Organization: THE EDUCATION FUND OF THE WOMEN'S
Mission: SEE SCHEDULE O
Activities: CORPORATE BOARD INITIATIVE - SEE SCHEDULE O.THE CORPORATE BOARD INITIATIVE WAS STARTED TO ACCELERATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ON CORPORATE BOARDS ACROSS ALL INDUSTRY SECTORS. OUR STRATEGY REFLECTS OUR BELIEF THAT CHANGE HAPPENS MORE QUICKLY WHEN IT'S DRIVEN FROM THE TOP. OUR INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON THE GAME-CHANGERS: CEOS, CHAIRMAN, NOM./GOV. CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS WHO CAN TRULY ACCELERATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ON BOARDS, WITH THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF ACHIEVING GENDER BALANCE ON CORPORATE BOARDS BY 2025.IN NOVEMBER 2019, THE EDUCATION FUND HELD THE BREAKFAST OF CORPORATE CHAMPIONS, A BIENNIAL EVENT, WHICH SALUTED COMPANIES LEADING THE WAY TO GENDER BALANCE ON CORPORATE BOARDS. THE EVENT HONORED S&P 500/F1000 COMPANIES WITH AT LEAST 30% OF BOARD SEATS HELD BY WOMEN. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED TALKS BY LEADING CEOS ABOUT WHY GENDER BALANCE IN THE BOARDROOM IS A STRATEGIC BUSINESS IMPERATIVE AND HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. PANEL DISCUSSIONS COVERED THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: GENDER DIVERSITY CREATES SHAREHOLDER VALUE, GETTING TO PARITY BY 2025, AND CEO GAME CHANGERS. THE 2019 BREAKFAST HONORED OVER 250 COMPANIES AND ATTRACTED AN AT CAPACITY AUDIENCE OF OVER 600 DECISION MAKERS.
THE EDUCATION FUND FELLOWS PROGRAM - SEE SCHEDULE O.THE EDUCATION FUND OF THE WOMEN'S FORUM PROVIDES ANNUAL AWARDS IN THE FORM OF GRANTS, TO ENCOURAGE MATURE WOMEN, AGE 35 AND OVER, WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED BY EXTREME ADVERSITY, RESUME THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION AND GET THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES EXTRAORDINARY AND OFTEN HEROIC EFFORT IN OVERCOMING ADVERSITY AND THE MOST DAUNTING OF ODDS IN RESTRUCTURING LIVES FOR SUCCESS. SINCE 1987 THE RECIPIENTS OF THESE AWARDS HAVE PROVIDED INSPIRATION TO THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO KNOW AND ADMIRE THEIR SUCCESS IN RISING ABOVE THEIR CHALLENGES, OBTAINING THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES AND TAKING THEIR PLACE IN THE PROFESSIONAL WORK WORLD. NINETY PERCENT OF OUR ED FUND FELLOWS EARN THEIR COLLEGE DIPLOMAS. MANY PURSUE GRADUATE STUDIES. OUR ALUMNAE RANGE FROM DOCTORS TO DANCERS WHO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WHOSE CHILDREN GO ON TO GET THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES.THE AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED IN JULY OF EACH YEAR. IN 2019, THE EDUCATION FUND AWARDED 19 GRANTS OF $10,000 EACH AND ONE GRANT OF $5,000.
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