Six local nonprofit organizations have received funding to further their missions from the Women's Fund of Winston-Salem.
The Women's Fund is a community initiative of The Winston-Salem Foundation that seeks to improve the lives of women and girls by building a community of female philanthropists. The organization provides grants to local programs and initiatives that address the root causes of social issues impacting women and girls in Forsyth County. Grants are funded from the pooled contributions of the Fund's more than 800 members, who include female corporate and non-profit leaders, educators, community leaders, volunteers, entrepreneurs and students.
The Women's Fund announced its latest grantees at its Seventh Annual Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the Benton Convention Center, where more than 750 members and friends of The Women's Fund gathered to celebrate the power of women's collective giving.
• Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools was awarded $29,236 to fund a bilingual social work assistant to provide an array of services and resources to Latina teen mothers to help them to stay in school.
Michele Ozumba, president and CEO of The Women's Funding Network, gave the keynote speech at the luncheon. In the last five years, The Women's Fund of Winston-Salem has awarded more than $900,000 to local organizations.