendees all day Monday. Please stop by to learn more. PLENARY SESSION AMPLIFY THE MONEY YOU GIVE

IMPACT100 PHILADELPHIA engages women in philanthropy and collectively funds high-impact grants to nonprofit organizations in the Philadelphia region. Membership for the 2019 grant cycle is now open. KATHERINA is the founding executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania, the only university-based center with a singular focus on philanthropy for social impact. Prior to that appointment, she was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, founding director of Board Match Plus, and board president of La Casa de las Madres BEACON POINTE is one of the largest independent investment advisory firms in the (’s oldest and largest shelter for battered women and their nation, providing comprehensive wealth management to high net worth individuals children), among other positions. A frequent speaker on philanthropy and to help them achieve their life goals. Our clients are primarily women (divorced, social impact, her work and comments have been cited in , widowed, and single) and couples. National Public Radio, Wall Street Journal, and Money Magazine, among others. Kat currently serves on the board of GuideStar, the world’s largest source of KATHERINA M. ROSQUETA information on nonprofits, and as co-chair of Greenlight Fund Philadelphia, Founding Executive Director Center for High Impact a venture philanthropy fund dedicated to addressing urgent social needs in SOFIA FINANCIAL partners with smart, professional women to help them make wise Philanthropy Philadelphia. Kat received her B.A. cum laude from Yale University, and an decisions about their money and to relieve areas of money stress so they can focus M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in their time and energy on the things that matter most to them. Philadelphia with her husband Michael Idinopulos and their three children.

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9:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 1 9:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 1 AM Mount Vernon AM Monticello

COMMUNICATIONS & TECH TRACK GOVERNANCE TRACK A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO BRANDING & MARKETING MANAGING TRANSITIONS: LESSONS LEARNED

DESCRIPTION: This session will highlight what was behind the WCGN brand change with insights DESCRIPTION: What happens to an organization when the original founding board members or and useful positioning suggestions for its member organizations. It will provide a practicum on inaugural sponsors are no longer in the picture, or when paid staff join the team? The panelists in marketing activities and how to use social media wisely and appropriately. this session have led their boards through significant transitions, balancing legacy with renewal to chart a fresh course. Their stories will inspire and encourage other groups grappling with similar considerations. CAROLE is VP of Research & Planning CELIA is a WCGN board member and at Shepherd, an advertising firm in past president of Impact100 Sonoma. A Jacksonville FL and a member of the communications specialist with 30 years LYNNE is co-president and grants BETH is president & CEO of Washington Women’s Giving Alliance. Responsible of experience and founder of a successful committee engagement chair for Women’s Foundation and has overall for WCGN’s brand evolution, Carole and web agency, Tendo Communications, IMPACT100 Sonoma, Sonoma, CA. She is strategic and operational responsibility her team also developed the branding Celia currently teaches marketing and a founding member and has served on for the Foundation. In 2011, she retired CELIA CAROLE BANKS and materials for the March 2017 WCGN business management at Skyline College, numerous grants committees. from the Seattle law firm of Stokes CANFIELD Women’s Conference. San Mateo, CA. Lawrence, P.S., where she was a Impact100 Giving Alliance LYNNE BETH MCCAW shareholder in the firm’s estate planning Jacksonville, FL Sonoma LANCASTER Washington Sonoma, CA group. Impact100 Women’s Sonoma Foundation Sonoma, CA Seattle, WA

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

9:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 1 9:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 1 AM Ballroom South AM Ballroom North

GRANTMAKING TRACK MEMBERSHIP TRACK MAKING A DIFFERENCE: HOW DO YOU KNOW? STRATEGIES DRIVING GROWTH: RECRUITING & MORE

DESCRIPTION: How do we measure what we do in a meaningful way? Sure, we can count the DESCRIPTION: Hear how two organizations, operating in very different communities, have money or the client touches, yet we all know that our collective giving is so much more. Grantees experienced significant growth trajectories. Among many strategies, Greenville Women Giving, talk about the ripple effects of our grants, including leverage for other grants. Longtime members 12 years young, has had particular success in reaching busy women professionals. Ninety-nine see the capability and influence of our groups grow over time in our communities. Our members girlfriends (Portland, OR) describes its phenomenal growth (100 to 400 members in three years) tell us their involvement leads them to greater philanthropy, in both time and money. Austin and resulting from a mix of recruiting approaches, messaging, organizational culture and other factors. Jacksonville have been working hard to measure these intangibles, and to tell those stories. Participants will have time to share what has worked (and hasn’t) in their organizations!

