The New Year is one of my favorite times of year. It’s full of promise and potential — two things we value so much here at Washington Area Women’s Foundation. Our belief in the promise and potential of every woman and girl in the DC region is what has fueled our work in the past, and what will drive it forward in the future.
I’m especially excited about the promise that 2012 holds. Last year, we created a new strategic plan for The Women’s Foundation and now we begin the work of implementing it. Our plans for 2012 include:
- building on our successful previous grantmaking initiatives to reach more women in our community;
- mapping out a grantmaking strategy focused on girls and launching this new initiative by the end of the year;
- using funding from the Rockefeller Foundation to begin work on a ground-breaking national study that will examine the impact of investing in women and girls;
- building a base for advocacy work to improve economic security for women and girls;
- launching a new campaign that will raise funds to begin implementing the strategic plan and deepen our impact in the community; and
- engaging more people from across our community in giving and supporting this work.
Those are just a few of our plans for 2012, and I’ll be sharing many more with you in the coming months. I hope that you’ll take a look at them and be inspired to join us as we work to transform the lives of women and girls. Your commitment is critical to women and girls having the opportunity to reach their full promise and potential.
Some of our Grantee Partners have shared their New Year’s resolutions with us. Click here to read what they’ve got planned for 2012 and to share your own resolutions!
