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How You Can Donate

Please join the proud group of people who are the founding force behind the Women's Fund of the Capital Region: the Founding 500! Each member of the Founding 500 contributes $500 or more to support the work of the Women's Fund. Donations of less than $500 are also welcome. Monthly or quarterly payment plans are available.

Donations to the Women's Fund are eligible for the Bank of America Matching Gifts Program, the Key Foundation Matching Gifts Program (KeyBank), and the GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program. If your company has a matching program, please contact us and we can find out whether or not the Women's Fund is eligible.

To donate online, please click here. The Community Foundation, one of The Women's Fund's founding partners, now processes our online donations. Please be sure to select "Women's Fund of the Capital Region" as the Fund/Designation. Note that the organization listed on your credit card bill will be The Community Foundation.

To donate offline, download our donation form, print it, fill it in, and mail it along with your check.
Women's Fund Donation Form (a PDF file, 68 KB)
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Honor a special woman in your life during the holidays or on other occasions with a donation to The Women’s Fund of the Capital Region.

Another way to donate is through a planned gift. Women in our nation have a strong history of leaving legacies that affect future generations. With a little planning now, the difference we can all make will be profound. The Women’s Philanthropy Institute suggests the following:

  1. Ask yourself: “What two or three things mean the most to me?”
  2. Then ask: “What values do I want to pass on to the next generation?”
  3. And lastly ask: “Who can help me pass those values down?”
Photo of Mary Lou Lamb Please consider The Women’s Fund of the Capital Region in your estate planning. Click here to read about the first planned gift received by the Women's Fund. Mary Lou Lamb's story might be similar to yours.

For more information on how to do this, contact Kristen Frederick, President/CEO of the Community Foundation for the Capital Region – the endowment-building arm of The Women’s Fund – directly at (518) 446-9638.

Invest in her future -- please help us improve the lives of women and girls in our community.