{"id":13993,"date":"2016-05-17T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=13993"},"modified":"2016-05-17T15:10:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T19:10:28","slug":"13993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2016\/05\/17\/13993\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Foundation\u2019s Women\u2019s Legacy Fund holds spring luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sarah<\/a>

Sarah Owen & Cathleen Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 16, 2016) \u2013 The Women\u2019s Legacy Fund recently hosted its spring luncheon on May 12 at Gulf Harbour Yacht & Country Club exclusively for its WLF contributors and Prima Donors.<\/p>\n

The \u201cworking\u201d luncheon featured table discussions exploring cause areas identified and researched in our region to determine the Fund\u2019s next cause area for grants benefiting women and girls in Southwest Florida. Discussions focused on intergenerational activities, career exploration and youth activities for women, young women and girls.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur contributors are interested in taking a deeper dive into the WLF grant focus areas before making their votes on what to fund, so we formatted the luncheon to be a more intimate gathering in order for everyone to explore and discuss cause areas as a group of collective philanthropists,\u201d said Sarah Owen, president and CEO of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation<\/a>. \u201cThis type of thinking and talking together further proves that we can do so much more together than we could ever do alone.\u201d
\nThe feedback and votes will be used to determine the next area of funding for the WLF\u2019s 2016 grant recipient.<\/p>\n

A fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, the Women\u2019s Legacy Fund is a group of women who foster the immersion of women in philanthropy and develop the region\u2019s next philanthropic leaders. Since 2008, the WLF has provided more than $120,000 in grants to benefit people and communities in Southwest Florida. Currently, it has more than $500,000 in endowment that will continue to help fund local issues now and in the future.<\/p>\n

Contributors to the WLF give a minimum of $250 each year ($100 for women younger than 25). The first half of contributions is pooled for the purpose of immediate annual grants, while the second half is pooled into the WLF\u2019s endowment fund, which provides additional grants to be made both now and in years to come. Prima Donors are local women who have contributed $10,000 or more to the WLF endowment and are committed to making an impact in their community through charitable giving.<\/p>\n

As leaders, conveners, grant makers and concierges of philanthropy, the Southwest Florida Community Foundation is a foundation built on community leadership with an inspired history of fostering regional change for the common good in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties. Celebrating its 40th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary this year, the Community Foundation connects donors and their philanthropic aspirations with evolving community needs. With assets of more than $93 million, it has provided more than $63 million in grants and scholarships to the communities it serves. Last year, it granted more than $3.2 million to nonprofit organizations supporting education, animal welfare, arts, healthcare and human services, as well as provided regional community impact grants and scholarship grants.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, call 239-274-5900 or visit\u00a0www.floridacommunity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Gail<\/a>

Gail Markham, Ginny Dickinson & Vicki Pitbladdo<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tessa<\/a>

Tessa LeSage & Kathryn Kelly<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Marian<\/a>

Marian Borneman, Peg Cristhal & Judy Biddle<\/p><\/div>\n

\"JoAnne<\/a>

JoAnne Gillespie & Alicia Graham<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jennifer<\/a>

Jennifer Galloway & Mary Andrews<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 16, 2016) \u2013 The Women\u2019s Legacy Fund recently hosted its spring luncheon on May 12 at Gulf Harbour Yacht & Country Club exclusively for its WLF…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[6688,589,6689,30,2750,59,16,2751,1046,716,590,2020,796,1297,858,323,1881,2753,19,2542,2754,4582,21,4614,2755,2756,132,2757,6690,134,6691,1590],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}