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INVEST IN
WOMEN
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LIFT UP
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NEW YORK CITY
NOW MORE THAN EVER
The New York Women’s Foundation
CELEBRATING WOMEN 2009
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We are a cross-cultural alliance of women helping low-income
women and girls in the five boroughs of New York City to achieve
sustained economic security through expanded opportunities.
We pursue our mission by:
PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT
to projects led by women who seek to overcome
fundamental barriers faced by women and girls;
OFFERING CRITICAL LEADERSHIP
to promote effective public policy and responsible
philanthropic giving to benefit low-income women and girls;
PROMOTING LEADERSHIP AND ALLIANCES
among women and girls that offer opportunities for individual,
organizational, and community development.
INVEST IN WOMEN, LIFT UP NEW YORK CITY
T H E F O U N D AT I O N
PROGRAMS
CONTRIBUTORS
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letter from the board chair
and president & ceo
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women & girls creating change
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partners in change
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grantee partners
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activist philanthropists
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funding collaboratives
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financial statements
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capacity building initiatives
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with appreciation
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who we are
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celebrating women® breakfast
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our history
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public education
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the foundation in action
14 May 2009
Welcome to our 22nd Annual Celebrating Women® Breakfast! We gather at a time of great challenge and
transformation. We are living in times that will test our resilience and our strength, when the meaning of hope
and possibility is given the opportunity to be practiced in full. Our city is dealing with one of the worst
economic crises in its history. Unemployment and poverty have climbed, worsening the conditions that
we faced already and posing unprecedented hardship and obstacles for working women and their families.
Today, as we celebrate, our grantee partners face incredible difficulties. As community-based organizations,
they are our front-line responders and they are struggling to survive in the face of funding delays and cuts.
It was in such times, in the economic downturn of 1987, that The Foundation began with courageous women
who dared to dream and to act on behalf of low-income women and girls in our city. It is in our blood to respond
with vision and courage. Today, we nurture our actions from that depth, rooted in our tradition and history.
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It is critical that we maintain the gains of the past and work together to create a city that works for all, where
everyone has opportunities to achieve economic self-sufficiency for their families now and in the future.
This is a time for bold leadership, not a time to retreat and retrench. To this end, The Foundation is
committed to maintaining its current level of grantmaking. In 2009, we plan to award $2.75 million to
community-based organizations serving women and girls across our city. At this moment, when what has
worked no longer does and what will work is not yet in place, it is imperative that we act to shape the future.
This year, The Foundation along with key community, private and governmental partners is launching an
enhanced funding initiative to help women and families who are facing overwhelming social and economic
challenges in the economic downturn.
Now more than ever, we need to come together to support the thousands of New Yorkers who are living in
poverty and losing their foothold on economic advancement. Now more than ever we have the chance to make
lasting changes that will impact all women and families who call this city home. Now more than ever, we need
to leverage all our financial resources and invest in women to transform their lives, their families and our city.
We thank you for your trust and your partnership over the years. We ask you to recommit to this vision of a
city in which all women and girls have the opportunities to reach their highest potential and achieve economic
self-security. We invite you to give of your time, talents and financial resources and invest in women so that
together we can rebuild and lift up New York City.
Antoinette E. La Belle
Ana L. Oliveira
Board Chair
President and CEO
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At The New York Women’s Foundation®, we work together to transform the conditions of poverty
and to create an equal and just future for low-income women and girls. Our work is rooted in a
tradition of educating women of all means about how we can help each other by engaging as activist
philanthropists. It is this singular commitment of women helping other women that sets
The New York Women’s Foundation® apart from more traditional philanthropic organizations.
As activist philanthropists, we understand that no gift is too small to make a difference; that we
can accomplish more by coming together to leverage our collective financial and intellectual
resources; and that working to eradicate poverty means that we must give strategically to affect
long-term systemic change.
At the Foundation, you will find women from all walks of life. Our board of directors, staff, and
committee volunteers are a diverse and remarkable team working toward common goals.
The Foundation’s leadership includes women of different ages, economic backgrounds, cultural and
ethnic origins who bring with them a wealth of perspectives and skills. Our supporters are generous
with their time, resources, and ideas, actively working to improve the lives of women and girls.
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INVEST IN WOMEN
We are ACTIVIST philanthropists.
When we act together to raise money in order to fund
women leaders and women-led responses, we are creating
positive change in the lives of women, girls and communities
as activist philanthropists.
We are effective PHILANTHROPISTS.
At The Foundation, we work “close to the ground.” Not only
are we well-versed in our understanding and approach to
the complexity and the inter-connectedness of the issues
that impact women’s lives, we work closely with our
grantee partners, incorporating their wisdom and their
“front-line” expertise into our grantmaking strategies.
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We LEVERAGE our resources.
Everyone can become involved in the Foundation’s work
as an activist philanthropist.
As a public philanthropy, our grantmaking relies on
contributions. Our diverse philanthropic partners help
us raise money and spread the word for others to join us.
A donor to the Foundation may be an individual whose
gift of $10 represents the full capacity of her charitable
contribution. Or it may be one of New York’s leading
business or legal institutions whose donation demonstrates to its clients and community their support for
women’s economic independence. A donation may come
from someone of substantial resources who underwrites a
grant or initiative, makes a planned gift, or contributes to
our endowment; or it may be the collective gift of a giving
circle or other affinity group.
The common theme among all of these contributions is
the choice to make a difference in one’s own community,
and the ability of the Foundation to leverage these collective
resources. Our strategic philanthropy ensures that grants
go to women helping women build independent lives
with living wages, and to create safe, healthy communities.
We FUND for systemic change.
In 2009, the Foundation will award over $2.75 million to
more than 65 organizations in New York City. General
operating, program-specific, and capacity-building
grants support strategic areas: community organizing
and advocacy, economic security and justice, health and
sexual rights, positive development of girls and young
women, and safety. We are often the first institution to
offer significant support to community-based nonprofits
serving women and girls. Over the past 22 years, we have
developed mastery in identifying and supporting
innovative and effective organizations and programs
working for broad, positive change for women and girls.
We engage in PARTICIPATORY GRANTMAKING.
Our participatory grantmaking process engages a diverse
range of women’s voices and perspectives. Our staff, along
with Grants Advisory Committee volunteers, visits over
70 organizations throughout the City. Partnering with
volunteer teams, “the eyes and ears” in the community,
our knowledgeable staff bring their expertise in community needs, nonprofit management, and gender analysis
to make strategic funding recommendations.
The Foundation has thrived on this vision of combining
hands-on philanthropy with community-driven projects.
By asking our supporters to engage in our grantmaking
process, we build partnerships among women who have
the resources to give, women who can teach us more about
our neighborhoods, and women who are overcoming the
challenges of poverty.
LIFT UP NEW YORK CITY
We PROMOTE sustainability.
As The New York Women’s Foundation’s grantee partners
encourage their constituents to become self-reliant, we
help organizations become increasingly sustainable and
effective. In addition to general operating and programspecific grants, we support grantee partners' leadership
and organizational development through strategic capacity
building grants and assistance that enable them to build
their infrastructure and learn strategies for growth.
The Foundation also gives several awards to celebrate,
honor, and appreciate the work of women.
• Our Celebrating Women
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Award is given each year
to a woman whose significant achievements have
influenced the lives of — and provided a role model
for — women and girls.
• Our Vision Award acknowledges and praises
strategic philanthropy.
• The Century Award is presented to a woman whose
We AMPLIFY women’s voices and concerns.
The New York Women’s Foundation® supports a wide
range of activities that promote and protect the rights of
women and girls. In addition to funding programs that
seek to create systemic change for all low-income
New Yorkers, the Foundation also mobilizes its network
to act in support of policies that enable women and girls
to live economically secure, safe, and healthy lives.
We convene public forums and issue briefings to raise
awareness and address issues of concern.
social activism and work on behalf of women has
spanned many decades.
• Our Neighborhood Leadership Awards, given at our
annual fall Neighborhood Dinner, recognize women
who have committed their lives to neighborhoodbased work on behalf of women and girls.
• The Stepping Up Award, given at our Fall Dinner is
presented to women or men who serve as roles models
and who demonstrate courageous leadership, vision
and commitment to creating a just New York City.
We CELEBRATE women as leaders.
Involvement with The New York Women’s Foundation®
can be a life-changing experience. We encourage women
to join in helping our communities grow strong, and we
honor many for their courage, commitment, and passion.
Our annual Breakfast is an event unlike any other in
New York City, drawing together thousands of guests
to applaud the achievements of remarkable leaders in
philanthropy, community-based work, and women’s
rights. During the fall, we host the Neighborhood Dinner
and the Fall Dinner.
We INVEST responsibly.
The Foundation’s endowment is invested in companies
that “do well by doing good”– they have women in
leadership positions and have strong policies for women
employees.
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ACTIVIST PHILANTHROPY IN ACTION
Activist Philanthropy is a guiding force at The New York Women’s Foundation .
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We are a cross-cultural alliance of individuals making a difference in the world through philanthropy; and to this end,
we bring together people with diverse talents, perspectives, financial and experiential resources in order to broaden the
movement for social change. We invite you to join us in transforming the conditions of poverty and creating an equitable and
just future for low-income women and girls. Here are some of the ways the Foundation engages in activist philanthropy:
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The Committee for the Future (CFF)
The Circle of Sisters for Social Change (COS)
This volunteer committee creates an opportunity for
younger philanthropists to join the work of the Foundation.
The CFF supports the Foundation’s commitment to lowincome women and girls in New York City by educating
new Foundation supporters about women’s issues and by
engaging others in activist philanthropy. Committee
members plan and participate in events, help produce other
special projects and garner Foundation support through
the Celebrating Women® Breakfast and other initiatives.
This committee brings together socially conscious women
to learn about the Foundation, harness financial resources,
and create professional networks to build a collective
voice for social change philanthropy in New York City.
Grants Advisory Committee (GAC)
This volunteer committee embodies participatory grantmaking at the Foundation. Committee members help
identify grantee partners among the city’s most innovative
and worthy nonprofit organizations that promote the
sustained economic security of women and girls. Committee
members learn more about the challenges women and girls
face and the organizations working with them, and
participate in trainings and issue briefings to provide the
tools they will need to review proposals and conduct site
visits with the Foundation staff.
Partnerships with the Women’s Networks
The New York Women’s Foundation® partners with women’s
networks throughout the city, including professional
networks, cultural organizations, and alumnae associations
to deepen their understanding of issues facing lowincome women and girls in New York City and ways in
which to take action.
The President’s Council
The President’s Council is a group of individuals who
contribute generously to the future of The New York
Women’s Foundation®. By working closely with the
President & CEO, these leaders volunteer to support
the Foundation in ways that are very personal and meaningful to them. Through special events and programs,
President’s Council members build strong and lasting
resources for the Foundation and women and girls in
New York City.
JOIN THE COMMUNITY OF ACTIVIST PHILANTHROPISTS
In addition to committee participation, The New York Women’s Foundation® offers many opportunities to
activate your philanthropic investment in lifting up low-income women and girls in New York City. Because
the Foundation collectively leverages donations, gifts at every level have an impact on our ability to help women
and girls rise out of poverty. So, activate your giving today and tell your friends, family, colleagues and networks
to do the same – there is strength in numbers! ACTIVATE YOUR GIVING TODAY.
Support our events!
Our Celebrating Women Breakfast®, Fall Dinner and
Neighborhood Dinner all provide opportunities to make a
gift while strengthening the Foundation community and
partnerships.
Monthly Sustainers!
Committing to The New York Women’s Foundation’s
Monthly Sustainer program allows you to budget your
annual giving. Contributions to this program are made
automatically via credit card or payroll deduction the same
day every month. As a Monthly Sustainer, you will receive
special updates about what your support makes possible
and a year-end summary statement for your tax records.
Name a Foundation Grant!
Think of your colleagues or alumnae association and the
wealth of intelligence, skills, and resources you represent.
Several women’s groups – including professional associations, alumnae organizations, and women colleagues
in law firms and other offices – have leveraged their
collective donations to the Foundation. The Foundation is
pleased to name a grant for the year it is funded in honor
of the individuals and institutions that make it possible.
Ask at the Office!
Ask your employer about matching gifts; many will make
a donation to the Foundation when you do. This means
that your donation could double or even triple. Simply
enclose your company’s form along with your donation.
Your company may also have a workplace giving program.
The Foundation currently participates in the United Way
and CUNY Workplace Giving Programs.
Honor another woman –
your mother, sister friend or heroine!
Or sister, or daughter.… With $50 or more, you can make
a donation as a gift in honor or memory of a special person
in your life. The Foundation will send a special card to
your honoree acknowledging your gift, and you will
support the Foundation’s work as well.
Consider recognizing a special person, group, or event
with a tribute page in the annual Celebrating Women®
Album. It can be a wonderful surprise and a lasting
memory to show them how much they mean to you.
Your Legacy Helps Our Future: The Polly W. Guth Circle
Women and men of all ages, means, and walks of life can
create a legacy and commemorate your commitment to
the Foundation. Gifts made through wills, retirement
plans, trusts, and life insurance allow you to plan your
giving for the future and provide support for future
generations of women and girls. These planned gifts
also may have the benefit of providing you with current
and/or future income tax reductions as well as generating
income for yourself or loved ones.
The Barbara Brizzi Wynne Fund
Established in 2008 by family and friends, The Barbara
Brizzi Wynne Fund invests in the future strength and
success of The New York Women’s Foundation®. This fund
is testament to our former Board Chair’s undying spirit
and tenacious commitment to women and girls in
New York City and will permanently commemorate her
legacy at NYWF®. The fund accepts contributions from all.
For more information on how to participate, please contact us at 212-261-4398 or [email protected] or visit www.nywf.org.
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The Polly W. Guth Circle
Polly W. Guth is a founding member of
The New York Women’s Foundation who
created a legacy circle through her bold
leadership and dedication.
We extend deep gratitude to her and to all
Polly W. Guth Circle members for ensuring
that the NYWF’s commitment to low-income
women and girls in New York City will
live on in perpetuity.
giving
for the
Carolyn Buck-Luce and Forrest Church
Miriam Buhl
Martha M. Ferry
Karen Flischel and Bunni Luck
Jean Minskoff Grant
Polly W. Guth
Lisina and Frank Hoch
Katherine S. Kahan
Sarah Kovner and Victor Kovner
Sandra A. Lamb
Ruth A. Leach Harnisch
Kim H. Luck
Jane L. Mali
Gail S. Miner
Talib Nichiren
Cynthia J. Ries
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For more information about how you can plan your giving for the future, call 212.261.4398.
Foundation Leadership
Board of Directors
Staff
Board Chair
Ana L. Oliveira
President &
Chief Executive Officer
Diana L. Taylor
Vice-Chair
Robyn Brady Ince
Secretary
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
Treasurer
Katharine R. Henderson
Chair, Committee on the Board
Yvonne S. Quinn
Chair, Development
Purvi Shah
Chair, Programs
Hyatt Bass
Brooke S. Beardslee
Sayu V. Bhojwani
Taina Bien-Aimé
Carolyn Buck-Luce
Aiyoung Choi
Susan Coté
Susan R. Cullman
Grace Hightower De Niro
Anne E. Delaney
Somers Farkas
Julie Fontaine
Lisa M. Holton
Margaret Munzer Loeb
Karen A. Phillips
Rossana Rosado
Brande Stellings
Abigail E. Disney
Honorary Chair
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Chair Emerita
Elizabeth Cho
Director of Communications
& Marketing
Tamar M. Copeland
Director of Development
Jacqueline M. Ebanks
Director of Programs
Megan Guzman
Program Officer
Talatha Kiazolu-Reeves
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Madeline Lamour Holder
Associate Director of
Individual Giving
Alejandra Naranjo
Director, Major Gifts &
Strategic Campaigns
Talib Nichiren
Director of Individual Giving
& Special Events
Pamela Plate
Executive Assistant
Ruth Sanderson
Administrative Manager
Tarnisha Smart
Development Associate
Circle of Sisters
for Social Change
Karen A. Phillips
Co-Chair
COS Working Group
Kaberi Banerjee-Murthy
Sheena Blaise
Saleda Bryant
Michelle Coffey
Fabienne Craig
Jennifer Culbert
Charmaine DaCosta
Angelia Dickens
Anne Fosty
Alexis Hatchett
Elizabeth Harris-Holmes
Amini Kajunju
Yvonne Kenney
Yvonne Moore
Diana Perez
Carmen Sanchez
Carol Schlitt
Rashidah Siddiqui
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Committee for the Future
Development Committee
Anita Channapati
Co-Chair
Yvonne S. Quinn
Chair
Sarah A. Finklea
Co-Chair
Somers Farkas
Julie Fontaine
Lisa M. Holton
Karen A. Phillips
Neha Anada
Isil Bagdadi
Cinnamon Chambers
Elizabeth Cho
Catherine Dash
Minal Patel Davis
Monique Edwards
Emily B. Gannett
Rachel Gerstein
Janelle Greene
Teresa Guerrero
Antoinette Hamilton
Suhanna Han
Rebecca J. Holden
Virginia Jaramillo
Liz Kiernan
Jessica Klaitman
Daphne Leroy
Lena Licata
Helen Ma
Eileen O. Michael
Phebe Neely
Alison Sherbach
Nel Sung
Kellee Terrell
Stephanie Van Damm
Toya Williford
Committee on the Board
Chair
Lisa M. Holton
Diana L. Taylor
Communications Task Force
Hyatt Bass
Chair
Taina Bien-Aimé
Somers Farkas
Julie Fontaine
Lisa M. Holton
Finance & Investments
Committee
Chair
Susan Coté
Lisa M. Holton
Diana L. Taylor
ex officio
Grants Advisory
Committee 2008
Tuhina De O’Connor
Co-Chair
Robyn Brady Ince
Co-Chair
Brande Stellings
Co-Chair
Penny Abeywardena
Naomi Abraham
Roseanne Antonucci
Lori Hall Armstrong
Brooke S. Beardslee
Jessica Barclay-Strobel
Deb Bronston-Culp
Kwanza Butler
Aiyoung Choi
Catherine Clarkin
Jan Correa
Susan Coté
Kavita Das
Nicola Dingemans
Jacqueline M. Ebanks
Roopa Foley
Joelle-Jude Fontaine
Angela Hollis
Lisa M. Holton
Jennifer Jackson
Sandra Lamb
Hali Lee
Vanessa Leung
Dillonna Lewis
Mary Mahoney
Mona Marquardt
Shakina McKibben
Yvonne Moore
Kiisha Morrow
Abby Young Moses
Clare Mottola
Sue Orchant
Elsie Padilla-Ayala
Paula Park
Julia Parshall
Sandra Perez
Pamela Pryor-Grays
Arva Rice
Suzy Sandford
Rebecca Sanhueza
Carol Schlitt
Nancy Smart
Ann Short
Minga Taveras
Janice Tosto
Tangular Tucker
Jessica Valenit
Nisha Varia
Charlotte Voiklis
Julianne Wagner
Jennifer Weidenbaum
Toya Williford
Barbara Brizzi Wynne
Bronx Neighborhood
Dinner 2008
Co-Chair
Co-Chair
President’s Council
Diana L. Taylor
Chair
Susan R. Cullman
Somers Farkas
Barbara Manfrey Vogelstein
Programs Committee
Purvi Shah
Chair
Brooke S. Beardslee
Aiyoung Choi
Susan Coté
Robyn Brady Ince
Brande Stellings
Strategic Planning Task Force
Carolyn Buck-Luce
Chair
Hyatt Bass
Sayu V. Bhojwani
Lisa M. Holton
Alumnae Initiative
Chair
CELEBRATING WOMEN 2009
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In 1987, a small group of women from diverse backgrounds joined forces to found
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The New York Women’s Foundation®. Their goal was to identify and fund community
organizations in New York City, run by and for women, whose programs assisted
low-income women and girls in need of critical services and economic independence.
The next spring, the Foundation held its first Celebrating Women® Breakfast in a
crowded church hall and distributed $50,000 to four community-based groups.
Today, The New York Women’s Foundation’s annual Breakfast is the premiere
fundraising event for women of conscience in New York City. Twenty-two years and
over $20.5 million in grants after our first benefit, we celebrate courageous women
who have been forces for change by distributing over $2.75 million in grants to more
than 65 organizations this year.