EILEEN has enjoyed notable success JANET has served on the Grants JOANNE is the vice president of LAUREN is president of the board of in her business and community career Committee of Greenville Women Giving, philanthropic services at The Community directors of Impact Austin. She is the in both initiating and sustaining and has co-chaired and chaired the Foundation for Northeast Florida. She founder and principal consultant of organizations. As co-founder of ninety- Membership Committee for six years provides staff leadership of The Donors’ Higher Order Consulting. The firm works nine girlfriends, Eileen currently serves on as the organization has grown to 500+ Forum of Northeast Florida, the Next Gen with entrepreneurs and CEOs to grow its Executive Committee, the Membership members. Her career in marketing and JANET SUMNER philanthropists program and three giving and scale their business. EILEEN BRADY and Communications Committee and is a communication has served her particularly JOANNE E. circles. LAUREN PAVER ninety-nine mentor to a young Fellow. Greenville well in her roles with GWG. COHEN girlfriends Women Giving Impact Austin Portland, OR Greenville, SC Women’s Giving Austin, TX Alliance Jacksonville, FL

BARB is chair of the Grants Leadership Team, and serves on the steering committee of the Women’s Giving Alliance. The Grants Leadership Team NOTES includes the three leaders of the Decision, Evaluation and Impact teams. BARB WENGER Women’s Giving Alliance Jacksonville, FL

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MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 MONDAY, OCTOBERMARCH 13, 22, 2017 2018

11:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 2 11:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 2 AM Monticello AM Mount Vernon

COMMUNICATIONS & TECH TRACK GOVERNANCE TRACK PLAN AHEAD FOR COMMUNICATIONS: IMPROVE RESULTS TACTICS FOR FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

DESCRIPTION: It’s tough to consistently and dependably communicate with members, grantees, DESCRIPTION: The costs to recruit and retain members, plus administer the collective grantmaking and the community at large when you’re an all-volunteer organization. Impact100 Philadelphia process can be equal to or even more than the cost of a full-time employee. Yet, many groups partnered with local marketing professionals to move communications from mundane to meaningful. interested in providing meaningful programming find it challenging to raise the necessary funds to After a re-branding and new website, leaders were looking to take the next step to build a stronger “keep the lights on.” Hear how three groups are using a mix of tactics—from smart PR campaigns, community without overwhelming the all-volunteer board. Learn about the strategic plan and the attracting sponsors, to endowments—to pay the bills and fuel their growth for the years ahead. tools used to streamline communication throughout the board and reach new audiences, without breaking the bank. PAULA is the immediate past president TERRY is the president of Impact 100 of the Women’s Giving Alliance of Greater Indianapolis. She previously MICHELLE established Witty Gritty, a ALLISON is Impact100 Philadelphia’s Jacksonville, FL, and former co-chair of served as vice president and membership firm specializing in marketing strategy Communications Co-Chair. She and the Decision Team, the Grants Leadership chair. She loves participating in Impact through community engagement, full- her co-chair have helped Impact100 Team, and the 2017 WCGN Conference. 100 because it provides a personal scale event production, and storytelling. to engage successfully with members She is the vice chair of the WCGN Board connection to the nonprofits that seek to TERRY The firm focuses on projects that and followers on more platforms, more PAULA LIANG of Directors. improve her community. MUMFORD highlight and strengthen community as frequently. A key to this success has been Women’s Giving Alliance Impact 100 MICHELLE well as neighborhood identity. ALLISON taking the time upfront to develop a clear FREEMAN SCHAPKER Jacksonville, FL Indianapolis plan, and then to develop a culture where Indianapolis, IN Witty Gritty Impact100 everyone follows it. Allison is director of Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia capital projects for the Fairmount Park SUE is co-founder and co-chair emerita Philadelphia, PA Conservancy. of Greenville Women Giving. She continues to serve on the board and leads GWG’s visioning effort. Currently NOTES Sue chairs the Community Foundation of Greenville. SUE PRIESTER Greenville Women Giving Greenville, SC

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11:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 2 11:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 2 AM Ballroom South AM Ballroom North

GRANTMAKING TRACK MEMBERSHIP TRACK CREATING IMPACT & BUILDING CONSENSUS ENHANCING THE MEMBERSHIP EXPERIENCE

DESCRIPTION: Hear from two organizations that reached out into their communities for ideas to DESCRIPTION: The engagement of the members of our organizations is rooted in how we translate increase impact, and used those responses to pilot new granting projects. With input from their our mission and values into compelling opportunities and experiences. These two organizations members, they have integrated these ideas successfully into their grantmaking processes. focus on seeking feedback from their members and using that information to adapt their structure, education opportunities, communication, and administration. The results of those efforts show clearly in member retention rates, attendance at events, and participation in leadership.

