Ripple Fund
The Women's Funding Alliance (WFA) facilitates a giving circle, the Ripple Fund, in which individuals contribute $5,000 to fund specific organizations. Members learn first-hand about issues affecting women and girls in our community, participate in the grantmaking process, expand their personal philanthropy and extend WFA's grantmaking capacity to even more organizations.
Each year members of the Ripple Fund collaborate with WFA staff to select a focus area for these grants. The grant application cycle usually begins in January and grants are awarded in May or June. In past years, grants have addressed such issues as women's health, safety, literacy and education, and issues facing refugee and immigrant women.
The criteria and letter of inquiry application for the 2009 granting cycle will be posted on the WFA web site in January.
