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What's a giving circle?
What's a giving circle?
Though generally you should not believe everything you read on Wikipedia, in this case Wikipedia actually provides a helpful (and brief) overview of giving circles.
What is the purpose of YWGS?
What is the purpose of YWGS?
YWGS members come together to learn about issues and challenges affecting adolescent girls in the Pittsburgh community. The group seeks to affect positive change by pooling and directing resources, and engaging in collaborative and strategic grantmaking. By working together, each YWGS member also becomes more empowered with respect to her own personal philanthropy.
What impact does YWGS have?
What impact does YWGS have?
YWGS works to make a positive impact on the lives of adolescent girls in the Pittsburgh area. Since its creation in the fall of 2016, YWGS has awarded nearly $70,000 in grants to deserving non-profit organizations in the Pittsburgh area. Click here to view the full list of grants awarded.
How is YWGS related to the Jewish Women's Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh?
How is YWGS related to the Jewish Women's Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh?
YWGS is a program of the Jewish Women's Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh (JWF), and like to refer to it as is their "mother organization." JWF was founded in 2000 to create lasting social change in the lives of women and girls in the Jewish and general communities. In 2016, wishing to expand JWF’s impact and to encourage philanthropy and leadership growth among younger women in the Pittsburgh Jewish community, JWF trustees launched a giving circle for younger women. JWF’s Executive Director, Judy Greenwald Cohen, serves as YWGS’s advisor and provides administrative (and moral!) support and guidance to YWGS.
YWGS 2023-24 Members: Jessica Levenson Durst, Lauren Katz, Jenn Batterton, Amy Herlich, Lisa Zeidner Marcus, Lauren Winston
Pop-Up Grantmaking Event held on February 29, 2024. Top row (from left to right): Casey Sands, Judy Cohen (JWF Executive Director and YWGS adviser), Lily Wein, Jessica Levenson Durst, Paige Cohen, Lauren Katz, Kara Reilly, Shelly Parver, Shelby Silberman, Lisa Zeidner Marcus, Rayna Gross, Samantha Singer , Dr. Jonathan King; bottom row: Meredith Klein (Strong Women, Strong Girls), Isis Chatman (Ruth's Way), Isabel Greenstein (Strong Women, Strong Girls), Leah-Perl Shollar (Yeshiva Girls School), Masha Shollar (Yeshiva Girls School)
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