Improves and empowers the lives of women and girls in the region through collective and engaged philanthropy among women.
We do this through fundraising and thoughtful grant making to organizations meeting the needs of women and girls in Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, and Tioga counties.
Women have made important strides in recent decades, achieving significant leadership positions in business, academia, government and the military. How can it still be, then, that two-thirds of American adults who live below the poverty line are women? How is it that more than one-third of all women-headed households in the U.S. fall below poverty level? What are we to think in a nation where a girl without a high school diploma has a 90% chance of being poor and raising children who will also live in poverty?
In 2002 we resolved to put the collective power of our hearts, minds and money to work to find solutions to these and many other serious issues that have a profound impact on women and girls, so we could make a real difference right here in our own communities. In 2022 we celebrated our 20-year anniversary and meeting our $1,000,000 goal!
How can you help?
There are a variety of ways a donor can support the Women’s Fund and play a significant role in supporting, encouraging and helping women and girls.
- Make a single or recurring gift by Donating Today.
- Become a member of The Empowerment Society and support the Women’s Fund with a cumulative gift of a total of $1,000 or more each calendar year. It’s easy, just $84 a month ensures your membership in The Empowerment Society. Your gift can be in the form of cash or check. For greater convenience, you can use VISA or MC and pay online here!
- Consider a gift of stock or a planned gift. Contact Tina Barber, Executive Director to learn how.
Members will be recognized in the Community Foundation’s Annual Report, in the Women’s Fund Newsletter and at Women’s Fund events.
Women’s Fund Feature Stories
- The Women’s Fund: $1 Million and Counting
- Help Her Run
- Helping Women and Girls Get to Work, Pursue their Dreams and Find Bonds in the Community
Together We Can Accomplish What None of Us Could Do Alone
Our Mission
Our Goals
Our Structure
What We Have Accomplished So Far
How You Can Help
Women’s Fund Grants
Our Goals
- Address the serious issues that impact women and girls in our region by grantmaking to organizations addressing those issues.
- Build a permanent endowment that can be used to help the region’s women and girls now and for the future.
- Provide an efficient way to turn the power of donors’ individual contributions into a collective philanthropic force that can achieve greater impact on women’s issues than any single smaller donation could.
- Involve donors to the Fund in the process of deciding how the grant funds are spent and which agencies and projects receive them.
What We Have Accomplished So Far
The Women’s Fund has granted $416,351 to over 100 projects and programs at nonprofit agencies throughout the five-county region we serve. We fund programs that address: sexual violence and domestic abuse, financial literacy, small business development, character and leadership development for girls, services for women veterans, women’s health, parenting skills, Internet safety and more.
Our Structure
The Women’s Fund Leadership Committee oversees the activities of the Fund and encompasses Women’s Fund donors.
Leadership Committee
Dr. Kimberly Peabody, Chair
Sharon Chesna, Vice Chair
Rachel Coker, Special Events Chair
Michelle L. Gardner, Nominating Chair
Essence Delmonte, Grants Chair
Jennifer Small, Development Chair
Amanda Cronin
Angela R. Driscoll
Veronica J. Franklin
Sabrina Henriquez
Jamie Jacobs
Marcia Steinbrecher
Dawn Wesko
Joceyln Zayac
Join the Women’s Fund today to continue empowering the lives of women and girls in our region
If you prefer not to donate online, you can send a gift of cash or check to:
Community Foundation for South Central New York
31 Front St.
Binghamton, NY 13905
For anyone interested in learning more about planned giving options or bequests, we are happy to speak with you at your convenience. Call 607-772-6773.