New sWIFT Masthead Dec2012

New Members

Richelle Fleischer
Kerri Mast
Leah Maybry
Terri Moore 
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 Member Referrals

Addison Ayer
Daniele Donahoe
Jill Flynn
Patrice Funderburg
Carolyn Meade
Susan Patterson

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A Letter from Our Incoming Board Chair 
Dear WIF members,

I am energized, awed, and humbled by the opportunity to serve as chair of the Women's Impact Fund. I am energized by the chance to help carry out the vision of our strategic plan. I am awed by the power of our collective-giving model to address critical needs in our own backyard and to create a pipeline of women who are knowledgeable philanthropists and civic leaders. I also am humbled by the hard and important work of the nonprofits we have funded over the past 12 years. This is a great place to start!

A key goal in our strategic plan is to position the Women's Impact Fund as a bold leader on community issues. The Board has had several discussions about what this means. In the upcoming year, it means a few things:

Long-term impact study: We have invested in a long-term study of the impact of our grants. UNC Charlotte is conducting the study on how the $4 million in grant awards we have made over the years may have helped move the dial on key community issues. The study will help us understand the big picture impact of our grants. ...READ MORE
A Warm Send Off to Pam Johnson
by Suzan Becker

In typical Pam Johnson style, before moving to Houston, she has already researched philanthropy opportunities. She and her family will move there this month.

She discovered there is no women's collective-giving group there, but for now doubts that she will start one.

Pam jumped with two feet, her heart and her outgoing spirit into the Women's Impact Fund since joining in 2004.  And now she's leaving us.

Pam has lots of favorite WIF moments but she remembers most vividly being a newbie at an event where Toni Freeman, Jeanette Sims and Kathy Ridge were presenters. "I just wished they would come over to talk to me," she said. "I thought that's who I want to be."

She went on to serve and chair lots of committees and this past year served on the Board of Directors.

In addition, for the past several years Pam has been the primary driver of the WIF Facebook page, helping inform and connect our members through social media...READ MORE
We've Moved!

As of June 10, WIF completed its move to our new office located at C3 Lab in South End at 2525 Distribution Street (28203).  If you are in the neighborhood, feel free to drop in and check it out!  We have a dedicated office, but the complex is also home to a great mixture of artists, nonprofits, and small businesses. 
WIF MEMBER NEWS
Congratulations (times 2)! Joan Lorden, provost at UNC Charlotte, recently received the William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). The Plater Award is given in recognition of exemplary leadership in advancing the civic learning of undergraduates through programs and activities that encourage greater knowledge, skills, experiences and reflection about the role of citizens in a democracy.

Additionally, Nancy Kipnis, Assistant Vice President & Coordinator, Create Your Jewish Legacy at Foundation For the Carolinas, received the first Life & Legacy Gail Littman Leadership Award from the Harold Greenspoon Foundation.

Sending Our Love: Difficult news in The Observer last week about member Ruth Samuelson, who has been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. You can reach out to Ruth via her Caring Bridge page.

WIF members, we want to hear from you!  This new feature - WIF Member News - depends totally on you!  Please send us news of a new job, new volunteer leadership role, a new addition to your family, a big move or anything else you'd like to share with your family of WIF friends.  Email: communications@womensimpactfund.org
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Save the Date:
Social Hour for Social Issues
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
UNC Charlotte Center City
320 E. 9th Street
Charlotte, NC 28202

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