The RSF Women’s Fund raises charitable funds from its members and awards grants annually to nonprofits meeting needs in specific focus areas. The RSF Women’s Fund is a donor advised fund of the RSF Foundation, and it has granted over $4.4 Million since its inception in 2004.
Mission
To educate, inspire and increase the number of women committed to philanthropy in order to strengthen the community and impact lives through informed, focused collective giving.
Vision
- Grow our membership by gathering friends and neighbors to achieve common goals
- Educate and inspire our membership to be informed philanthropists
- Work together to improve and strengthen lives through charitable grants
- Serve our areas of annual focus by adapting to local needs
- Make the nearly impossible seem quite effortless
2021-2022 Board
Advisory Chair
Susan Hoehn
Past Advisory Chair
Candice Holmlund
Founder
Gayle Gillies-Mize
Grants Committee
Mara Buchholz (chair)
Nikki Carmody Reem (chair)
Mary Consalvi (past chair)
Cynthia Hudson (past chair)
Membership Committee
Sara Bennett (chair)
Donna Vance (chair)
Finance Committee
Carlie Berke
Diana Clark
Program Chairs
Marian Benassi
Sue Major
Publicity Chair
Sabrina Applegate
Volunteer Chair
Ellie Cunningham
Members at Large
Sandra Coufal
Judy Oliphant
Vivian Hardage
Kathy Yash
To learn more, please visit www.rsfwomensfund.org.