Previous Award Recipients
The Century Award
The Celebrating Women® Award
Elinor Guggenheimer
Dolores C. Huerta
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai
Gloria W. Milliken
Jan Abernathy
Madeleine K. Albright
Christiane Amanpour
Brenda Berkman
Christine Beshar
Amalia Betanzos
Diana Brooks
Gretchen Buchenholz
Alice Cardona
Irene Diamond
Barbara Ehrenreich
Eve Ensler
Whoopi Goldberg
Dr. Dorothy Height
Judith Jamison
Judith Kehoe
Geraldine Laybourne
Dr. Megan McLaughlin
Gloria W. Milliken
Lorraine Monroe
Elizabeth Luce Moore
Mira Nair
Margaret McNeil Pendelton
Dr. Muriel Petioni
Karen A. Phillips
Lisa Quiroz
Ann R. Roberts
Kathy Rodgers
Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias
Celina Romany
Rosita M. Romero
Hildy Simmons
Isabel Carter Stewart
Marie C. Wilson
The Vision Award
Christiane Amanpour
Marie C. Wilson
Abigail E. Disney
Barbara Dobkin
Stephanie Schwartz Ferdman
Barbara Denning Finberg
Agnes Gund
Polly W. Guth
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Sheila C. Johnson
Billie Jean King
Edith Blakeslee Phelps
Barbara Scott Preiskel
Sara Lee Schupf
The Women of Meeting Point
International, Uganda
Joan Melber Warburg
Joan H. Weill
The Women of Meeting Point International, Uganda
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Honorary Committee
Gretchen Buchenholz
Alice Cardona
Whoopi Goldberg
Agnes Gund
TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS
Brenda Berkman
Barbara Dobkin
Eve Ensler
Stephanie Schwartz
Ferdman
Polly W. Guth
Dolores C. Huerta
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Billie Jean King
Gloria W. Milliken
Mira Nair
Karen A. Phillips
Lisa M. Quiroz
Phylicia Rashad
Kathy Rodgers
Celina Romany
Rosita M. Romero
Sara Lee Schupf
Hildy J. Simmons
Liz Smith
Joan Melber Warburg
JONATHAN EXLEY
Abigail E. Disney
Breakfast Committees
Steering Committee
Lisa M. Holton
Co-Chair
Robyn Brady Ince
Co-Chair
Brande Stellings
Co-Chair
Hyatt Bass
Anita Channapati
Elizabeth Cho
Minal Patel Davis
Liz Kiernan
Yvonne Moore
Regan Solmo
Terry Lynn Smith
Corporate Support
Subcommittee
Robyn Brady Ince
Chair
Eileen Auld
Moira Bailey
Hyatt Bass
Carolyn Buck-Luce
Lybra Clemons
Abigail E. Disney
Nona Footz
Jennifer Giacobbe
Sharon Gigante
Donna L. Gordon
Lisa Holton
Lydia Loizides
Melissa Lawrence-Apfelbaum
Rhonda Joy McLean
Margot Michalski
Yvonne Quinn
Terry Lynn Smith
Regan Solmo
Brande Stellings
Diana L. Taylor
Michelle Vice
Barbara Manfrey Vogelstein
Suzanne Zywicki
Communications
Subcommittee
Elizabeth Cho
Chair
Ariel Aberg-Rigel
Neha Anada
Katie Finklea
Julie Fontaine
Andrew Kalish
Scott Richards
Laura Sankowich
Hanna Shin
Benefit Committee
Neha Anada
Eileen Auld
Sydney Avent
Wendy Ann Bach
Martha Baker
Moira Bailey
Arlene Bascom
Hyatt Bass
Brooke S. Beardslee
Elizabeth Bernbach
Sayu V. Bhojwani
Robin Bierstedt
Taina Bien-Aimé
Sheena Blaise
Saleda Bryant
Carolyn Buck Luce
Kwanza R. Butler
Alice Cardona
Maria Cilenti
Cinnamon Chambers
Anita Channapati
Aiyoung Choi
Melinda Chu
Molly Cole
Susan Coté
Fabienne Craig
Jennifer Culbert
Susan R. Cullman
Steven Cutting
Charmaine DaCosta
Catherine Dash
Elizabeth B. Dater
Minal Patel Davis
Angelia Dickens
Anne E. Delaney
Abigail E. Disney
Barbara Dobkin
Vivian H. Donnelly
Beth E. Dunphe
Monique Edwards
Somers Farkas
Sarah Finklea
Julie Fontaine
Anne Fosty
Emily Gannett
Rachel Gerstein
Jennifer Giacobbe
Sharon Gigante
Marcy Grau
Janelle Greene
Teresa Guerrero
Agnes Gund
Antoinette Hamilton
Alexis Hatchett
Alexandra A. Herzan
Gail Hochman
Rebecca Holden
Elizabeth H. Holmes
Lisa M. Holton
Helen LaKelley Hunt
Robyn Brady Ince
Virginia Jaramillo
Etsuko F. Jennings
Virginia R. Joffe
Janice M. Johnson
Betty C. Jones
Melique Jones
Amini Kajunju
Tanya Kennedy
Yvonne Kenney
Liz Kiernan
Jessica Klaitman
Eleanor M. Lackman
Sandra A. Lamb
Renee Landegger
Melissa Lawrence-Apfelbaum
Mark Leninger
Joy Leonard
Lena Licata
Helen Ma
Rhonda Joy McLean
Eileen Michael
Margot Michalski
Yvonne Moore
Phebe Neely
Sheila Nemazee
Jeanne J. O’Brien-Ebiri
Jane B. O’Connell
Ana L. Oliveira
Lisa L. Philip
Karen A. Phillips
Rosemonde Pierre-Louis
Yvonne S. Quinn
Bahia L. Ramos Synnott
Linda E. Rappaport
Rossana Rosado
Carmen Sanchez
Sheri Sandler
Carol Schlitt
Purvi Shah
Alison Sherbach
Ann Short
Rashidah Siddiqui
Julie Sissman
Cornelia Small
Terry Lynn Smith
Regan A. Solmo
Jennifer A. Soros
Danielle L. St. Macary
Brande Stellings
Nel Sung
Diana L. Taylor
Kellee N. Terrell
Audrey Thorne
Joan Toal
Stephanie VanDamm
Michelle Vice
Barbara Manfrey Voglestein
Joan Melber Warburg
Kathyrn Weill
Toya Williford
Laura J. Wilson
Barbara and Bill Wynne
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THE VISION AWARD
Ambassador Swanee Hunt
Swanee Hunt’s mission is to achieve gender parity, especially as a means to end war and rebuild societies, as well as to
alleviate poverty and other human suffering.
Dr. Hunt, Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy, was the Founding Director of the Women and Public Policy
Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she also teaches “Inclusive Security,” exploring why women
are systematically excluded from peace processes and the policy steps needed to rectify the problem. She is currently core
faculty at the Center for Public Leadership.
An expert on domestic policy and foreign affairs, she is president of Hunt Alternatives Fund, through which she has
committed some $120 million in endowments and grants to provoking social change at local, national, and global levels.
With her sister Helen LaKelly Hunt, she catalyzed the creation of Women Moving Millions. This ground breaking
initiative has emboldened women around the world to make very large gifts to women's funds, and will raise $150 million
to advance the lives of women and girls worldwide.
Ambassador Hunt also chairs the Washington-based Institute for Inclusive Security (including the Women Waging Peace
Network) conducting research, training, and advocacy to integrate women into peace processes. She has conducted
research, training, and consultations with women leaders in some 60 countries. She is dedicated to fighting modern-day
slavery and has been instrumental in drawing international and national attention to this issue, focusing particularly
on the demand side of sex trafficking.
From 1993 to 1997, Hunt served as President Clinton’s ambassador to Austria, where she hosted negotiations and
international symposia focused on stabilizing the neighboring Balkan states. Building on her extensive work with US
non-governmental organizations, she became a specialist in the role of women in post-communist Europe, leading to
the July 1997 “Vital Voices: Women in Democracy” conference of 320 women leaders in business, law, and politics, and
the documentary film “Voices.”
Raised in Dallas, Texas, she made her mark as a civic leader and philanthropist in her adopted city of Denver, where for
two decades she led community efforts on social justice issues such as public education, affordable housing, women’s
empowerment, and mental health services for two mayors and the governor of Colorado.
Dr. Hunt is politically active, focusing on diversity. Her passion for mental health reform inspired her foray into politics.
During Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, Hunt co-chaired “Serious Women, Serious Issues, Serious Money”—
a symposium widely considered the first time such diverse women gathered to provide major financial backing for a
national political campaign. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of Crisis Group.
In 2007, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
She is a widely published researcher and columnist and has authored two books: the award-winning This Was Not Our War:
Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace and a memoir, Half-Life of a Zealot. Her most recent manuscript, Worlds Apart: the
Bosnian Case in Pursuit of Global Security, is in publication.
A composer and photographer, her world includes her husband (symphony conductor Charles Ansbacher), their three
children, three grandchildren, horse, cat, parrot and 76 bison (in absentia).
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THE CELEBRATING WOMEN AWARD
JEREMY COWART
®
Angélique Kidjo
Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo is not only one of the spunkiest, most electrifying performers in the pop world today,
but she's also one of its most forward and creative thinkers, an artist whose mission has been to explore the relationships
of diverse musical cultures. Her striking voice, stage presence and her fluency in multiple cultures and languages have
won respect from her peers and expanded her following across national borders. Kidjo has cross-pollinated the West
African traditions of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences
from Europe and Latin America. Angélique also travels the world advocating on behalf of children in her capacity as
a UNICEF and OXFAM goodwill Ambassador. She also created her own charitable foundation, Batonga, dedicated to
support the education of young girls in Africa. She has participated in several prestigious events in recent years,
including the Live 8 concerts series in the UK, the 60th anniversary of Bob Marley in Ethiopia in February 2005, and
the Roll Back Malaria concert organized by Youssou N Dour with the W.H.O. in Dakar. Her critically acclaimed album
DJIN DJIN recently won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Album.
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THE CELEBRATING WOMEN AWARD
®
Lilly Ledbetter
Lilly Ledbetter served as a manager at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant in Gadsden, Alabama for almost twenty
years. She received the top performance award and was the only woman selected to initiate the light truck production
at the Gadsden Plant. Near the end of her career, she received an anonymous note informing her that she had been
consistently paid much less than virtually all of her male coworkers over the years. She sued Goodyear and won a jury
verdict of more than $3 million. But in 2007, in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., the Supreme Court ruled
5-4 against Ms. Ledbetter saying that she had waited too long to bring her claim, overturning her original jury award
and bringing her case to an end.
Although Ms. Ledbetter saw no monetary awards for her fight against pay discrimination, her case prompted a campaign
to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which ensures that other victims of pay discrimination have more than 180 days
after their first discriminatory paycheck to file a complaint. The 111th Congress passed the bill in early 2009 and
President Obama signed it into law on January 29, 2009. Ms. Ledbetter has testified multiple times before Congress
and continues to travel across the country as an outspoken advocate for pay equity.
Ms. Ledbetter was born and raised in Jacksonville, Alabama, where she still lives today.
She started working immediately after graduating Jacksonville High School, and her career spans more than thirty-five
years. Prior to her tenure at Goodyear, Ms. Ledbetter worked as a manager for H&R Block and as an assistant financial
aid director at Jacksonville State University, among other roles. She has been married to her husband Charles for more
than fifty years. They have two children and four grandchildren.
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1990
Our History
1988
1986
The New York Women’s Foundation®
holds its first Celebrating Women®
Breakfast for 150 guests to award four
grants totaling $50,000.
Gloria
Helen
Joan
Gloria W. Milliken recruits
Helen LaKelly Hunt,
Joan Melber Warburg, and others
to found a philanthropic organization
to be run by, for, and about women.
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The Foundation’s Advocacy Committee,
led by Adria Hillman, focuses on raising
awareness and public monies to stem
domestic violence in New York City,
and the Allocations Committee
develops its unique site-visit process.
1987
is registered as a 501(c)(3) charitable
organization, “a broad-based alliance
of New York City women dedicated to
breaking the poverty cycle of women
in all five boroughs through substantive
and systemic changes in the fields of
housing, employment, education,
child care and health.”
1991
Joan Melber Warburg arranges use of
a studio apartment for office space.
1989
A benefit auction nets over $300,000,
and the Foundation’s endowment
grows to $1 million.
•
A symposium on women in the criminal
justice system hosted by NYWF®.
THE MISSION OF
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN
IS BORN
The Foundation’s Child Care Advocacy
Task Force interviews 100 mothers on
public assistance with pre-school age
children and publishes Mothers’ Voices,
A Report From the Field, assessing child
care in New York City.
1992
The new address of the Foundation is
120 Wooster Street in SoHo, its former
office space uptown is retained
for special projects.
•
Breakfast attendance breaks 1,000
as seven grantee partners receive
over $300,000.
1993
Board President Polly W. Guth presents
the Foundation’s first Vision Award
to Joan Melber Warburg.
•
The Foundation inaugurates the
annual Neighborhood Dinner
in Chinatown.
2001
1999
Celebrating Women® Breakfast emcee
Faye Wattleton raises an extra $70,000
in donations at the event, including a
check from a hotel waitress inspired
by the grantee partners’ stories.
The Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund
raises and distributes nearly $700,000
to support nonprofits working with
women affected by the 9/11 attacks.
•
1994
Harvard pediatrician and leading child
care advocate Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
helps to launch the NYWF’s Child
Care Initiative.
The Committee for the Future
is launched to introduce younger
women, who may be new to
philanthropy, to the work
of the Foundation.
2000
1997
The tenth annual
Celebrating Women® Breakfast
is attended by 1,600 guests honoring
23 grantee partners receiving
over $500,000.
•
The Foundation releases Growing Girls!
A Report on Programming for The Girls of
New York City, underwritten by
Marcy Syms. It is the first report
to focus community attention on the
status of girls in New York City.
The Foundation honors Elinor
Guggenheimer with its first
Century Tribute at the Breakfast.
•
Board alumna Sara Lee Schupf
underwrites the new Management
& Leadership Institute for
grantee partners, and the
Foundation inaugurates its
technical assistance grants.
•
The first Public Forum makes plain
the Foundation grantee partners’
concerns about welfare reform.
2003
Governor Ann Richards emcees the
Celebrating Women® Breakfast.
2004
$10 million in grants have been
awarded since the inception
of the Foundation.
•
The Foundation attends the March on
Women’s Lives in Washington, DC.
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20
TH
2005
The Foundation launches the Ruth Ray
Hunt Memorial Fund Initiative
in support of faith-based or faithrelated organizations that will directly
benefit low-income women and
girls in New York City.
•
Nobel Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai
is honored with our Century Award at
the Celebrating Women® Breakfast.
2007
434 West 33rd Street is the
new home of the Foundation.
•
The Foundation launches the
Girls Leadership Initiative to build
the leadership of young women.
•
The Foundation awards over
$2 million in grants.
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BE COURAGEOUS
BE THE CHANGE
2006
Circle of Sisters for Social Change
to enable working women to come
together to learn about the Foundation,
to network with each other, and to build
community within the Foundation.
•
Over 50 grantee partners are
funded in one year.
•
Abigail E. Disney makes a $1 million
challenge, “I Declare My Interdependence”
at the Celebrating Women® Breakfast.
The Foundation raises an additional
$1.6 million, and secures another
$1 million gift.
•
President’s Council and joins the
Women Moving Millions campaign.
ANNIVERSARY
The Foundation hosts three public
education and advocacy forums:
WEAVING THE THREADS:
WOMEN’S ACTIVISM
AND LEADERSHIP
IN NEW YORK CITY AND AFRICA
KEEPING FAMILIES
TOGETHER
WOMEN, CHILDREN & INCARCERATION
MORE THAN INCOME:
DEFINING AND MEASURING
POVERTY
I N
N E W
Y O R K
C I T Y
•
The Foundation is selected as a
grantee partner of The Catalyst Fund
of Tides Foundation, a national
philanthropic collaborative to increase
investments in, support
the work of and raise the visibility
of women of color organizations
in building a reproductive justice
movement that protects and advances
the rights of all women.
2008
Over $2.75 million in grants are
awarded in two granting cycles annually.
•
The Foundation “Expanded the Circle”
with the second $1Million Celebrating
Women® Breakfast Challenge Grant.
The Challenge raised more than
$1.2 million and over 1,000 new donors.
2009
A first-ever Gala honors
women and men for their
commitment to New York City.
•
The Ugandan Women of Meeting Point
International received The Vision Award
for their activist philanthropy that crossed
cultural and geographic boundaries.
•
The Foundation partners with
The Institute for Women’s Policy
Research to publish The Economic
Status of Women in New York State report.
The Foundation is selected by the
W. K. Kellogg Foundation to
participate in its two-year national
Women’s Philanthropy and Poverty
Cluster, focusing on economic security
for single women-led families.
•
The Catalyst Fund of Tides Foundation
triples its investment in
the Foundation’s women of
color-led reproductive justice
grant-making program.
The Foundation partners with
Community Service Society to host a
community forum on “Raising the
Voice of Low-Income Women:
Findings from Community Service
Society’s UNHEARD THIRD.”
The Unheard Third survey highlights
the struggles low-income New Yorkers
have to make ends meet in one of the
most expensive cities in America.
•
Committee for the Future
celebrates its 10th Anniversary.
INVEST IN
WOMEN
LIFT UP
•
NEW YORK CITY
The Foundation partners with the
New York University Robert F.
Wagner School of Public Service
to host a community forum on
“The Impact of the Foreclosure Crisis
on Women and Families
in New York City.”
NOW MORE THAN EVER
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WOMEN AND GIRLS CREATING CHANGE
The New York Women’s Foundation’s program work encompasses grantmaking,
capacity building initiatives, and public education and advocacy.
Grantmaking
The New York Women’s Foundation® (NYWF®) funds organizations and programs within the five boroughs
of New York City that have developed strategies to move low-income women and girls towards longterm economic security, health, and stability. While the Foundation supports direct service programs,
we have a strong interest in community organizing and advocacy strategies that work to bring about
meaningful and sustainable institutional change. We support programs that aim to change policies
and systems, build community, foster collaborations, enhance leadership skills and knowledge, and
encourage program participants to become more engaged members of their communities.
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The Foundation supports organizations and programs that apply gender, racial, economic and social
justice lenses to their work and express an understanding and willingness to work towards
eradicating the root causes of poverty. Organizations should demonstrate that when developing
programs and advocacy agendas, they explicitly take into account strategies to achieve equity
and fairer policies for communities marginalized by gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation,
class, religion, and immigration or citizenship status.
In 2008, The New York Women’s Foundation® awarded over $2.75 million in grants to 65 organizations that focused on moving low-income women and girls towards sustained economic security.
Grants were made in the following five program areas:
Community Organizing
and Advocacy
Economic Security
and Justice
Health and
Sexual Rights
Positive Development
of Girls and Young Women
Safety
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING & ADVOCACY
We support organizations that build community, protect and promote the rights of women and girls,
and aim to change policies and systems in a long-term sustainable way.
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
Women’s Education and Economic Security Initiative
The Bronx | $30,000
The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) works with neighborhood and congregation-based
community organizations to address local housing, education, immigration, and economic justice issues affecting
residents of the Northwest Bronx. The Women’s Education and Economic Security Initiative seeks to develop the leadership
capacity of low-income women and girls and empower them to advocate for public school reform in their community.
The program is committed to increasing access to educational opportunities for low-income youth and improving
student achievement, teacher performance, attendance rates, and school facilities within a school system located in one
of the poorest urban counties in the nation.
Funding for this grant was made possible by the generosity of the Dallas Women’s Foundation, the Ruth Ray Hunt Memorial III
and IV Funds of the Community Foundation of Texas.
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JATNNA RAMIREZ
Jatnna moved to the Bronx from Santo Domingo in 2002 at the age of 12. She took her first
bilingual classes when she enrolled in 7th grade and noticed the inequities faced by other
immigrant youngsters. She is a recent graduate of Bronx International High School.
Jatnna first got involved with NWBCCC as part the College Now program at Hostos Community
College. After she completed the program, Jatnna continued to stay engaged with NWBCCC
because she is passionate about community organizing and transforming society.
She believes that the way to get justice is by educating and organizing community residents.
She is courageous enough to speak her mind on issues like school overcrowding, community development initiatives
that serve low-income people and on how national politics can affect a local agenda.
Jatnna served as co-chair of the NWBCCC’s 2008 “Shared Fate Action Forum”, with 800 people in attendance.
She inspired hundreds with her speech on why school construction was necessary in the Bronx. She also organized
an action at the Department of Education to highlight school construction issues. She is currently enrolled as a
freshman at City College where she plans to study international law and continue to organize.
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The Audre Lorde Project
Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation
TransJustice
Staten Island | $35,000
Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation
(CCFP) is a grassroots organization supporting
low-income women and families involved with the
child welfare system on Staten Island. CCFP seeks
to empower low-income mothers to prevent their
children from entering the child welfare system,
and to help those whose children are in the system
to navigate the bureaucracy and exercise their
rights. CCFP’s resource center provides individual
advocacy, parenting classes, support groups, and
mediation services to strengthen and support
women and their families. CCFP works to keep
families united, prevent foster care placements,
and ultimately create systemic reform for lowincome families involved in the child welfare
system in New York City.
Citywide | $40,000
The Audre Lorde Project (ALP) is a Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Two-Spirit and Trans (LGBTST) People
of Color Center for community organizing. ALP’s
programs fall into two areas: community organizing
around issues of police violence, immigrant rights
and trans people and youth; and a resource center
focused on capacity-building, community building
and training for LGBTST organizations and individuals. The TransJustice program seeks to organize
for the rights of LGBTST communities to access
employment and educational opportunities, gain
recognition of identities, and use restrooms, locker
rooms and living accommodations free from gender
profiling and fear of arrest, as well as to bring
about an end to daily harassment, discrimination
and violence.
