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Chester County Fund Raises $3.5 Million During Campaign for Change

With gifts from five dollars to $1 million, the Fund is pleased to announce that it surpassed its $3-million goal and raised $3.5 million to support women and girls’ causes throughout Chester County.

With gifts from five dollars to $1 million, the Fund is pleased to announce that it surpassed its $3-million goal and raised $3.5 million to support women and girls’ causes throughout Chester County. Funds raised will be evenly distributed to the Fund’s three endowments for grants, operations and girls’ programs. The Fund reached an historic milestone this year with the campaign, becoming the first women’s fund in the country with an endowment specifically for girls programs.

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June 19, 2008 - 12:pm
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Women of Vision Fund Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

The Women of Vision Fund is the Jewish women's foundation at the Jewish Federation.  With approximately 300 members and assets of over $1 million, Women of Vision provides a hands-on philanthropic experience to its members and awards grants to innovative programs that improve the well-being of Jewish women and girls in the Philadelphia area.

Women and Girls Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania

The Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania (WGF) is an independent community-based foundation serving eleven counties in Southwest Pennsylvania. Our mission is to achieve equity for women and girls in the region. Through a combination of public advocacy, coalition building and grantmaking, WGF seeds, supports, and strengthens women’s and girls’ efforts to achieve social and economic justice in Southwest Pennsylvania. We give priority to the following outcomes: social and systemic change; economic justice; and girls’ futures.

Valentine Foundation

The Valentine Foundation is a Philadelphia area grantmaking organization that provides charitable funds to organizations or programs which empower women and girls. Our grantmaking recognizes and develops the full potential of women and girls and works to change established attitudes that discourage women and girls from recognizing that potential. The Valentine Foundation trustees commit a minimum of half of their grants to programs for girls and the balance to programs for women. The programs for women must include advocacy for social change.

Chester County Fund for Women & Girls

The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls was established in 1996 as a grantmaking and education fund to support nonprofit organizations that address the needs of women and girls in the county.

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