AMY is president of the Spirit of St. Louis ARRINGTON is the board chair of PEGGY is president of the Wood River VIVIAN is past co-chair of the Women’s Fund and past grant chair. As Women’s Impact Fund, and previously Women’s Foundation. She inaugurated Women’s Giving Circle and former co- grant chair, she oversaw the training and served on the Grants, Membership and the initative to define skill sets of new chair of the Grants and Post Grants implementation of the organization’s first Finance committees. She is retired from members and encouraged committee Committees. During her tenure she multi-year grant using a “renewable grant” The Leon Levine Foundation and Bank of chairs to use these as a way to enhance stablished new, smaller study groups to structure. America. each member’s experience and engage women in the Circle. AMY INMAN ARRINGTON PEGGY GROVE engagement in the Foundation. This was VIVIAN MIXON MANEKIN The Spirit of St. Wood River used as a platform for a “news brief” for Louis Women’s Women’s Impact Women’s featuring members’ outstanding activities. Baltimore Fund Fund Foundation Women’s Giving St Louis, MO Charlotte, NC Wood River, ID Circle Baltimore, MD

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NOTES 12:30 LUNCH PROGRAM PM Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION A STRONG FINANCIAL FUTURE: INVESTING IN WOMEN

MARY ELLEN is president and CEO of Women’s World Banking, a global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources they require to achieve security and prosperity. She joined Women’s World Banking in 2006 and leads the New York-based global team, which provides innovative product development, leadership training and strategic support to a network of institutions focused on the needs of women. She also serves as a member of the Investment Committee’s $50 million impact investment fund. Before coming to Women’s World Banking, Mary Ellen spent 17 years at the International Finance Corporation, MARY ELLEN ISKENDERIAN the private sector arm of the World Bank. Prior to that, she worked President and CEO, Women’s World Bank for the investment bank Lehman Brothers. She is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Business and Sustainable Development Commission, and a 2017 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Fellow. Mary Ellen holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in International Economics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

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2:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 3 2:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 3 PM Monticello PM Mount Vernon

COMMUNICATIONS & TECH TRACK GOVERNANCE TRACK TECH SOLUTIONS THAT WORK HOW TO CREATE A PIPELINE OF FUTURE LEADERS

DESCRIPTION: After defining their needs and evaluating options, learn how two organizations DESCRIPTION: Recruiting members for leadership positions requires an intentional process to identified, chose, and implemented CRM/Member Management and Grant Management technology identify candidates who have the time, interest and passion for the organization. In this session you’ll solutions for their organizations. learn how two collective giving groups are finding success cultivating relationships and providing their members with the training and exposure that will help them be effective leaders, not only on their own boards and committees, but on the boards of their communities’ nonprofits as well. SHERYL is a past chair of the Grants JULIE is a member of the Impact100 Committee of The Roanoke Women’s Philadelphia board, serving as a co-chair LISA is the incoming board chair of GWENDOLYN is a founding member and Foundation. Under her leadership the of the Nonprofit Liaison Committee. the Women’s Impact Fund of Charlotte, the immediate past president of the Spirit committee implemented a new grants Julie works as a systems analyst at the NC, serves on its Strategic Planning of St. Louis Women’s Fund. She currently management software program to University of Pennsylvania and outside Committee and is past chair of the serves as chair of its Nominating process requests and decisions. of work she applies her skills to help Grants Committee. A retired attorney, Committee and co-chair of the Advisory SHERYL JULIE ORTS improve the effectiveness of Impact100 MCNALLY Lisa devotes her advocacy skills to the Council. Impact100 Philly’s use of technology. LISA M.R. GWENDOLYN The Roanoke Philadelphia nonprofit community in Charlotte. MILLER WESLEY Women’s Philadelphia, PA Foundation Women’s Impact Spirit of St. Louis Roanoke, VA Fund Women’s Fund Charlotte, NC St Louis, MO

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2:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 3 2:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 3 PM Ballroom South PM Ballroom North

GRANTMAKING TRACK CROSSOVER SESSION (runs to 4:30pm) INNOVATIVE GRANTMAKING: POWERED BY RESEARCH DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION: ESSENTIAL JOURNEY & PRACTICE

