The Women’s Giving Circle (WGC) of Howard County has awarded $13,700 of its 2013 grants budget to support a scholarship fund to improve employment opportunities for women, emergency funding for local nonprofits and other funds to support programs that benefit women and girls in Howard County.
WGC added $5,000 to the scholarship fund it established at Howard Community College for women students taking job-related classes and another $250 contribution to the Women’s Studies program at HCC.
Another $6,000 was awarded in emergency funds to local nonprofits serving women and girls. Emergency Grants are provided to selected nonprofits organizations on an annual basis to be used throughout the year toward immediate relief of financial emergencies in the lives of women and girls they serve.
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Recipients of Emergency Grants for 2013 are Bridges to Housing Stability, Community Action Council, Domestic Violence Center of Howard County, Family and Children’s Services’ Healthy Families program, FIRN, and Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center. Each of this year’s recipients has been granted $1,000.
WGC has also granted $800 to Leadership U for scholarships for girls selected for the 4-month team building and leadership development program. A grant of $250 was awarded The Arc of Howard County to support a program about dating and relationships for young women with intellectual and development disabilities.
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WGC also co-sponsored with The Horizon Foundation a series of “Mean Girl” workshops and contributed $400 in support of that effort. Clinical social worker and life coach Deborah West was the “Mean Girls” workshop leader.
WGC is a community of women philanthropists addressing the needs of women and girls in Howard County. WGC’s grantmaking is strategic and proactive and focuses on programs that increase the life skills of women and girls, encourage the healthy development and personal authority of young girls and raise the awareness of gender disparities in the community.
WGC was founded in 2002 and has over 1,000 donors, who have contributed and pledged over $1 million to its donor advised fund with The Columbia Foundation, Howard County’s community foundation. For information, visit www.womensgivingcircle.org.