We are so pleased to announce that we're going to Staten Island for this year's annual Neighborhood Dinner! Please save the date - we will be sending out a printed invitation shortly.
We hope to see you there as we celebrate the community leaders and business owners who uplift and support their communities in Staten Island. Please click here for more information.
Dear NYWF Alumnae,
Thank you for being a valued supporter and donor of The New York Women's Foundation. Your contributions to The Foundation have allowed us to continue our work towards creating economic security and justice for women and families in New York City.
Please join us as our guest at our Toast of Appreciation on Tuesday, June 9th for tasty bites, drinks, and conversation with NYWF Board Members, staff, and grantee partners. To RSVP, please contact Margaret Buttery by June 5th to 212-763-8589 or NYWF@cmevents.net.
We hope to see you at the Copacabana!
Warm regards,
Ana L. Oliveira
President and CEO
Thank you for being a valued supporter and donor of The New York Women's Foundation. Your contributions to The Foundation have allowed us to continue our work towards creating economic security and justice for women and families in New York City.
Please join us as our guest at our Toast of Appreciation on Tuesday, June 9th for tasty bites, drinks, and conversation with NYWF Board Members, staff, and grantee partners. To RSVP, please contact Margaret Buttery by June 5th to 212-763-8589 or NYWF@cmevents.net.
We hope to see you at the Copacabana!
Our 2014 Annual Report is here! You will find a comprehensive review of everything that The Foundation was involved in in 2014!
We hosted our 28th annual Celebrating Women Breakfast on Thursday, May 14th. Our annual breakfast is New York City's premiere women's empowerment event, bringing together over 2,100 women acting as change agents in their communities, and supporters who help to ensure that over $6 million in grants can be provided to the 80 community-based, women-led, non-profit organizations throughout New York City in 2015.
We started off our Breakfast with a rousing performances of Ellie Goulding's Burn and the Supremes’ Keep Me Hanging On by all female a capella ensemble ELEMENT upon their arrival to the ballroom.
Damaris Reyes, Executive Director of the Good Old Lower East Side and Helen Kim, Executive Director of the YWCA of Queens, opened up the breakfast by introducing the rest of NYWF's grantee partners that were being celebrated that day. Damaris and Helen both spoke passionately about the meaningful impacts that NYWF's grants have had on real lives in real communities.
Our Chair of the Board of Directors, Anne E. Delaney, warmly welcomed the audience on behalf of The New York Women's Foundation and proudly stated that The Foundation will grant $6 million dollars this year making us the third largest women's fund in the world. "Without your partnership, we couldn't do the far-reaching work that defines our mission," Anne said as she gave thanks to our supporters and donors.Anne E. Delaney, warmly welcomed the audience on behalf of The New York Women's Foundation and proudly stated that The Foundation will grant $6 million dollars this year making us the third largest women's fund in the world. "Without your partnership, we couldn't do the far-reaching work that defines our mission," Anne said as she gave thanks to our supporters and donors.
Our Honorary Chair, Abigail E. Disney, gave a powerful speech presenting the Vision Award to filmmaker and activist philanthropist, Catherine Gund.
Catherine Gund accepted the Vision Award and spoke on her personal call to philanthropy and activism. She inspired the crowd with a rousing speech and emotional reflection on her work as a filmmaker, telling us to "breath deeply, make art, and solve problems collectively." Her words truly inspired our early morning and left us with a call to action: "Optimism is a social justice issue...change is not only possible, it is necessary."
Mariel, from NYWF's grantee partner, Year Up, took the stage and shared her personal story of success in entering the IT Industry through support and guidance from Year Up. Mariel is now one semester away from getting her college associates degree and a project manager for a consulting firm.
Our board member, Yvonne Moore, and the Director of the Center for Race, Religion and Economic Democracy at Union Theological Seminary, Charlene Sinclair, presented the three co-founders of #BlackLivesMatter, with their walking stick awards.
Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi, the three co-founders of #BlackLivesMatter led the over 2,000 breakfast attendees in a powerful "Black Lives Matter" chant solidifying that #BlackLivesMatter is not a moment, but a movement that stands on the shoulders of giants. Their powerful words brought the crowds to a standing ovation as they accepted their awards. Alicia Garza spoke of the origins of the movement as "a love note to black people and black queer people."
Lashawn, from NYWF's grantee partner STRIVE, took the stage and spoke about her personal story of resilience and growth - from leaving an abusive relationship, living in a shelter with her three children, to finding her inner personal strength that led her to make the decision to seek services from STRIVE. Lashawn is now close to finishing her associate's degree and plans to build a career in public administration. Every year we are honored to have individuals share their stories of growth and success at our Breakfast.
Our President and CEO, Ana L. Oliveira, spoke on The Foundation's work in tackling racism and economic inequality in New York City and highlighted the issues that the city needs to address - such as living wages. She also introduced several new partnerships that The Foundation is involved with. Click here to read more about our partnerships.