The Correctional Association of New York
Women in Prison Project: ReConnect Program
Trans Day of Action organized by TransJustice
of the Audre Lorde Project.
Citywide | $40,000
The Women in Prison Project of the Correctional
Association of New York addresses the impact of
the criminal justice system on women and their
families. It seeks to keep women in prison connected to their families and works to help formerly
incarcerated women become productive members
of society upon returning to their communities.
ReConnect is an advocacy and leadership training
program that provides comprehensive support
services for women recently released from prison.
Women develop the skills and tools needed to
make a successful re-entry into their communities
and are empowered to understand ways in which
they can create positive change at both the personal
and systemic level.
Domestic Workers United
Good Old Lower East Side
Citywide | $45,000
Domestic Workers United (DWU) is a membership
organization that mobilizes domestic workers in
New York City to advocate for systemic change
in the domestic work industry. DWU partners
with other community-based domestic worker
organizations to address workplace abuses and
establish fair labor standards in the domestic
work industry. Sensitive to the increasing numbers
of immigrant women employed as domestic
workers in New York City, DWU is committed to
advancing their rights and creating equity in an
industry known to offer minimal protection
against exploitation and abuse. DWU is an integral
partner in the broad-based coalition to improve
employment practices for domestic workers
throughout New York State.
Public Housing Residents of the Lower East Side
Manhattan | $40,000
Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) is a neighborhood preservation organization dedicated to
supporting housing and economic justice for
low-income residents of the Lower East Side.
GOLES addresses issues of displacement and
gentrification and seeks to preserve and expand
low-income housing options in the community.
The Public Housing Residents of the Lower East
Side (PHROLES) program advocates on behalf
of low-income women and families to ensure
the stability and affordability of public housing,
educates residents about tenants’ rights, and
engages in systematic organizing efforts aimed at
giving low-income women an effective voice in
shaping their community and the continued
development of the Lower East Side.
Esperanza del Barrio
East Harlem | $45,000
Esperanza del Barrio is a neighborhood-based
organization that provides English literacy classes,
leadership training workshops, youth development opportunities, and legal advocacy services to
educate and support Mexican immigrant families
living in East Harlem. Its community organizing
activities focus on increasing access to street
vending licenses for Mexican immigrant women
living in El Barrio who rely on street vending
as their primary source of income and means of
supporting their families. Esperanza educates
women about the right to work and other issues
affecting Mexican immigrant families and
empowers them to collaborate and advocate for
positive social change in their community.
PHROLES members march to City Hall for a rally
to call on New York City to fund public housing.
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Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
JusticeWorks Community
Shalom Bayit: Justice for Domestic Workers
Women of Substance
Citywide | $40,000
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)
mobilizes support for people living in low-income
immigrant communities in New York City. The
Shalom Bayit project works in conjunction with
Domestic Workers United to seek justice for
domestic workers and establish fair labor standards
in an industry where abuse and exploitation are
often the norm. Shalom Bayit organizes employers
of domestic workers to improve employment
practices and take action in support of the firstever statewide legislation for domestic workers,
the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The ultimate
goal of Shalom Bayit is to engage members of the
Jewish community in New York in the effort to
promote better working conditions and fair wages
and benefits for domestic workers.
Brooklyn | $40,000
JusticeWorks Community (JWC) was founded in
response to the escalation of the prison population
and focuses on women as the fastest growing
segment of that population. JWC’s mission is to
educate, organize and mobilize a partnership of
concerned citizens and organizations to advocate
for just, humane, and effective criminal justice
policies, with an emphasis on alternatives to
incarceration for women. The Women of Substance
program is a public education initiative that provides formerly incarcerated women public speaking and leadership development skills training.
JFREJ group Employers for Justice dance the
“Domestic Slide” in Albany during the May 2008 Lobby Day
for the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights.
Queers for Economic Justice
Welfare Organizing Project
Citywide | $40,000
Queers for Economic Justice (QEJ) seeks to
challenge economic practices and policies that
perpetuate poverty and economic injustice in
communities, and promote an economic system that
embraces sexual and gender diversity. The organization is committed to the principle that access to
social and economic resources is a fundamental
right and it works to promote a system that
embraces sexual and gender diversity and transforms conditions of poverty in New York City. The
Welfare Organizing Project mobilizes a community
of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
living on public assistance to become leaders in
the anti-poverty movement, to advocate for
change in the welfare system, and to advance the
human rights of all individuals.
Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York
The Female Restaurant Workers Leadership and
Organizing Program
Citywide | $40,000
The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York
(ROC-NY) seeks to improve working conditions in
the restaurant industry through research, litigation,
and policy work, as well as through grassroots
organizing of restaurant workers, the majority of
whom are non-unionized immigrants lacking
any institutional support for organizing efforts.
The Female Restaurant Workers Leadership and
Organizing Program offers an ongoing leadership
development course to provide women in the
restaurant industry with the education and tools
needed to combat discrimination and sexual
harassment and to demand fair wages and benefits. ROC-NY implements workplace justice campaigns to raise awareness about the issues faced by
women in the restaurant industry and to encourage
women to organize and engage in collective action
to seek positive changes in the workplace.
The Urban Justice Center:
Community Development Project
Domestic Workers’ Rights Initiative
Citywide | $35,000
The Community Development Project of the Urban
Justice Center supports grassroots organizations
serving low-income communities of color in New
York City. The Domestic Workers Rights Initiative
(DWRI) seeks to empower domestic workers to
organize and sustain collaborations to ensure fair
working conditions and combat injustice in
a largely unregulated industry. DWRI offers workshops in the areas of immigration and employment law to educate domestic workers about their
rights and it provides full legal representation
to protect workers against exploitation. DWRI
partners with Domestic Workers United to advocate
for change on behalf of domestic workers and to
secure the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of
Rights, legislation demanding fair labor standards
for domestic workers throughout New York State.
VAMOS Unidos
VAMOS Unidos Member
Citywide | $40,000
VAMOS Unidos is a membership organization that
aims to achieve economic and social justice for
Latina women living in low-income immigrant
communities in the Bronx. The organization
assists Latina women in applying for street
vending permits and provides direct services to
build leadership and promote the grassroots
organizing efforts of its members. VAMOS Unidos
supports street vendors by working with local
police precincts to help with matters related to
police harassment and advocates for policy
changes to decrease the arrest rate of street
vendors by increasing the number of legal permits
available from New York City government.
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ECONOMIC SECURITY & JUSTICE
We support organizations that ensure equal access to education, employment,
financial and other resources by dismantling barriers to opportunity and participation.
Women’s Housing and Economic Development
Home-based Childcare Microenterprise Program
The Bronx | $30,000
The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDCo) works with families in the Bronx who
struggle with the multiple challenges presented by poverty, and who, aspire to a healthy, financially stable future.
WHEDCo is dedicated to eradicating poverty by providing individuals with the tools and support they need to enter
and succeed in the mainstream economy. Each year, WHEDCo serves over 8,000 individuals in the South Bronx.
For thirteen years, WHEDCo’s Home-based Childcare Microenterprise Program has been helping community members
start and grow successful home-based childcare businesses, providing infants with high-quality, safe places to learn and
grow; and supporting parents to seek and maintain employment. The program provides intensive business, financial
and management training and technical assistance to women entrepreneurs to establish and expand their childcare
businesses in order to help families achieve economic stability and financial success.
DONNA CLARK: ENTREPRENEUR
Born in Harlem and raised in the Bronx, Donna worked to make ends meet as an executive assistant for most of her adult
life. After a company downsizing in the late 1990’s left Donna unemployed, she decided it was time work for herself.
Through WHEDCo’s Home-based Childcare Microenterprise Program, Donna received training to become a licensed
Family Day Care provider. For the past six years, she has been running her own home-based childcare business in the
Bronx where she cares for up to 6 children in a professional, educational environment. Donna continues to receive
technical assistance to improve the quality of her childcare and increase the success of her business.
A mother and grandmother, Donna has a special connection with the children, “I’m filled with joy watching the smiles of
the young children when they make accomplishments,” explains Donna, “I’m filled with pride each time a parent
compliments me on how much their child has learned.”
We are grateful to the Wachovia Foundation for supporting our Economic Security and Justice Program Area.
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Adhikaar
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park
Nari Shakti: Justice for Women Workers
Adult Employment Program
Citywide | $40,000
The Adhikaar (Nepali for “Rights”) organization
promotes human rights and social justice in Nepali
communities in New York City by increasing access
to health care, advancing workers’ rights, and
supporting immigration reform. The Nari Shakti
(“Women’s Power”) program works to ensure
economic independence for Nepali women by
providing opportunities to develop leadership and
advocacy skills through workshops designed to
support new immigrant women in the workplace.
Upon completion of the workshops, participants
are encouraged to volunteer and lead new initiatives
to empower Nepali women, creating an innovative
culture of direct service within the Nepali immigrant community.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn | $35,000
Center for Family Life (CFL) is a neighborhoodbased social services organization dedicated to
serving individuals and strengthening families in
Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The Adult Employment
Program fosters entrepreneurship among women
by addressing family, cultural, and psychosocial
issues women often face in securing and retaining
employment. It provides long-term job training
and support as well as job placement assistance to
prepare women for employment and promote
their sustained economic security and financial
independence. CFL partners with community
residents to organize cooperative businesses that
seek to create sustainable living wage jobs for their
members. It supports the “We Can Do It!”
Women’s Cooperative (Si Se Puede!), an ecofriendly housecleaning business owned and run
by immigrant women in the community.
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El Centro de Hospitalidad
Las Senoras de Santa Maria & Las Senoras del Centro
Staten Island | $50,000
El Centro de Hospitalidad supports the economic
advancement of women and families living in
Mexican immigrant communities in Staten Island.
Las Senoras de Santa Maria trains women in
housecleaning, provides a central clearinghouse
for job opportunities, and educates women about
workers’ rights. Las Senoras del Centro builds
women’s leadership skills by offering
literacy and parenting classes, counseling services,
and small business development workshops. The
organization promotes the economic security of a
largely underserved community of Latina women
by helping them gain access to health care, medical
insurance, legal services, and employment.
Program participant and her children,
Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation
Family Day Care Network Financial Literacy Program
Theater for Social Change performance,
College and Community Fellowship
College and Community Fellowship, Inc.
Citywide | $40,000
College and Community Fellowship (CCF) supports
formerly incarcerated women by providing
comprehensive academic support services designed
to create long-term opportunities for educational
accomplishment, professional and leadership
development. CCF seeks to eliminate individual
and social barriers to education and civic participation by offering counseling and mentoring
services, self-advocacy programs, and researchbased support groups in which formerly incarcerated women analyze prison policy and reform
and how it intersects with race, class, and gender.
The organization’s focus on academic achievement
and higher education increases the economic
viability of formerly incarcerated women and
strengthens their capacity to achieve economic
self-sufficiency.
Cypress Hills, Brooklyn | $40,000
The Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation (CHCCC)
works to create employment opportunities for
women while increasing the availability of high
quality affordable childcare in the Cypress Hills
neighborhood of Brooklyn. The Family Day Care
Network Program trains and supports neighborhood residents to start home-based family day
care businesses. The Financial Literacy Program
provides the necessary skills-based training,
licensing support, and financial education for lowincome women to create stable and prosperous
day care businesses and to become financially
independent entrepreneurs. CHCCC offers a
comprehensive money management curriculum
designed to educate and empower day care
providers and to promote sustained economic
security of low-income women and families living
in the Cypress Hills community.
Housing + Solutions
ServicesPlus Program
Brooklyn | $40,000
Housing + Solutions develops and operates
tenant-managed, permanent supportive housing
for formerly homeless women with histories of
substance abuse and their families, as well as
those who have been incarcerated or involved
with the criminal justice and family court systems.
The supportive services program, ServicesPlus,
includes individual and group parenting services,
mediation training and practice, job placement
assistance, peer counseling, life skills and
self-empowerment classes.
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Legal Momentum
Equality Works
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Citywide | $35,000
Legal Momentum is the nation’s oldest national
civil rights organization dedicated to women’s
equality. Equality Works is an advocacy project that
seeks to expand opportunities for women in nontraditional occupations, in particular the municipal
uniformed services and construction trades.
Equality Works uses impact litigation and public
policy initiatives to challenge discrimination and
advance the rights of women working in historically
male-dominated fields. Equality Works identifies
and addresses on-site realities for women in the
skilled trades industry including hostile work environments and inequitable hiring and training
practices and it uses the power of the law to
dismantle such barriers to economic opportunity for
women and increase the presence of tradeswomen
in both the public and private sectors.
Neighborhood Economic Development
Advocacy Project
Women’s Financial Justice Project
Citywide | $45,000
The Neighborhood Economic Development
Advocacy Project (NEDAP) is a resource and advocacy center that seeks to promote financial justice
in low-income communities of color in New York
City. The Women’s Financial Justice Project
addresses the critical need for comprehensive
financial literacy programs specifically geared
towards helping women understand complex
financial services information. To help women gain
control over their personal finances, the Project
provides information and trainings on banking
basics, accessing public benefits, budgeting, and
building and protecting assets. Through policy
research and analysis, NEDAP assists citywide
efforts to eliminate predatory financial services
practices, which primarily target women and
communities of color.
The New York Women’s Employment Center, Inc.
Women’s Center for Education and Career Advancement
Citywide | $50,000
The Women’s Center for Education and Career
Advancement (WCECA) promotes economic selfsufficiency for women of color in New York City.
WCECA provides career readiness services and
entrepreneurial training to low-income women
seeking employment or starting their own
businesses. WCECA’s Self-Sufficiency Program
developed both the Self-Sufficiency Standard to calculate the cost of living for families in New York City
and the Self-Sufficiency Calculator, a computer program used to assess the eligibility of families applying for public assistance benefits: invaluable
resources for social service providers and case
managers helping low-income women and families
meet their immediate needs and set long-term
financial goals.
Participants in WCECA’s New Direction program focusing on
helping low-income women to start and run their own businesses.
ParentJobNet, Inc.
Women for Afghan Women
Citywide | $40,000
Started as an internet-based resource linking
women to jobs, ParentJobNet has grown into a
school-based community program founded on the
premise that strengthening the economic security
of parents promotes the well-being of their children.
Using a holistic, family-integrated approach,
ParentJobNet provides parents, primarily mothers,
of children in public schools with classes in English
literacy, financial planning, and resume preparation, and it seeks to increase their access to job
training resources and employment opportunities.
Itihad-e-zan (Community of Women)
Funding for this grant was made possible by
the generosity of W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Urban Justice Center:
Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project
Access to Education Project
Citywide | $40,000
The Homelessness Outreach and Prevention
Project of the Urban Justice Center advocates for
economic justice for low-income individuals by
ensuring access to public benefits through direct
legal services, litigation, research, and policy advocacy. The Access to Education Project (AEP) seeks
to ensure that pregnant young women and young
mothers on welfare can access educational opportunities and continue to receive public benefits while
in school. AEP engages in community education
and outreach projects to inform public assistance
recipients of their welfare rights and provide them
with the information necessary to know when their
right to receive benefits is being violated.
Funding for this grant was made possible by
the generosity of W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Flushing, Queens | $50,000
Women for Afghan Women was founded to promote
women’s rights both locally and in Afghanistan. As
the only feminist organization in the New York
Afghan community, the organization advocates for
inclusion of women’s voices in the global struggle
for human rights. The Community of Women
program reaches out to isolated Afghan women
and girls to offer English as a Second Language
courses, counseling, leadership development
training, walk-in emergency assistance, and a safe
space for inter- and intra-faith dialogue.
This grant was made possible in part by the NYWF®
Committee for the Future Giving Circle.
Women and Work
Citywide | $50,000
Women and Work is an intensive workforce development program that provides job skills training
services to women with modest educational backgrounds while simultaneously addressing the
specific issues women face in securing and retaining
employment. The organization promotes the
economic security of women through a twopronged approach combining hard skills such as
job training, readiness, and placement services
with programs that focus on life management,
critical thinking, and communication skills.
Women and Work helps program participants
overcome personal and family challenges that
make it difficult to find and sustain employment
and is committed to removing barriers that prevent
equal opportunity for women in the workforce.
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HEALTH & SEXUAL RIGHTS
We support organizations and programs that increase women’s ability to take control of their health,
advocate for reproductive justice, and improve their access to quality health care,
including comprehensive reproductive health services.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Medicaid Equality and Trans Youth Health Initiative
Citywide | $40,000
As the first organization in the country run by and for trans and gender non-conforming people, the Sylvia Rivera Law
Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. SRLP provides free legal services to
transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming low-income people and people of color. The Project also provides
training about transgender awareness and legal issues to government agencies, attorneys and legal organizations.
They address both the root causes and the effects of discrimination based on gender identity and expression and work
toward long-term systemic change. The Medicaid Equality Program and Trans Youth Health Initiative aim to improve
health care access for transgender adults and youth in New York City through legal services and public education.
JULIENNE (JUNE) BROWN
June came to SRLP in the summer of 2004 seeking legal services. A transgender woman
of color, June was homeless, had little to no income, and no access to healthy, validating
support networks. Like many women in her situation, she needed identification documents
that matched her gender presentation in order to safely access services such as housing and
health care. At her initial interview, she expressed how her lack of community and support
left her feeling “empty and without a sense of purpose.” Over time, June learned that she was
not alone and that there were ways she could build her community.
June started volunteering with SRLP: connecting other community members with organizing opportunities and getting
involved with fundraising activities. Later, she joined the Collective to help govern the work and direct the vision of the
organization. June served as a community organizing intern. With the internship, she received a stipend and college
credit, allowing her to work toward her degree while continuing to interact with peers and community members who
affirmed her identity. After completing her internship, June remained involved with the organization and eventually
applied for a staff position.
Today, June is the Communications Coordinator at SRLP, coordinating the media and public education work of the
organization, including training service providers and allied organizations on the issues that face the transgender
community in order to reduce discrimination based on gender identity.
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African Hope Committee
HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention
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Love Heals:
The Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education
Citywide | $40,000
The African Hope Committee (AHC) provides
health education, welfare information, and immigration services and functions as a multilingual
information clearinghouse and referral service
connecting African immigrants living in New York
City to support services. AHC’s HIV/AIDS education
and prevention program focuses on increasing
awareness and knowledge of HIV/AIDS among
African immigrant women through community
outreach and culturally and linguistically appropriate educational workshops. AHC partners with
other community-based organizations, medical
providers, and religious leaders to help dismantle
stigmas around HIV/AIDS and increase access to
health information and preventive care services.
Citywide | $40,000
Love Heals provides comprehensive AIDS education to empower young people to make informed
choices and foster a new generation of community
educators and activists in New York City committed
to the fight against AIDS. The Leadership
Education Awareness Program (LEAP) for Girls
provides young women of color with information
on HIV/AIDS and reproductive health education.
LEAP focuses on neighborhoods that report high
HIV rates and collaborates with schools and
community groups to provide leadership training
as well as the skills and knowledge needed for
young women to become empowered, healthy
and safe members of their communities.
DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association
Funding for this grant was made possible by the generosity
of the Catalyst Fund of Tides Foundation.
The Leadership Empowerment and Awareness Program for Girls
LUNAS: Filipino Migrant Workers Holistic Health Project
Citywide | $40,000
DAMAYAN is a grassroots organization that
promotes the welfare of Filipino migrant workers
living in New York City. The LUNAS project
addresses the significant health issues affecting
Filipino women in the domestic worker community by increasing their access to health insurance
and by providing social work services and health
education information. Filipino for “helping each
other,” DAMAYAN seeks to improve the economic,
political, and social well-being of Filipina domestic
workers. Its community organizing and leadership
training programs empower Filipina women to
challenge the exploitation often associated with
domestic work and advocate for their own welfare
and human rights.
Muslim Women’s Institute
for Research and Development
The Bronx | $45,000
The Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and
Development (MWIRD) supports Muslim immigrant women living in the Bronx. The Immigrant
Women’s Health Project provides culturally
appropriate social services to promote the health
and well-being of Muslim women living in underserved immigrant communities. The project seeks
to remove social and linguistic barriers that
prevent immigrant Muslim women from obtaining
basic health care services and public assistance
benefits. MWIRD offers health information workshops to educate women about their bodies and
empower them to advocate for improved access to
affordable health care services in their community.
This grant is made possible in part by the generosity
of Helen LaKelly Hunt.
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Teen Health Initiative of the Reproductive Rights Project
Citywide | $35,000
The Teen Health Initiative (THI) of the New York
Civil Liberties Union’s Reproductive Rights
Project seeks to advance the reproductive rights of
young women living in low-income communities
in New York City. The Initiative conducts extensive
community outreach to raise awareness on the
issue of minors’ rights and disseminates informational materials outlining the legal framework
behind the right for minors to receive confidential
reproductive health care services. Educational
workshops teach teens about their rights and
empower them to become effective peer educators
and advocates in their community. THI works with
professional service providers, community leaders,
and policy makers to create long-term systemic
change by removing the societal and legal barriers
that prevent young women from accessing confidential reproductive health care.
