#WomenGiveCLT 2024 Recap
#WomenGiveCLT Recap - 2024
Celebrating our 3rd year of #WomenGiveCLT which is a unique event co-hosted by SHARE Charlotte, the Women’s Impact Fund and the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc to bring together community minded women to meet 20 local nonprofits focused on supporting Women and Girls.
This event has brought together hundreds of women (and men) in our community interested in the collective power to support these organizations who have historically received lower support. Across the U.S. nonprofits working to advance women’s and girls’ causes received $8.8 billion in philanthropic support, just 1.81 percent of total charitable giving, the fifth annual Women & Girls Index (WGI) from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy finds (click here).
Additionally, these organizations not only need our funding but also the talents and skills of people (and especially women) to fill critical volunteer, board or committee roles.
Women are a force for change! The vast majority (85%) of household charitable giving decisions are made or influenced by women. Despite women’s philanthropic leadership and active engagement, they remain underrepresented on nonprofit governance boards, with just 16% of affluent women compared to 30% of affluent men holding board positions (click here).
As a response to this alarming trend, this year we created more intentional opportunities to meet women and girls serving nonprofit organizations with open board, committee, or volunteer roles by providing digital guide that outlined the open roles within each nonprofit - click here.
Participating Nonprofits:
- ANSWER Scholarship
- Braveworks
- Circle de Luz
- Changed Choices
- Crittenton
- Despierta
- Diaper Bank of North Carolina
- DigiBridge
- Dottie Rose Foundation
- Elizabeth House Foundation
- Fearless Brown Girls
- First Gen Success
- Girls on the Run Greater Charlotte
- Mind Body Baby NC
- She Built this City
- She Dreams In Color Foundation
- Talented Girls in Action
- We Rock Charlotte
If you are interested in joining a nonprofit board, there are several great resources to help you prepare for board service:
United Way of Greater Charlotte, Nonprofit Board Member Training
A Workshop Series for Leaders to Learn, Stimulate Conversation, and Fuel Change.
Joining a nonprofit board member training program is a valuable investment for both individuals and the organizations they serve, helping to strengthen governance, enhance effectiveness, and drive positive impact in the community.
United Way offers two Nonprofit Board Member Trainings:
- Nonprofit Board Service 101: The Foundations of Equitable Governance on May 16th
- Governance 201: Actions and Perspectives on Racial Equity and Nonprofit Board Service on June 5th
A women’s leadership development program (hosted in the spring) with a focus on civic engagement including board service.
You can join a WIF board committee – whether in a field where you have experience or where you have none – as soon as you join as a member. WIF members go on to serve on a variety of other nonprofit boards throughout our region. The network of members is also powerful in building community connections and connecting to open nonprofit board roles.
Visit womensimpactfund.org and click “Join” to get started
Junior League of Charlotte, Leadership Development Institute
A workshop series that educates, inspires and connects Provisional, Transfer, Active and Sustainer JLC members, along with women in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, through the study of six core leadership values.
The Leadership Development Institute monthly workshops are interactive and engaging, designed to further leadership potential in every participant. Their goal is to help women develop their leadership skills and become some of Charlotte’s most impactful and influential women.
Visit jlccharlotte.org to learn more.
View the event's full photo album here!