Our partnership with the Hildegard Fund will allow The Foundation to leverage grant-making, public education, and advocacy to amplify women's voices in a newly evolving economy. This partnership will put women at the forefront of the New Economy movement.
We were also proud to announce our new fund to support Young Women and Girls of Color in partnership with the NoVo Foundation and the New York City Council. We are elevating our leadership to make effective change in this city and that starts with racial and gender equity.
Our Board alumna, Rhonda Joy Mclean, and current Board member Grainne McNamara, encouraged our guests to donate to The Foundation because "every dollar counts, you don't have to be a millionaire to be a philanthropist!" Every dollar that is donated to The Foundation from now until Friday, May 22nd, will be matched dollar for dollar by an anonymous donor. Double your impact and make a gift here.
Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, gave a bold award presentation to Roberta Kaplan, in recognition for her persistent leadership in pursuit of equality under the law.
Our Celebrating Women Award recipient, Roberta Kaplan, spoke about her role in knocking down DOMA in US. v. Windsor and how the ruling of "Windsor means that courts matter, the constitution matters, and what activists do really, really matters."
We ended our 2015 Breakfast by announcing our launch of RADIANCE, a photography book created by renowned photographer Emmanuel Andre, celebrating 46 past and present grantee partners. We embarked on a journey with Emmnuel and writer, Humera Afridi, to honor and raise the visibility of powerful and daring activists, visionaries and community leaders who are transforming and illuminating New York City. Narbada Chhetri from Adhikaar and Shawnta Alston from Welfare Rights Initiative officially launched RADIANCE by sharing their personal experiences in creating this book.
ELEMENT came back on stage to close the program with a rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way" and was joined by all of our Breakfast speakers, honorees, and grantee partners. We hope that everyone will join us for our 29th Celebrating Women Breakfast next year on May 5th, 2016!
Thank you for supporting The New York Women's Foundation's year-end campaign. Your participation has helped us raise over $750,000! Thank you!
Every $60,000 raised means an additional grant supporting one more incredible community-based organization in New York City!
The Foundation's strength is based on leveraging the support of our community. Hundreds of donors came together to make the difference and help uplift women and girls in all five boroughs and create long-lasting change in 2015.
We are proud to have you stand with us in our fight for economic security, justice and safety for all women and girls!
Dear Board Alumnae,
We hope you are all enjoying a relaxing holiday with family and friends.
As we end 2014, we want to inform you that The Foundation's staff has been hard at work on the year-end appeal. We want to especially thank Christina, Madeline, Carmel and Ana as they have personally reached out with phone calls, letters, and meetings to hundreds of our donors. Many of you have already generously contributed and we thank you so much for helping us to not only reach our goals, but for securing your legacy to The Foundation. We have almost reached our year end goal and have raised over $500,000 thus far! Please note that there is still time to make a donation and to complete pledges, if it is your intention at this time. Please feel free to contact Madeline Lamour Holder at mholder@nywf.org or (646) 564 – 5982 about your giving plans, and how best to utilize your time throughout the year.
As you know, The Foundation has had a busy and successful year, which would not have happened without your participation. Thank you! As you have experienced, we are a serious and committed group of thinkers and action oriented people, and with our top notch staff The Foundation is an exciting and stimulating place to be. We are so grateful to be participants along with all of you, as we meet the new year at an important time of change, one that holds promise for a more equitable future.
We hope you all have a wonderful holiday and New Year, and we look forward to seeing you on May 14, 2015 at the Celebrating Women’s Breakfast.
Warm wishes,
Anne Delaney and Yvonne Quinn
Thank you to everyone who attended our 20th Anniversary Neighborhood Dinner in Manhattan. It was so lovely to see so many familiar faces - it was quite the family reunion! To see more pictures from that evening, please visit our Flickr page: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk4eaeRo
Please join us for a conversation on women's leadership with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand where she will discuss her new book, Off The Sidelines, and the importance of women's voices making positive change in their communities and beyond.
Last night The New York Women's Foundation was honored by WHEDco with the Philanthropic Leadership Award for our support in funding their Home Based Childcare Microenterprise Program, which trains low-income women to own and operate high-quality home-based childcare businesses in the Bronx. Board Chair Anne Delaney accepted the award on behalf of The Foundation. We thank WHEDCo for the invaluable work that they do in the South Bronx!
Hello there, fellow NYWF Alumna!
Welcome to The New York Women's Foundation Alumnae Website - Alumnae Connect! This page is for you to share your updates, opportunities, photos, and other things of interest with your fellow NYWF Alumnae. Relevant NYWF updates will be posted on this page to keep you informed of NYWF events, news and other information regarding the work of our grantee partners.
This is a closed group which means that only invited members will be able to join. All content is private and will only be seen by invited members. Please refrain from posting political or fundraising related content. NYWF reserves the right to remove content as they see fit.
If you have any questions please contact Madeline Holder at mholder@nywf.org or 646-564-5982. We look forward to providing you with this platform to allow you to connect with each other and with The Foundation.
Warm Regards,
Ana Oliveira, President & CEO
