WGSD Summer Meetings Cancelled

Summer meetings-July 5th, August 2nd and September 6th are canceled. Our next Membership Meeting will be held Monday, August 23rd, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at AMN Healthcare. Working Groups will meet over the summer as determined by Working Group Chairs.

Our next Membership Connection Reception will be held Wednesday, September 22nd, 5:00-7:00 p.m., location will be announced later. Please put it on your calendar and once again, bring your friends. We are anxious to continue to grow our membership and granting fund. The more members we have, the larger the grants we can make into the community.

Membership Connection Event

Women Give San Diego hosted a very successful Membership Connection Reception on June 9th at the beautiful home of Gayle Tauber. We are most grateful for Gayle’s warm and gracious hospitality. We’re thrilled to report that nearly 50 dynamic and energetic women attended. Thank you to WGSD members who brought guests; thank you to all of the guests that attended. The energy was invigorating!

Founding President, Jan Tuttleman and Co-Founders Gayle Tauber and Linda Katz provided a clear and compelling case for “Why Women and Girls?” and “Why Economic Security and Sustainability for Women and Girls?”.

We had the pleasure of hearing from Leane Marchese, Executive Director, ElderHelp of San Diego. Leane shared her inspiring story and expressed how grateful she is for having been selected to participate in the Women’s Policy Institute, a year-long program of the Women’s Foundation of California. Leane is confident her experience will have a positive impact on her work to keep seniors in their homes.

Great news-TEN of our guests have signed up to become members of Women Give San Diego. Welcome to our new members!

We encourage members to consider signing up to serve on a Working Group-Grants, Communications/Social Media, Membership or Advocacy. We have big ideas; your participation is welcome and needed!

Thank you for your commitment to Women Give San Diego. We encourage members to get involved in a Working Group AND recruit your friends to become members. Those of you who aren’t members YET, we invite you to consider becoming a member. We ask you to join us in working to offer underserved women and girls the opportunity to become fully engaged in the prosperity of their local communities. Become a member of Women Give San Diego. To learn more, visit our website! Find us on Facebook too!

Women Give San Diego Membership Connection Event

Strengthening Our Community by Investing in
Underserved Women and Girls

Please join us for a Women Give San Diego Membership Connection Event on Wednesday, June 9th, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the beautiful home of Gayle Tauber. Come and learn more about the progress we are making in the development of this exciting new initiative, while getting to know each other. You won't want to miss this special occasion!

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about how we've progressed in our first year and to introduce your friends to Women Give San Diego:

• We will share our mission, our vision, our values.
• We will share how we focus on underserved women and girls to strengthen our community.
• We will share the opportunities for funding.
• We will invite you to join this process!

We challenge every member to invite three women who might be interested in joining Women Give San Diego. Invite your friends to learn more about the benefits of membership in Women Give San Diego, by visiting our website. The more members we have, the greater our impact will be on the economic self-sufficiency and security of women and girls in San Diego!

We look forward to seeing you on June 9th. Remember: BY3 (Bring Your 3 friends who you want to involve in WGSD)!

When: June 9th 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Who: Current and future WGSD members
Where: Home of Gayle Tauber, 2306 Vallecitos, La Jolla
RSVP: Facebook Fan Page or Linda Katz at lindalouisekatz@me.com

Why Women

There is clear and compelling need to focus on meeting the economic self-sufficiency and security needs of women in San Diego, with particular attention to low income women, women of color and elderly women. Gender disparities persist and the current economic situation exacerbates problems that many women face in securing living wage employment and building assets. The current economic climate combined with pre-existing gender inequalities has also created an almost “perfect storm” of need: low incomes, limited employment prospects, and exhausted or diminished assets. These needs urge investment in outcomes such as reduced poverty for women, reduced wage gap between men and women, increased access to training and education that supports women’s engagement in non-traditional and higher paying occupations.

There is ample reason and room in San Diego’s philanthropic arena for a funding entity that is (1) focused on improving the lives of women throughout San Diego County and is (2) lead by women. There are numerous organizations within San Diego who work with women and who are currently struggling to sustain existing services as well as meet new and pressing needs. Based upon the survey Women Give sponsored on the Economic Self Sufficiency and Security of Women in San Diego County, strategies that a women-focused fund or giving circle could explore and support are:

I. Support policy and system change that improves women’s financial success and stability
II. Equip women for self-employment and entrepreneurship
III. Prepare women to work in higher paying fields
IV. Support family economic self-sufficiency and asset building among women

Economic growth for women has an important "multiplier effect.” Women are more likely to share their economic gains with their families and communities at large - thus potentially making investment in women and girls a leveraged granting opportunity, no matter what your specific giving area focus.

Read more about Women Give San Diego on our website. Follow us on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook!

Women Give Launches in San Diego

Women Give San Diego, a donor circle of the Women's Foundation of California, is has launched and is now welcoming new members at all levels. Women Give have commissioned research on the status of women in girls in San Diego which you can obtain by contacting Women Give.

Founding members, Jan Tuttleman, Gayle Tauber, and Linda Katz have designed a unique donor circle in San Diego. Their mission:

Women Give San Diego funds non-profit organizations in San Diego County that offer under-served women and girls the opportunity to enhance their participation in our regional economy and become fully engaged in the prosperity of their local communities.

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

Women Give’s model for change balances education, community collaboration and strategic and effective grantmaking.

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

Continue to learn more about Women Give by signing up for blog updates via email and follow us on Twitter. We look forward to exploring the impact we can make on women and girls in San Diego by collectively sharing a common vision.