Women Give San Diego

A donor circle of the Women's Foundation of California

Women Give San Diego is a unique and powerful donor circle of the Women’s Foundation of California.

Women Give San Diego believes in the power of women and girls.

We believe…

·       That a community fully thrives only when its women and girls are able to contribute to and influence its well-being and prosperity.

·       That every women and girl in San Diego deserves the opportunity to do so.

That we can help them achieve this by supporting them in finding economic security and self-sufficiency.

What We Do

Our model for change balances education, community collaboration and strategic, effective grant making.

Specifically, Women Give San Diego:

•  Provides grant funding to excellent nonprofits committed to improving the self-sufficiency and economic security of women and girls in San Diego 
  
• Advocates and raises awareness on women’s economic issues at the local and state levels
• Maintains a thriving membership filled with strong, professional women, each of whom is willing to pool her resources to advance the lives of San Diego’s women and girls, and, by extension, San Diego as a whole

Our Vision

Women Give San Diego envisions sustainable economic self-sufficiency and security for all women and girls in San Diego County.

Our Mission

Women Give San Diego (WGSD) funds non-profit organizations in San Diego County that offer underserved women and girls the opportunity to become fully engaged in the prosperity of their local communities.

We also advocate for public awareness of women’s economic issues and policy change at the local and state level.

WGSD's model for change balances education, community collaboration and strategic and effective grantmaking.

Our Values

Women Give San Diego has identified its top values in operating as a donor circle and in selecting grantees.

• Equal rights and opportunities for women and girls
• Female-centered: Honoring the unique way in which women approach issues
• Impact (affecting Social Change, Community Impact)
• Integrity, Transparency, Accountability
• Inclusivity (ethnicity, age, socio-demographic, geographic)
• Partnership (with granting partners) 
• Collaboration and leverage (between Community Partners)

About Women Give San Diego

Women Give San Diego was founded in 2010 by Jan Tuttleman, Gayle Tauber and Linda Katz, who believe that when women and girls become thriving members of a community, their communities also thrive. 

The organization helps women and girls achieve this by raising awareness about and advocating for economic security issues. It also provides financial support to nonprofit organizations committed to helping women and girls engage in the prosperity of their local communities.

Through its unique combination of education, political action, community collaboration and strategic grant making, the members of Women Give San Diego know that they help the community’s underserved women and girls to reach new heights – for themselves, for their families, and for San Diego as a whole.

Women Give San Diego is a donor circle of the Women’s Foundation of California, which for 30 years has been supporting and training women leaders and providing opportunities for hands-on community activism. It currently has nine donor circles throughout the state.

Donor circles are groups of individuals, corporate representatives and philanthropic partners who pool their donations in order to greater impact the issues they most care about. Most donor circles expect hands-on involvement in the communities they donate to. Donor circles were created on the premise that money can be given wisely, and that teaching how to use money is part of the wisdom of giving it.

Local donor circles connected to larger philanthropic organizations, such as the Women’s Foundation of California, are on the rise throughout the country, becoming a trend and model for effective, targeted philanthropy.

As of March 2011, Women Give San Diego proudly included more than 80 strong, powerful women of all ages among its members. Each member is committed to pooling her resources to advance the organization’s critically important mission.

In 2010, its first year of grant making, the organization provided $46,000 to three local nonprofits committed to increasing the level of self-sufficiency and security among San Diego women and girls.

Women Give San Diego is a donor circle of the Women’s Foundation of California.

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