Past Events

The Women’s Fund El Dorado held its annual membership celebration at the beautiful Saureel Vineyards to honor members and their contributions to the community.  This year the theme was “Sip and Savor,” a  less formal mixer-type event on a Sunday afternoon.  Members from all of the Women’s Fund Committees were there to talk about their work and to encourage other members to join them.  Also, some of the 2024 Grantees were in attendance to explain their programs. 

The event was held at the barn overlooking a beautiful pond and lush green grass where members and the community sipped on wine spritzers and savory treats from John Sanders and crew from the Old Town Grill.   While enjoying the food and drink, guests visited committee and grantee tables and mingled with one another. 

Each Women's Fund member makes a donation (starting at $200 per year) which is pooled with other donations and awarded to local nonprofits in the form of substantial grants that support a wide variety of community needs. 100% of membership dollars are dedicated to funding at least $100,000 per year in various grants. 

It was a proud afternoon for Women’s Fund El Dorado.  Many thanks to our members, our sponsors, our vendors and our supporters.  Women’s Fund El Dorado could not do any of this without all of you

The 2024 Grants Gala was held at the Placerville Shakespeare Club and attended by 180 members, guests and nonprofit partners. The evening began with a welcome from our chair, Ann Curtis who introduced the grant recipients from the previous year. Housing El Dorado and Big Brothers, Big Sisters reported to the membership about about how they used our funds to develop and execute their programs in 2023. Then the audience was excited to hear the announcement of which nonprofits and students received the 2024 grants and Wickline Scholarships. The evening's presentations ended with a description of a new kind of grant which will be piloted this year - a Multi Year Grant. 

Members and the community gathered together to celebrate inspiring stories of why it’s important to be a Women’s Fund member.  This year the theme was “Ripples to Waves: Turning small ripples of giving into large waves of positive impact in our western El Dorado County community. Enjoy some pictures from the event, hope to see you at one in the future!