'100 Women' Gives $142,500

The 100 Women Charitable Foundation has awarded $142,500 to six different Bay Area non-profit organizations, the foundation announced.

The three “Impact” grant of $40,000 went to:

• Art of Yoga
• Each One Reach One
• Family and Children Services – The Hub

The three “Investment” grants of $7,500 went to:

• Mountain View Rotacare Clinic
• Achieve Kids
• Sunday Friends

The granting method was simple. After the members heard speakers from the six non-profit organizations present their needs, members then voted and awarded three grants of $40,000 and three grants of $7,500, giving away the entire amount raised in 2011.

This event marked the 5th annual Membership Dinner, and brought the total dollars awarded by 100 Women to nearly $500,000 in just five years.

What started as a hope to find a hundred women to donate $100 each to benefit women and children in need, has turned into a membership base of 480 women. Each member’s donation goes directly back to a Bay Area nonprofit.