Women’s Foundation announces 2011 Grant Recipients
The Foundation’s Grant Making Committee Chair, Renee Noll and Girl’s Grant Making Committee members Lauren Hahn & Natalie Kucko announced the 2011 grant recipients at the Annual Grant Awards Breakfast on October 25th at the Rochester Club. Thanks to the support of our donors, the Foundation distributed $65,000 to programs that have proven successful in helping women and girls become empowered and inspired to become economically self sufficient.
The following programs received grant awards:
- Catholic Charities of Wayne County, College Bound $8,000
- Center for Youth, Transitional Living Program at Chrysalis House, $7,500
- Community Action of Orleans & Genesee, Women’s Economic Self Sufficiency Program, $7,500
- Society for Protection and Care of Children, Teen Age Parent Support Services, $8,000
- Sojourner House, Henrietta Hammond Institute for life Skills Program, $8,000
- Urban League, the Minority and Women Business Development Division, $8,000
- Women Helping Girls, Invest in Girls! $8,000
Thank you to our 2011 Annual Grant Making Committee
Renee Noll, Chair
Catherine Frangenberg
Susan Godshall
Linda Hovey
Lisa Fotheringham
Samantha Palone
Phoebe Reynolds
Ann Germanow
Felicia Garcia-Hartstein
Maranne McDade Clay
Kathleen King
Brooke Rourke
Kathryn Thomas
Elizabeth Kellogg Walker
Girl’s Committee 2011 Grant Recipients
- Mercy Community Center, Transitional Housing Life-Skills Education Program, $8,000
- Women Helping Girls, Invest in Girls! $2,000
The Girls Grant-making Committee provides teenage girls with hands-on experience in the philanthropic process and an understanding of community issues that affect their peers. Since 1997 the Girls’ Committee has awarded $70,000+ to programs that benefit at-risk girls. This experience builds their group process and writing skills, increases their comfort in being a leader, helps develop decision making skills and teaches them how philanthropy makes a difference in the lives of their peers. Contact Susan Latoski at 242-0940 if you or a girl you know would like to join the 2012 Girls’ Grant Making Committee.
Thank you to our 2011 Girl’s Grant Making Committee
Kathy Amberge
Yamuna Dhakal
Claire Eaton
Grace Gilsdorf
Susan Godshall, WFGV Board
Lauren Hahn
Sarah Hetterich
Natalie Kucko
Katie Magee
Maranne McDade Clay
Deneisha McGowen
Haley Noll
Renee Noll, Chair
Crystal Perez
Alison Plotnik
Hannah Reed
Amanda Schartau
Karen Serinis, WFGV Board
Since 1994 the Women’s Foundation has invested over $1M to community programs that give a hand up to women and their families who are struggling to survive. On behalf of the women and girls we serve, we sincerely thank our donors for providing the opportunity to make lasting social change in our community.
