Chapter Support Programs – Matching Funds Program
The Society will match $1 for each $1 raised by Woman’s Life members through fundraising on a project initiated and organized by the Woman’s Life chapter.
- Each fundraiser must be pre-approved by Home Office.
- The fundraiser must benefit a needy person(s) or a not-for-profit organization.
- Up to $500 per project will be matched, up to $5,000 per year per chapter for the total of all matching funds and volunteer service project grants.
- The chapter can do multiple projects for one recipient as well as select a number of different project recipients.
- Minimum of 5 chapter members must work on the project.
Matching Funds Program Request Form
The Power of Pennies
Members of Woman’s Life Chapter 59 Rochester, New York collected pennies to support a local hospice home. Members and friends saved their pennies then pooled them together for the donation. Including Matching Funds from Woman’s Life, the chapter donated $200 to Journey Home, a non-profit hospice home that provides free guidance, support, and comfort to individuals and their families as they journey through the dying process.
Getting a Great Start
Members of Woman’s Life Chapter 927 Lexington, Michigan held a bottle and can drive fundraiser to support the Sanilac County Great Start Preschool Scholarship Program. The Chapter raised $1,868.01, including Matching Funds from Woman’s Life, to assist families throughout Sanilac County with tuition expenses for preschool.
Power Play
Members of Woman’s Life Chapter 836 Port Huron, Michigan, created a Power Play Raffle at a Port Huron Prowlers hockey game. Chapter members sold raffle tickets for a cleverly crafted hockey stick covered in lottery tickets. Ticket sales totaled $370 and combined with $250 in Matching Funds from Woman’s Life, $620 was donated to NAMI Blue Water, a local non-profit that helps change the negative stigma of mental health issues with support groups, education, and peer-to-peer training.
