2025 BWGC Annual Grantee Celebration

Every year, members say the Annual Grantee Celebration is a highlight of the BWGC calendar because they interact with and hear from the grantees directly. We will showcase the five organizations who received 2024 grants for the 2025 calendar year - Boolean Girl, Pink Space Theory, Space of Her Own, Sustainability Matters, and Year Up United. A total of $75,000 in grants for 2024 has been awarded to these local nonprofit organizations that provide STEM, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Mentorship programs to girls and young women in Northern Virginia.

Members, donors, community partners, and the public are welcome to attend and learn about the grantees and how they are making a difference in Northern Virginia. This event is always a great opportunity to network as we celebrate the impact BWGC continues to make in the community. Engage in meaningful conversation, ask questions, obtain a deeper understanding of the grant programs, and learn about volunteer opportunities.

With the 2024 awards, BWGC has donated more than $610,000 in grants that have impacted the lives of over 3,600 girls and young women in the region. Learn more here.

Please RSVP no later than February 4, 2025.

The following organizations received 2024 grants for the 2025 calendar year:

($20,000) Ecologigals is a girls-focused program engaging 60 girls in grades 9-12 within Fairfax County Public Schools (with outreach targeted to girls and young women of color living in low-income homes) in ecology/environmental science fieldwork at their 1-66 landfill Making Trash Bloom site.

($10,000) Boolean Girl's Clubhouse teaches Northern Virginia-based 3rd to 8th-grade girls coding and engineering in a supportive and fun environment. The younger girls engage with graduates from the program who serve as instructors and assistants. The Clubhouse meets 14 times during the school year for 3-hour sessions.

Year Up United ($20,000) , Serving All of Northern Virginia, funds STEM opportunities for 140 women in Northern Virginia to provide technical skills training, industry-specific based-certifications, internships, and wraparound support to prepare women for in-demand jobs. Besides Year Up United, the Talent for Tomorrow Alliance includes Genesys Works, New Futures, Per Scholas, and Spark the Journey.

( $10,000) Transforming spaces and transforming lives, SOHO empowers remarkable girls from underserved communities through one-to-one mentoring, art, STEM, and life skills development.

($15,000) G.R.E.A.T Math Minds offers a three-year math enrichment program for elementary school girls to enhance 21st-century competencies, cultivating mastery in advanced math, coding, design thinking, and engineering.

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