The Community Foundation



 

The Power of the Purse
Luncheon 2009

March 9, 2009 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Hilton
Downtown Nashville

Featuring
Jane Pauley

$200 Luncheon Ticket
($125 of the luncheon ticket is tax deductible)

We’re trying to go green this year!
Please share your email address: llentz@cfmt.org.

 

Registration closed

If you have any questions please email Liza Lentz at llentz@cfmt.org.

Power of the Purse

In 1998, The Women's Fund held its first fundraising event, Power of the Purse. The event and its accompanying Tribute Book are intended to celebrate, honor, and inspire the mothers and daughters, sisters and cousins, friends and mentors, and community leaders of Middle Tennessee for, among other things, their accomplishments, generosity, love and wisdom. The success of the event has contributed to the overwhelming growth of The Women's Fund and the availability of more grant dollars for non-profit programs benefiting women and girls.

Since its inception in 1998, the luncheon and Tribute Book for A Celebration of Women have raised over $1,000,000 (net) for The Women’s Fund.

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Background and History

Started by a committee of community leaders that decided to make a difference, The Women's Fund is dedicated to increasing support in Middle Tennessee for programs serving women and girls. The Women's Fund was established in 1994 both to raise women's awareness of their own philanthropic potential and to increase and perpetuate financial support for community programs that address the needs of women and girls.

The Women's Fund awards funding to programs that address the following needs:

  • Achievement of economic self-sufficiency for women
  • Prevention of violence and crime against women and girls
  • Promotion of health and physical well-being for women and girls

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Grantmaking

Thanks to its generous supporters and volunteers, The Women’s Fund has donated $300,000 to 50 different non-profit organizations covering a range of services to women and girls throughout Middle Tennessee spanning the areas of arts and cultural education, health and human services, victim’s support services, domestic violence intervention, drug rehabilitation, and job training. In just nine short years, the average grant has increased from a total of $4000 in 1995 to over $57,000 worth of grants in 2006! The Women’s Fund is committed to continue to grow our endowment and grantmaking capability for the benefit of countless women and girls throughout Middle Tennessee.

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2008 The Women’s Fund Grant Recipients

Actors Bridge Ensemble
Avalon Center
Bridges of Williamson County
Care Net Pregnancy Center
City of Life
Families in Crisis
Friends in General
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee
Grace M. Eaton Child Care Center
Hope Clinic for Women
Magdalene
Mary Parrish Center
Mending Hearts
Nashville Cares
Nurses for Newborns
Sexual Assault Center
Renewal House
Shelter, Inc.
Women Are Safe
YWCA Weaver Domestic Violence Shelter

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Leadership

2008-2009 Women’s Fund Advisory Board

Sallie Bailey, Chair
Cristina Allen
Grace Awh
Jennifer Bottorff
Leilani Boulware
Mary Brockman
Rosalyn Carpenter
Tricia Carswell
Brenda Corbin
Sondra Cruickshanks
Donna Dalton
Suann Davis
Perri duGard Owens
Kaye Elam
Kate Ezell
Irwin Fisher
Julie Frist
Mary Gambill
Tammy Genovese
Tipper Gore
Kerry Hansen
Lucy Haynes
Sandra Hecklin
Sherry Howell
Susan Huggins
Hope Jacobson
Marcy Johnson
Coco Kyriopoulos
Sandra Lipman
Lethia Swett Mann
Barbara Mayden
Deb McDermott
Rita Mitchell
Beth Moore
Kitty Murfree
Kathryn Rakow
Elizabeth Papel
Linde Pflaum
Jane Powers
Perian Strang
Debbie Thrash
Laura Smith Tidwell
Emily Tidwell
Van Tucker
Deborah Varallo
Sukie Vaughan
Gail Williams
Nancy Zoretic

Ex-officio:

Honey Alexander
Julie Boehm
Betty Brown
Barbara Chazen
Andrea Conte
Colleen Conway Welch
Robin Costa
Anne Davis
Patricia Davis
Trisha Elcan
Jane Eskind
Ruth Ann Harnisch
Ellen Lehman
Delorse Lewis
Mary Rolando
Joyce Searcy
Alice Zimmerman

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