AAUW Fund, Sue, and Tobi
Your Fund VP’s are challenging ALL members to
Step up and Contribute to the AAUW FUND
As you can see from the diagram above, supporting AAUW’s Mission can be done by contributing to the Greatest Needs Fund (preferred) or to the Education and Training Fund (4450), Economic Security Fund (4449). the Leadership Fund (4452), or to sub-funds within 4450, 4449 (i.e., Legal Advocacy Fund #3999) or 4452. There are also other categories.
At the present time, AAUW is encouraging donors to donate to the AAUW Greatest Needs Fund #9110.
AAUW has a proud heritage of helping women pursue higher education, tracing back to a time when few women had that opportunity.
- 1888 American Fellowship Ida Street: $350 (Pioneer in American Indian History)
- 1920 Madame Marie Curie Radium Fund $100,000 (to purchase a gram of Radium for her research)
- 1970’# American Fellowship 1975-76 Astronaut Judith Resnick
AAUW is a 501(c)3. Donations to the AAUW Fund Support many programs, including Fellowships and Grants. AAUW has awarded over $115 million in fellowships and grants to more than 13,000 scholars and organizations in 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam and 150 countries, one of the largest scholarship programs for women in the world. Only the interest from the Endowments are used to fund recipients, thus, the interest from several endowments are combined to sponsor Fellowships and Grants.
Information about applying for an AAUW Fellowship or Grant can be found HERE
For questions about giving to a special fund at AAUW, use the name of the fund AND please call 800.326.2289. Marilyn can give you your membership number.
More about the AAUW Fund
As members of the La Palma-Cerritos Branch, we believe in the mission to further equity and opportunity for women and girls. So, it is good to know what we have accomplished towards this mission by contributing to the AAUW Fund.
Monies donated to the Greatest Needs Fund are applied to these strategic priorities of AAUW: Education & Training, Economic Security, Leadership, and Governance & Sustainability. To get a better sense of what that means, here are some powerful impact numbers to share with you.
188,000 individuals have participated in AAUW’s salary negotiation programs such as “Work Smart”, which has enabled the participants to increase their economic security and improve opportunities for themselves and their families. In fact, 145 colleges and universities, including 32 minority serving institutions and historically black colleges offer these programs.
Over $6 million has been awarded to 320 women in grants and fellowships due to the fully endowed Fellowship & Grants Fund. This is a record for AAUW. Never before have we been able to assist women to this extent to achieve their educational goals which enables them to take advantage of greater opportunities.
The Fund has enabled more women to take a seat at the table in critical conversations advancing gender equity for women and girls. These include the White House Gender Policy Council, Speaker Pelosi’s Women’s History Month Celebrations, and the UN NGO Commission on the Status of Women, among others. More women are taking leadership and governance roles.
Together we can break barriers and make a difference!
Recipients from our
Two Research & Projects Grants
Funded in part from
The Gloria Scanlon Research & Projects Fund
Name: Denise Mitchell
Award Year: 2020-21
Award: Career Development Grant
Institution: University of California, Riverside
Location: Riverside, California
Discipline: Biology
Degree and Specialization: M.S., Botany & Plant Sciences
As a veteran science educator, Denise Mitchell wishes to expand her expertise by diving into meaningful plant ecophysiology research aimed at understanding the strategies plants employ to tolerate drought and heat across ecosystems. With a sound knowledge base and university ties established, she will then create an engaging plant ecology course for high-school students, with the goal of providing the necessary key instruction in relevant environmental-science topics amid today’s critically changing climate.
UPDATE NEWS FROM Denise: I am continuing to teach virtually my Chemistry classes. Thankfully, there are many resources online for virtual labs, although it doesn’t quite equal the “in classroom” experience in my opinion. I did drop my contract to 60% to open up some time for me to devote to my research and my courses. This decreases my student load from 175 to 105. I am so grateful to AAUW for the Career Development Grant because teaching on 60 % salary, and being head of household with a mortgage, does not allow for the finances to cover my tuition. In fact, the grant nearly pays for my entire second year!
Funded in part from
The La Palma- Cerritos Research and Projects Fund
The La Palma-Cerritos branch of AAUW created our own memorial fund in July 2017, called the Alberta Brose Memorial Fund, to go to women who return to school just as she did.We currently have completed our goal. This was a short time, two year fund with a goal of $5000 for completion by June 30, 2019. The branch got CA State and National recognition for completion. Final donation has gone to AAUW Fund for Career Development Grants for graduate students returning to school after 5+ year absence.
Elsie Carbajal is the recipient of our own Alberta Brose Memorial Fund. We are proud!
Funded in part from the Alberta Brose Memorial Fund
Sponsors:
4431 – Alberta Brose Memorial Fund
1262 – Laguna Beach (CA) Branch/Laguna Hills (CA) Branch
1285 – San Diego County (CA) Branch/Marilyn George Poluzzi
1298 – Los Angeles (CA) Branch/Dallas Shenk
1484 – San Clemente-Capistrano Bay (CA) Branch
4105 – Redlands (CA) Branch/Bernice Black Johndrew
1491 – Somerset Hills (NJ) Branch—Science and Technology
