The New York Women’s Foundation’s Stepping
Out and Stepping Up will honor Elizabeth and
Herbert Sturz and Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas D.
Kristof. The Stepping Up Award will be
presented to New Yorkers who serve as role models
and demonstrate courageous leadership, vision and
commitment to women and girls as individuals and as
partners. The evening will begin with a cocktail
reception, followed by dinner and dancing and
include a special performance by Grammy
Award-winning recording artist, Mary J. Blige.
Co-Chairs for the evening include Hyatt Bass, Sayu
V. Bhojwani, Aiyoung Choi, Susan R. Cullman, Grace
Hightower De Niro, Somers Farkas, Carolyn Buck Luce,
Margaret Munzer Loeb, Jean Shafiroff, Diana L.
Taylor, Jacqueline P. Togut, and Barbara Brizzi
Wynne.
Established in 1987 as a public philanthropy, the
New York Women’s Foundation is a cross-cultural
alliance of women, serving as a force for change for
women. From the outset, the Foundation’s founders
strove to identify innovative organizations that
were affecting change in the communities they served
for women. NYWF strategically funds organizations
and programs that move women, girls and families
towards long-term economic security through
individual transformation and systematic change,
mobilizing leaders and community partners as
philanthropists and change agents. Over the past
twenty-two years, NYWF surpassed $20 million
($20,350,445) in grants to over 240 nonprofit
organizations, improving the lives of five million
women and girls in New York City. 74% of the
nonprofit organizations that NYWF has funded over
the years are successfully thriving. This year, NYWF
responded to the economic crisis by launching
RISE-NYC!, a partnership initiative and increasing
its grant-making
by 23%.
NYWF funds programs in that promote economic
security and justice, health
and sexual rights, positive development of girls and
young women, and safety.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 14,
2009
Cocktail Reception
6:30 PM
Dinner & Dancing
7:30PM
WHERE: Gotham Hall
1356 Broadway
New York City
www.nywf.org