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About WFA
Women's Foundation of Arkansas is dedicated to improving the economic viability of women and girls through our focused philanthropic efforts in the area of education.
Our mission is to promote philanthropy among women and to help women and girls achieve their full potential.
We leverage our grant-making to educate women and girls about STEM career fields and life skills. This includes helping women enter the work force at a family sustaining wage and preparing girls for non-traditional careers throughout the state.
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Documentary
Screening Sponsor CENTENNIAL BANK |
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WFA Grant Making
In 1999, WFA began awarding mini-grants to programs throughout Arkansas that serve women and girls.
Since that time, 81 programs have been funded for almost $200,000.
The Women's Foundation is currently working to grow the WFA Grant-making Endowment Fund so that we might provide increased support to deserving organizations currently addressing the states' greatest needs for women and girls.
Funding is made available to human service, educational, and charitable groups in every corner of the state.
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WFA Girls of Promise
Since 2000, WFA's Girls of Promise initiative has introduced thousands of 8th grade girls across Arkansas to information about careers in areas related to economics, science, technology, engineering & mathematics (ESTEM) while giving them the opportunity to meet with women professionals for greater understanding of their own potential and power.
These conferences encourage girls to pursue academic excellence in their high school and college years.
Attendees get to meet other girls like themselves and realize that it's okay to be a bright, motivated girl with big dreams.
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Greetings!
We're so excited about this year's POWER OF THE PURSE luncheon that we wanted to give you an update. We hope you will join us this fall!
Event Info
Statehouse Convention Center | Governor's Hall IV | Little Rock
October 21, 2011 | 11:30AM to 1:00PM
Reservations
$100 each | $1000 for a table of 10 | Make yours ONLINE
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS available
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 Woman of the Year in Philanthropy
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Judy Kohn Tenenbaum, WFA 2011 Philanthropy Honoree
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JUDY KOHN TENENBAUM has been involved in philanthropy and community affairs in Arkansas for decades. Her community work has included the arts, politics and an uncommon passion for cancer research.
Judy has served on the boards of many organizations including CARTI, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, The UAMS Dept. of Psychiatry Advisory Board, Breast Cancer Advisory Board, City Year Little Rock / NLR, Women and Children First, Temple B'nai Israel, The THEA Foundation, Butterfly Community Ministries, Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the Little Rock Film Festival. Recently her work in the arts took a new turn. Judy and her family were Presenting Sponsor of Riverfest for 4 years and donated the DaVinci Robotic to St. Vincent Hospital, which has made the new innovative prostate surgery possible here in Little Rock. Judy has also supported Arkansas Children's Hospital, Baptist Hospital, Philander Smith and Pulaski Technical College.
WOMAN OF THE YEAR IN PHILANTHROPY: WFA established the award in 2006 to celebrate the powerful role Arkansas women have played in improving the lives of others. Past honorees include Cathy Cunningham (2010), Alice Mahony (2009), Sharon Allen (2008), Pat Lile (2007) and Jo Luck (2006).
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Keynote Speaker
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Photo by Robin Holland |
ABIGAIL E. DISNEY is a filmmaker, philanthropist, and scholar with a longtime passion for women's issues and peace building.
Abigail & her husband Pierre Hauser formed The Daphne Foundation in 1991 as a way of adding to the discipline and focus of their charitable giving, and in order to guarantee that their giving could continue in good times and in bad.
Regarding the formation of the Daphne Foundation, Abigail stated, "When we created the Daphne Foundation in 1991 we wanted to be, more than anything, useful. We wanted to be useful to our grantees and to other funders, but most of all useful in the fight against poverty's wide array of effects on real human lives. We did not know much then, nor do we pretend to have all the answers now, but we are proud of how far we have come in pursuing our original guiding intentions. [...] Our grantees are an extraordinarily diverse group of bold and inventive service providers and organizers who every day advocate for the city's most disadvantaged people. It is a privilege to partner with them, an honor to stand with them."
DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: WFA will be screening Abigail's first film, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, the evening of Friday, October 21 at Heifer Village. Limited Reservations will be available ($25 ea). Watch for more information!
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Celebrate Wo(men) Tribute Book WFA will be publishing A Celebration of Wo(men) tribute book again this year. In addition to information on WFA, its supporters and grantees, this year's publication will include personal tributes to that special woman in your life.
Perhaps you have someone who was a major influence on your life, helped you become the wo(man) you are today or just simply deserves recognition for who she is! Consider honoring her in this year's A Celebration of Wo(men). As was the case with last year's publication, corporate advertising will underwrite printing costs.
Personal Tributes
$300 full page | $200 half page | $100 quarter page
Corporate Ads
$1600 full page | $800 half page | $400 quarter page
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Power of the Purse Committee
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Elizabeth Bintliff, Power of the Purse Chair
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ELIZABETH BINTLIFF, West Africa Regional Director of Heifer Project International, is chairing WFA's 2011 Power of the Purse Committee.
Also serving on the committee are: Patti Stanley (co-chair), Lee Ann Blackwell, Karen Fetzer, Kathy Findley, Nancy Leonhardt, Joy Matlock, JoBeth McElhanon, Amy Pierce, Lynette Rancifer & Elizabeth Small.
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