Women Gaining Ground

Women helping women through education and employment

Are you a woman looking for a meaningful and significant way to help other women in our city? We invite you to join United Way Toronto’s Women Gaining Ground — a group of like-minded, professional women who want to make a personal impact in the lives of women facing poverty through their donation and volunteer efforts. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, Women Gaining Ground focuses on the education and employment of women as a means of fostering self-reliance, while sharing United Way Toronto’s mission to improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action.

Each Women Gaining Ground member donates $5,000 or more toward a group gift that is significant and meaningful to selected programs every year. Members also act as both donors and key decision-makers through an annual grant selection process. You’ll find that Women Gaining Ground combines the benefits of a small giving circle with great opportunities to interact with United Way Toronto agencies and programs.

2012 Projects Women Gaining Ground invested in

In 2012, the members of Women Gaining Ground chose to support four outstanding projects and initiatives happening in our city.

They included: Women Moving Forward, an award-winning poverty reduction program for sole-support mothers; Jessie’s Centre for Young Women, an award-winning centre for young mothers; Interpreter Services Toronto at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, a social enterprise that provides free training and certification for immigrant and refugee women; and Homeward Bound, a four-year housing program that addresses the multiple barriers facing female-led single-parent families.