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Women & Giving Grants

Program Focus: Grants to support women and children in the Watertown area

Mission: Help women and children overcome barriers, increase opportunities, and achieve goals

Geographic Scope: Watertown area, Wisconsin

Award Focus Areas:

  • Support for at-risk girls and young women

  • Leadership development programs

  • Educational programs

  • Community services supporting women and children

    • Recent Grant Recipients (2023):

  • Boys and Girls Club of Watertown

  • Brothers & Sisters Behind Bars

  • Community Transit of Watertown/Sisseton

  • East-Central CASA

  • Friends of the Goss Opera House

  • Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership

  • Lake Area Zoological Society (Girls Rule Program)

  • Sleep in Heavenly Peace

  • The Salvation Army

  • Toastmaster's District 78 Club

  • Watertown Area PACH

  • Watertown Area Snow Queen

  • Watertown Fire Rescue

  • Watertown Middle School

  • Watertown Regional Library

    • 2023 Total Awarded: $40,968

    Program Legacy:

  • Women & Giving Advisory Committee manages grant awards

  • Women & Giving endowment principal near $225,000 (earnings only are granted)

  • Fully funds Girls Rule Program at Bramble Park Zoo (15+ years)

  • Girls Rule serves 30 at-risk girls annually with leadership and self-confidence building

    • Contact:

  • Watertown Area Community Foundation

  • 211 East Kemp Avenue, PO Box 116

  • Watertown, SD 57201

  • Phone: 605.882.3731

  • Email: development@watertowncommunityfoundation.org

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    womenyouth-programseducation

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