DESCRIPTION: Can you award grants more effectively if you do your research first? The easy DESCRIPTION: As individuals and organizations committed to women’s collective giving, we share answer is “yes.” The hard part is knowing who, what, where, when and why to research. Driven by a commitment to promote the common good. However, the inequities that persist in communities insightful research, two organizations share the details behind their innovative grantmaking. and institutions inhibit us from fully achieving our collective goals. Issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) are complex and many collective giving organizations are at the early stages of the journey. This two-hour session will provide context, background on the DEI concepts and share EMILY was a member of Impact100 SYDNEY, a founding member of how organizations have embarked on the journey to apply them. Small group breakout work will Philadelphia’s board of directors where she Asheville’s Women for Women, served allow participants to walk away with ideas to implement back home. served as co-chair of Grants and director as planning chair of its Collective High of Strategic Initiatives. During her board Impact Grant Committee. She has service, she oversaw the implementation spent over 35 years in the nonprofit of Core Mission Grants and the Young and philanthropic arena and was vice SUSAN is president and chair of DONNA was a board member of EMILY V. Philanthropists Program. SYDNEY GREEN chairman of the Community Foundation the Development Committee of The Washington Women’s Foundation for nine BISCARDI Women for of Greater Orlando. Philanthropy Connection, Cambridge, years terming off the board at the end of Impact 100 Women Massachusetts. In an effort to enhance 2017. Since then she has been involved in Philadelphia Asheville, NC equity in its grantmaking, The Philanthropy its diversity, equity and inclusion work and Phladelphia, PA Connection made changes that have is now co-chairing the DEI Task Force. SUSAN produced important results. DONNA LOU BENFORD Washington BARBARA is active in the leadership The Philanthropy Women’s of Women for Women and is chair of Connection | Foundation | its Collaborative High Impact Grant Boston, MA Seattle, WA Committee. Before joining Women for Women she was the founder of Social SIMRAN is an independent consultant MEGHAN is a principal and co-founder Venture Kids, a youth philanthropic group focused on developing processes and of Capacity for Change, a public interest BARBARA in Seattle, Washington. setting clear outcomes to achieve consulting firm. As a facilitator, strategic NORMAN racial equity. She brings over ten years’ planner, executive coach, and program Women for experience working with impacted designer, she supports the people, Women Asheville, NC communities, developing policy and organizations, and systems that are the SIMRAN NOOR strategy, and leading organizational MEGHAN heart of vibrant, healthy, and equitable MCVETY Independent change processes. communities. Consultant Capacity for New York, NY Change NOTES West Chester, PA

MICHELLE LEGASPI SANCHEZ Chester County Fund for Women and Girls | West Chester, PA

MICHELLE is executive director for the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls. She has extensive non-profit management experience. Michelle serves on the board of the Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia and its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

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4:00 HOT TOPICS 4:00 HOT TOPICS, co n t i n u e d PM PM

RESEARCH FROM THE FIELD WHEN EVERYONE IS YOUR SPOKESWOMAN: GENDER LENS INVESTING & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WHY CREATING A COHESIVE CULTURE MATTERS

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DESCRIPTION: Laura LaRosa and Casey Clark will discuss how gender equity and climate change DESCRIPTION: When every member is a representative of the organization and effectively acts are intrinsically linked, how strategies exist to globally raise the standing of women thereby reducing as a spokesperson via her information sharing—how do we ensure the messages are consistent climate change’s impact, and lastly, how these strategies create opportunities for organizations to and reflect the organization’s values? This session offers perspectives on internal communications leverage their portfolios to maximize social and environmental impact. strategies, effective tools and an opportunity to share lessons learned—both good and bad.

LAURA has over 30 years of experience CASEY is responsible for providing SANDY MCCULLOUGH in fixed income trading, sales and client strategic oversight of Glenmede’s Impact Board member Wood River Women’s Foundation and Women’s Funding Alliance development. As one of two executive Investing efforts, aligning portfolios with members of the Company’s Management environmental and social goals across SANDY brings her long career in communications and public affairs to her work in Committee, Laura is responsible for public and private markets. He is a regular the non-profit and philanthropic communities. She currently serves on the boards setting the strategy and practices commentator for print and broadcast media of the Wood River Women’s Foundation in Idaho and the Women’s Funding LAURA LAROSA that guide the Company’s business CASEY CLARK including CNBC, CNN, and MarketWatch Alliance in Washington State. Executive development professionals. Laura and her Director of and has authored numerous investment Director of Client team spearhead initiatives to broaden Sustainable & and impact-related publications. Development relationships with individuals, families, Impact Investing Glenmede Glenmede endowments and foundations. Laura is an active member of the Philadelphia RESEARCH FROM THE FIELD community, sitting on several local THE HIDDEN CRISIS OF CHILDHOOD POVERTY boards.

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DESCRIPTION: It is widely known that basic family needs include food, shelter and clothing. While there are many influential efforts to address food and housing insecurity, there are almost no programs addressing clothing insecurity. Research shows that of the top 10 reasons why children do not attend school, three of them include issues with clothing insecurity. This session will describe how community organizations are taking the initiative and creating grassroots movements to address the silent crisis of clothing insecurity and what you can do in your own neighborhood to move the needle.

MICHAL SMITH Executive Director, Philadelphia | Cradles to Crayons

MICHAL, since joining Cradles to Crayons, has doubled the Philadelphia program’s operating revenue and the number of children served, and has expanded the service area to include New Jersey. Annually, Cradles to Crayons’ chapters provide 250,000 children in poverty with clothing and other essentials and engage more than 75,000 volunteers in meaningful service. In 2013, SmartCEO Magazine recognized Michal with its Brava Award for top female CEOs.