Peer Health Educators, NYCLU Teen Health Initiative
Program participants, Red Hook Initiative Almost Teens Group
Red Hook Initiative
Peer Health Education and Leadership Project
Red Hook, Brooklyn | $50,000
The Red Hook Initiative (RHI) seeks to promote
the physical and emotional well-being of individuals
living in low-income neighborhoods in Red Hook,
Brooklyn. The Peer Education and Leadership
Project supports girls and young women by providing reproductive health and safety information,
medical referrals and workshops focusing on
empowerment, conflict resolution, self-esteem
and mental health issues. The program employs a
grassroots approach to community organizing and
development and offers a comprehensive training
course in which adolescent girls become peer
educators and leaders in the effort to create positive social change in a neighborhood with limited
resources and social services support.
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Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV
Research and Treatment
Citywide | $40,000
Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research and
Treatment (SMART) provides a wide range of
support services to women living with HIV/AIDS
in low-income communities in New York City.
The SMART curriculum informs women living
with HIV/AIDS of their medical and legal rights,
provides health education courses to promote
mental and physical well-being, and offers leadership development opportunities to advocate for
women-centered HIV care and treatment services.
SMART program participants engage in public
education and outreach activities to provide
HIV/AIDS prevention information and to raise
community awareness about the impact of the
epidemic on low-income women in New York City.
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Voces Latinas
Queens | $50,000
Voces Latinas is a community-based program
founded in response to the escalating rates of
HIV infection among immigrant Latina women
living in Queens. The organization is dedicated to
reducing the rate of HIV transmission among
immigrant Latinas by empowering, educating and
providing leadership and advocacy training to
enable them to make healthier decisions for
themselves and their families through the provision
of linguistically and culturally appropriate HIV/
AIDS prevention education programs. Women
participate in leadership training workshops to
become peer HIV prevention educators equipped
with the advocacy skills needed to raise awareness
about HIV/AIDS and affect positive change within
the Latina immigrant community.
Women’s HIV Collaborative of New York
Computer class, SMART University
Citywide | $45,000
The Women’s HIV Collaborative of New York is
a broad-based advocacy network that addresses
the needs of women living with HIV/AIDS. The
Collaborative seeks to promote gender equity in
HIV clinical research, create women-centered
models of care, and increase access to services for
women living with HIV/AIDS. The Collaborative
works to document disparities in funding, research,
and treatment for women and uses the collective
power of its members to advocate for policies
that advance women’s rights. The Women’s HIV
Collaborative of New York serves as a leadership
and empowerment model for all women and is
instrumental in the effort to include women’s
perspectives in supporting and creating sustainable change for women living with HIV/AIDS.
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice
Center for Youth and Community Wellness/
Sisters of Prophetic Health in Action
Leadership program graduates,
Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition
Citywide | $40,000
The Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition
(YWCHAC) was founded in response to the rising
rates of HIV/AIDS among young Black and Latina
women in New York City. The coalition provides
community-based peer health education and
information, referrals to an adolescent medical
center, and comprehensive social services to
support young women living with HIV/AIDS.
YWCHAC is a coalition of and for young women of
color that fosters the development of organizing
and advocacy skills necessary to change the
climate in which decisions about youth are
being made. The coalition partners with other
youth-serving organizations in order to ensure
greater awareness and access to HIV information
and services.
Bronx River, Soundview/Bruckner | $45,000
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice (YMPJ) is
the only organization dedicated to serving
youth living in the Bronx River and Soundview/
Bruckner neighborhoods. YMPJ recognizes the
importance of young people’s contributions to their
community and the necessity of including
their voices in civic and political discussions.
Their programs encourage youth to re-imagine
their neighborhoods and champion their role
as active stakeholders in their community.
The Center for Youth and Community Wellness
seeks to improve the physical and emotional
well-being of girls and young women by increasing
access to health care and providing workshops
that focus on nutrition, healthy living, and
exercise. The Sisters of Prophetic Health in Action
Program encourages participants to build selfesteem and explore the challenges they face as
young women through organizing, advocacy,
and consciousness raising activities.
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POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF GIRLS & YOUNG WOMEN
We support organizations and programs that promote the healthy development of low-income girls,
young women and transgender youths, and that foster their ability to become engaged adults,
and thoughtful contributors to their families and communities.
Sadie Nash Leadership Project
Citywide | $50,000
The Sadie Nash Leadership Project (SNLP) was founded in 2001 to promote leadership and activism among young women
in New York City. Working with over 250 girls annually, the program is designed to strengthen, empower, and equip
young women as agents for change in their world. By increasing the participation of women in social, political, and
economic decision-making, SNLP works to question and redefine the nature of leadership. In addition to hands-on
organizational stewardship, young women participate in one or more primary programs: Summer Institute, Community
Action Placements (CAP) internship program, Nash U, and/or the Engage, Listen, Lead, Act (ELLA) Fellowship.
These programs promote the fundamental philosophy of SNLP, that every young woman is a catalyst for social change.
LUISA BATIZ
Luisa joined Sadie Nash Leadership Project the summer after her freshman year of high
school. Thinking back to that time, she remarks, “I was a bit closed minded. I had my
opinions and you couldn’t say anything to me.” That summer, she says, she learned about
diversity – not just in terms of race relations, but also about diversity of opinion.
Through SNLP, Luisa gained the strength to handle the challenging years ahead. “Those years
were hard,” she says. “I constantly felt like I had to prove myself, be the best in my academics
because people didn’t expect that of me. They underestimated me because I was a woman of
color.” But over time, she says “I realized that I am in control of situations I am in. I learned what it means to be nonviolent. Before SNLP, I always felt you had to respond aggressively; but sometimes the hardest thing to do is to sit down
and not take revenge. I realized that I couldn’t handle conflict with physical confrontation but rather through open
dialogue so that we could understand each other a little better.”
Today, Luisa is a freshman at SUNY Binghamton, where she plans to major in Political Science and Sociology and she
is on the Dean’s List.
Funding for the 2008 Positive Development of Girls and Young Women Program Area is made possible in part by the generosity
of Ernst & Young, LLP.
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Power Sister Academy participants, Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective
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America SCORES New York
Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective
Literacy in Action
Brooklyn | $40,000
Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective (BYMC)
addresses the needs of pregnant and mothering
young women ages 13 to 21 from Central Brooklyn
and surrounding areas. With the belief that it is
possible to positively affect the cycle of early
parenthood and poverty, BYMC provides information about the rights of teen parents and encourages
and equips them to become activists. Through
their two core programs, Power Sister Academy
and Great Expectations, pregnant and mothering
young women learn about reproductive and
maternal health, gain academic support and
develop leadership skills so that they can advocate
for their rights and those of others and build a
stronger community among young mothers.
Central Harlem, Washington Heights | $50,000
America SCORES New York is an after-school
program that empowers public school students
through sports, creative writing, and community
service activities. The Literacy in Action program
targets elementary school girls living in high-risk
neighborhoods and focuses on early childhood
reading proficiency as a leading indicator of wellbeing and positive development into adulthood.
The program seeks to build participants’ basic
literacy skills using soccer to foster teamwork and
discipline and volunteer service to promote
community awareness and leadership. The Literacy
in Action curriculum improves physical and
mental health, cultivates creative thinking and
self-expression, and inspires young girls to
become engaged students and active participants
in their community.
Brotherhood/Sister Sol
Chica Luna Productions
Rites of Passage Program
Citywide | $40,000
Chica Luna Productions promotes the healthy
development of young women by using popular
media as a tool to strengthen individual voice
and to advocate for change. Young women of color
are trained to create multi-media projects
about women and communities that are excluded
from mainstream and independent media. This
grassroots neighborhood-based organization
seeks to provide young women living in El Barrio
with the critical perspective to deconstruct and
challenge negative images of women of color in
mainstream media.
Manhattan | $40,000
Brotherhood/Sister Sol provides a range of afterschool, summer, community outreach and international programs to help young people realize
and achieve their individual potential and empower
others within their community. The Rites of
Passage Program uses an intensive chapter model
whereby each chapter consists of approximately
15 young women who are in the same or two
consecutive grades and two adult leaders who work
together and learn over a continuous four to six
week period. During this time, they explore and
discuss history, culture, social problems and the
political forces around them.
Catholic Big Sisters and Big Brothers
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Girls’ Program
Lower East Side | $30,000
The Girls’ Program of Catholic Big Sisters and Big
Brothers (CBSBB) provides comprehensive oneon-one mentoring services to at-risk girls living
in lower Manhattan. CBSBB trains and supervises
adult volunteers to ensure that the long-term
mentoring relationship is consistent and remains
strong and supportive throughout its duration.
The organization provides skills-based training
and family and individual counseling services in
order to help girls develop healthy relationships
at home and thrive within their communities.
Workshops in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and college preparedness are structured to
meet the gender-specific needs of the adolescent
girls who participate in the program.
of Helen LaKelly Hunt.
Program participants hard at work, Chica Luna Productions
New Settlement Apartments
Girls’ Program Initiative
FIERCE! members marching in the 2008
New York City Pride Parade
FIERCE!
Education for Liberation Project
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Citywide | $40,000
FIERCE! is a membership-based organization that
seeks to develop politically conscious leaders
and community activists among lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and queer youth of color in
New York City. The Education for Liberation
Project provides political education and engages
in anti-oppression awareness activities to build
a new generation of community organizers
dedicated to social justice work. The program
focuses on homeless and low-income youth ages
13 – 24, developing their leadership capacity and
helping them to overcome early experiences of
discrimination and marginalization and to
become strong advocates for gender justice and
social change in their communities.
Southwest Bronx | $35,000
New Settlement Apartments is committed to
housing and community development, including
working toward education excellence at community
schools. Its community services and educational
programs are structured in direct response to the
interests of the southwest Bronx residents.
The Girls’ Program Initiative offers an expanded
year-round series of age-appropriate programs
that focuses on health and sexuality, sports,
performing arts, economic literacy, leadership
development, college exploration and preparation.
Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc.
Sister S.A.G.E.
(Strengthening Advocacy for Girls’ Empowerment)
Brooklyn | $40,000
The Sister S.A.G.E. Program of the Ridgewood
Bushwick Senior Citizens Council supports
adolescent girls living in under-resourced
communities of Brooklyn that report high rates of
teen pregnancy and poverty. The Sister S.A.G.E
curriculum is designed to help girls gain the
self-confidence and critical thinking skills needed
to make informed decisions and become empowered leaders in their community. Their mentoring
program encourages girls to build connections
and develop authentic relationships with their
peers in a safe and supportive environment that
fosters learning and promotes their well-being.
Volunteer and community service projects are
structured to help adolescent girls cultivate a strong
sense of individual responsibility and commitment to their community through collaboration.
Row New York
Queens | $40,000
Row New York provides a holistic after school program that includes competitive sports and college
preparation for low-income girls and young
women in Queens. Program participants engage in
a highly structured after school program that
combines intensive rowing activities with comprehensive academic support. Row New York aims
to empower girls and young women by improving
their mental and physical health, teaching them
the value of teamwork, and encouraging them to
develop a strong commitment to their peers.
The program provides high school participants
with rigorous academic support through individualized tutoring and college preparation. All of the
program graduates go to college, many of them on
rowing and academic scholarships.
Row New York summer campers in a boat for their first time
Program participants protest school closing, Sistas on the Rise
Sistas on the Rise
The Bronx | $40,000
Sistas on the Rise supports the personal, educational, and emotional development of pregnant
teens and young mothers of color in the South
Bronx. The organization raises awareness on
issues of reproductive justice, provides childcare
and parenting programs, and works to ensure that
educational opportunities exist for young mothers. Sistas on the Rise is committed to creating a
safe space for young women to take ownership
over their lives, build support systems and solidarity, and develop their capacity to move forward
together as strong and active mothers, organizers,
and community leaders.
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SAFETY
We support organizations that work to create safe communities free from violence in New York City
by addressing both the immediate needs of women and girls who suffer from abuse, and creating long-term
systemic changes that can eradicate violence.
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services
Citywide | $40,000
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS), works with young women, ages 12-21, who are involved in sexual
exploitation and violence, by helping them exit unsafe and abusive lifestyles and to develop their full potential. GEMS
is the only agency in New York State specifically designed to meet the needs of commercially sexually exploited
and domestically trafficked girls and young women. Over the last ten years, GEMS has provided critical support
and services for thousands of girls and young women in New York helping them leave the commercial sex industry and
begin the road to healing, recovery and independence.
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TANISHA *
Tanisha, now 19, has been a long-time member of GEMS and is currently a youth leader in the program. Tanisha has
been a victim of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking, starting with her recruitment at the age of fourteen,
when GEMS first met her. Over the last five years, she’s struggled to escape the commercial sex industry, heal from her
abuse and move forward with her life.
Last year Tanisha graduated from high school and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house when she gave her Valedictorian
speech. She is now a college student, balancing the responsibilities of a busy school schedule, a social life, and a part
time job with GEMS as a Youth Outreach Worker, giving back to her peers through outreach to at-risk girls in detention
centers, group homes, and shelters. Tanisha tearfully talks about the experience of cashing her first paycheck,
“It gave me back my life, I felt like a person. Like someone who wasn’t a slave anymore.”
Tanisha has been a long time advocate for the Safe Harbor Act for Exploited Youth Act and has journeyed to Albany,
testified at briefings and shared her experiences with the media in order to affect change for her peers. After four long
years of advocacy, Governor Paterson signed the bill into law on September 26th, 2008, making New York State the first
state in the nation to officially recognize these children as victims. The passage of the law is truly due to the courage and
the resilience of Tanisha and other girls like her who were brave enough to share their stories to change the status quo.
* Not her real name
SAFETY
Day One
Ending Violence Early (EVE) Program
Filipina trafficking survivor Marichu Baoanan surrounded
by supporters from DAMAYAN and attorneys from the
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Asian American Legal Defense
and Education Fund
New York Asian Community Anti-Trafficking Collaborative
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Citywide | $40,000
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education
Fund (ALDEF) is a national organization that
protects the civil rights of Asian Americans.
The New York Asian Community Anti-Trafficking
Collaborative raises public awareness about the
problem of human trafficking and provides free
legal counseling and representation to Asian
women and girls who are trafficked for purposes
of involuntary domestic servitude, forced labor,
and sexual exploitation. The Collaborative seeks
to promote the safety and economic security of
trafficking survivors by providing women and
girls with multilingual information and education
about their legal rights as well as assistance
in navigating the legal requirements of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the federal
law enacted to protect victims of trafficking and
prosecute traffickers.
Citywide | $40,000
Day One focuses on ending dating abuse and
domestic violence prevention among girls and
young women in New York City. The EVE Program
provides a combination of outreach through
school-based presentations, education, legal
services and legislative advocacy work. EVE helps
youth identify the warning signs of dating abuse
and domestic violence and ensures that teens have
access to critical information and confidential
resources. Through their legal services program
young women receive free legal representation in
criminal and family court. The program’s peer
leadership program mobilizes youth to raise
awareness about domestic violence and advocate for
long-term systemic change in their communities.
Dwa Fanm
Jistis Pou Fanm Project (Justice for Women)
Brooklyn, Queens | $40,000
Dwa Fanm (“Women’s Rights” in Haitian Creole)
was created when a group of eight Haitian and
American women from diverse socioeconomic
and political backgrounds met to discuss the state
of women’s rights in Haiti and in Haitian immigrant
communities. The Justice for Women program
provides legal assistance, advocacy, and extensive
community outreach to victims of domestic
violence and sexual assault in the Haitian and
Black immigrant communities in New York City.
SAFETY
Girls for Gender Equity
Greenhope Services for Women, Inc.
Citywide | $40,000
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) is a grassroots
youth development organization that promotes the
well-being of adolescent girls through comprehensive after-school programs focusing on achieving academic excellence, building self-esteem,
maintaining physical fitness, and exploring career
opportunities. The organization seeks to increase
school safety by raising community awareness
about the prevalence of sexual harassment and
other forms of gender-based violence in New York
City public schools. GGE works to address root
causes of gender-based violence in schools by
working with both young girls and young boys to
deconstruct gender stereotypes, achieve gender
equity, and create safer communities.
Domestic Violence Education/Prevention Program
Citywide | $35,000
Greenhope Services for Women, Inc. is a comprehensive treatment program that works to rehabilitate and empower women formerly incarcerated or
mandated to treatment who are seeking to reclaim
their lives from substance abuse. The Domestic
Violence Education/Prevention Program is an
intensive 10-week curriculum of education, counseling, and peer support designed to help women
in substance abuse treatment cope with current
and past experiences of domestic violence.
The program seeks to empower women to leave
violent situations, stay in recovery and achieve
their education and employment goals, becoming
self-sufficient and engaged citizens.
of Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP.
Participants in the Girls for Gender Equity youth organizing group, Sisters in Strength, a paid community internship program for teen women ages 15-19
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SAFETY
Mount Sinai Sexual Assault
and Violence Intervention Program
Program Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation
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Citywide | $40,000
The Mt. Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence
Intervention (SAVI) Program provides free and
confidential counseling, advocacy, and support
services to victims of rape, sexual assault, and
domestic violence. The Program Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation supports young
women sexually exploited for commercial purposes
by addressing their immediate physical safety
needs and pressing medical concerns. The program
provides crisis intervention and case management
services, intensive individual counseling, and
strength-based peer support groups. Program
participants have paid internship opportunities at
SAVI and other Mt. Sinai offices helping them
gain the confidence and work experience needed
to pursue healthy life choices, overcome the trauma
of sexual exploitation and physical abuse, and
ultimately achieve economic independence.
SAVI members accept a donation raised by the
young men of Catholic Big Sisters Big Brothers at their
Challenge the Norm Graduation ceremony.
Right Rides for Women’s Safety Co-Founders
Oraia Reid and Consuelo Ruybal
RightRides for Women’s Safety
Citywide | $50,000
RightRides for Women’s Safety was founded to
address the increasing rates of sexual assaults on
women walking home by themselves at night in
low-income neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The
organization works to create safer communities
by offering women and transgender individuals
free rides home on Saturday nights through
organizing volunteer drivers to operate a multivehicle fleet sponsored by Zipcar throughout
designated New York City neighborhoods. Through
grassroots organizing and educational programs
RightRides for Women’s Safety engages and
empowers vulnerable communities to provide
direct service and advocacy to address fundamental
systemic issues that contribute to violence
against women.
SAFETY
Sauti Yetu Center for African Women
Citywide | $30,000
Sauti Yetu Center for African Women serves
African immigrant women living in New York City.
Its main goal is to challenge the cultural and gender norms that promote inequalities for African
immigrant women. The program seeks to protect
women’s reproductive health, advance legal
rights, and provide social services support to
African immigrant women and children affected
by domestic violence. Swahili for “Our Voices,”
Sauti Yetu works to empower a new generation
of women and girls to raise public awareness
about violence against women living in African
immigrant communities.
Funding for this grant was made possible by the
generosity of the Catalyst Fund of Tides Foundation.
TAMKEEN:
The Center for Arab American Empowerment
STOP Family Violence in the Arab American Community
Brooklyn | $40,000
TAMKEEN (Arabic for “empowerment’) is an
advocacy organization serving the Arab-American
community in Brooklyn. TAMKEEN’s Family
Violence Program supports domestic violence
victims in the Arab American community through
direct services, rights information, and referrals
to medical and legal services. The program works
to eradicate domestic violence within the Arab
American community by educating local religious
and civic leaders about the warning signs of
domestic violence and through the provision
of vital preventive services. TAMKEEN seeks to
ensure the availability of culturally sensitive
services and resources needed to protect Arab
American women and effectively combat domestic
violence within Arab American communities.
Turning Point for Women and Families
Staff and volunteers, Turning Point for Women and Families
Citywide | $40,000
Turning Point for Women and Families provides
comprehensive social services to Muslim women
and children. The organization’s main focus is
addressing domestic violence in under-resourced
Muslim communities. Turning Point provides
crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, and other culturally sensitive services that
encourage Muslim women and girls affected by
domestic violence to seek help without fear of
being judged or stigmatized. The organization
plays a vital role in preventing future violence by
engaging in extensive educational and community
outreach programs in one of the fastest growing
populations in New York City.
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NYWF Grantee Partners
(1988–2008)
A.C.E.— OUT, Inc.
1992, 1994, 1995, 1997 /1998
ACCION New York
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Action for Community Empowerment
1990, 1993
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice
African Hope Committee
2007, 2008
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Center for Alternative Sentencing and
Employment Services
2005, 2006, 2007
Center for Anti-Violence Education 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997/1998, 2000
2006, 2007, 2008
African Peoples Council
1995
Center for Immigrant Families
African Services Committee, Inc.
1998
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York, Inc.
1996
Alonzo Daughtry Family Life Services
1994
Center for the Elimination of Violence in the Family, Inc.
