OUR MISSION

The Women’s Giving Circle is building a community of philanthropists and creating a permanent legacy to address the needs of women and girls in Howard County.

OUR FOCUS

We bring women together to learn about issues impacting women and girls in our community, and pool our dollars to fund programs that address those issues so we can have a greater impact together than we might otherwise have alone.

We Give Grants

to nonprofits in Howard County that focus on our mission of growing a community of philanthropists and supporting women and girls.​

We Raise Money

from donors to support our grantmaking and endowment so that we will have money in perpetuity to fund programs that benefit women and girls.

We Host Events

and programs to engage and educate our donors and raise money to support our ongoing grantmaking.

OUR REASON

We fund programs that benefit women and girls because nonprofits and programs that focus on women and girls are traditionally underfunded. 

OUR IMPACT

We’ve been part of the Howard County community for
19 years, have raised over $1 million to support our efforts from over 1,000 donors, and have given over $750,000 through over 100 grants to nonprofits that support women and girls in our community.

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OUR GIVING CIRCLE

And we’ve done all this together – as a giving circle. 
​A giving circle is formed when individuals come together and pool their dollars, decide together where to give the money, and learn together about their community and philanthropy. There are thousands of giving circles across the country that have given millions of dollars collectively to have an impact on a wide variety of issues.

OUR RECENT GRANTS

In 2020 we gave over $124,000+ in grants to our nonprofit partners
​to empower women and girls. 

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

There are numerous opportunities to engage in the work of the WGC:

Attend an upcoming event

join us

See our grantmaking

learn more

Pool your dollars for impact

donate

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- Barb Van Winkle, WGC Chair

​"I hope our 2020 efforts have inspired you as much as they have all of us – it fuels us to continue working together to support women and girls in our community as we enter 2021. Perhaps, it’s needed now more than ever."

CONTACT US​

We look forward to hearing from you!

Women's Giving Circle of Howard County

The WGC is a fund of the
​Community Foundation of Howard County
​10440 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite #230
Columbia MD, 21044
410.730.7840    
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wgcchair@womensgivingcircle.org
​wgcexecutivedirector@wgchowardcounty.org
www.womensgivingcircle.org

2021 WGC Leadership
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Our 2021 Advisory Board members are philanthropists, leaders, community builders, advocates, and communicators—and a resource for our donors and nonprofit partners working to improve the lives of women and girls in Howard County. We look forward to being in touch.

​Barb Van Winkle, WGC Chair
wgcchair@womensgivingcircle.org

Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz, WGC Executive Director
wgcexecutivedirector@wgchowardcounty.org
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