Upcoming Events

Our 2024 Grantee Breakfast Celebration is right around the corner! Join us on October 17, 2024 from 7:30 - 9 am at Danversport (doors open at 7), to mix and mingle with our 2024 Grantees, along with many of our past honorees. This is an opportunity to hear their inspiring stories of hope and success. At the event, we will also announce our 2024 Above and Beyond Award recipient! Please join us and help us meet our goals to continue supporting local non-profits who deliver the resources and opportunities for women and girls to be independent, self-sufficient, and thriving members of our community.

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2024 POWER OF THE PURSE PLUS!

Huge Thank You's to everyone who supported this year's POP Plus! First to those who donated and attended.  We had a sold-out crowd at Root in Salem, who did an outstanding job hosting our fundraiser. Those attending were extremely generous bidding on the four trips and other silent auction and raffle items available.  In the end, with over 40 items available, including some lovely vintage and stylish purses, we were able to achieve our fundraising goal!  It was fabulous to see our guests mixing and mingling with many of our past and present grantees.  And a special shout out to our generous annual partners who have supported us financially throughout the year - especially our raffle MC and this year's platinum partner, Kerri Sullivan-Kreiss of Sullivan Kreiss Financial.

We believe in the promise of a brighter future for generations of women and girls in Essex County. With a single donation, our supporters ensure that women and girls in Essex Country can find success at work, in school, at home and in life.  We look forward to welcoming you to our future events - stay tuned.

20th Anniversary Celebration 2023

Thank you to all who joined us in October to celebrate The Women's Fund of Essex County's 20th Anniversary! It was a magical evening shared with our original founders, current board members, grant recipients, family, friends, and an amazing group of sponsors all of whom contribute much to our success. The spark that started 20 years ago will continue to flame for the next twenty and beyond, thanks to all of you and your generous support! We have big plans for 2024 launching The Essex County Resilient Girls Project and supporting two fundraising events to further nurture our ability to continue our mission supporting the women and girls of Essex County. More than ever, we believe that stronger women and girls build stronger families, and stronger families build stronger communities. We look forward to your continued generous support.

2022 Power of the Purse 2022

Thank you to everyone who came to the Power of the Purse Plus to support our efforts on behalf of our greater community's most vulnerable women and children. And did you ever! Together, united in our collective power, we smashed the evening's fundraising goals making the night our most successful POP to-date!

At Power of the Purse, the fun and fabulous purses are also a metaphor for strength – It is strength to recognize we all have the power to make a difference. Because The Women's Fund believes that change begins with one woman, one girl at a time, and it starts with each of us. We know that stronger women and girls build stronger families, and stronger families build stronger communities.