Women Helping Women

You are invited to join a new initiative founded by women, led by women, and focused upon meeting the needs of women in the Endless Mountains area: Susquehanna, Wyoming, Bradford, Sullivan and Tioga counties.

Women Helping Women aims to raise, over time, a one million dollar plus endowment which will generate substantial annual grants to local organizations that target the obstacles that keep many women of the Endless Mountains from achieving security and financial independence.

Women Helping Women is an endowed fund of the Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains, established by Judy Albert Ventresca in 2006 to assist deserving women of the Endless Mountains. Judy donated her entire full-time salary for the final year of her working life to start this fund, which will provide annual grants to local non-profit organizations perpetually.

Our goals:

Address the serious issues that especially impact women and girls of the Endless Mountains

Build a permanent endowment that will provide perpetual assistance to the area

Collective Philanthropy – combine individual donations to create maximum impact

Donors Decide – granting decisions are based on recommendations from the Grants Committee

We welcome your donation and invite you to participate by joining one of our committees, however it is not mandatory. Your level of involvement is up to you!

Committees

Steering/Leadership Committee – elected positions to oversee and provide direction for all initiatives

Development Committee – fundraising, awareness, donor recognition, publicity and promotion

Grants Committee – research area needs, evaluation of grant proposals and recommendations for recipients

Events Committee – organization and execution of our fundraising and informational events