• GRANT PROPOSALS SOUGHT

We award grants to programs making a real difference in the lives of women and in the future of girls. Increasing a woman's ability to support herself and her children is the primary goal of our grant-making. We are a 501(c)(3) organization serving the more than 1 million people living in Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne, and Yates counties.

Our Vision
The Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley will be recognized as one of the leading organizations in the greater Rochester area focused on women’s economic self-sufficiency, by:

We will promote greater social change for low income women and truly make a difference

Our Mission
To promote economic self-sufficiency for women and girls through grant making and education.

Our Board of Directors

Shelby Stenson, CPA	Phoebe Reynolds
Deborah Baker	Betsy Rice
Janell Fracassi	Brooke Rourke
Susan Godshall	Brigid Ryan
Lori Hawkins	Karen Serinis
Renee Noll	Shannon Short
Janice O'Rourke	Connie O. Walker, Esq.
Abby Parnell

Our Staff

• Susan Latoski, Executive Director

Our History
We were established in 1994 to manage a permanent endowment that would create lasting social change by investing in programs that benefit women and girls. Like more than 100 other women's foundations and funds around the world, we turn donations into community capital that makes our region a place of renewal and hope.

Our 2004 study on the economic needs of women and families, Improving Economic Self-Sufficiency, is shaping local program and funding priorities.

THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL
All donations to the Women's Foundation help women and girls living in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. See and hear how women's funds like ours have improved communities around the world.