1988
American Indian Community House, Inc.
1994
Central Brooklyn Partnership
American Woman’s Economic Development
2004
Central Harlem Partnership, Inc.
Amethyst Women’s Project
2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Andolan Organizing South Asian Workers
Arab-American Family Support Center, Inc.
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2008
Catholic Big Sisters and Big Brothers
Asian American Legal Defense and
Education Fund
2003, 2004, 2005
1995, 1997 ,2000/2001
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
1996, 1997
Chica Luna Productions
2006, 2007, 2008
Child Care, Inc.
Child Welfare Organizing Project
2002, 2003
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Chinese Staff & Workers’ Association
(W.E.P.& G.W.H.S. Project)
1993
Coalition for the Homeless
Astoria/Queens SHAREing and CAREing
1996
Coalition of Battered Women’s Advocates
Audre Lorde Project, Inc.
2007
College and Community Fellowship
Associations From Fordham to Burnside
1991, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2001
2003, 2005
1990, 1991, 1992
2004, 2005, 2007
Battered Women’s Resource Center
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
Beit Shalom
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to
Iranian Refugees, Inc. (C.H.A.I.R.)
Bethex Federal Credit Union
1998
Better Bronx for Youth
1998
Bridge the Gap Family Daycare Network
1992
Community Development Project of the
Urban Justice Center
Bronx Women Against Rape
1993
Community Voices Heard
1991, 1997, 1999, 2000
1994, 1997
Community Advocates for Educational Excellence
Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective
2007, 2008
Brotherhood/Sister Sol
2006, 2007, 2008
Bruised Reed Ministry
1995
Business Outreach Center Network
1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
(f.k.a Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence)
2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
Community Women’s Network
Community Works
1993
1997, 1999
Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation, Inc.
2007
Coney Island United Services
1993
Correctional Association of New York
Cush Campus, Inc.
Casa Atabex Aché
1995
2006, 2007, 2008
1994
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation
1994, 2002, 2008
DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association
2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Day One
2006, 2007, 2008
Dome Project, Inc./Starlings Collaboration
Domestic Workers United
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Dominican Women’s Caucus
Dominican Women’s
Development Center
1999
1996, 1997
1990, 1993, 1998/1999, 2006, 2007
Good Old Lower East Side
Grand Street Settlement
2008
2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
Greenhope Services for Women, Inc.
2007, 2008
Greening of Harlem Coalition (Goddess Garden)
Griot Circle
1993
2003, 2004, 2005
Haitian American Women’s Advocacy Network (HAWANET)
Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
1994
1993, 1994, 1996
Dorcas Home Ministry
1992
Haitian Women’s Program
1993
Dreams Into Action
1997
HarlemLive
2001
Dress for Success New York
1998
HIV Foster Care Education and Advocacy Project
Dwa Fanm
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
HIV Law Project
East Brooklyn Congregations
1997
HIV/AIDS Technical Assistance Project
Edwin Gould Services for Children
1998
Homeless Outreach and Prevention Project of
the Urban Justice Center
El Barrio Popular Education Program
1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
1996
1992, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
2008
2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
HOPE Program
2002, 2003/2004
ENTRENET
1994, 1996
Hour Children
1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Equality Now
2006, 2007
Housing + Solutions
El Centro de Hospitalidad
2007, 2008
Esperanza del Barrio
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Human Rights Project of the Urban Justice Center
Families United for Racial and
Economic Equality
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Ifetayo Cultural Arts Facility
Family Learning Circle
Family Violence Project of the
Urban Justice Center
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
inMotion
1996, 1997
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Institute for Labor & the Community
(Girls Project)
2002
1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004
Interfaith Neighbors
FIERCE!
2007, 2008
Iris House, Inc.
Figure Skating in Harlem
1999, 2000
2004
1994, 1997, 1998, 2001
1994, 1997
Ivy League
1995, 1996
Fire Safety Education Fund
1999
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House
1999, 2000
First Girls Congress Collaborative
2000
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
2008
First Saturday in October
1996
Joint Public Affairs Committee for Older Adults
1995
Forest Hills Community House
1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
JusticeWorks Community
Friends of the Island Academy
2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Kianga House
1995, 2007, 2008
1990
Girls Educational & Mentoring Services
2001, 2003, 2007, 2008
Korean American Family Service Center 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000
Girls for Gender Equity, Inc.
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Korean Family Counseling & Research Center
Girls Incorporated of New York City
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Latin American Integration Center
1994
1995, 2005, 2006, 2007
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Latin American Women’s Network (LAWN)
Latina Reproductive Rights Initiative
Latina Roundtable on Health &
Reproductive Rights
1995
Networking Project for Disabled Women and Girls
1994
New Destiny Housing
Corporation
1993, 1994, 1997/1998
1988, 1992
2000 (ColAct), 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
2005¸ 2006, 2007, 2008
Legal Momentum
2006, 2007, 2008
New York Asian Women’s
Center, Inc.
Life Force: Women Fighting Against AIDS, Inc.
1993, 2001, 2002
New York Black Women’s Health Project
1991
Learning Center for Women in Prison
2006, 2007
1989, 1990, 1992, 2000/2001, 2002/2003
Little Shepherd Community Services, Inc.
1995, 1998
New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault
2004
Living Hope Family Day Care Network, Inc.
1989, 1995
New York City/Lesbian Health Fair Organization Committee
1996
Local Development Corp. of East New York
2002 (DRF), 2003
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Looking Toward Tomorrow, Inc.
1996
New York SCORES
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Love Heals: The Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education
2008
New York Women’s Employment
Center (WCECA)
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Lower East Side Worker’s Center/Latino Workers’ Center
1994
1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Lower Eastside Girls Club
1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007
Non-Traditional Employment
for Women (NEW)
Make the Road by Walking
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence
Maura Clarke-Ita Ford
Center (MCIF)
1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001/2002
Northwest Bronx Community
and Clergy Coalition
2003
2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008
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Mercy Center
2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Opportunity Program for Women
1992
Morris Heights Health Center
1989
ParentJobNet, Inc.
2008
Mother’s Love Support Network
1992
Picture the Homeless
Mothers On the Move
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Mothers Together
2000, 2001
Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence
Intervention Program
2008
Mujeres en Pie (Women Arise!)
1990
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Polish-American Council for Children and Families, Inc.
Project Greenhope: Services for Women, Inc.
Project Harmony, Inc.
1995
Project Hospitality
2003, 2004
Project Superwoman Collaborative
Mujeres in Action
Muslim Women’s Institute for Research
and Development
2000
1992, 1994
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Project Teen Aid Family Services
1993, 1996, 1997, 1998/1999
(formerly the Rose F. Kennedy Family Center)
Providence House, Inc.
Narco Freedom, Inc. (Children and Families Together)
National Mobilization Against Sweatshops
Nazareth Housing, Inc.
Neighborhood Economic Development
Advocacy Project
Neighborhood Self-Help By Older
Persons Project, Inc.
1996
1993, 1997
1998, 1999, 2001/2002
1992
Queens Women’s Network
1991
Queers for Economic Justice
2007
Rainbow Center
1995
2002, 2003
1995
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Reap & Keep Educational Services
2004, 2005, 2006
Red Hook Initiative
1993
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Rena Day Care Centers, Inc./Rena FDC Network
1999, 2000, 2001
Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York
Ridgewood bushwick Senior
Citizens Council, Inc.
2006, 2007, 2008
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
TAMKEEN:
The Center for Arab American Empowerment
2006, 2007, 2008
Turning Point for Women and Families
2007, 2008
RightRides for Women’s Safety
2008
University Neighborhood Housing Program
1999
Riverside Church Youth Program
2000
VAMOS Unidos
2008
2008
Violence Intervention Program (VIP)
Row New York
Sadie Nash Leadership Project
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
SAKHI for South Asian Women
1991, 1994, 1995, 2001/2002, 2003
Sanctuary for Families
1988
Sauti Yetu Center for African Women
2006, 2007, 2008
Serving Our Selves (SOS)
Sex Workers Project of the Urban
Justice Center
1992
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
2008
Voice & Vision
1997
Welfare Rights Initiative
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003/2004, 2005
Women and AIDS Resource Network (WARN)
1990
Women and Work
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Women for Afghan Women
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Women for Economic and Educational Mobility (WEEM)
Shalom Task Force
1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001
Sinergia, Inc.
Sista II Sista
1990, 1993, 1995, 2000
Voces Latinas
1993
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Sistas on the Rise
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Sister Outsider
Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV
Research and Treatment
2002, 2004
2006, 2007, 2008
Society for the Preservation of Weeksville
& Bedford-Stuyvesant History
1997
Women In Steel, Inc.
1994, 1995
1995
WomenCare, Inc.
1991, 1992, 1998, 1990
Women’s Advocate Ministry, Inc.
1993, 1996, 1999/2000
Women’s Health Education Project
1991, 1992, 1993
Women’s HIV Collaborative of New York
2006, 2007, 2008
Women’s HIV Legal Advocacy Project
Women’s Housing and Economic
Development Corporation (WHEDCO)
1992, 1993
1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
Women’s Housing Coalition
1988
Women’s Information Network
2000
Women’s Justice Alliance
1994
South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!), Inc. 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
South Brooklyn Local Development Corporation
South Jamaica Services for Families and Children, Inc.
St. Francis Xavier’s Action Youth
1995, 1998
1994
Women’s Project of the Association for Union Democracy
1992
Workers’ AWAAZ
1998
1995, 1996, 1998
St. Peter’s Childcare Network
1991
St. Rita’s Center
1994
Youth Advocacy Center
Star of the Sea, Inc.
2007, 2008
1995
1993, 1995
1993
Youth At Risk, Inc.
(f.k.a. New York Youth At Risk)
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Staten Island Teen Pregnancy Network
STEPS to End Family Violence
1993
Youth Empowerment Mission
2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
2007
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice
T.O.P.S. For You, Inc.
Take Charge/Be Somebody Youth Network
1991, 1996, 1998
1995
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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FUNDING COLLABORATIVES
The Foundation is proud to partner in two national funding collaboratives that significantly
strengthen our ability to promote economic security for low-income women in New York City.
The Catalyst Fund of Tides Foundation
Resources for Women of Color in Reproductive Justice
To increase investments in and raise the visibility of the vital contributions of women of color in building a powerful
reproductive justice movement that protects and advances the rights of all women, the Foundation awarded grants to the
following local community based women-of-color led reproductive justice organizations:
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• Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective
• Love Heals
• Red Hook Initiative
• Sauti Yetu
• Sistas on the Rise
• Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research and Treatment
• Voces Latinas
• Women’s HIV Collaborative of New York
• Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Women’s Philanthropy and Poverty Demonstration Project
To increase economic security for single women-led families and their children and move them toward economic
self-sufficiency, the Foundation awarded grants to the following local community based organizations:
• A Better Balance
• Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
• Parent JobNet
• Urban Justice Center, Access to Education Project
CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES
The Foundation invests in organizational sustainability and leadership
through its capacity building initiatives:
Management & Leadership Institute
Girls Leadership Initiative
Technical Assistance Grants
Strategic Discretionary Grants
We are grateful to the Smart Family Foundation for supporting our capacity building initiatives.
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2008 Management & Leadership Institute
The Management and Leadership Institute (MLI) strengthens the leadership and management capacity
of our grantee partners through a series of participatory workshops and trainings on a variety of topics
such as fundraising, board development, financial management, and communications. Workshops
and trainings typically range in length from a half-day to a series of full-day sessions, and are facilitated
by technical assistance providers who tailor the trainings to the needs of the participants. Individual
follow-up consultations are often conducted at the end of each series.
In addition to learning new skills and strategies for building organizational capacity, the trainings
provide an excellent opportunity for grantees to share experiences, increase their knowledge base, build
learning partnerships and form valuable relationships.
Through the MLI, grantee partner organizations enhance their capacity, increase resources, strengthen
governance practices, and ultimately improve service delivery and advocacy to low-income women and
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girls in New York City.
For the period ranging from January through December 2008, we offered the following workshops and
trainings:
Board Development
Media/Strategic Communications Conference
Presented by Community Resource Exchange
Presented by Jack Aponte and Karen Palmer
Grassroots Fundraising: Building an Individual Donor Program
Nonprofit Fiscal Management
Presented by Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT)
Fiscal Management Associates
Intermediate Proposal Writing Seminar
Political Engagement for Nonprofits
Presented by Community Resource Exchange
Presented by The Lawyers Alliance for New York
We are grateful to our partners: Daphne Foundation, New York Foundation, North Star Fund,
Stonewall Community Foundation and Union Square Awards.
Girls Leadership Initiative
The Girls Leadership Initiative (GLI) builds the leadership of the young women of our grantee partner
organizations, individually and as a community, through the exploration of education, career, activism,
and philanthropy. GLI offers opportunities for young women of high school age to connect both with
each other and to a diverse group of professional women to build skills, discuss shared experiences,
and learn life lessons.
In partnership with Girls Incorporated of New York City, the Foundation held its 7th annual Girls
Leadership Day in May 2008. Girls Leadership Day is designed to provide New York City high school girls
(grades 9-12) with much needed insight on education and career opportunities. The event targets girls
from low-income families from NYWF® grantee partner organizations who participated in the full day of
activities including career roundtable discussions, a networking lunch and life goal-setting workshops.
The Foundation is committed to empowering young women to take charge of their own lives and
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reaching their highest potential as professionals and leaders in their families and communities.
Girls Leadership Day is an opportunity to bring peers and professionals together to share experiences
and learn from one another. The program day provides career information, through personal accounts
from professional women, and educational resources to help young women explore the next steps on
the road to achieving their educational goals.
The New York Women’s Foundation® is committed to empowering young women to take charge of their
own lives and continues to engage young women in conversations about their future and their roles
in the community.
GIRLS LEADERSHIP DAY
MAY 2008
2008 Technical Assistance Grants
The New York Women’s Foundation® awarded $200,000 in Technical Assistance grants to 27 current
grantee partner organizations to strengthen organizational infrastructure and help them better meet
their program needs. By ensuring the stability, growth, and effectiveness of grantee partner organizations, the Foundation improves the lives of New York’s women who are most in need.
Grantee partners requested assistance in the following areas: board development, communications,
evaluation, fundraising, information technology, program development and strategic planning.
2008 Strategic Discretionary Grants
Strategic Discretionary Grants support efforts that respond to emerging issues in accordance with the
Foundation’s mission, funding strategies, and capacity building priorities. The Foundation awarded
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$50,000 in grants in this area to the following organizations:
A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center – $20,000
To support the Earned Sick Days Campaign for New York City
Dominican Women’s Development Center – $5,000
General support
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies – $15,000
To support FPWA’s Welfare Reform Network
Picture the Homeless – $10,000
General support
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Our public education programs build bridges between donors, grantees and the larger public, and engage
the broader community in the advancement of women’s rights. The Foundation undertakes a wide range
of activities to further this work:
• We convene grantees and foster relationships with constituents in order to build bridges
and connect grantee partners with influential stakeholders;
• We educate the public about the growing needs of New York City's low-income communities
through briefings, forums and conferences; and
• We conduct research on the needs of low-income women and girls in New York in order
to advance positive change.
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Report: “The Economic Status of Women in New York State”
In June 2008, in partnership with the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the Foundation published a report
on “The Economic Status of Women in New York State.” The report provides an essential baseline of data by
which to examine the current situation of women in the State. The report has become essential reading for
all who care about women’s economic security in New York including providers, policy makers and advocates.
The report can be accessed at www.nywf.org.
Grantee Partner Convening: “Navigating the Economic Recession: Challenges & Strategies”
In November 2008, the Foundation convened its grantee partners to discuss the impact of the economic crisis on
their organizations and identify strategies and new opportunities for further partnership.
Public Forum: “The Impact of the Foreclosure Crisis on Women and Families in New York City”
In December 2008, in partnership with New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
the Foundation hosted a community forum on the impact of foreclosures on women and families and some of the
solutions currently being implemented at the community, city and state levels.
THE FOUNDATION IN ACTION
The Foundation hosts numerous events to build community in the advancement of women’s rights.
For a calendar of upcoming events, visit www.nywf.org/events.html.
Lisa Philp and Barbara Brizzi Wynne
co-hosted a convening of the NYWF®
Board Alumnae at JP Morgan Private Bank
to discuss the Foundation’s report,
“The Economic Status of Women
in New York State.”
ALUMNAE
GATHERING
COMMITTEE FOR THE FUTURE
Committee for the Future screening of the award-winning documentary Beyond Belief at Soho House.
NYWF® grantee partner Women for Afghan Women’s work was featured.
CIRCLE OF SISTERS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
TOAST OF APPRECIATION
WOMEN’S DELEGATION
FROM THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The Foundation hosted a cross-cultural
exchange on the role of nonprofit
organizations in women’s development
with leaders from the All China Women’s
Federation of the People’s Republic of China.
The NYWF® Circle of Sisters for Social Change welcomes socially conscious women
to harness financial resources, create professional networks and build a collective voice
for social change philanthropy in New York City.
The Toast of Appreciation is the Foundation’s annual event to honor donors
and show our admiration for their contribution throughout the year.
BRONX
NEIGHBORHOOD
DINNER
The Bronx Neighborhood
Dinner honored
Josephine Infante,
CEO and President of the
Hunts Point Economic
Development Corporation
and Nurah Amat’ullah,
Executive Director of
Muslim Women Institute
for Research and
Development.
Board members
and Tuhina De O’Connor
co-chaired the event.
FALL GALA
clockwise: Event co-chairs
Grace Hightower De Niro and Diana Taylor with
honoree Iman; the American Ballroom Theater Youth
Dance Company student performers; Lybra Clemons,
Daphne Leroy, Nel Sung; and Barbara Vogelstein with
honorees Nicole Seligman and Chancellor Joel Klein.
®
CELEBRATING WOMEN BREAKFAST
The Foundation’s breakfast is where friends and newcomers find out about
the important work done by women, for women, in our communities.
PARTNERS IN CHANGE
The New York Women’s Foundation salutes
its corporate and foundation leadership.
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Brandt & Hochman
Literary Agents Inc.
Chadick Ellig, Inc.
CIT
Covington & Burling LLP
Daffy’s
Davis & Gilbert LLP
DeSantis Breindal, Inc.
Douglas Gould & Company, Inc.
Eight Square Accounting
Ernst & Young LLP
Eisner LLP
Emblem Health
FactSet Research Systems
The Gallup Organization
Home Box Office
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Hunt Alternative Funds
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lazard
Lieff Cabraser Heimann
& Bernstein, LLP
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
Liz Claiborne Inc.
Loreen Arbus Productions, Inc.
Lucky Magazine
McGraw-Hill Companies
Morgan Stanley
Neuberger Berman, LLC
Public Health Solutions
Right Management
Seedco
Shamrock Holdings, Inc.
Silverleaf Foundation
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Time Warner Inc.
Time Warner Corporate
Legal Department
White and Case LLP
AGNES GUND
salutes
THE NEW YORK WOMEN’S FOUNDATION
and congratulates
SWANEE HUNT
ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO
and
LILLY LEDBETTER
for their commitment to fostering Change
Toni, we thank you for your unflinching commitment,
leadership and generosity to The Foundation
and to women and girls in New York City.
the board and staff of the new york women’s foundation
®
The following pages
are showcasing women’s businesses
and businesses that support women.
We hope that you will frequent them
and tell your friends, family, colleagues
and networks to do the same.
INVEST IN BUSINESSES
THAT INVEST IN WOMEN!
THANK YOU!
With profound gratitude to our 2009 Celebrating Women® Breakfast
co-chairs Lisa M. Holton, Robyn Brady Ince and Brande Stellings
for their leadership and vision.
®
LUCKY is proud to support
Celebrating Women Breakfast 2009.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BROOKE S. BEARDSLEE
Ana, we are ever grateful for your bold and compassionate
leadership that inspires us to diligently work to transform
the conditions of poverty for women and girls in our city
and to imagine a future full of promise and possibility for all of us.
the board and alumnae of the new york women’s foundation
®
With deep gratitude to
Women Moving Millions donors.
You inspire us all to be the change.
Congratulations to the
Women Moving Millions Campaign
for making history
in the culmination of its first phase.
Dear Sis,
Since we were little girls we’ve been singing out, in harmony with
some, stifled by others. But that didn’t stop us! We helped each
other figure out how to fund women and girls to change this world.
They aren’t silent. Some are shouting from the rooftops.
Others are crooning as they plow.
I’m so thankful for your leadership in this movement to raise the bar
for women’s philanthropy; for the wise guidance of board members
of women’s funds; for those tireless executive directors with endless
talent; and most important…for the women and girls who are partners
in the community of change.
I love you as much as salt.
Swampi
SUPPORTS THE WORK OF
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Congratulations to the COMMITTEE FOR THE FUTURE
as we celebrate 10 years of their dynamic leadership and generous
support. With profound gratitude and appreciation for your
unyielding drive to lift up the women and girls of New York City.