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NOTES 6:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION PM Ballroom Foyer

7:00 DINNER PROGRAM PM Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION A CONVERSATION: ADVANCING JUVENILE JUSTICE

MARSHA, a graduate of Temple University Law School, is co-founder, deputy director and chief counsel of Juvenile Law Center, America’s first public interest law firm for children. As director of the Center’s litigation program, she has participated in numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as federal and state courts, including three cases that struck down severe adult sentences for youth in the criminal justice system and one that required consideration of a suspect’s youth in the Miranda custody determination. Levick spearheaded the Center’s work in the Luzerne County, PA, “Kids for Cash” judges’ scandal, which is the subject of both a book and a documentary. She serves on the board of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights, MARSHA LEVICK and is a member of the Dean’s Council of the Indiana University School of Public Co-Founder, Deputy Director & Chief Counsel and Environmental Affairs. The 2016 recipient of the prestigious Philadelphia Juvenile Law Center Award, Marsha has also been honored by the Philadelphia and American Bar Associations and the American Association for Justice.

MARTY is host and executive producer of Radio Times, one of the most respected weekday interview programs on public radio. She has earned praise for her versatility and engaging conversations and interviews with guests and phone callers alike during the live, daily weekday program which covers social issues, politics, public policy, books, films, and more. Working for WHYY-FM, the region’s leading public broadcasting station for more than 30 years, she has become one of the tri-state area’s most thought-provoking and balanced radio hosts. Her interviews reflect the belief that guiding discussions fairly and accurately is of prime importance in educating the audience, allowing them to make sound and informed decisions. Marty has been recognized locally, MARTY MOSS-COANE regionally, and nationally for her skills as an interviewer and radio host. Most Esecutive Producer recently she joined previous recipients Coretta Scott King and Eve Ensler in Radio Times accepting the Lucretia Mott Award at WOMEN’S WAY for the 39th annual Powerful Voice Awards.

WCGN BRIEFING AN UPDATE ON WCGN & THE COLLECTIVE GIVING MOVEMENT

32 WCGN 2018 | WE THE WOMEN | CHANGING THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY 33 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2018

7:30 BREAKFAST PROGRAM 7:30 BREAKFAST PROGRAM, co n t i n u e d AM Ballroom AM Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION WCGN SPOTLIGHT AWARDS TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC ART

CELEBRATING COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION Our member organizations are changing the face of philanthropy by practicing high JANE, executive director of Mural Arts Philadelphia, has overseen the organization’s growth from a small city agency to the nation’s impact, transformational grantmaking. At each conference, Women’s Collective Giving largest mural program and a model for community development Grantmakers Network celebrates these women-powered philanthropic efforts with the around the globe. Under her direction, Mural Arts has created Spotlight Awards. This recognition highlights grants that demonstrate the impact of more than 4,000 landmark works of public art through innovative investing in our community nonprofits. collaborations with community-based organizations, city agencies, nonprofits, schools, the private sector, and philanthropies. Sought A few months prior to each conference, WCGN members are invited to nominate a grant after as an expert on urban transformation through art, Jane received the 2017 ACE (Mentor Program) Person of the Year that has transformed their grantmaking organization, a grantee’s organization, and/or Award, the 2016 Women of Distinction Award from the Philadelphia their community. This year, up to three grants will be recognized with a Spotlight Award JANE GOLDEN Business Journal, and the 2012 Governor’s Award for Innovation in Executive Director for excellence in transformational grantmaking. Mural Arts Philadelphia the Arts, among others. Co-author of three books about the murals in Philadelphia, she holds an MFA from Rutgers University and Past Spotlight awardees can be found on our website at wcgn-network.org/ degrees in fine arts and political science from Stanford University. In impactinggrantmaking. addition, Jane serves on the Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Council, the Penn Museum advisory committee, and the board of directors of The Heliotrope Foundation. Thanks to this year’s panel of evaluators for their fine work: Jenny Berg and Ginny Jarrett, representing the WCGN Board of Directors; Jacquie Stern, Val Rossman, and Julie Hochman, representing the conference host organization, Impact100 Philadelphia.

NOTES NOTES

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

9:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 4 9:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 4 AM Monticello AM Mount Vernon

COMMUNICATIONS & TECH TRACK GOVERNANCE TRACK POSTING & PROMOTING: EFFECTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGING GROWTH: IS BIGGER BETTER?

DESCRIPTION: Three speakers reveal how their organizations use social media to achieve DESCRIPTION: After the initial, exciting ramp-up of members to form a collective giving group, many communication goals, as well as build relationships with their members, prospective members, boards reckon with whether or not to keep recruiting at such a fast pace. Bigger means more funds nonprofit partners and potential partners, and their communities at large. They will also share the are raised for the community. It also means more organizational complexity, a heavier workload for resources they incorporate to accomplish this -- all while still managing their organizations and the the board and the pressing need to raise funds every year for operational and programming costs. hundreds of other priorities clamoring for their attention. Meet the leaders of two groups that chose different paths.

