SPARK Change!
Our annual fundraiser will ignite change in your own unique spaces, with your closest friends while being virtually connected to hundreds of people passionate about systems-level change.
Host a SPARK partyThe Women's Fund
Through leadership, research and policy advocacy, the Women’s Fund works to identify and address employment barriers affecting working women and their families.
Our mission is to ensure the economic self-sufficiency of women in the Greater Cincinnati area and ignite a shared desire to improve it. We focus on child care, employment, living wage, and training and education interventions for women and their families at a systems level.
Our Impact
2019 IMPACT REPORT
The Women’s Fund activated 2019 by empowering all segments of our community to speed the pace of change on gender equity.
Learn MoreWhy Women?
Women are disproportionately affected by poverty, as they tend to hold jobs in low-paying sectors and bear greater responsibility for caregiving in their family. In our region, nearly 18% of women are living in poverty and 69% of the children in poverty reside in a single female-headed household. The Federal Poverty Level is not a true representation of who is struggling financially as families continue to be economically vulnerable until they reach self-sufficiency levels (generally 200%-250% of the Federal Poverty Level) or more. We believe, and research shows, by improving the circumstances for women, the entire community will benefit.
Learn MoreNews & Events
WCPO: Eager to learn about the nation's racial divide and how we got here? New Women's Fund analysis can help
Local 12: Cliff Effect keeps Hamilton County families below...
That’s because she is one of thousands of low-income workers impacted by what’s called the Cliff Effect. The…
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The Women’s Fund created the new advisory council for exactly that reason, said Executive Director Meghan Cummings. Already…
Read MoreLocal 12: Senator Sherrod Brown introduces “Paid Sick...
United States Senator Sherrod Brown introduced an emergency paid sick days legislation to provide workers in Ohio paid…
Read MoreAdvocacy & Lobbying Series
Join experts from across the region for an Advocacy & Lobbying Series to help organizations learn to be…
Register NowSPARK Host/Hostess FAQ Session 4
You pick the space, we’ll bring the SPARK. Women’s Fund SPARK parties, our annual fundraising event, provide spaces for you…
Register NowSPARK Party Host/Hostess Registration
You pick the space, we’ll bring the SPARK. Women’s Fund SPARK parties, our annual fundraising event, provide spaces for you…
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Get the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, & WHY of our new fundraiser, SPARK Parties!
Join us TOMORROW at 12pm for our next FAQ session.
Register now: https://www.gcfdn.org/events/spark-host-hostess-faq-session-3/
We had so much fun visiting our new friends, partners and future SPARK Party hostesses at sohzasister.com yesterday! Located on Mainstrasse, their shop features clothing and accessories sourced by women groups from around the world.
Want to join in on the fun? Sign up to Host a SPARK Party today: https://www.gcfdn.org/events/spark-party-host-hostess-registration/
We were so excited to join the conversation about Race & Reality on The Plug with Toyia T!
Listen to Women’s Fund Executive Director Meghan Cummings here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFCyP4YZdRw
"Systems do not change until there is a movement that is driving that change...Women's Fund SPARK Parties is the opportunity to be a part of this movement."
- Women's Fund Leadership Council Chair Peggy Murriner.
Listen to Peggy's full message!
https://youtu.be/2H5oiFDk1lM
SPARK Party hosts are crucial because you will help us to elevate our work while fueling our mission with your generosity. If you are someone who loves to bring people together and you are passionate about gender equity, we need you to sign up as a Host.
Registration is currently open, sign up today!
https://www.gcfdn.org/events/spark-party-host-hostess-registration/
From backyards to boardrooms #yourwomensfund SPARKS change!
We’ve reimagined our annual fundraiser and we’ve decided to bring the SPARK to you - there is a space for everyone to shine. If you are someone who loves to bring people together and you are passionate about gender equity, we need you to sign up as a Host.
Find more information or sign up to be a Host for a SPARK party today.
https://www.gcfdn.org/events/spark-party-host-hostess-registration/
It's no secret that Cincinnati has one of the highest childhood poverty rates, but the problem isn't unique to the city. The latest data shows nine of the 16 counties in the region have child poverty rates higher than the nation's rate.
As of Thursday, those working to solve this problem say these tax credits have the ability to do just that as payments for 2.4 million Ohio children were made.
Meghan Cummings is the executive director of the Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCFDN) and says it has the potential to change lives.
"The child tax credits are predicted to cut poverty in half in our region,” said Cummings.
Cummings says the best thing about the tax credit is that it allows families to make the choice of how to use it.
“This infusion helps families meet their basic needs month to month and helps with the expenses around having children of 6 and raising them in this environment,” said Cummings. "Child care is number one; housing, transportation and food are the things we hear the most from families, especially those that are in lower-wage jobs in the community."
Hear more from our Executive Director: https://local12.com/news/local/child-tax-credit-payments-have-the-potential-to-lift-families-out-of-poverty-cincinnati
Get the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, & WHY of our new fundraiser, SPARK Parties! Join us TODAY at 2pm for our next FAQ session.
Register now: https://www.gcfdn.org/events/spark-party-host-hostess-registration/
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“That $2 trillion package called for $400 billion to expand Medicaid payments to home and community health, helping address a severe funding issue while also raising minimum wages for home care workers — a workforce that is almost all women, predominantly women of color — to $15 an hour. “
Learn more: https://19thnews.org/2021/07/gina-raimondo-biden-care-infrastructure/?utm_source=The+19th&utm_campaign=9b03402a0a-19th-newsletters-daily-0707&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a35c3279be-9b03402a0a-360388272
“Experts say the benefit could cut the U.S. child poverty rate in half – a huge win for 25,000 children in Cincinnati, a city that's known for its high child poverty rate. And the benefit's impact won't stop there. Another 61,000 children in the 16-county region outside of the city live in poverty, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.”
Learn more: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/07/07/child-tax-credit-work-cincinnati-childrens-high-poverty-rate/7794336002/?utm_source=cincinnati-Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=hero&utm_content=1019EQ-E-NLETTER65
“Hopefully, this moment will cause economists to reflect and rethink how we study racial disparities,” wrote Dr. Spriggs, who is Black. “Trapped in the dominant conversation, far too often African American economists find themselves having to prove that African Americans are equal.”
After a year in which demands for racial justice acquired new resonance, Dr. Spriggs and others are pushing back against a strongly held tenet of economics: that differences in wages largely reflect differences in skill.”
Dive deep here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/business/economy/black-workers-racial-pay-gap.html?campaign_id=57&emc=edit_ne_20210628&instance_id=34080&nl=evening-briefing®i_id=95634543&segment_id=61993&te=1&user_id=6afc4e4e9433e3ca533b90bf1528dd4a