2010 Leah C. McCollough Legacy Fund Grants
This Legacy Fund has been created in memory of Leah McCollough, an incredible leader and visionary for WFA and many other non-profit organizations in the Seattle area. Leah passed away unexpectedly in January, 2009. One of Leah's many remarkable contributions to our community lives on in the strategic, thoughtful guidance she provided to non-profit organizations and their leaders in helping them grow to reach their full potential. Grants help to develop the leadership of non-profit staff and to increase the capacity of the organizations they serve.
- Pinay sa Seattle-GABRIELA USA, $1,000: Grant supports their efforts to strengthen and empower their members, Filipino women who are mostly immigrant and working class. Members work to build community in the Seattle area invested in educating, defending and advocating for the human rights of Filipinas all over the world.
- The Sophia Way, $2,000: Funds support hiring a consulting firm who would guide Sophia Way in developing a five year plan, evaluating their strengths and weaknesses and creating a funding plan to address short term weaknesses. Sophia Way identifies this grant as being important to help strengthen the organization in its second year of operation.
- Tierra Madre Fund, $1,000: Grant supports their work with indigenous communities, particularly work focused on women and girls as they establish their office and a Native women's corps in Seattle that will build the economic capacity of Native women.
