The purpose of the Women's Impact Fund is to maximize women's leadership in philanthropy by engaging and educating our membership, increasing charitable contributions and strengthening communities through the impact of collective giving.

The Women's Impact Fund is a non-endowed, donor-advised fund of the Foundation For The Carolinas designed to achieve greater levels of community impact by building an inclusive membership of women interested in the power of collective grantmaking.

This year we awarded five grants, one in each of our focus areas.  For the first time ever in our five-year history, each of our grant recipients received the full amount of their grant request.

Arts & Culture
Central Avenue Bilingual Pre-school -- $70,000

Education
Seigle Avenue Partners -- $98,000

Environment
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation -- $55,000

Health
Shelter Health Services -- $90,000

Human Services
A Child's Place -- $98,475

Thanks to all of our Grants Committee Members for their hard work and dedication to our mission and to our grantees. 

Sara Holderness
Grants Committee Chair

As of April 2008, the WIF membership is now at 454 members strong!  Interested in becoming a member?  Find out more

In the past four years, WIF has granted $951,500 to Charlotte-Mecklenburg organizations.  This year we will contribute over $400,000 to five additional grantees, bringing our total contribution to the Charlotte community to over $1 million. 
See list of grantees