As a nonprofit public foundation, the Bucks County Women’s Fund is dedicated to raising money to fund and support programs and policies that impact, empower and improve the lives of women and girls. Most years, the fund awards grants to Bucks County organizations; this year, We're Listening.

Across the United States and around the world, women's funds do amazing things. They put philanthropic dollars to work at the service of women and girls, and they get results. As Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, once said, "When women are fully involved, the benefits can be seen immediately; families are healthier; they are better fed; their income, savings and reinvestment go up. And what is true of families is true of communities, and eventually, of whole countries."

The Bucks County Women’s Fund is your women’s fund. Through it, you can support the change you want to see in our community. Together, we can make change happen.

We are calling this our Listening Year because we want to hear from you, our donors, our agency leaders, and our county’s women and girls. Please tell us what you need from us, and what you think women and girls in Bucks County need. You can do this by e-mailing your ideas to our executive director, Kathy Beveridge, at kbeveridge@bcwf.org, by hosting an Endowa (a small gathering of women), or by joining our community meetings (dates to be announced).

Based upon all that we learn from you and others, we’ll decide how we can have the greatest positive and lasting impact on those needs, and we’ll hope to get you all involved in making that impact. We can’t do it without you.

Philanthropy is our tool and the Bucks County Women’s Fund is our vehicle for social change. We will direct our combined philanthropy to what matters most for women and families in the communities of our county. We're listening, and with your help, we will get results.