The Women’s Fund has identified key issues affecting the lives of women and girls and developed its Agenda for the Future to help address those needs:
- Close the gap: reduce disparities faced by women of color, women in poverty and women leading households alone.
- Grow strong girls: increase opportunities for girls to connect with their families, peers, school and community.
- Develop women leaders: lead collaborations that increase leadership development, networking and mentoring.
- Assess progress: support opportunities to improve the collection of gender specific data.
This agenda reflects the mission of our organization: to transform the lives of women and girls in Greater Cincinnati through fundraising, grantmaking, research and advocacy to make our community a national leader in creating opportunities for women and girls.
Gender-specific programs more effectively reach the distinct needs of women and girls. Women are often disproportionately impacted by public problems such as poverty because they typically hold different societal responsibilities (such as child care) than men. Therefore, programs need to be tailored to take those factors into account. Based on our mission and agenda, grantmaking guidelines include the need for personal and leadership development, economic development, social and emotional development, and addressing health and safety issues.
The Women’s Fund has an organizational vision to be a primary force enabling women and girls to take their place as equal partners in the creation of a just and sustainable community.
The work of The Women’s Fund is under the stewardship of the Leadership Council, a diverse group of women volunteers from the Greater Cincinnati community.
Barbara Rinto, Chair
Christie Bryant
Laura Carr
Pamela Clark
Cathy Cook
Myrita Craig
Kathy DeLaura
Judith Harmony
Jill Jansen
Wijdan Jreisat
Roni Luckenbill
Sally Neidhard
Molly Prues
Mary Stagaman
Verna Williams
Volunteers and staff from The Women’s Fund are available to speak on a wide range of topics for corporate and non-profit events. Topics include: Women’s Philanthropy, Women’s Leadership, Women & the Economy, Marketing to Women, Women Owned Businesses, Girls’ Leadership, Girls’ Development.
An honorarium to support the work of The Women’s Fund is requested.