Membership Website Tutorial: Renewing Your Membership May 3, 2018 by Aki Shibuya It’s spring renewal season! Renewal letters and forms have been mailed to members. We encourage members to renew their membership by June 1. If you did not receive renewal materials, we will be in touch in the fall! While we have streamlined our renewal process, we also realize that a new website layout may raise […] Read more »
Membership Member Perspectives: Photoshoot for the New Website March 29, 2018 by Aki Shibuya We asked Liz McGrath to share her experience of participating in a photoshoot for our new website. Liz has been a member of WA Women’s Foundation since 2015, and has served on the Pooled Fund Grant Committee for Education and Health, as well as the Member Engagement Committee. This past year I participated in the […] Read more »
Membership Member Perspectives: Getting Involved with Refugee Women’s Alliance March 29, 2018 by Aki Shibuya We asked Karen Jones to share her experience of being a WA Women’s Foundation member, and how the Foundation’s knowledge about Washington state nonprofits helped her church build a partnership with 2010 Health grantee, Refugee Women’s Alliance. Karen has been a member of WA Women’s Foundation since 2007, and has served on the Pooled Fund […] Read more »
Membership Website Tutorial: Logging into Just for Members March 29, 2018 by Aki Shibuya We hope everyone is enjoying our new, updated website! As part of our revamp, we wanted to create a more robust online space to share information with members. Our “Just for Members” section is now home to our Individual Grant Recommendation form, updated Membership Directory, and copies of our Friday email newsletters. This can all […] Read more »
Educational Programming Membership Member Experiences: Deep Dive into Leadership March 23, 2017 by Aki Shibuya In fall 2016, 12 WA Women’s Foundation members signed up for our pilot “Leadership Institute” series. The Leadership Institute provided a “deep dive” into leadership training in the style of WA Women’s hallmark grant making curriculum – with hands-on, cohort-based, experiential learning. WA Women’s Foundation member Janet Boguch led our inaugural Leadership Institute on the topic of […] Read more »
Membership Welcome New WA Women’s Members! September 15, 2016 by Aki Shibuya Each year, nearly fifty new women join the movement of women’s leadership in philanthropy at WA Women’s Foundation, contributing to our collective influence. Building on WA Women’s core organizational value of “inclusiveness,” we want to make sure that each new member feels welcomed, connected to our mission and prepared to engage in our programs and committees whenever her schedule allows. […] Read more »
Educational Programming Grantees Membership Member Reflections: Seattle Center Outing August 10, 2016 by Aki Shibuya July 21st was a beautiful summer day in Seattle. 30 WA Women’s Foundation members gathered at Seattle Center for the unique experience of visiting 3 past grant recipients on their home turf: Intiman Theatre, 2016 Merit Award Winner, hosted us for a lunch where members connected with Intiman’s diverse summer cohort of Emerging Artists. The Intiman Emerging Artists […] Read more »
Membership The Many Roads That Lead to Membership June 8, 2016 by Aki Shibuya Last week, the Member Engagement Committee of Washington Women’s Foundation hosted a New Member Social to welcome women who became members in the last 12 months. 18 women gathered at the Bellevue home of Member Engagement Committee member Anne Repass to get to know each other better over a glass of wine. I am always surprised to […] Read more »
