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WE’RE FAMOUS! :-)

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We don’t just collectively give and learn. We also collectively recruit by each sharing about ninety-nine girlfriends in our own way. Thanks to Elisa Hornecker whose contribution led to a magazine cover and a great article about ninety-nine girlfriends! How are YOU recruiting? Let us know so we can share

Read the article here.

Share & Connect

At the December’s Awards Celebration, we asked you to help make 2023 another great year of learning and grantmaking by joining/renewing and sharing & connecting and now we’re offering some tips on how to do just that.

SHARE & CONNECT

Share some of our awesome recruiting resources. You'll find a short video, with voiceover by the wonderful Girlfriend Janine Wolf, and a new "article kit" made possible by Elisa Hornecker (see the Stroll article below) and more! Share these materials and invite your friends and colleagues to connect with us and join!

If each of us helps to bring in a new member we can continue to invest in our community and help make a difference!

Join / Renew

At the December’s Awards Celebration, we asked you to help make 2023 another great year of learning and grantmaking by joining/renewing and sharing & connecting and now we’re offering some tips on how to do just that.

JOIN/RENEW

We invite you to join/renew today. This is the easiest and fastest way to contribute. Why wait until the last minute when you can do this today! (Either way, your membership expires on 4/30/2024).

Volunteer Spotlight: Linda Williams

What brought you to ninety-nine girlfriends?  

Linda Williams

What brought you to ninety-nine girlfriends?  

I joined shortly after I retired from Intel in 2016. I was looking for a way to “do good” in the community, learn about the nonprofit world and grow my network outside of Intel. I found all of that with ninety-nine girlfriends. I’ve attended events where I’ve met a wide range of women, but all with the common goal of wanting to positively impact our community. I’ve listened to the proposals of our grantees and each time I am amazed at the work being done to improve the environment, social justice issues and our community. 

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Impact Partner Highlight: Rose Haven

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International Women’s Day (March 8) is a special day for impact partner Rose Haven. It’s the one-year anniversary of the grand opening for their new space, and the date they welcomed guests back indoors after two long pandemic years. Celebrate with Rose Haven on the evening of March 8 – either at their beautiful NW Portland space or the 10 Barrel Brewing after-party featuring a special-release pale ale. Bonus: It’s an opportunity to congratulate ninety-nine girlfriends Fellow Liz Starke, Rose Haven’s Development Director. Free to attend. RSVP here! 

Exciting New Learning Resource and a Friendly Invitation

Your Racial Equity Committee is excited to begin our second year working together and we welcome Girlfriends interested in this work to join us as we continue our journey of embedding racial equity in all that we do. We meet virtually on the first Monday of the month for 60-90 minutes. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Barbara Hilyer.

We are pleased to share a compilation of Racial Equity Resources that we have curated for you on our website under the Education tab and linked here. We hope you find this material interesting and valuable. This offers great information at your fingertips, including the Reducing Racial Disparities Spotlight Report which is focused on our local community.

Volunteer Opportunities Abound

It’s a new year at ninety-nine girlfriends and that means lots of volunteer opportunities are opening up as Girlfriends move around or move on. There are one-time opportunities and short-term task forces, and longer-term team and committee positions available. Ready to pitch in and want to learn more about what might be the right fit for you? Schedule a call or coffee date with Tammy and she’ll help you learn about the options.

Volunteer Spotlight: Kaye O'Kearny

What brought you to ninety-nine girlfriends?  

Linda Williams, a dear friend and amazing human, introduced me to ninety-nine girlfriends. At the time, I was working with the Intel Foundation and had become curious about approaches to giving. I also wanted to learn more about the Portland non-profit ecosystem and meet people, particularly women, who were outside the tech industry. I had been talking to Linda about all of that and she said “I think you’d really like ninety-nine girlfriends. She was right.

Grantee Partner Update: Adelante Mujeres

Congratulations to past Impact Partner Adelante Mujeres’ staff member, Itzel Chávez Gómez, who was awarded the Give!Guide’s Skidmore Prize! The prize is an annual award from the Willamette Week that honors four young Portlanders who work every day to make Portland a better place. Check out the Give!Guide for more information on Itzel and the other awesome recipients of the Skidmore Prize, as well as the many organizations seeking your support this holiday season! You can check out a list of past impact partners and finalists featured in the Give!Guide here! 

Grantee Partner Update: BRAVO Youth Orchestra

BRAVO Youth Orchestra had their first choir performance December 9 at PSU for their Community Sing event. They reported that their students did a fantastic job that garnered a standing ovation! BRAVO’s in-school Preschool Program is up and running at Clarendon Learning Center, and going well. The organization is serving around 60 preschool-aged children by teaching them general music education. Up next is the BRAVO Community Orchestra concert at University of Portland's Buckley Auditorium TODAY, Friday, December 16th at 7PM (ninety-nine girlfriends Liaison, Anne Castleton has joined their ranks and will be performing with them!).

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News from Grants Steering Committee

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We are so grateful to you, our members, our volunteers, and our nonprofit community for countless hours of hard work and endless amount of grace it takes to get to this point each year.

We're streamlining our grantmaking process for 2023 to make it easier for our non-profit community and ourselves, and so that more of our members can engage and learn through our work in the future. We are centering trust-based philanthropy as we retool and reimagine how best to bring funds to our community, and to learn while we do it. We can't wait to show you what we come up with - stay tuned!

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A Wonderful Time was had by All

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It was such a gift to be able to gather together to celebrate our Impact Partners and our 2022 work. The music was lively, the food was yummy, and the opportunity to be together in real life was wonderful. Here is the link to the photos from the event for your enjoyment.  The password is Greatroom.  
Please credit Andrea Lonas Photography if you choose to share them on social media.

Join Us For 2023

We know many members want to contribute before the end of the year for tax purposes or for employee matching programs. If that is you, or you just want to get it done, you can renew here. Employer matching programs have helped us increase our grant pool and have funded important educational opportunities. We encourage you to select ninety-nine girlfriends as your match recipient and we appreciate your generosity. If you need any help with receipts, please let us know.

Volunteer Spotlight: Pip Meagher (Copy)

Briana Babbit

What brought you to ninety-nine girlfriends?

I first learned of ninety-nine girlfriends several years ago when a nonprofit I worked for applied for a grant. I am interested in systems change and collective impact work and so it seemed like a natural fit to get involved. I was particularly drawn to the Fellows program to have a space to connect with other young women and nonbinary folks and carve out a sense of community.