Women`s and Girls` Fund Brochure

WHY MAKE A GIFT TO THE
WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ FUND?
• Be part of our “Building to a Million” campaign,
making it possible to provide $50,000 in new
grants each year.
• Support local education and training programs
for women and girls.
• Provide a lasting gift to the community for
generations to come.
• Join donors throughout Kern County and
make an impact on the lives of Kern’s women
and girls forever.
Make Your Gift To The Women’s
And Girls’ Fund Today! Here’s How:
Past Women’s and Girls’ Fund
Grantees Include:
Alliance Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault
Bakersfield Police Activities League
Covenant Community Services
CSUB
Domestic Violence Advisory Council
Garden Pathways
Girl Scouts
Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic
Kern Economic Development Foundation
Kern High School District Foundation
Kernville USD Family Resource Center
Mercy Housing of California
Women’s Economic Ventures
• Give Online: Visit www.kernfoundation.org
and click “Donate Now”
• Make a check payable to: “Kern Community
Foundation” for the“Women’s and Girls’ Fund”
• Provide a Stock or other Planned Gift:
Contact Donor Services at 661.616.2617 or
donorservices@kernfoundation.org
About Kern Community Foundation:
Kern Community Foundation is a vibrant nonprofit
enterprise with a powerfully simple mission of growing
community and growing philanthropy. We are in
business to serve as a charitable resource for local
donors and corporations, and to generate capital
that provides philanthropic solutions to help make
Kern County a better place to live, to work and to visit.
Join us today!
3300 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 220, Bakersfield, CA 93301
phone 661 325.5346 fax 661 325.5358
Kern Community Foundation is a
501(c)3 organization with a tax ID of 77-0555874.
Contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
kernfoundation.org
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TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN KERN COUNTY BY MOBILIZING THE POWER AND PASSION OF WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER.
WOMEN EDUCATE
THROUGH 2015, THE WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’
FUND WILL FOCUS OUR GRANTMAKING
ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
HERE’S WHY…
• In 2011, the graduation rate for Kern students
was 73.3%.
• Of students graduating from high school, only
26% have the course load required for UC/CSU
admission, and only 20% of 12th graders take
the SAT exam.
• In Kern County, just 33% of all high school seniors
continue their education at a four year college,
university or community college.
WOMEN ENDOW
Each person’s gift to the Women’s and Girls’ Fund
is combined with hundreds of others in a permanent
endowment. These dollars are carefully invested to
achieve long term growth. Annually, a percentage of
the endowment’s interest and earnings are used for
grants. As the endowment grows, more dollars
become available for grants to benefit Kern’s
women and girls.
WOMEN EMPOWER
THROUGH OUR GRANTMAKING, WOMEN’S
AND GIRLS’ FUND DONORS ARE
PHILANTHROPISTS AND ADVOCATES OF
POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE IN KERN COUNTY.
In Just Seven Short Years,
Our Fund Has Experienced
Remarkable Growth…
WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ FUND GROWTH
900,000
800,000
• The education gap correlates to unemployment.
In 2012, 38% of job openings required a Bachelor’s
degree while just 15% of the population had that
level of education.
700,000
• Your gift will support efforts to educate and train
future generations of women and girls so they can
break the cycles of poverty and unemployment.
300,000
600,000
500,000
Women’s and Girls’ Fund 2013 Vision Committee
400,000
Our grant committee is composed of donors,
community representatives and female students.
Each year we issue grant guidelines and invite
applications from local nonprofit charitable
organizations. Together, we evaluate these requests
alongside community research. We work by
consensus and make thoughtful decisions that result
in grants that focus on root causes and long-term
solutions to improve the lives of Kern’s women
and girls.
200,000
100,000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 2010
2011
2012
Help us build to a million and create $50,000
in community grants, each and every year.
Your gift of $1,000 today will generate approximately
$50 per year to be used for annual grantmaking
forever. Combined with the hundreds of other donors
just like you, your donation builds the endowment
and delivers a lasting gift to the community for
generations to come.
Since 2008, grants have totaled $20,000 or more
each year. Grants have benefited women and girls
from Frazier Park to Delano, and from Taft to
Lake Isabella.
Your gift to the Women’s and Girls’ Fund will
make a lasting impact.