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100 Women Who Care Fox Valley Advisory Fund

Established 2017

Mission Statement:

Through the power of 100+ Women, together we will re-invent charitable giving through impactful donations in support of our Fox Valley communities.


100 Women Who Care Fox Valley is an organization which was founded in 2015.  We are a group of approximately 150 dedicated, influential women who are making a difference in our community through impact giving.

In our first two years, 100 Women Who Care Fox Valley donated over $80,000 to Kane County charities, which include:

  • Mutual Ground $4,000
  • Simply Destinee $5,450
  • Rise from the Ashes $7,700
  • Fox Valley Food for Health $10,000
  • Cal’s Angels $13,000
  • CASA Kane County $10,050
  • Batavia United Way $10,950
  • ElderDay Center $11,650

Our format is simple:

  • Members meet 4 times per year
  • Each member may nominate a local charity
  • Each member donates $100
  • We surprise a local charity with $10,000+!!!

We invite you to lock arms and partner with us as we continue to make a difference in Kane County.  Your business can support 100 Women Who Care Fox Valley in a number of ways:

  • A direct donation to 100 Women Who Care Fox Valley to aid in administrative costs and charitable contributions in Kane County
  • A  donation of your business’s services
  • An in-kind donation

Our organization is entirely volunteered based. Administrative costs financially support 100 Women Who Care Fox Valley to become more involved in local community events, in which we are able to not only display our mission in financially supporting local non-profit charities, but also provide another avenue to showcase the companies that support our efforts.

YEP has made me realize the importance of being involved in my community, and how to make a difference. There are a lot of problems in the world but if we can do everything that we can to help the world will become a better place. YEP has helped me realize this and encouraged me to help more people in the future.

Madi Porter

YEP Member

Being a part of the Community Foundation scholarship committee is the highlight of my year. For many, a scholarship from the CFFRV is the reason they are able to continue reaching for their dreams and changing the future of our world. I hope each recipients knows just how inspirational they are to those of us who are lucky enough to read their stories.

Jessica Breugelmans

Scholarship Committee Member and Board Member

Education is important to us. We support causes that touch our lives and align with our values. We believe in paying it forward. We are here for a short time,, and it is the next generation that will take on what we leave behind.

Michelle Emanuel

Donor and Past Scholarship Recipient

I am incredibly grateful for the generosity of the Zari Foundation Scholarship and the Community Foundation in supporting my education. I am majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology. In my spare time, I volunteer on campus, in the community and I’m also the principal violist in the symphony orchestra. I hope to make an impact on the next chapter of space exploration by eventually working at a groundbreaking aerospace company such as SpaceX or NASA.

Taytum Newell

Albert M. Zari Scholarship Recipient

Give your gift of time and see what it means to the people you impact. Helping others is what life is all about.

Neal Ormond

Donor & Fund Advisor

Grant funds from the Community Foundation helped provide updated technology. These upgrades were transformative. By creating new time saving processes, it turned us into a more efficient organization.

Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry

Grantee

YEP was a great experience to have in high school. I became a more confident person, someone with a lot more perspective. Coming from a small school, YEP allowed me to branch out into my community, meet students from other schools, and learn about their backgrounds. I made some great friends and still keep in touch with them today.

Abby Vagnoni

YEP Alumni

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