LEIGH is a second year fellow with The JAMY, a co-founder and current SUSAN is president and serves as chair BEVERLEY has applied her corporate Philanthropy Connection in Boston, for co-president of Impact100 Greater of the Development Committee for The and consulting career experiences to her which she co-manages social media Milwaukee, was instrumental in the Philanthropy Connection in Cambridge, work in many community organizations-- content. She also works as the senior development of the organization’s grant MA. She runs Masterpiece Cards, a -including Impact 100 San Antonio where engagement associate at the social process and selection of its online grant publisher of art history educational she is past president and now co-chair of justice organization, YW Boston. platform. and reference cards exploring the most the Marketing Committee. LEIGH C JAMY SUSAN BEVERLEY CHANDLER MALATESTA famous paintings in art history. BENFORD MCCLURE The Philanthropy Impact100 The Philanthropy Impact100 San Connection Greater Connection Antonio Boston, MA Milwaukee Boston, MA San Antonio, TX Milwaukee, WI

KATIE is executive director of the San Diego Women’s Foundation. She works closely with the board, members and staff to ensure that SDWF fulfills its NOTES mission to educate and inspire women to engage in collective philanthropy. KATIE SAWYER San Diego Women’s Foundation San Diego, CA

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9:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 4 9:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - ROUND 4 AM Ballroom South AM Ballroom North

GRANTMAKING TRACK MEMBERSHIP TRACK IMPLICIT BIAS IN GRANTING: AN OPEN DISCUSSION YOUNG PHILANTHROPIST PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES

DESCRIPTION: Our brains are amazing, however, sometimes the cognitive biases that accelerate DESCRIPTION: The concept of a focused effort to diversify membership was introduced at the our thinking can also limit our openness. Participate in a discussion about how we can recognize and 2015 WCGN Leadership Conference. Several organizations have built on that concept and adopted minimize implicit bias in the grant process, facilitated by members of two organizations that strive to programs to cultivate younger members. Young philanthropists from four such programs will incorporate social justice in their collective giving. outline the objectives, structure, evolution, challenges and successes of their respective “next gen” initiatives.

DEBORAH is a co-founder of ninety-nine KATIE, a former Founders Fellow ANGELA was a member of the founding STEPHANIE joined Impact100 girlfriends in Portland, OR. She leads and current member of Impact100 cohort of Impact 100 Sonoma’s Philadelphia in 2014 in the inaugural the Member Education Committee. Philadelphia, facilitated the program Next Gen Program. As a member of cohort of Founders Fellows. She has She’s been involved with nonprofits and design for the organization’s Founders the Communication Committee she served as both a co-chair and a team philanthropy as an executive director, Fellow program, which aims to attract introduced a social media plan to reach leader of a grant review committee. consultant and University faculty member and amplify diverse voices in the members and new audiences. Angela Currently, she juggles a career with DEBORAH in Austin, Portland and the Czech KATIE MULLER grantmaking process. She is a strategic EDWARD ANGELA RYAN now serves on Sonoma’s board of STEPHANIE YMCA-USA and serves on Impact100 Republic. Impact100 planning consultant for nonprofits. TAYLOR Impact100 ninety-nine Philadelphia directors. Philadelphia’s board of directors as co- Sonoma Impact100 girlfriends Philadelphia, PA chair of the Founders Fellows and Young Philadelphia Portland, OR Sonoma, CA Philanthropist committees. Philadelphia, PA

CASSANDRA is a Young Philanthropist KARA is a Delores Barr Weaver Fellow NOTES Fellow with The Philanthropy Connection. of Women’s Giving Alliance, and co-chair She has been responsible for recruiting of the 4-Sight Initiative with its focus to fellows to expand the pipeline of raise awareness and recruit women under powerful, passionate and diverse young 40 to join WGA. She has served on the women. She has also served on grants Grants Evaluation Team and advocated CASSANDRA review committees and as a liaison to KARA WILLIAMS for women and girls with WGA during the TRUJILLO grantees. Women’s Giving legislative session. The Philanthropy Alliance Connection Jacksonville, FL Boston, MA

SANDY serves as vice-chair of the board of directors of Impact100 Metro Denver; is a past president and now a legacy member of Women’s Giving Alliance of Northeast Florida. She is a new member of WCGN’s board of directors. SANDY COOK MODERATOR Impact100 Metro Denver, CO; Women’s Giving Alliance Jacksonville, FL

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NOTES 11:00 CLOSING SESSION AM Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION A CONVERSATION: PHILANTHROPY IN ACTION

BALANCING FUNDRAISING, GRANTS AND VOLUNTEERS

LIZ is the co-executive director of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), but she is most proud of her title of “Mom” to her three sons -- Patrick, Eddie, and Joey -- and her daughter Alexandra “Alex” Scott. ALSF emerged from the front yard lemonade stand initiated by Alex, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, when she was an infant. In 2000, at age four, Alex announced that she wanted to set up a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for other children with cancer. Alex would go on to raise more than $1 million before she passed away in 2004 at age eight. Since then, Liz and her husband, Jay, have worked LIZ SCOTT alongside thousands of supporters across the country to carry on Co-Executive Director Alex’s Lemonade Stand Alex’s legacy of hope. In addition to serving as the co-executive Foundation director of ALSF, Liz also serves on the National Cancer Institute Pediatric Solid Tumor Steering Committee as well as the editorial advisory board of Cancer Today, a resource for cancer patients, survivors, and their family members and friends.

