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WGC 2022 Year in Review

12/31/2022

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WGC 20 Years of Impact, By the Numbers

12/30/2022

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Women's Giving Circle of Howard County's 2022 Grants to Date

12/30/2022

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The WGC is a fund that gives grants … it’s what we do!

  • We have been part of the Howard County community for 20 years, having launched in 2002. 
  • This year, in 2022, WGC will give $200,000 in celebration of our 20th Anniversary year.
  • By the end of this year we will have given over $1,000,000 to our nonprofit partners in Howard County!
  • Learn more about WGC's grantmaking here.
  • Learn more about the WGC's Emergency Response Network here.
"We are proud to support our nonprofit partners on the ground focusing on women, girls, and families in our community." - Candace Dodson-Reed & Alison Canning,  
2022 WGC Grants Committee Co-Chairs
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WGC's 2022 Grantee Partners to Date:

  • Business Women’s Network of Howard County: for a Lifelong Learner Scholarship - $1,500
  • Columbia Community Care: Pantry Support - $500
  • Community Allies of Rainbow Youth (CARY) - $100
  • Community Ecology Institute/Freetown Farm: Community Barn Raiser - $5,500
  • Community Foundation of Howard County: CFHoCo Porch Naming​ ​- $4,000
  • Community Foundation of Howard County: YWGC/Youth in Philanthropy Partnership - $5,000
  • Food and Care For All, Inc.: Support for Women and Families - $1,000
  • Get on the Bus: Scholarships for 10 Girls - $5,000
  • Highland Project: Support of our Social Justice Grant to The 3rd - $10,000
  • Howard Hospital Foundation: Breast Imaging Center for Women - $6,000
  • Howard Community College: Continuing Education: Scholarships and Books - $10,500
  • Howard Community College: Head Start Empowerment Scholarship - $2,875
  • Junior Achievement of Central Maryland: JA Rising Women​ ​Program - $20,000
  • JustLiving Advocacy: WorkHER Program for Single Mothers - $5,000
  • JustLiving Advocacy: Back-to-School Supply Drive - $1,000
  • Leadership Howard County’s Leadership:   Scholarships for Female Participants - $5,000
  • National Black Philanthropy Month: $1,000 
  • Neighbor Ride: 200 Rides for Senior Women - $2,500
  • Philanthropy Together: We Give Summit  - $500
  • Sobar: Sobar Certification - $1,000
  • The 3rd: Black Philanthropy Month  - $1,500
  • The 3rd: Leadership Development Program - $20,000
  • United Way of Central Maryland: Scholarship for the New Family Center - $5,000
  • Emergency Response Network Grants: 
    • ERN Request for Columbia Community Care for Gift Cards for the Holiday Season - $2,000
    • ERN Request for the Community Action Council for Thanksgiving Meals for Families - $1,500
    • ERN Request for the Howard County Autism Society for a woman in need - $1,308
    • ERN Request for Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center to Support a Woman in Need - $1,435
    • ERN Request for HopeWorks to support a woman in need - $2,100
    • ERN Request for Luminus to Support Afghan Refugee Families - $10,000
    • ERN Request for WGC’s Feminine Hygiene Product Drive - $3,760

  • Big Give 2022 Grants:
    • Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center - $10,000
    • HopeWorks - $6,000
    • HCC Educational Foundation - $4,000

  • Changemaker Challenge Grants: 3, $1,000 grants to Female-Lead Programs - $3,000
    • Howard County Autism Society
    • Howard County Lynching Truth & Reconciliation
    • Oakland Mills Online​

  • WGC 20th Anniversary ERN Grants: 10, $2,000 grants to ERN partners - $20,000
    • Bridges to Housing Stability
    • Community Action Council
    • Columbia Community Care
    • Girls on the Run
    • Grassroots
    • Hope Works
    • Howard County Autism Society
    • HCC Educational Foundation
    • Howard Hospital Foundation
    • Luminus
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We are grateful for you.

12/19/2022

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December 2022 WGC eNewsletter - Click Here to Read the eNewsletter
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WGC End-of-Year Advisory Board Meeting & Celebration

12/13/2022

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The WGC Advisory Board had a wonderful night at The 3rd celebrating the end of our 20th Anniversary Year!

We highlighted WGC's Leadership:

  • We acknowledged long-time WGC Advisory Board Chair Barb Van Winkle, who will stay on the Advisory Board and assume the role of Immediate Past Chair, and Kim Agnor and Alice Giles for their Advisory Board service as they leave the Advisory Board after many years of support.
  • We celebrated Jennifer Bodensiek and Candace Dodson Reed as our incoming Chair and Vice Chair, and welcomed Cheryl Gray and Adora Brown as our incoming Advisory Board members.
  • And, we thanked all WGC Advisory Board members for their incredible leadership this year and all those who will continue leading committees and those who will assume new roles.

