We had so much fun at IWCF’s Service Day at the Idaho Botanical Garden on April 18! In celebration of International Women’s Day, 35 IWCF members volunteered in the Garden Monday by weeding, planting, and providing overall spring clean up – saving Garden staff days of work in just a few hours! At lunch we…
We are concluding another wonderful season of reviewing grants applications! Please join the grants committee for a Q and A as we share with you the projects headed to the ballot. Date: March 10, 2022 Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Virtual Zoom Members Only Look for a registration link in your inbox. If you…
In celebration of Women’s History Month, and in keeping with the 2022 symposium theme of celebrating change-making women, the education committee produced an event at the Idaho History Museum, featuring their “Trailblazing Women of Idaho” exhibit. Members and guests heard from an amazing panel of women and were then able to tour the exhibit, along…
Grants Committee members, please join us for a conversation about site visits: what we will do once we get to the site visit, the kinds of questions we will be asking, and how we will be conducting site visits virtually and in person this year. Haven’t signed up to be on the grants committee yet? Sign…
On January 26, 2022, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean discussed how her staff is working to rise to the challenges caused by Boise’s incredible growth. Click here to listen to the audio recording.
Members of the grants committee are invited to attend this informational meeting outlining proposal evaluation. At this session we will talk through evaluating grants, introduce you to our grants software, and break out into our interest area groups. Haven’t signed up to be on the grants committee yet? Sign up here and we will be in touch.…
Please join us to hear from your friends and colleagues who are making a difference in our community through their philanthropic involvement. Andrea Roope, IWCF member will be speaking. This is our final membership event before the 2022 membership renewal deadline of January 31, 2022. Please bring friends and family who may be interested in joining…
Have you ever thought about joining the IWCF Grants Committee? This might be your year! Please join us for our first grants education program of 2021 (we’re meeting in person)! Learn about our 2021-2022 grants cycle, get an update on our most recent grant recipients, and hear about ways to be involved in this year’s…
New IWCF members are invited to attend the New Member Orientation. This is an excellent way to find out more about IWCF and how you can be involved. If you are a 2nd or 3rd year member, please feel free to join us if you have not had the opportunity to attend this event previously…
Letter from the President By the time this newsletter is distributed, election results will be out, and I know there will be mixed emotions amongst our members and within our community. While some may have had differing hopes for what the outcomes would have been from this election, I believe that our members have…