MISSION-ALIGNED INVESTING

KRISTINA joined The Barra Foundation as a program officer in 2010 and became president in 2013. Prior to joining Barra, she worked at The Pew Charitable Trusts as a senior associate and then as a program officer. She also served as managing director of marketing and development at the Transitional Work Corporation, which at one time was the largest urban transitional jobs program in the country. After graduating from La Salle University, Kristina joined the Vincentian Service Corps and was a volunteer at Covenant House in New York City. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. KRISTINA L WAHL She served on the board of trustees at La Salle University, Gwynedd President Barra Foundation Mercy Academy High School and La Salle Academy, an elementary school for at-risk youth located in North Philadelphia, and has been a member of Villanova University’s Department of Public Administration advisory board. Kristina grew up in Ambler, Pa., and feels a strong allegiance to the Greater Philadelphia region.

40 WCGN 2018 | WE THE WOMEN | CHANGING THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY 41 CONFERENCE HOST

IMPACT100 PHILADELPHIA IMPACT100 PHILADELPHIA

WE THE WOMEN CONFERENCE 2018-19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS STEERING COMMITTEE Madge Rothenberg & Carolyn Ashburn, Co- Ellan Bernstein, Co-Chair Presidents

Sue Dubow, Co-Chair Pat Bonney, Treasurer

IMPACT100 PHILADELPHIA engages women in philanthropy and collectively funds high-impact grants Mary Broach Jennifer Vollmer, Secretary to nonprofit organizations in the Philadelphia region.

Kate Carp Claudie Williams, Past President, Leadership Impact100 Philadelphia provides thoughtful, committed women the opportunity to become more informed and effective philanthropists, to see how nonprofits in the Philadelphia area are changing Development & Advancement Beth Dahle lives for the better, and to pool their membership contributions with hundreds of other women to fund Tamara Banko & Diane Mars Wertime, $100,000 Core Mission and smaller operating grants to nonprofits with a proven record of success. Jackie Demby Greenberg Membership Since our founding in 2008, the women of Impact100 Philadelphia have awarded close to $2.8 million Anita Lockhart to 44 nonprofit organizations. To ensure a diversity of perspectives in our organization and grantmaking Eve Prensky Roe & Susan Wirshba, Programs process and to develop the next generation of women philanthropists, we offer the Founders Fellowship Wendy Peck Program and Young Philanthropists Membership. To learn more, please visit www.impact100philly.org. Allison Schapker & Kathy Schlesinger, Charlotte Schutzman Communications

Additional volunteers: Toby Gang & Renee Applegate, Grants

Wendy Stern Branzburg Sandra Lazovitz & Julie Orts, Nonprofit Liaisons

Carrie Brodsky Joanne Levy & Stephanie Taylor, Founders Fellowship & Young Philanthropists Susan Greenbaum

Cheryl Haze

Ellen Ragone

Robbie Shell

Amy Silverman

IMPACT100 PHILADELPHIA 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Left to right: Tamara Banko, Rachel Levin, Kathy Schlesinger, Julie Orts, Susan Wirshba, Allison Schapker, Mary Grace TIghe, Emily Biscardi, Eve Prensky Roe, Claudie Williams, Pat Bonney, Madge Rothenberg, Francesca Rothschild, Sandra Lazovitz, Carolyn Ashburn, Toby Gang, Jennifer Vollmer

42 WCGN 2018 | WE THE WOMEN | CHANGING THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY 43 CONFERENCE CONVENOR

WCGN WE THE WOMEN CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Sandy Cook, Chair | Impact100 Metro Denver (CO), Women’s Giving Alliance (Jacksonville, FL)

Maggie Glasgow | Greenville Women’s Giving (SC)

Wendy Hoffman | Impact100 Sonoma (CA)

