Benefits to Membership with Women Give San Diego

Support the efforts of Women Give San Diego to enable the sustainable economic self-sufficiency and security for women and girls in San Diego County.

As a member of Women Give San Diego, you will:

• Learn about and exercise the power of giving collectively.
• Understand the issues facing women and girls in San Diego County and California and offer underserved women and girls the opportunity to enhance their participation in our regional economy and become fully engaged in the prosperity of their local communities.
• Meet other women who share your passion for the issues facing women and girls in your community.

Membership Levels

• Members in their 20’s:Minimum gift - $250/year
• Members in their 30’s:Minimum gift - $500/year

Founding Members:

• Minimum gift - $1000/year
• Silver member - $2500/year
• Gold member - $5,000/year
• Platinum member - $10,000/year
• Diamond member - $25,000/year

Donations of any amount are also accepted.

For more information about membership and donation opportunities, contact us at info@womengivesd.org. Read more about membership on the Women Give San Diego website.

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.

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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.