Current CFF Members
Neha Anada
Isil Bagdadi
Anita Channapati
Cinnamon Chambers
Elizabeth Cho
Catherine Dash
Monique Edward
Sarah Finklea
Emily Gannett
Rachel Gerstein
Janelle Green
Antoinette Hamilton
Suhana Han
Rebecca Holden
Virginia Jaramillo
Liz Kiernan
Jessica Klaitman
Karen Lee
Daphne Leroy
Lena Licata
Helen Ma
Eileen Michael
Phebe Neely
Minal Patel Davis
Alison Sherbach
Nellie Sung
Kellee Terrell
Stephanie Van Damm
Toya Williford
Past CFF Members
Neysa I. Alsina
Melissa R. Barnett
Hyatt Bass
Gwendolyn Beetham
Rajika Bhasin
Gina Bokios
Meeka J. Bondy
Melissa B. Bradley
Linda Byrne
Maria Cilenti
Lybra Clemons
Sarah Cronan
Ashlea Crouse
Georgia Crowley
Lucia S. Dabinett
Maria Deknatel
Alison Diamond
Alexandra Dolce
Kimberly E. Donaldson
Amy Falls
Elizabeth Ferer
Leslie Findlen
Shawn Flowers
Janeene K. Freeman
Eliza Funston
Susanne Gealy
Victoria Hansen
Stephanie Herdrich
Shannon E. Hill
Lisa Hines-Johnson
Natalie Holder-Winfield
Elizabeth H. Holmes
Mae Hsieh
Sharon Huang
Beryl K. Jacobs
Yael H. Jekogian
Lucinda Harding Jones
Risa E. Kaufman
Jenifer Kelley
Nicole Kikoski
Sujin Kim
Emily D. Kite
Lauren E. Klein
Susan Kotcher
Eleanor M. Lackman
Heather Lester
Sherry Lin
Jodi LoCascio
Amy McCooe
Laila Mehta
Lisa F. Miller
Becky Mitchel-Dhillon
Ms. Susan Moldovan
Ms. Susanna Moraldi
Abigail Young Moses
Francesca Mueller
Melanie Mullan
Jennie Nevin
Amy Nissanoff
Jessica D. O’Brien
Jeanne J. O’Brien-Ebiri
Brigette Pak-Noh
Mary Penner-Lovci
Elizabeth Powers
Sarah S. Powers
Rachel L. Reed
Meredith Kahn Rollins
Alison Ross
Julia E. Shin
Elena Sidelnikova
Cara Smith
Regan Solmo
Un Hae Song
Brande Stellings
Claudia Taylor
Storm T. Wald
Liz Wallace
Tamara Williams
Jane Wilson
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU
who are supporting
the NYWF
during these tough times
Renee L.
Congratulations
to
for another year of outstanding and innovative work
The Dobkin Family Foundation
Thank you
Ana Oliveira
President & Chief Executive Officer
&
the staff of the New York Women's Foundation
for your extraordinary leadership.
With gratitude,
Robyn Ince
Brande Stellings
Lisa Holton
OUR GR A N T E E PA RT N E R S
We are honored to be your partners and continue
to be inspired by your dedication and commitment
to women and girls in New York City.
®
Congratulations
to
The Honorable Swanee Hunt
Angélique Kidjo
and
Lilly Ledbetter
You are all so inspiring.
Joan Warburg
The New York Women’s Foundation Board Alumnae
®
With heartfelt gratitude to the visionary women who have led the Foundation,
with passion, commitment and perseverance for over two decades.
Natalie Abatemarco
Suzanne Ainslie
Nereida S. Andino
Carole Angermeir
Betty D. Arce
Maria Arias
Wendy A. Bach
Didi Barrett
Judith Roth Berkowitz
Martha D. Bernstein
Gloria Primm Brown
Marjorie A. Cadogan
Alice Cardona
Shona Chakravartty
Millie Chan
Linda T. Chard
Josephine M. Clement
Roxanne Coady
Berta Colón
Olivia H. Cousins
Sarah A. Crane
Stacey Cumberbatch
Judith Daniels
Anne S. Davidson
Susan L. Davis
Virginia Day
Keiko I. DeLille
Abigail E. Disney
Evan Donaldson*
Nancy M. Dorsinville
Marsha L. Edlich
Patricia Eng
Elizabeth Fernandez
Martha M. Ferry
Jane A. Freeman
Arlyn S. Gardner
Selena Gardner
Cecilia M. Gastón
Mary E. Geisser
Traci M. Gibson
Cindy F. Gim
Leslie Gimbel
Susan Ginkel
Eloisa Gordon
Jean Minskoff Grant
Lynda D. Gray
Verona Greenland
Audrey Gruss
Janet T. Gusman
Polly W. Guth
Judith L. Hall
Anne Hartwell
Carolyn D. Hermogenes
Adria S. Hillman
Madeline L. Holder
Elizabeth C. Houghteling
Carole Hunt
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Audrey M. Hutchinson
Nancy Resnick Ireland
Weslie R. Janeway
Virginia R. Joffe
Janice M. Johnson
Anne B. Jones
Katherine S. Kahan
Marion S. Kaplan
Edith Kelly*
Jessie McClintock Kelly
Jean B. Kilborne
Grace K. Kim
Kwanghee Kim
Sarah Kovner
Wei Lam
Sandra A. Lamb
Nancy Lebron
Hali Lee
Josephine Linden
Melanie Lyons
Jean Mahoney
Idelisse Malave
Nell Martin
Rhonda Joy McLean
Anne Mendel
Friedrike Merck
Gerri W. Merrick
Gloria W. Milliken
Gail S. Miner
Mary C. Mitchell
Elba I. Montalvo
Elizabeth Luce Moore*
Katharine Mountcastle
Sondra Murphy
Stacia Murphy
Sharon A. Myrie
Brenda Neal
Sheila Nemazee
Laura J. Nurse
Susan J. Onuma
Silda Palerm
Jane Pauley
Janice Perlman
Carroll Petrie
Lili Pew-Montfort
Lisa L. Philp
Rosemonde Pierre-Louis
Suki T. Ports
Linda E. Rappaport
Lucille C. Renwick
Yolanda Rivera
Barbara B. Roberts
Maria Teresa Rojas
A. Stacey Rouse
Yolanda Sanchez
Sheri Sandler
Laura Schachter Hertzog
Heidi L. Schneider
Sara L. Schupf
Marian L. Schwarz
Mary Carroll W. Scott
Elinor A. Seevak
Maria E. Semidei-Otero
Anne Sheffield
Barbara Smith
Connie Solomon*
Margaret L. Stevens
Carmen Suardy
Betty Terrell
Myra L. Tobin
Christina Toosie
Catherine Tracy
Mary J. Tully*
Lola Van Wagenen
Amy Vance*
Helen Vanderbilt*
Barbara M. Vogelstein
Sukey N. Wagner
Myrle H. Wall
Joan Melber Warburg
Charlotte C. Weber
Sandra Weiksner
Kathryn Weill
Patricia A. White
Deanne H. Winokur
Barrie Zesiger
*deceased
The New York Women’s Foundation® commemorates the life of our pioneer
Edith Kelly
-®
“All that I am or hope to be
I owe to my mother.”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
In honor of my mother,
with deep love and gratitude,
Toni
thanks its
2009 Celebrating Women® Breakfast
SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP FORUM
Printing Underwriting Sponsors:
(SAWLF)
congratulates
Lindenmeyr Munroe
NewPage Corporation
and its honorees on the occasion
Strategic Paper Group
of the 22nd annual
Celebrating Women® Breakfast.
Mercury Print Productions, Inc.
T HE S TA F F O F T H E NEW YORK WOMEN’S FOUNDATION ®
With heartfelt thanks for your hard work
and passion to seeing our mission through every day.
the board of the new york women’s foundation
®
NYWF
V OL UNTE E RS
We thank our volunteers and interns for their generosity
and commitment to improving the lives
of women and girls in New York City.
®
With gratitude to our volunteers who make our work possible.
Donna Aceto
Linara Davidson
Sinead Keegan
Yvonne Shields
Marissa Aitchison
Vanessa Dawson
Janet Kim
Hildy Simmons
Esther Alix
Ivette Del Valle
Cecelia Lazzaro
Carla Simpson
Noura Al-salem
Karen DeMauro
Stephanie LeBlanc
Angelie Singla
Desiree Amador
Jessica DeRosa
Alexandra J. Levine
Rebecca Smith
Amiin-Shakirat Ameen
Kristin DeSario
Michele Little
Suzanne Sobeski
Deepa Baalakrishnan
Joanne Desocio
Ashley Lynch
Selena Soo
Nevita Bailey
Janet Diminich
Julie McAlinden
Karen Stevenson
Ilana Bamberger
Janice Dixon
Laura McLoughlin
Kellee Terrell
Tara Baquero
Dottie Duncan
Kharisma Mitchell
Jessica L. Thoms
Karen Becker
Tosonna Durgan
Je’Anna Moseslogan
Hillary Thorogood
Andre Bedeau
Ainura Dzhumaeva
Francesca Mueller
Li-Ann Ting
Kiran Bedi
Kyle Eberle
Renee Neier
Kim To
Harkiran Bedi
Monique Edwards
Melissa Ochoa
Tiffany Troiano
Sophie Belisha
Brett Felder
Jennifer Parks
Carol A. Valenti
Kendra Britto
Lynne Feldman
Estella Pate
Alexis Vogel
Teqia Brown
Marci Fenichel
Celine Patel
Patricia White
Saleda Bryant
Michaelena Ferrara
Stephanie Poole
Melissa Wilde
Julie Burnstein
Anouchka Filippi
Rachel Proto
Emily Wynne
Christia Capone
Tiffany Fletcher
Nicole Pottberg-Zahour
Xue Yi Zhen
Paula Caraballo
Eliza Funston
Jennifer Prince
Gabriela Chapman
Kerry Ann Gadpaille
Weneika Puran
Jessica Chervin
Kim Gardner
Seetha L. Ramanathan
Interns
Suchada Chertkiattiwong
Hilary Gilford
Patricia Rampion
Naomi Daley
David Chu
Shala Girolami
Eangelina Rangel
Tanya Miles
Krista A. Cohane
Sheri Goldberg
Eyse A. Reilly
Kashay Sanders
Tameka Cooper
Alexandria Gomes
Nora Reissig-Lazzaro
Lauren Wall
Diedre Coreschi
Antoinette Hamilton
Susan Rifkin
Chantal Zuñiga
Rita Couto
Alexis Hatchett
Luisa Russoman
Ingrid L. Criss
Fan He
Sonia Sande
Elizabeth Czech
Julissa Herrera
William Staso
Libby Dale
Sandra Husein
Denise Scott
Amara Davidson
Kimberly Jerry
Anjum Sharma
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Activist Philanthropists
1/9/2008 to 1/9/2009
$100,000 +
Anonymous (1)
Carnegie Corporation of
New York**
Catalyst Fund of
The Tides Foundation
Abigail E. Disney
Helen L. Hunt
NoVo Foundation
Smart Family Foundation, Inc.
Starry Night Fund of
The Tides Foundation
Barbara M. Vogelstein
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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Macy’s/Bloomingdale’s
The Margaret & Daniel Loeb —
Third Point Foundation
Morgan Stanley**
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Yvonne S. Quinn
Shamrock Holdings, Inc.
Sony Corporation of America
Jennifer A. Soros
Diana L. Taylor
Time Warner Inc.
Wachovia Bank N.A.
Wachovia Foundation
White & Case LLP
Barbara and Bill Wynne
$50,000 – $99,999
Dewey & LeBouef LLP
Ernst & Young LLP†
Agnes Gund
The Janet Prindle Seidler
Foundation
The Loreen Arbus Foundation
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP†
Tishman Speyer
Joan Melber Warburg
$25,000 – $49,999
Anne H. Bass
Bostock Family Foundation
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Marie-Josee and Henry Kravis
Lehman Brothers**
Leon Levy Foundation
The Lipton Foundation
*Matching gifts
$10,000 – $24,999
American Express
Samantha Bass
Bloomberg
BNP Paribas
Emily Brizzi
Carolyn Buck-Luce
CIT
Citi
Covington & Burling LLP
Credit Suisse Group
Susan R. Cullman
Barbara B. Dobkin
Vivian H. Donnelley
FactSet Research Systems
Somers W. Farkas
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Goldman, Sachs & Co.**
**Includes cash and matching gifts
†2008 Visionary Sponsor
Graham Family Charitable
Foundation
Hess Foundation, Inc.
HIP Health Plan of New York
The Hoch 2003 Charitable
Lead Trust
The Howard Gilman Foundation
Jane L. Mali Charitable
Lead Trust
Jenner & Block LLP
Chandra Jessee
Virginia R. Joffe
Marion S. Kaplan
David H. Koch
Renee Landegger
Latham & Watkins LLP
Laurie M. Tisch Foundation
Peter Laventhol
Lazard
Yoko O. Lennon
Lily Auchincloss
Foundation, Inc.
Loeb & Loeb LLP
L’Oreal USA
Lucky Magazine
Morrison & Foerster LLP
NBC News/NBC Universal
Sheila Nemazee
Neuberger Berman LLC
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton
& Garrison LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Daryl and Steven Roth
‡Circle of Sisters for Social Change Committee
Elinor A. Seevak
G. Marlyne Sexton
Shearman & Sterling
Joan and Donald Sherman
Patricia J. Simpson
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
Nancy and Burton Staniar
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Verizon
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Susan E. Weiner
$5,000 – $9,999
Allen & Company LLC
American International
Group, Inc.
Brooke S. Beardslee
Debra and Leon Black
Cecily Carson
Lisa and Richard Cashin
Mayree Clark
Conde Nast Publications
Susan C. Coté
Crosswicks Foundation, LTD
Peter D. & Julie Fisher
Cummings
Elizabeth B. Dater
Belle B. Davis
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Ginny and Sean Day
Clare B. Ferraro
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Ashley Garrett
Antonia M. Grumbach
Lisa M. Holton
The Jacquelyn & Gregory
Zehner Foundation
Weslie R. Janeway
Betty C. Jones
Charlotte Jones Voiklis
Robert M. Kaufman
Susan P. Kennedy
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Lieff Cabraser Heimann
& Bernstein, LLP
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Cynthia and Dan Lufkin
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
The McGraw-Hill Companies**
Rhonda Joy McLean, Esq.‡
Alice Moorhead
NYSE Euronext**
Open Society Institute**
Louise M. Parent
Nancy B. Peretsman
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
Marian S. Pillsbury
Prudential Douglas Elliman
Mary Anne Rasmussen
Mary D. Reynolds
Right Management Consultants
Rockefeller & Co., Inc.
Rossana Rosado‡
Schlosstein-Hartley Family
Foundation
Sara L. Schupf
The Seattle Foundation
Ann Short
Cornelia Small
Regan Solmo
Melissa and Robert Soros
Brande Stellings
Bonnie and Tom Strauss
Tanenbaum-Harber Co., Inc.
Time Warner Cable
United Way of New York City
*Matching gifts
Vogue Magazine
Svetlana Wachtell
Julianne Wagner
Sue Ann Weinberg
Diana and Matthew Weymar
Elizabeth Williams
Laura J. Wilson
Suzanne Zywicki
$2,500 – $4,999
Maria C. Anzola
Sayu V. Bhojwani‡
Rene B. Blank
Susan L. Blount
Botwinick-Wolfensohn
Foundation
Donna H. Campbell
Chadick & Ellig, Inc.
Kathleen Chrisman
Elizabeth C. Church
Maria Cilenti
Dalia Cohen
Deutsche Bank**
Julie R. Fenster
Lisa M. Ferri
The Finch College Alumnae
Association Foundation
Beatrice and Lloyd Frank
GE Foundation*
Marcy and Bennett Grau
Judith L. Hall
HBO
Adria S. Hillman
Gail B. Hochman
Barbara and Thomas Israel
Etsuko F. Jennings‡
Noreen Kelly-Najah
Sandra A. Lamb‡
Margo M. Langenberg
Dorothy K. Lee
Beth Lowy
Anne Mai
The Marlot Foundation
Susannah Taylor Marriott
and Phil Marriott
Clare T. McMorris
Friedrike Merck
Gillian S. Mestre
Nancy Meyer and Marc Weiss
Margot Michalski
Abigail Young Moses‡
James L. Nederlander
Lynn Nesbit
Jane B. O’Connell
Ana L. Oliveira‡
Silda Palerm
Liz Peek
Royce Pinkwater
Random House, Inc.**
Elizabeth Sabin Page
Jean Shafiroff
Joan S. Steinberg
Cynthia K. Vance
Margo Grant Walsh
Saundra Whitney
Cynthia Young
$1,000 – $2,499
Anonymous (3)
Catherine Adler
Julie M. Allen
Simin and Herbert Allison
Valerie Amsterdam
John & Judith H. Angelo
Cynthia Arato
Muffie Potter Aston
Gayle P. Atkins
Sydney Avent‡
Bank of America Foundation*
Helene R. Banks
Didi Barrett
Josephine Beardslee
Lisa Beckerman
Elizabeth G. Beinecke
Georgette Bennett
William R. Berkley
Clara Bingham
Ellen Blye
Karen Boyd
Frank Brochin
Donnaldson Brown
Diane Buchanan
Susan Burden
The Catherine C. Marron
Foundation
Yvonne Y.F. Chan
Kathryn Chenault
Sharda Cherwoo
Amy F. Collins
Con Edison
Howard E. Cox
Sarah A. Crane
Dana Cranmer
Criterion Collection/Janus Films
Louise & Edgar M. Cullman, Sr.
Lewis B. Cullman
Daffy’s
Lucy Danziger
Peggy Danziger
Sara M. Darehshori and
Ronald S. Rolfe
Davis & Gilbert LLP
Joanne and Roberto
De Guardiola
Dru DeSantis
Jennie L. De Scherer
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Dickler Family Foundation
Virginia M. Doty
Susan W. Dryfoos
Laurel Durst
Liz Wallace and Ingrid Eberly
Eisner
Johanna Evans-Colley
Florence Fearrington
Kirsten K. Fisher
Foley & Lardner LLP
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Julie Fontaine
Mary B. Forshaw
Marilyn Friedman
Anne S. Fuchs
Nancy Gallt
The Gallup Organization
Sarah Gerstenzang
Wendy Goldberg
Samantha M. Gordon
Anne and Jamie Grifo
Barbara Grodd
Katie Grover
Karen L. Hagberg
Jan Hashey
Faisal Hassan
Wendy Haviv
Ludmila and Carl Hess
Marlene Hess
Gloria Hicks
Tracy High
The Hill Snowdon Foundation
Nelda and David Hirsh
Sally L. Hoffman
Howe-Lewis International
Martha Howell
Ingenious Designs, LLC
Jessica Irschick
Ivy Funds
Alfred Jackson
Linda Janklow
Virginia Jaramillo
Yael H. Jekogian
Brenda C. Karickhoff
Marilyn Katz
Jessica Klaitman
Candice Koederitz
Kim Koopersmith
Sarah Kovner
Stephanie Krieger
Doug and Gay Lane
Deborah S. Larkin
Judith C. Lewent
Lucretia Philanthropic
*Matching gifts
Foundation, Inc.