Maureen Romito | Impact Las Vegas (NV) THE WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE GIVING GRANTMAKERS NETWORK supports, leads, and mobilizes a powerful movement in the philanthropic landscape in which women come together, pool their resources, and collectively award grants to their local communities. WCGN 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WCGN is a recognized national authority in women’s philanthropic leadership. We inspire Jenny Berg, Chair | Impact 100 (Cincinnati, OH) Paula Liang, Vice Chair | Women’s Giving generations of women to be catalysts for Alliance (Jacksonville, FL) Ellan Bernstein | Impact100 Philadelphia (PA) community transformation by supporting the expansion of women’s collective giving Laura Midgley | Washington Women’s Celia Canfield | Impact100 Sonoma (CA) nationwide. Foundation (Seattle, WA), Wood River Dale Clifford | Women’s Giving Alliance Women’s Foundation (Ketchum, ID) We believe: the advancement of collective giving (Jacksonville, FL) • Virginia Mills, Immediate Past Chair | GIVING organizations brings new assets and leadership to transform communities, Sandy Cook | Impact100 Metro Denver (CO), WoMN (Minneapolis, MN), Womenade Boston Women’s Giving Alliance (Jacksonville, FL) (MA), The Philanthropy Connection (Boston, • women’s philanthropic leadership improves the world through pooling women’s MA) Avani Desai | 100 Women Strong, (Orlando, FL) intellectual and financial capital for the WCGN 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS common good, Vicki Sheehan, Secretary | Spirit of St. Louis From back to front: Paula Liang, Colleen Willoughby, Virginia Mills, Sue Dubow | Impact100 Philadelphia (PA) Women’s Fund (MO) Vicki Sheehan, Karen Holly, Laura Midgley, Sandy Cook, Val Kirk, • mentorship and learning are essential Avani Desai, Sue Dubow, Celia Canfield, Susan Smith, Jenny Berg, elements for effective grantmaking. Karen Holly | Impact 100 Indianapolis (IN) Ginny Jarrett Susan Smith | Idaho Women’s Charitable Not pictured: Ellan Bernstein, Dale Clifford As of September 2018, WCGN includes 64 Ginny Jarrett | Roanoke Women’s Foundation Foundation (Boise, ID) member organizations in 27 states, the District (VA) Colleen Willoughby | Washington Women’s of Columbia, and Australia and is more than 15,000 women strong. Our members have Val Kirk, Treasurer | Impact Austin (TX) Foundation (Seattle, WA) awarded more than $110 million to their communities.

44 WCGN 2018 | WE THE WOMEN | CHANGING THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY 45 WCGN MEMBER MAP

GEORGIA NEW YORK Women in Philanthropy for the CSRA, Augusta Impact100 Westchester, Scarsdale

IDAHO ALLINBKLYN, Brooklyn Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation, Boise Asian Women Giving Circle, New York Women’s Gift Alliance, Coeur d’Alene Rochester Women’s Giving Circle, Rochester Wood River Women’s Foundation, Ketchum The Wellmet Group, New York

ILLINOIS NORTH CAROLINA Impact 100 , Chicago Women for Women, Asheville Impact Grants, Chicago Women’s Giving Circle of Cumberland County, Fayetteville

INDIANA Women’s Impact Fund, Charlotte Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis, Indianapolis OHIO Impact 100, Cincinnati MARYLAND Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle, Baltimore Miami University: Women’s Initiatives, Oxford, Miami Anne Arundel Women Giving Together, Annapolis OKLAHOMA Giving Together Inc., Chevy Chase Impact Oklahoma, Oklahoma City

Women’s Giving Circle of Harford County, Bel Air OREGON ninety-nine girlfriends, Portland MASSACHUSETTS The Philanthropy Connection, Boston PENNSYLVANIA Womenade Boston, Boston Impact100 Philadelphia, Philadelphia

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA MINNESOTA SOUTH CAROLINA (Not shown) GIVING WoMN, Minneapolis Greenville Women Giving, Greenville Women Giving for Spartanburg, Spartanburg MISSOURI Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, St. Louis AFFILIATES - As of 9/1/2018 TEXAS Women on Mission, St. Louis Impact Austin, Austin

NEBRASKA Impact San Antonio, San Antonio I Be Black Girl Giving Circle, Omaha ALABAMA CONNECTICUT The Women’s Fund of Smith County, Tyler Impact 100 Baldwin County, Fairhope Impact Fairfield County, Greenwich Women Investing in Nebraska, University of Nebraska VIRGINIA Giving Circle of HOPE, Reston DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NEVADA Impact100 Sonoma, Sonoma Many Hands, Washington D.C. Impact Las Vegas, Las Vegas Impact 100 Richmond, Richmond Impact Giving, Laguna Beach Roanoke Women’s Foundation, Roanoke FLORIDA NEW JERSEY San Diego Women’s Foundation, San Diego 100 Women Strong at Central Florida Foundation, Orlando Impact 100 Garden State, Morristown SisterFund, Richmond Women’s Fund El Dorado, Placerville Impact100 Essex, Essex Women’s Giving Circle of Southwest Florida, Naples WASHINGTON Women’s Fund Shasta Regional Community Foundation, Impact 100 Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach Impact100 South Jersey, Haddonfield Washington Women’s Foundation, Seattle Redding Impact 100 Jersey Coast, Shrewsbury Impact the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach WISCONSIN COLORADO Impact 100 SRQ, Sarasota Impact100 Greater Milwaukee, Milwaukee Impact100 Metro Denver, Denver Indian River Impact 100, Vero Beach AUSTRALIA Women’s Giving Alliance, Jacksonville Melbourne Women’s Fund, Melbourne

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