$476,000 Giving To Date Total Granted: Who we are What we are Giving Circle Since: 2010 Supporting: Women & Teen Girls Serving: Metropolitan Boston Annual Giving Goal: $150,000+ Annual Membership Goal: 100+ Making a difference for women and teen girls in Boston and beyond Who we are Womenade Boston supports programs that empower women and teen girls. We are the “on ramp” to philanthropy for women from all walks of life with a passion to give, a hunger to learn, and a commitment to the exponential power of collective giving. What we are Womenade Boston is a giving circle, a collective giving organization that enables members to pool individual contributions in order to make significant grants to greater Boston-area non-profit organizations dedicated to empowering women and teen girls. Womenade members learn about community needs, the organizations serving those needs, and how to support those organizations. Each year, Womenade Boston undertakes a six month long, competitive grant-making process during which a committee of members reviews grant applications, makes site visits to applicants, and narrows the pool down to a set of finalists to present to the full giving circle membership. At the June Voting Meeting, members hear presentations from the finalists and then cast their votes to award the year’s grants. How it works Each year, members make a contribution at one of 2 levels: $1100 for Standard members, and $600 for Young Philanthropists under 35 years old. Womenade pools these contributions, and members vote to make grants to worthy organizations vetted through our grant-making process. “Women working together, pooling their resources, are a powerful force and source for change.” - Womenade Boston member Did you know….. The average age of girls recruited into the sex industry is 12-15 years old? The healthy, safe development of urban girls is compromised by both the violence that surrounds them and the media which ties girls’ worth to appearance and sexual appeal? Giving To Date 80% of the fastest growing jobs in the next decade require capabilities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics yet girls are systematically opting out of these fields? Our Grant Recipients 2011-2016 My Life My Choice / Science Club for Girls Girls’ LEAP / Bird Street Community Center GRLZ Radio / Mothers for Justice & Equality Found in Translation / Community Rowing’s G-ROW / Compass Working Capital / ROCA Young Mothers / Victim Rights Law Center / Healthworks Community Fitness / The Second Step / Elizabeth Stone House / Silver Lining Mentoring / Budget Buddies / Esperanza Academy Programs are available to residents of Federally-subsidized housing allowing them to allocate rent increases to a Family Self-Sufficiency savings account and escape the “poverty trap” but most people don’t know about or take advantage of them? Women earn 21% less than men, and one in seven women lives in poverty in the United States? Womenade Impact Womenade Boston grantees are non-profit organizations working to address these kinds of systemic problems and change the landscape women and teen girls and . Through their innovative programs, women and teen girls build self-confidence and resilience, and gain access to opportunities and the support they need to thrive. Visit www.womenadeboston.org to learn more and watch our Womenade Boston Impact Video. Total Granted: info@womenadeboston.org $476,000 Be in touch & join today! facebook.com/Womenade-Boston @WomenadeBoston