Patricia Lunka
Sarah Lutz
Grace Lyu-Volckhausen
Christiane MacArthur
Roderick MacFarquhar
Mona Marquardt
Kristina McCoobery
David McCullum
Vincent McGee
Nina McLemore
Merck Partnership for Giving*
Kazie Metzger & John Harvey
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley,
& McCloy LLP
Nicole Miller
Gloria W. Milliken
Karen Moncrieff
Moody’s Corporation
Charlotte Moss
Jeanne M. Mosure
Mary E. Mulligan
Janet Nelson
Jan Nicholson
Nying Zemo
Stephanie and Robert Olmsted
Pamela Pantzer
Jeannie Park
Mary Penner-Lovci
Florence Pert
Emily Peterson
Renee K. Petrofes
The Pfizer Foundation*
The Philanthropic Collaborative
Karen A. Phillips‡
Lisa L. Philp‡
Emily K. Rafferty
Linda E. Rappaport
Talatha Reeves
Leilee Reiter
Jodi A. Richard
Julia Ritchie
Constance R. Roosevelt
Sheri Sandler
Rosita Sarnoff
Nancy Schacht
Scholastic Trade Publishing
Self Magazine
Jana M. Shea
Romita Shetty
Alexandra Shiva
Carolyn Sicher
Mary B. Smyth
Ashley H. Snowdon Blanchard
Andrea Stark
Ira Statfeld
Allison M. Stern
Marcy Syms
Steven B. Tanger
Felicia Taylor
Marjorie B. Tiven
Barbara Tober
Myra L. Tobin
Jacqueline Parker Togut
Leonia Vega
WABC TV
Nora Ann Wallace
Monica Gerard-Sharp Wambold
Nancy L. Wender
Marie C. Wilson
Joy H. Wyatt
Kathryn S. Wylde
Molly Wythes
Mary N. Young
Beverley Zabriskie
$500 – $999
Anonymous (2)
Bellatrix Accola
Altman Foundation*
Sherrell Andrews
Deborah T. Armijo
Sara S. Ayres
Ellen Baer
Baker Botts LLP
Barbara Barbera
Lilliam Barrios-Paoli‡
Subda and Jim Barry
Mary Ann Baumrind
Elizabeth Bernbach‡
Jodi Borkowitz
Emily Braun and
Andrew Frackman
Charmaine S. Burden
Bettina and Bruce Buschel
Marjorie A. Cadogan
Dale Cendali
Aiyoung Choi‡
Melinda Chu‡
Lybra Clemons‡
Sarah E. Cogan
Barbara L. Cohen
Nan R. Cooper
Tamar M. Copeland‡
Ellen B. Corenswet
Patricia Crown
Pamela J. Damsky
Agathe David-Weill
Rebecca Davies
Peter J. De Luca
Dru De Santis
Emme L. Deland
Kerri E. Devine
Christine DiGuiseppi
Alexander Donner
Constance DuHamel
Vanessa Dulney
Ingrid and Stephen Dyott
Jane L. Eddy
Natalie Edwards
Abby Ehrlich
Teresa Clarke Ellis
Sara L. Engelhardt
Sarah A. Finklea
Regina Fitzpatrick
Michelle Francis
Janeene K. Freeman‡
Gail Furman
Francesca Gagliano
Gail M. Gallagher
Lee W. Galvis
Mary E. Geisser
Linda M. Gibbs
Sharon Gigante
Andrew Gordon
Grand Street Settlement
Mary H. Gridley
Teresa M. Grimm
Jodi and Jeffrey Hecht
Laurel E. Henschel‡
Anne D. Herrmann
Anne Hess
Hitchcock Printing
& Distribution
Ara Hovnanian
Bellatrix Hubert
Anna B. Iacucci
Eleonora Johnson
Penelope Johnston
Rosalind Jones
Joan A. Kedziora, M.D.
Virginia C. Keim
Carol Kellermann
Sara Kendall
Ann P. Kern
Alka Khushalani
Liz Kiernan
Kwanghee Kim
Emily D. Kite
Krause Family Foundation, Inc.*
Eleanor M. Lackman
Candace Leeds
Francine LeFrak
Cathy I. Levy
Cynthia H. Levy
Patti S. Lieberman
Yvonne Look ‡
The Lori & Mark Fife Foundation
Helen T. Lowe
Cassandra Lozano
*Matching gifts
Stacey Mahoney
Jeanette Mall
L.C. Massey
Hedy Matteson
Robin Matza
Debra A. Mayer
Susan F. McCalley
Elizabeth J. McCormack
Mary McCormick
Deirdre McDonald
Michael McGaughy
Eleanor McGee
Deborah McManus
Benita R. Miller
Virginia Millhiser
Virginia P. Montgomery
Yvonne Moore‡
Ms. Foundation for Women
Janet Mulligan
Nancy S. Murray
Risë Norman
Nancy G. Novogrod
Paula Oppenheim
Susan and Craig Orchant
Paula Park ‡
Debra J. Pearlstein
Nicki Pearson
Allison Pease
Gloria C. Phares
Laurie A. Pisano
Ernest Pomerantz
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Katherine L. Pringle
Naomi Rabinowitz
Claudia Ray
Janet Riccio
Arva R. Rice
Arthur Ross
Aidan D. Rowley
Carol B. Santoleri
Theresa A. Schnepf
Nancy Schwartz
Tutti B. Scott
Annabelle Selldorf
Karen Seymour
Loretta Shaw-Lorello
Hildy J. Simmons
Terry Lynn Smith
Linda A. Snyder
Orin Snyder
Melissa Sobel
Laura S. Steinberger
Robin Talbert
Rosa A. Testani
Laura Thorpe and
Andrew Rubinson
Cristin Tierney
Sandra S. Tully
Ann Unterberg
Cheryl Van Hooven
Virtu
Patricia J. Volland
Joanne Walsh
Lou-Anne Walters
Elizabeth H. Wang
Laura Warner
Kathryn Weill
Marie-Helene Weill
Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Kyung B. Yoon
Mark A. Young
Rosanne Zimmerman
$250 – $499
Anonymous (1)
Katherine Acey
Stephanie L. Ackler, CFA
Jean Albert
Donna Albertario
E.S. Andrews, Esq.
The Ari & Gila Ackerman
Foundation
Judith A. Archer
Sally Arteseros
Mashea M. Ashton
Vicki Assevero
Pamela Averick
Paola Bacchini
Martha Baker‡
Betsy S. Barbanell
Melissa R. Barnett
Carrie R. Barratt
Fran Barrett
Arlene Bascom
Rinku Bastola
Caroline Batzdorf
Jane Baum
Jayne H. Baum
Nancy Behrman
Joan A. Bell
Belinda Bellet, Ph.D.
Amanda Benchley
Therese Bernbach
Susan Bernfield
Willa Bernhard, Ph.D.
Joan E. Bertin
Bridget & Charles Best
Bhati Beads LLC
Darcy G. Bhatia
BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc.
Donna Blank
Ellen H. Blau
John Bliss & Leslie Hendelman
Kelly V. Bookmyer
Kathryn M. Bopp Flynn
Andrea Bozzo
Bill Bragin
Sara S. Brandston
Gabrielle Breslow
Alexis Briski
Jean G. Bronstein
Shifra Bronznick
Cynthia D. Brown
Ronna Brown, Esq.
Susan Brown
Michele A. Browne
Lisa Bullard‡
Elizabeth H. Burke
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Patricia L. Burke
Sarah Burnes
Janifer Burns
Laura E. Butzel
Sila Calderon
Cathy S. Callender
Sarah L. Cave
Lauren Cerand
Shona Chakravartty
Millie Chan
Deveraux Chatillon
Children’s Defense Fund —
New York
Kathleen C. Clarke
Coastal Financial Group
Shirine Coburn
Michelle Coffey‡
Dianne Coffino
Audra Cohen
Carrie H. Cohen
Jeri L. Cohen
Rhea G. Cohen
Rosemary Coluccio
Jan M. Cook, Esq.‡
Catherine Corry
Elizabeth Costas
William A. Craig ‡
Mary Crawford
Moira K. Crosby
Cathy Cummins
Jacqueline Dahan
Christine Danielewski
Abbey Darer
Audrey B. David
David V. Abramson & Associates
Tuhina De O’Connor ‡
Judith M. Dennehy
Elizabeth E. Di Michele
Maureen Dillon
Wendy Dolber
Kelly Dolson
Douglas Gould and Company, Inc.
Catherine J. Douglass
*Matching gifts
Duane Reade
Marsha L. Edlich
Mary E. Egbert
Anne Erni
Margot Ernst
Sanna B. Feirstein
Gwendy Feldman
Leslie Findlen
Rachel Fink
Joan G. Fishman
Kathryn B. Fishman
Diane Fogg
Anne Fosty‡
Ellen Fox
Myra L. Freed, Esq.
Winifred Freund
Merle Froschl
Susan Fulwiler
Joan Furedi
Lavinia Gadsden
Lisa M. Gallagher
Rebecca Gamzon
Flora Garcia‡
Jodie Garfinkel
Cecilia M. Gastón, MPA
Adrienne Germain
Martha E. Gifford, Esq.
Rosa M. Gil
Amy Glickman and
Andrew Kuritzkes‡
Patricia M. Godoy
Tracie Golding Gerson
Linda Goldstein
Ann Graham
Brenda Grassey
Mario Grauso
Joan S. Green
Pamela E. Green
Clare R. Gregorian
Ruth Gruenthal
Claire P. Gutekunst
Hachette Book Group, USA
Leigh Hallingby
Antoinette Hamilton
Carolyn Handler‡
Margot Harley
Cathy M. Harrington
Gay Hartigan
Paula K. Hawkins
Susan C. Heide
Susan Hendel
G.A. Henry
Michelle Henry
Sylvia A. Hewlett
Melissa P. Hirsch
Michael Hirschhorn
and Jimena Martinez
Jamie M. Hoffman
Stephanie A. Holmes
Lisa Horwitz
Joanne Howard
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Robyn B. Ince‡
Ileana Infante
Institute for Philanthropy
Norma Intriago
Melissa Ix
Ann H. Jackowitz
Barbara L. Jackson
Bree Jeppson
Nurah-Rosalie P. Jeter
Mary E. Johnston
Melique Jones‡
Kippy Joseph
Dona S. Kahn, Esq.
Evan Karabell‡
Esther Kartiganer
Caroline S. Keating
Marcia Keizs
Sharon C. Kennedy
Nancy Kestenbaum
Patricia Keyser
Heidi A. Kilgras
Emily Jane Kirwan and
Jay Grimm
William Klein
Susan J. Kohlmann
Ronda Kotelchuck
Kathleen M. Kramer
Natalie N. Kuehler
Cindy Kurtin
Zuzka Kurtz
David J. Landes
Tracey Lane
Dale M. Larocca
Nagelah Laurent
Nancy Lebron
Amy Leder
Hali Lee
Nancy A. Lee
Lorie Cowen Levy
Carol B. Liebman
Doreen Lilienfeld
Cynthia Lopez
Mary M. Luria
Nandini Mani
John Mara
March of Dimes Foundation
Susan March
Isaili Marinez
Dawn Markowitz
Marriott Marquis Hotel
Catie Marshall
Judith Marshall
Claire A. Marx
Helen W. Marx
Lesley Massiah‡
Karen R. Mayer
Alexandra Mayers‡
Megan McAllister
Sarah McGill
Geraldine McManus
Linn C. Mehta
Roxandra Meron
Rainey Miller
Warren M. Miller
Nina Miness
Anne P. Mintz
Daphna Mitchell
Yung Moon
Elizabeth Morgan
Hadassah and Thomas Morgan
Libby A. Moroff
Kiisha Morrow‡
Maria Mottola-Loonam
Elizabeth P. Munson
Diana T. Murray
Sharon A. Myrie
Alejandra Naranjo
Elizabeth A. Nash
Asha Nayak
Susan Newton
Susan T. Nitze
Brigette Noh
Debra Noumair
Jeanne J. O’Brien-Ebiri‡
Sarah E. O’Connell
Shirley O’Reilly
Camille Orme
Anne B. Parson
Minal Patel Davis
Ann-Marie E. Pearce
Rachel Pearson
Marjorie Penrod
Nancy J. Phillips
Cheryl Plambeck
Fern Portnoy
Rhonda Powell
Press Schonig & Company, LLP
The Prudential Foundation*
Alix S. Pustilnik
Miriam Raccah
Luna Ranjit
Charlene Rayter
Gail Hunt Reeke
Grace E. Richardson
Dara Richardson-Heron
Corinne H. Rieder
Margaret Riley
Rennie Roberts
Susan M. Roberts
Kelly Rodden
*Matching gifts
Regina Rodriguez
Maria Teresa Rojas‡
Meredith Kahn Rollins
and Conley Rollins
Pamela R. Root
Jane Rosenman
Alison Ross
Donna Rossi
Mary C. Rower
Russell Reynolds
Vincenza Russo
Kim Sabo
Arlene L. Salomon
Flora Sanders
Melinda Sarafa
Elizabeth D. Savage
Anna Sboglund
Scherzer International
Judith G. Schlosser
Phyllis R. Schwartz
Rose H. Schwartz
Mary Carroll W. Scott
Deborah L. Seidel
Betsy Seidman
Josie Sentner
Purvi Shah
Katherine Sharp
LeAnn Shelton
Rashidah Siddiqui‡
Simon and Schuster
Julie Sissman and Phil Richter
Jennifer Small
Tarnisha L. Smart-Santiago‡
Dennis C. Smith
Jennifer S. Smith
Marcia L. Smith‡
Pamela J. Smith
Martha S. Sproule
Jane G. Stevens
Brenda J. Stiers
Mary Sullivan
Angela Sun
Kimberly Suttell
Barbara Taveras
Melissa Taylor‡
Hendel Teicher
Davia B. Temin
Ann Temkin
Tai C. Terry
Pamela J. Tibbetts
TLJ Specialties, Inc.
Irina Topuria
Patricia C. Towers
Annie Tronoski
Jane M. Tuttle
Ann Wagner
Adele R. Wailand
Kate Walbert
Erica N. Walker
Myrle H. Wall
Prof. Aurora Wallace
Angie Wang
Catherine Waterworth Honan
Wendy E. Weil
Vera V. Weintraub
Sanford B. Weiss
WellPoint Foundation*
Kathleen M. Wells
Christine Werner
Heide White
Liz White
Wikler & Company, Inc.
Robin Willner
Lisa Witter
Melinda B. Wolfe
Women’s Sports Foundation
Alice Yurke
Jill Zelenko‡
Ruth A. Ziegler
$100 – $249
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Elaine S. Abelson
Ariel Aberg-Riger
Penny Abeywardena
Michael C. Adams
Adeola I. Adele
Kerry Aguilar
Vincent J. Alabiso
Carol H. Albert
Gleana R. Albritton
Patricia Allen, M.D.
Sara Alonzo
Neysa I. Alsina
Barbara C. Amone
Gina S. Anderson
Charlotte P. Armstrong
Loren Armstrong
Chitra Arunasalam
The Asia Foundation
Diane Audino
Cynthia Aureli
Sara Austin
Terri Austin
Pamela Babb
Marion Bachrad
Diane Baillargeon
Mary Ann Ball
Robert Bank
Sharon Banks-Williams
Ann Marie Baranowski
Alyson Bardsley
Gayle and Jerome Baron
Linda Basch
Edward P. Bass
Angela M. Battaglia
Michele and Bill Beardslee
Jamie L. Bennett
Ratchanee Benson
Brenda Berkman
Jill S. Berman and Lynda Cury
Lisa Berman
Carolyn J. Berry
Taina Bien-Aimè
Robin Bierstedt‡
Kathryn Birn
Donna Blanchard
Susan E. Block
Elise Bloom
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Lois E. Blumka
Carole Bolger
Daryl Boren
Haydee Borges
Jodi L. Borkowitz
Katherine L. Bourne
Sharon Bowen and Larry Morse
Kelli P. Brady
Lois Braverman
Sarah J. Brazaitis
Frances M. Breuer
Shari Brink
Catherine Brogan
Regina and Bill Bronson
Gloria P. Brown
LaRay Brown
Martha Brown
Maya Brown
Sharon A. Brown‡
Katherine Bryan
Gretchen Buchenholz
Casey Burgess
Kimberly Burgess
Anne Buscaglia
Julia L. Busch
Kwanza R. Butler ‡
Sally T. Butler
Collette Caesar
Karina Y. Camacho
Pamela Camhe and Jordie Mark
Elizabeth C. Campbell
Gabriela Canedo
Jane Caplan
Elisabeth Cappuyns
Gloria Caprio
Patricia Carbon
Nancy Carr
Helen B. Casey
Lauren S. Cassell
Tracy Castle-Newman
Candace Cato
Ann F. Chamberlain
Maisie Chang
*Matching gifts
Anita Channapati
Saraswathi Channapati
Roberta Chapey
Gabriella Chapman‡
Charter School Business
Management Inc.
Whitney Chatterjee
Pui C. Cheng
Stephanie Cherry
Theresa Chillianis
Pearl Chin
Sandra Chiocchi
Faye Chiu
Joan Chormanski
Hyun K. Chung ‡
Clare D. Clark
Peri Clark
Andrea Clarke-Gibson
Hallie Cohen
Royce F. Cohen
Judith E. Cohn
Molly Cole‡
Lila A. Coleburn
Laura Coleman
Ann F. Connolly
Amy Conrad Stokes
Angela Conti
Harriet Copeland
Lydia Cotter
Rachel Coun
Debbie A. Cutler
Therese Dacres
Sophie Danner‡
Kavita Das
Catherine Dash
Pauline David
Andrea S. Davis
Ellen Davis
Kathryn B. De Vejar
Sarah Deckey
Diana L. Defrate
Willie E. Dennis Esq.
Anne K. Desimone
Margaret C. Devany-McKeo
Nicholas Diamand
Ann C. Diamond, Esq.
Alyssa DiPasquale
Katherine DuHamel
Lucinda J. Durning
Jill Edelson
Gouri Orekondy Edlich
and Alexander Edlich
Bonnie Edwards‡
Jamie Eichinger
Shelly Elimelekh
Laura Ensler
Felicia Eve
Jane E. Ezersky
Karen Fairbanks
Phyllis Farley
Fariah Feinstein
Amy L. Feller
Paula Y. Fendall
Elizabeth Ferer
Ivon E. Fernandez
Debbie Fierro
Lori Fineman
Nancy Fink
Bilha Fish
Marian C. Fish
Ann B. Fisher
Connie Fishman
Elizabeth Fishman
Anique Fleming
Andrea Flink
Andrea M. Flynn
Roopa M. Foley
Mary S. Foote, Ph.D.
Erica R. Forman
Susanne Forman
Pamela Foster
Mavis Fowler
Heather Frayne
Beth and Don Fredrick
Helene R. Freyman
Gigi and Sam Fried
Georgia A. Froelich
Ester Fuchs
Eliza Funston
Jane H. Furse
Margaret Gallagher
Brennan Gang ‡
Adrienne V. Garcia
Judith Garner
Eboni S. Gates
Helen Gavaris
Tina and Scott Gelber
Robin Gelburd
Rachel Gerstein
Jennifer Giacobbe
Kristin Giantris
Edes P. Gilbert
Elaine R. Gilbert
Barbara Gillers
Maura Gilroy
Barbara Giordano
Goldglit & Company LLP
Alice H. Goldman
Caryl Goldsmith
Ted Goldstein
Erica Gonzalez
Sarah Goodhart
Yvette Gorman-Holmes
Janet Gornick
Sara Gould and Rick Surpin
Sylvie Goursaud
Catherine S. Gratton
Janet Greenberg
Jean S. Greene
Loren W. Greene, M.D.
Rose Gregorio
Christine H. Grumm
Susan Guerrero
Tanya Guerrero
Sandra Guzman
Siw D. Gysser
Lisa Haas
Judy Halaby
LaShann Hall
Rosemary Halligan
Peggy Halsey
Hillary Hansen
Robert Hansen
Alison R. Hanstead
Patryca K. Harbison
Lisa Harris
Karen Hartman
Daryl Hartshorne
Celeste Harwell
Bonnie Hathaway
Catherine Havemeyer
Tamara Hellgren
Angela Henry
Henry Street Settlement
Melina Herring
Patricia Hewitt
Amanda S. Hilburn‡
Ann W. Hilliard
Elizabeth Hines and
Jessica Mudry
Lisa Hines-Johnson
Kathlyn J. Hirsch
Susan Hirshman
Joan Hochman
Pamela Hogan
Madeline L. Holder ‡
Rebecca Hornstein
Kathryn Howard
Idelle A. Howitt
Charles O. Hoyt
Faith Huckel
Maureen Huff
Melanie Hughes
Jennifer Hutchins-Regina
Independence Community
Foundation*
Janis Inscho
Tanya M. Jaeger
Rita H. Jensen
Soo Johnson
Susan P. Johnston
JPMorgan Chase Foundation*
Heidi R. Kagan
*Matching gifts
Bruce Kahne‡
Martha Kamber
Christopher Keenan
Patricia Keim
Kathleen A. Kelly
Maureen C. Kelly
Alyssa Kelman
Kerry Kennedy
Tanya Kennedy ‡
Yvonne Kenney ‡
Alicia M. Kershaw
Elaine Kessel
Marybeth and Gerry Ketz
Rachna Khosla
Susan M. Kingsolver
Karen B. Konigsberg
Deborah Korzenik
Moira J. Kowal
Annabelle Ladao
Mary L. Lambert
Mikki Lamm
Roxana D. Laughlin
Lynn K. Law
Melissa and Marc
Lawrence-Apfelbaum
Patricia Lazak
Beverly D. Lee
Cyndi Lee
Kathie B. and Donald J. Lee
Alison B. Leeds
Ann G. Lefever
Shelley Leinheardt
Joy Leonard‡
Daphne Leroy
Alexandra Levi
Mimi L. Lieber
Rosalie W. Liebman
Michele K. Lindsay
Rae Linefsky
Michele Little
Lucia and Carlos Lobo
Jodi LoCascio
Loews Corporation*
Kara M. Logan
Epin Long
Sonia Lopez
Sonia L. Lopez
Lexy Lowell
Michelle H. Luft
Luba Lynch
Bridget G. Lyons
Dan Maguire
Mary R. Main
Joan L. Malin
Gerri P. Manion
Stacy Marcus
Susanna Margolis
Margaret Marsh
Elaine Marshack
Anne S. Martz
Jean and Claudio Marzollo
Rebeca Matthews
Kathleen Maurer
Laura D. Mazor
Maureen McAllister
Jane McCord
Lauren McDonald
Melanie M. McEvoy
Mary E. McGarry
Karen B. McGruder
Paige I. McInerney
Joan A. McKay
Dina McKeevor
Karen McKinnon
Erica S. McLean
Susan McMillan
Julia Mcmillen
Sheilisa McNeal
Susan A. Meisel
Caroline Menes
Meredith Meyer
Patricia Meyer
Eileen O. Michael
Ketly Michel, M.D.‡
Dana Micheli
Gertrude Michelson
Malia Mills
Robin Mitchell
MK Direct Marketing
Communications
Hazel Moore
Susan Moore
Stephanie B. Mudick
Sandra Mullin
Elizabeth A. Mullins
Guna S. Mundheim
Brigida Munoz
Kevin Murphy
Sallye Murphy
Alexandra Murray
Musse2Muse Productions, Inc.
