The Womens Fund

Honor a Special Woman this Mother’s Day!

crodenjones — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:31:45 +0000

TWF Finishes Top 10 in Impact Alabama’s ‘Birmingham’s Brightest Company Trivia Competition’!

crodenjones — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:51:06 +0000

On March 13, The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham came in 10th place out of 67 teams participating in Impact Alabama’s Birmingham’s Brightest Company Trivia Competition. The team had a great time competing against 138 companies and over 1,500 participants from across the state for the chance to win $20,000 for their favorite charity.

Left to Right: Dr. Natalie Davis, Jim Davis, Catherine Roden-Jones, Kerry Reid, Brooke Coleman, Dr. Liesel French

CAWBC Looking for 8 Women Entrepreneurs — Deadline Feb. 24th

crodenjones — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:10:07 +0000

U Printing proudly sponsors TWF

crodenjones — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:25:13 +0000

U Printing is a proud sponsor of The Women's Fund of Greater Birmingham

Support The Women’s Fund on Alabama Gives Day!

crodenjones — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:43:59 +0000

Please become our fan and support our critical work to leverage funding impacting the lives of women and girls in the Greater Birmingham area: The Women’s Fund and Alabama Gives Day.

Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Awards Grant

crodenjones — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:13:16 +0000

The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham is honored to receive $15,000 from the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham in support of TWF’s Women’s Economic Security Initiative. Please become a fan of TWF on Facebook and sign up for our e-newsletter to receive updates on the Initiative and ways you can become involved.

Verizon Foundation Awards Grant to Prevent DV Homicides

crodenjones — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:32:57 +0000

Congratulations to the Jefferson County Coordinated Community Response and our thanks to Verizon Foundation for awarding $8,333 to the Lethality Assessment Program to reduce domestic violence related homicides.

Pictured (L to R): Jeanne Jackson, President/CEO of The Women's Fund, Robin Barnett, Verizon Wireless Foundation, Donna Dearman Smith, Chair of The Women's Fund Board, and Allison Dearing, Director of the Jefferson County Coordinated Community Response

Meet Our 2011 Grantees

crodenjones — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:51:29 +0000

The 2011 Grantees are: Aid to Inmate Mothers, Central Alabama Women’s Business Center, Girls Inc., Impact Alabama, Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, Leading Edge Institute, and Pathways. Thank you to Bridgeworth Financial for hosting the 2011 Grant Award Event on December 6th. View photos on our Flickr stream.

Featured Grantee

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:11:33 +0000

Gateway’s Consumer Credit Counseling Service

—Doug Horst, Program Director, Gateway’s Consumer Credit Counseling Service

How exciting it is to see a light bulb come on in a person’s mind! It could be something as simple as “if I stop doing ‘this’ weekly and only do it monthly, I will spend $30.00 less per month.” Or it could be as complicated as comparison shopping for a vehicle or even a house. But no matter the light bulb, the highlight in both the group and one-to-one settings sponsored by The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham is watching these light bulbs come on—and keep shining. For the past grant cycle, a couple of specific light bulbs come to mind..

1. In one of the group settings, all of the women lived in the same retirement home, and most/all were quite low income. They had the brilliant idea to share some subscriptions (newspaper and magazines) that several of them were each paying for. One person would order it. They would all contribute a couple of dollars and then share. Not only did this cause them to spend a few less dollars each month, but it also promoted camaraderie and community amongst the women.

2. One of the individuals we met with as part of this grant was spending about 50% of her net income on housing—a much too high percentage, in our opinion. With some individual coaching and hard work on her part, she has improved her credit and is being strongly considered for a new job—which, if obtained, will greatly improve the percentage of income that has to be paid for housing.

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admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:02:16 +0000

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