AAUW Funds

The AAUW Funds provide educational opportunities and equity for women and girls through research and support of fellowship and grants programs. You can create change, advance equity, empower women and girls with a donation to the AAUW Greatest Needs Fund (#9110). Gifts to this Fund are dispersed as needed to impactful projects that advance the mission of AAUW. The Fund also fuels groundbreaking research and effective advocacy work to pass fair-pay laws and other key equity legislation. Your unrestricted, tax-deductible gift of any amount helps incubate and disseminate programs that:

  • above all, advance equity for women and girls
  • strengthen AAUW’s role in the global community
  • respond to and eradicate the persistent challenges facing women and girls
  • leverage new opportunities and attract new audiences to our mission.

In short, the programs supported by AAUW get results. In the 2022-23 academic year, AAUW awarded more than $6M in fellowships and grants to recipients who will empower women and girls through their academic work and innovative community projects.

Your contribution will be well used for programs that matter. As a branch member you can make a direct contribution either as an unrestricted gift to the AAUW Greatest Needs Fund or to a specific fund or program detailed here: AAUW Funds.  The cornerstone of these Funds is the remarkable energy and commitment of members, other individuals, corporations, and foundations that make contributions and help raise money for this important work. Each year our branch makes a contribution derived from fundraising profits to the AAUW Greatest Needs Fund.

For additional information on donating to AAUW Funds, contact aauwamador@gmail.com or visit AAUW National or AAUW California websites.

Another option for leaving a legacy of support to help ensure AAUW’s mission, and its impact on the future, is with an estate gift through the Legacy Circle, AAUW’s planned giving instrument. There is no minimum amount requirement. More information can be found here: Legacy Circle or here: planned-giving@aauw.org.