Pat Nadosy
Susan A. Nayowith
Kali Ndoye‡
Phebe Neely
Victoria Neely
Lynn Neils
Irene K. Nevess
Ben Noland
Denise Notice-Scott
Cindy O’Hagan
Mimi O’Hagan
Isabelle O’Hara
Jane Fincke Orenstein
Cathy White O’Rourke
Nellie Ortiz
Marilyn Oswald
Carol J. Ott
Shea Owens‡
Gladys Padro-Soler
Janice L. Palladino
Barbara L. Paltrow
Stacy Papas
Kathryn Parente
Jane Parver
Elizabeth Passarella
Denise L. Pease
Paula Pelosi
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Penguin USA*
Jennifer Pepper
Manuela Perez
Stacey Perkins-Rock
Linda and Stephen Phebus
Robin N. Phillips, M.D.
Tabitha Pia
Lorena Piazze
Rosemonde Pierre-Louis‡
Margaret H. Pinto
Lillian A. Plata
Pamela Plate‡
Ellen Politi
Elizabeth L. Pollert
Juana Ponce de Leon
Suki T. Ports
Maria Postell
Elaine M. Postley
Mary J. Potter
Elizabeth Poynor
Michelle Price
Jodi Pulice
Jacqueline A. Pullano
Elizabeth Pulling
Anthony M. Radice
Valerie Rainford‡
Seetha Ramanathan
Bahia L. Ramos Synnott‡
Audrey A. Rampinelli
Beth A. Rasin
Edwin Read
Julianne Recine
Lata Reddy
Suzane Rhee
Satricia Rice
Sandra A. Riemer Landers, Esq.
Carey Roberts
Carol Robles-Roman
Jessica Rodgers
Kathryn Rodgers, Esq.
Lynda Rodolitz
Tracey Rogers
Carol A. Rolfe
*Matching gifts
Barbara Romano
Elizabeth Roseman
Marilyn G. Rosenberg
Abbey Rosenwald
Claire Rosenzweig
Amy Rosi
Nicole P. Ross
Patrice A. Rouse
Trisha H. Rozas
Rosina F. Rue
Susan Sack
Frimi Sagan
Sybil A. Sage
Laura Saltman
Emily Samton
Amanda Samuel
Alicia Santos‡
Julia V. Santos
Elisabeth A. Sapery
Elaine Sargent
Kit Sawyer
Sophia D. Schachter
Jane Liff Schatz
Carolyn T. Schiff
Johanna Schiller
Christine Schmidt
Linda K. Schmidt
Allison Schnieders
Lynn C. Schulman
Sue Schwartz
Jill M. Scibilia
SEEDCO
Celia Seigerman-Levit
Patricia Seltzer
Tina H. Sernick
Manda Sertich
Amy Shakespeare
Kathleen E. Shannon
Jessica Shaw
Kate Sheehan
Kate Bostock Shefferman
Barbara S. Sherman
Peggy Shiller
Susanne Short
Mary M. Shuford
Elana Sigall
Natasha Sigmund
Shari L. Silverman
Randi Singer
Denise and Michael Smith
Janice K. Smith
Marcia Smith
Leslie C. Snyder
Inge P. Spungen
Peggy Stafford
Julie M. Staudenmier
Gillian V. Steel
Delaney Steele Stoval
Erica Steinberger, Esq.
Peggy Stern
Patricia C. Stewart
Ariel L. Stillman
Chrystal Stokes
Madelyn B. Storms
Hilary Stout
Jocelyn Strauber
Beth Stubenbord
Brooke T. Suhler
Aminah Sulayman
Jane F. Sultan
Nel Sung
Timothy Swain
Mary L. Sweatt‡
Robin Sweberg
Barbara Taff
Richard E. Talmadge
Stacy S. Tenenbaum
Joan Toal‡
Emily Tobey
Georgia C. Traill-Stimphil
Mary Traub
Nancy J. Trott
Alexander Tsui
Deborah J. Turek
Barbara J. Turk
Kate Turley
Elizabeth G. Turner
Nisha Varia
Carla Villacorta
Nancy Vines
Kristen von Summer Waldorf
Diana Wachtell
Heidi Wailand
Jon M. Walton
Wanda Wareham
Heide Wasson
Ashley Waters
Sandra Watson
Suzanne S. Weill
Janet Weinberg
Jody R. Weiss
Julie Weiss
Karyn Weiss
Lisa E. Weiss
Phyllis Wender
Heather D. White
Naomi Wiesen
Jean P. Wilhelm
Aviva Will
Toya Williford
Madelyn Wils
Amy S. Winkelman
Marina W. Winton
Mary Wittenberg
Kirsten Wittenborn
Albert M. Wojnilower
Amanda J. Wolf
Jacqueline Wolff
Meg Woodhouse
Jacqueline Woodson
Sheena L.Y. Wright
Nancy Wysocki
Nicole Young
Anna K. Zeffreys
Brenda L. Zelin
Barbara C. Zeller, M.D.
Beth F. Zolkind
Susan Zuckerman
Michael Zweig
$1 – $99
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Natalie Abatemarco
Ngozi O. Abili
Jeanette Adams
Meredith Adler
Agnes Agwang
Joanne Ainajjar
Jacqueline H. Aldrette
Jan Alexander
Mason Almeida
Concepción R. Alvar
Arthur Anderson
Vanessa L. Antonioli
Mary R. Apicella
Frances Aquino
Adriana Arguilez
Wendy M. Arroyo
Annie Asebrook
Joan L. Axelroth
Moira Bailey
Pamela Bailey
Kelly Bargmann
Donna Barkman
Stephanie Battle
Amy S. Beard
Eleanore Bednarsh
Anita Beeber
Melissa Berkey-Gerard
Susan Berkwitt
Molly Biklen
Lisa D. Bittings
Sheena Blaise‡
Amito T. Bongomin
Annie Bovian
Carol Bozek
Mary Bridges
Jennifer Brown
Miriam Brown
Nancy C. Brown
Joanne Brownstein
Jennifer Bruch
*Matching gifts
Antonia Bryan
Jennie Bucove
Jessica Budoff
Jolynda Burton
Isabel Byron
C. Hoare & Co.
Andrea C. Cajas
Joanne Calabrese
Dorothea Caldwell-Brown, Esq.
Carole Campana
Folasade Campbell
Paula Caraballo
Constance P. Carden
Alice Cardona
Nancy Carin
Lara Cassell
Susan Catalano
Bernard Catcher
Susan Chan
Hadwah Charles
Cindy Chieng
Tina Chiu
Julie Choi
Michelle M. Clarke
Heidi Coggeshall
Carolyn R. Coleburn
Christine Colligan
Briana Collins
Janan Compitello
Tricia A. Conley
Fiorella Contreras
Alewa Cooper
Carla Copeland
Dawn Cotter-Jenkins
Diana Coyne
Melissa Cozart
Fabienne Craig ‡
Virginia D. Cser
Joanne D. Daniels
Doris G. Dannemann
Anne S. Davidson
Christine Davis
Dana Davis
Johana De Jesus
Karen De Mauro
Lydia Devine
Jean H. DeWolfe
Lynn Diamond
Estella Diaz
Angelia Dickens‡
Ejim Dike
Gillian DiPietro
Gina L. Dizzia
Betty Ann Dolan
Courtney E. Dolan
Nancy B. Doyle
Tiffany Dufu
Beth Dunphe‡
Judith Ebert
Nyla Edwards
Jaime Eisenbraun
Jullian D. Eng
Meredith Epstein Goodman
Harvey Epstein and Anita Eliot
Rita Epstein
Susan E. Epstein
Mimi Evans
Sopma Fakhari
Janice Fareed-Hardy‡
Monika Farmer CCFP
Carol Fawcett
Rachel Fedderson
Angela Ferguson
Laura Ferguson-Bowman
Karen Feuer
Debra Filtzer
Susan L. Fischer
Sally J. Foley
Gershom Foster
Risha Foulkes
Audrey Fowler
Amanda Fox
Nina S. Frenkel
Dorothy Fulgoni
Caitlin D. Galblum
Kelly Galvin
Caryn Ganz
Patricia Garde
Paula Gavin
Violet M. Gaynor
Marjorie A. Geiger
Gabrielle Genauer
Rosalie Genevro
Jill Gerson Parker
Jane C. Gibbons
Amy B. Gitlitz
Leah Goldfinger
Elaine Goldman
Fatima Goldman
Jena Goldmark
Rita and Norman Goldstein
Shulamith K. Goldstein
Edith Goren
Yvonne J. Graham‡
Leslie D. Granston‡
Hope Greenberg
Nicole M. Griffith
Jean Grove
Antoinette Grzan
Janine Guido
Bonnie C. Gurry
Irene Haber
Jami M. Hale
Lisa Hamilton
Rachel Hannafod
Rhonda M. Hargrove
Lynne Harlow
Ashley Harness
Allison G. Harris
Joanna Hartell
Averie Hason
Christine M. Heaney
The Hearst Corporation*
Mary Hedahl
Joanna Helferich
Kristen L. Hendricks
Addie Herder
Abby J. Hirsch
Ms Alison Hirsch
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Ida Hochberg
Estelle Hochman
Karen Hock
Ann Holden
Rebecca J. Holden
Angela Hollis
Deborah Holt-Knight‡
Gloria Hopson
Eleanor Horowitz
Tabea Y. Hsi
Antoinette Hum
Caroline Ifrah
Yordanka Ilieva
Karen Ingenthron
Angela Jackson
Jennifer Jackson
Yvette C. Jackson
Lorrie J. Janatopoulos
The Janis & Alan Menken
Foundation
Heather Janoff
Julia Jean-Francois
Manushka Jean-Louis
Anne Jekel
Lillian Jimenez
Katherine Joffe
Leilani Johnson
Liz Johnson
Jeanine P. Jones, M.S.W.
Sara L. Jones
Sarah S. Jones
Shirley Kablan
Sarah Y. Kafka
Cecily Kaiser
Amini Kajunju‡
Susan A. Karwoska
Carole R. Kaufmann
Meryl Kaynard
Shirin Keen
Jolie Z. Kelter
Mary E. Kilkelly
Sarah Kim
*Matching gifts
Annetta J. Kimball, M.D.
Robert L. King
Susan King
Ruth Kirchmeier
Stacy Klein
Rachelle S. Kramer
Mona B. Kreaden
Verena Kugi
Valyrie Laedlein
Julie Lai
Mikki Lam
Odette Larroche-Garcia
Arlene Lasagna
Fleur Lawrence
Letitia Ledan
Mona Lee
Rosalyn Lee and Beverly Tillery
Stacey A. Leigh
Carmen Lenzi
Erin S. Levi
Tracey Levy
Lena Licata
Jackie Lin
Jeanne Y.H. Lin
Erin Linnihan
Nevada Littlewolf
Delores C. Longo
Sharon Lopez
Katherine Lucas
Nancy Ludmerer
Abbey Lustgarten
Maggie G. Lyko
Amy Lynn
Elizabeth Mackey
Mary Mahoney
Manadou Malick
Laurie Malman
Sara L. Manaugh
Ciara Marley
Lisa Marsh
Nancy R. Marter
Esperanza G. Martinez
Nicole Marwell
Christin J. Masimore
Teresa Matthews
Sarah McCaslin
Debra McClutchy
Tina McCormick
Mamie Lou McIndoe
Ellen McKay
Baleta McKenzie
Mr. and Mrs. John W.
McLean, Sr.
Maureen McLoughlin
Stormy J. McNair
Arabella Meadows-Rogers
Monique A. Mehta
Merrill Lynch Investment
Managers
Karen G. Meshkov
Valerie M. Michaud
Tanya Miles
Harry Miller
Laura Miller
Mary Miller
Rebecca L. Miller
Rabia Z. Mohammed
Valerie J. Monroe
Elba I. Montalvo
Beata Moon
Meg Morrera
Trina S. Morris
Nan J. Morrison
Theresa B. Moser
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Sara Narumi
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Pamela Nemoto
Jane W. Newman
Talib Nichiren
Nicole Niman
Robin Nunn
Sinead O’Gorman
Valerie Oliver-Durrah
Karla Olivier
Eve R. Pais
Gloria Pak
Becky Palsmeier
Jennifer Papadimitriou
Jennifer Parkinson
Marian Patterson
Maryann Pearson
Giselle Pemberton
Michele Penzer
Sandra Perez
Judy R. Perry
Angela Perry-Spruill
Olya Petukhova
Miriam Pfisterer
Tina Piccininns
Hope K. Plasha
Florence D. Polikoff
Betty Popper
Verena Powell
Danielle Quigg
Barbara Raab
Jessica Radow
Kay and Matt Ralston
Evangelyn Ramsey
Abby Raphel
Rachel Rappaport
Ann Rasmussen
Roxann Remekie
Barbara Riccardi
Elisa Rivera
Isabel M. Rivera
Laura Roberts
Constance K. Robinson
Suzanne Rosenfeld
Patricia Rosenfield
Carmen A. Ross
Elizabeth Ross
Patricia Rudden
Lynda A. Rufo
Dana C. Rundlof
Sarah Ryan
Akino Sakaska
Sheri Sarkisian
Mary Sasso
Sarina Sassoon-Sanandaji
Katherine P. Saunders
Nina Saxon
Jennifer Schatzman
Norma Scheck
Shannon Schell
Carol Schlitt‡
Lucy Schmeidler
Ceil Schnapik
Janice Schrettner
Karin Segall
Margaret Seiler
Irene Selver
Ana Sencovici
Allison Sesso
Kimaria Seymour
Nancy Shack
Arti Shama
Lorraine W. Shanley
Larry Sharpe
Nancy A. Sheppard
Carol Sherman
Katherine B. Shutkin
Beatrice Sibbles
Deborah Siegel
Sophia Silao
Barbara Simon
Natalia M. Skuthan
Suzanne Smeaton
Bernita Smith
Shadawn Smith
Sabrina L. Smith-Sweeney
Alexandra Solis
May Soll
Fidelis Sop
Danielle L. St. Macary‡
Deborah A. Stanis
Laura Stein
*Matching gifts
Leanne Stella
Veronica Stellings
Kate Stich
Kristina W. Stillman
Amiko Sudo
Caterina Szepes
J.T. Takagi‡
Nancy N. Takei
Carolyn Taylor
Anne R. Teicher
Lori Teig
Suzanne Telsey
Dorothy Thigpen
Elizabeth B. Thompson
Marina M. Thompson-Slade
Audrey Thorne‡
Kimberly Tice
Judy Tobey
Tamara Tripp
Christina Tudino
Paula A. Turner
Roopa Unnikrishnan
Gina Vallee
Stephanie Van Damm
Jennifer Vanden Bosch
Felicia Varlese
Roxanna Velandrai
Evelyn Vera
Erin Vilardi
Alexandra Villano
Marissa Volshteyn
Joan T. Walrond
Francine J. Walzer
Melinda Wang
Sharon Waskow
Gerry Watson
Jennifer Weidenbaum
Joe Weisbord
Ashley R. Wessier
Kate Wetzel
Carol White
Laura Whitehorn
Philemona Williamson
Jennifer Williford
Alexandra Willinger
Renee C. Wilson
Marion Wolff
Robin Wolgast
Marilyn Wragg
Linda Yassky and
George Nahitchevansky
Mary T. Yelenick
Sabina Yglesias
Zena M. Yoslov
Lauren Young
Ellen Zaltzberg
Rachel F. Zief
Maya R. Ziv
In-kind Contributors
Benefit Cosmetics+A1
The Body Shop
Borba Cosmetics
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Cadbury
Chelsea Piers
Container Store
Contribute NY
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Ernst & Young LLP
Essie
Flip
Godiva
Kleenex
LeSportsac
Lodis Leather
Lucky Magazine
Manhattan Beer Distributors
Marlboro Musical Festival
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Miramax
Museum of the City of New York
Murray’s Cheese
The New York Botanical Garden
The New York Women
in Film and Television
Peacekeeper
Pink Magazine
Tiffany & Co.
Victoria’s Secret
121
Summarized Financial Statement
Fiscal Year January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
DECEMBER 31,
Assets
2008
2007
1,353,556
$ 1,244,016
Investments
6,227,903
9,115,684
Pledges receivable, net
3,136,479
2,608,051
Prepaid expenses
26,814
46,776
Property and equipment, net
35,505
40,628
102,173
107,636
$ 10,882,430
$ 13,162,791
$
$
Cash and cash equivalents
$
Other assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
122
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
100,627
126,733
30,951
30,951
750
2,721
132,328
160,405
Current
2,057,365
4,579,514
Quasi-endowment
4,329,913
4,329,913
6,387,278
8,909,427
Temporarily restricted
2,563,229
2,293,364
Permanently restricted
1,799,595
1,799,595
10,750,102
13,002,386
$ 10,882,430
$ 13,162,791
Security deposit and deferred rent revenue
Refundable advances
Total liabilities
Commitments
Net assets:
Unrestricted:
Total unrestricted
Total net assets
Summarized Financial Statement
Fiscal Year January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008
STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES
2008
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
Support and Revenue:
Contributions & Grants
U nrestricted
Temporarily
Restricted
1,439,268
2,391,919
$
Special Events
2007
Permanently
Restricte d
Total
Tota l
$ 1,124,166
$ 2,563,434
$ 4,293,766
100,000
2,491,919
2,287,176
170,901
176,116
(1,960,203)
637,652
215,191
172,468
170,901
Donated Goods and Services
(1,960,333)
Investment Income (Losses), net
130
Other Income
215,191
Net assets released from restrictions
954,431
(954,431)
0
0
3,211,377
269,865
3,481,242
7,567,178
3,896,512
3,029,437
Total Support and Revenue
Expenses:
Grants, Research, Public Education
& Leadership Development
Administration
Fundraising
3,896,512
495,107
495,107
655,408
1,341,907
1,341,907
1,140,891
Total expenses
5,733,526
5,733,526
4,825,736
(2,252,284)
2,741,442
Change in net assets
(2,522,149)
269,865
Net assets – January 1
8,909,427
2,293,364
$1,799,595
13,002,386
10,260,944
6,387,278
$ 2,563,229
$ 1,799,595
10,750,102
$ 13,002,386
$
Net assets – December 31
The financial statements for fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 were audited by Eisner LLP. The statements presented here are summarized from our audited statements.
To obtain a copy of them, please call The New York Women’s Foundation at (212) 261-4629.
Sources of Revenue
Expenditures
71%
Programs
$3,896,512
47%
Contributions & Grants $2,563,434
24%
Fundraising
$1,341,907
46%
Special Events
5%
Administration
$270,755 *
$2,491,919
3%
Donated Goods & Services $170,901
4%
Other Income
0%
Investment Income*
* Excludes $204,226 sublease expense
and $20,126 depreciation costs
* Investment Income reflects $1,960,203
Net Realized and Unrealized Losses
$215,191
123
With Appreciation
The New York Women’s Foundation® wishes to thank the
many people and organizations who helped to make this
Album and the Celebrating Women® Breakfast a success.
Justin S. Davis, DS Consulting Group, LLC
Christine DiGuiseppi Design, LLC
Derreth Duncan
Howard Heyman
James Johnson and staff at the New York Hilton
Lindenmeyr Munroe
LOG-ON
Mercury Print Productions, Inc.
124
NewPage Corporation
Don Pollard
Karen Palmer
Strategic Paper Group
Gary Wachter Editorial, Charity Docs
Youth Empowerment Mission
We would like to thank our strategic allies who have partnered
with the Foundation over the past year.
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
C.H.A.N.G.E.R
Community Service Society
DAMAYAN
Daphne Foundation
Debra Noumair Consulting
DeSantis Briendel
Finch College Alumnae Association Foundation
Girls Inc., of New York City
Heckscher Foundation for Children
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Laura M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Kim Sabo Consulting
Legal Momentum
Marta Siberio Consulting
Masq Marketing, LLC
Ms. Foundation for Women
Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project
Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica
Neuberger Berman
New York Community Trust
New York Foundation
New York State Banking Department
New York Women’s Agenda/Equal Pay Coalition NYC
North Star Fund
Philanthropy New York
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Stephanie Clohesy Consulting
Stonewall Community Foundation
Third Wave Foundation
Union Square Awards
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Women of Color Policy Network,
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Women’s Center for Education and Career Advancement
Women’s Funding Network
Women Moving Millions Campaign
Please join us in May 2010
for our 23rd annual
Celebrating Women Breakfast!
®
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