We are grateful to all of WGC's leaders for their generosity of time, talent, and treasure! For anyone interested in honoring Barb and all WGC leaders, please consider contributing to the WGC Barb Van Winkle Leadership Fund!

We reviewed WGC's 20 Years of Impact - By the Numbers, WGC's 2022 Year in Review & Opportunities for Growth, reviewed and voted on our new WGC 2023-2026 Strategic Plan, and we discussed how Advisory Board members can continue to support WGC's efforts in 2023. 

And, we celebrated our members and nonprofit partners! 

We are looking forward to a meaningful year in 2023, together. Check out our upcoming Events, including our March 8, 2023 Annual Celebration and Pink Party with Keynote Speaker Victoria Vrana, CEO of Global Giving, who will discuss "Growing Philanthropy Through Cooperation + Collaboration". Sponsor or purchase tickets here!

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WGC Announces New Advisory Board Members, 2023 Leadership

12/1/2022

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Columbia, MD, December 1, 2022 - The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County is very pleased to announce the addition of two new members to its Advisory Board, as well as the full slate of Executive Committee and Advisory Board members for 2023. 
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The newly elected Advisory Board members are Adora Brown and Cheryl Gray Hines.

“We are thrilled to welcome these two talented women, each of whom bring diverse experience and unique backgrounds to the Women’s Giving Circle” said Women’s Giving Circle Advisory Board Chair, Barb Van Winkle. 


Adora Brown: Adora Brown is an Emerson College sophomore working in journalism, marketing, and the nonprofit sector. She has written for various publications such as Baltimore Style, Milk Crate, The Mountain, and The Voiced Society. She does freelance marketing work for Melissa Curtin Coaching and other small businesses. In recent years, she has emerged in the nonprofit sector, accomplishing many creative goals with the Elma Lewis Center of Emerson College and The 3rd. Adora is on the WGC’s Events Committee and helping to manage the WGC’s Feminine Hygiene Product Drive.
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Cheryl Gray Hines: Cheryl Gray Hines is an accomplished entrepreneur, executive coach, and mentor with a mission to support women to live authentically and to be their best. Her deep expertise in leadership, organizational development, and business strategy has equipped her to coach executives and leaders through the most challenging transitions. As founder of C. Gray & Associates, she teaches Fortune 100 corporations, federal agencies, and high-net-worth entrepreneurs that leadership integrity is the foundation of stellar business performance. She is the author of the personal development book In Support of Myself: A Woman’s Guide to Asking for and Accepting Help from Others. Cheryl is on the WGC’s Membership & Development Committee.

After four years of leadership, Barb Van Winkle’s term is ending as WGC’s Advisory Board Chair, and she will become WGC’s Immediate Past Chair and continue as part of WGC’s leadership team. We are excited to welcome Jennifer Bodensiek as the incoming WGC Advisory Board Chair, and Candace Dodson-Reed as the incoming Vice Chair. 

“Jennifer and Candace have deep community knowledge and a passion for philanthropy” said Barb. “We are fortunate to have them by our side as we work to shape the future for women and girls in Howard County through the power of collective giving”.

The WGC is honoring Barb for all that she has done and will continue to do for the WGC with the Barb Van Winkle Leadership Fund and we invite gifts in honor of WGC women's philanthropic leadership the last 20 years with a gift in her/their honor. "I am deeply honored to have served the WGC for so many years, and so grateful to all of the leaders who have helped WGC grow to what we are today, 20 years later" said Barb. "I am so very humbled and grateful to everyone who has given to this fund to date and thank you all for your consideration!"

We are very grateful to Kim Agnor and Alice Giles whose terms are ending on the WGC Advisory Board after years of dedicated leadership and service.

The full 2023 slate of WGC Executive Committee and Advisory Board members are:

2023 WGC Advisory Board

Executive Committee:

Officers:
  • Jennifer Bodensiek, Chair
  • Candace Dodson-Reed, Vice Chair and Grants Committee Co-Chair 
  • Barb Van Winkle, Immediate Past Chair
  • Lynne Schaefer, Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair
  • Lee Draminski, Secretary
 
  • Judy Smith, WGC Strategist
  • April Force Pardoe, Governance Committee Chair
  • Alison Canning, Grants Committee Co-Chair
  • Melissa Curtin, Membership & Development Committee Chair
  • ​Mary Thompson, Events Committee Chair
  • Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz, Executive Director *Ex Officio

Advisory Board:

  • Adora Brown
  • Laura Bacon
  • Maxine Clark 
  • Cheryl Gray Hines
  • Kashonna Marrow, Membership & Development Committee Vice Chair
  • Jade McDuffie McClary, Events Committee Vice Chair
  • Barbara Peart 
  • Nette’ Stokes 
  • Beverly White-Seals, President & CEO, Community Foundation of Howard County Liaison *Ex-Officio

Dee Athey - CFHoCo Director of Grants and Community Engagement - Staff Liaison 

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. 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. www.womensgivingcircle.org

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