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Philanthropy

Women's Health • Mentoring • Education

The Philanthropy Committee provides meaningful fundraising and volunteer opportunities for members that seek to make a difference in the areas of women's health, mentoring and education while offering the additional benefit of networking opportunities.

Fundraising initiatives include an annual Gala in New York and London, Race for the Cure, and other supporting events throughout the year. Since inception, the 100 Women in Hedge Funds has raised over $13 million for select non-profit charities.

Volunteer initiatives provide members with the ongoing opportunity to remain engaged with past beneficiaries and to provide support for sustainable growth and development by giving of their time, talent and expertise to our philanthropic causes.

Gala beneficiaries receive 100 Women in Hedge Funds annual fundraising support. Each year 100 Women in Hedge Funds Board of Directors select one or two charitable organizations in New York and London as the philanthropic focus for the year. Charities are chosen on an annual rotating basis across the areas of women's health, mentoring and education. The Philanthropy Committee helps to screen candidates based on the organization's criteria for beneficiary selection. All proceeds from the 100 Women in Hedge Funds Gala and other fundraising events that year are directed to the selected beneficiaries.

Philanthropy Recipients:
2008 Women's Health New York - The Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute at the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
London and Geneva - Wellbeing of Women
Team 100WHF will be doing a Trek for Hope across the Sinai desert in March 2009, to benefit Wellbeing of Women. If you would like to join the team, please contact Amanda Pullinger, Executive Director. To sponsor the team, go to www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=160474 (US tax payers) or www.justgiving.com/amandapullinger (for UK tax payers.)
2007 Mentoring $2.3 MM New York - iMentor
£400,000 London - The Prince's Trust
2006 Education $2.5 MM 1) Building with Books and 2) Teach for America
2005 Women's Health $2.3 MM The NYU Cancer Institute
2004 Mentoring $2.1 MM Big Brothers Big Sisters
2003 Education $2.4 MM 1) Excellence Baby Academy and 2) The After School Corporation (TASC)
2002 Women's Health $.9 M The NYU Cancer Institute

For inquiries contact the Philanthropy committee.