WGC May 2025 eNewsletter

Friends,

The Women's Giving Circle has been busy hosting and attending events this Spring and it has been wonderful connecting with many of you supporting our community along the way.

Read the full eNewsletter here

Thank you to the 57 women and girls who participated in the WGC's Big Give 2025 who collectively gave $32,000 in grants to our nonprofit partners!

We invited and received 30 applications for funding, and Big Give donors determined 3 nonprofit partners to receive funding: TurnAround ($10,000), Luminus ($5,000), and MakingChange ($5,000). Our WGC Break the Cycle Student Interns reviewed the applications as well and decided to invest in Voices for Change ($5,000) as part of their Mini Give.

​And, all Big Give donors had an opportunity to give an additional $500 to one of the 30 applicants, resulting in another $7,000 in grants to 10 nonprofit partners and $32,000 in total funding. Learn more here.

This, is the power of our giving circle.

Are you interested in getting involved? We have two upcoming events that I hope you will attend: WGC's "Leave Your Legacy Through Planned Giving" Virtual Lunch & Learn on June 16, 12:00 pm and WGC's "Black Philanthropy Month Happy Hour" in Partnership with the Black Philanthropy Circle on August 5, 5:30 pm at the Community Foundation of Howard County. Learn more and register for both events here.

Thank you for all you do to support women and girls.

Please contact WGC Executive Director Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz with any questions.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Woods
WGC Advisory Board Chair
[email protected]
www.womensgivingcircle.org

---