About Us
* enable girls and women to become self-supporting through job training,
education and job placement.
* support women in their combined roles as workers and head of households.
* focus on economic development, such as job creation, minimum wage and
the tax structure.
* assist women and girls in career counseling, business planning and job
seeking skills.
Immediate objectives:
* Raise an initial endowment to distribute grants made from the investments
of the fund.
* Pool the fund's assets with endowed funds located in the Community Foundation
Serving Greeley and Weld County in order to maximize investment return
while prudently managing risk and minimizing administrative overhead.
* Create a financial means to address gender-related problems particular
to women, focusing on education for women and girls and and economic self-sufficiency.
* Further opportunities for individuals, corporations and foundation to
improve the well-being of area women and girls.
Did you know...
13.5% of women and girls in Weld County live in poverty?
Almost 25% of the women aged 25 years or older in Weld County never graduated from high school.