Encourage. Support. Connect.
Our mission is to celebrate and explore the powerful influence women have on each other's lives through building friendships, sharing experiences and providing financial support in the form of educational grants to motivated women.
What We Believe In.
The Girlfriend Factor believes in the power of girlfriends. We believe that when women have the encouragement and support of their girlfriends, they can accomplish anything they set their minds to. We also believe that education is the key to economic advancement and self-sufficiency among women
What We Do.
The Girlfriend Factor aims to ensure that higher education and occupational training are financially accessible to adult women who choose to improve their economic position in life and who strive for self-sufficiency. We provide educational grants to women to achieve their educational goals.
We have created our organization with minimal red-tape or bureaucracy so that our time and energy can be directed towards the sheer essence and fun of being Girlfriends. Within the Girlfriend Factor friendships blossom, fun is had, and lives are changed for the better! We are a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
We are The Girlfriend Factor. Just watch us.
Grapevine
Anticipation of things to come.
As we ease into 2012 we hope that you are moving forward with a renewed enthusiasm for life and an appreciation for all we have to be thankful for. With great joy GFF is taking full advantage of this new beginning to build on the amazing foundation we have created together over the past six years. We are truly excited about the many changes taking place. Among them: Casey Olsen and Gayle Moore are joining our Board of Directors this year and Nancy Levine is taking on a newly created role as our Business Operations Manager. Katie Sween is transitioning to the significant position of Administrator of Educational Advancement and we are launching a new Advisory Council of respected business women in our community. It is all so very exciting, with the primary goal of allowing us to bring more awareness to the mission of GFF, raise more funds for our educational grants and provide greater support to our Go Girl Grant recipients.
Reflecting back on 2011, GFF can still proudly state that this is SUCH a great time to be a Girlfriend! Our accomplishments speak for themselves: To date, 75 women, each with their own personal dreams and goals, have benefited from over $190,000 in Go Girl Grants. We are still seeing an unprecedented spike in demand for our Grants as a result of the continued problems in our economy. It will take a true commitment from each of us to maintain the financial support these women need in order to reach their goals of becoming self-sufficient. This is because GFF is not someone else's charity. It is OUR charity. Everything we have accomplished, and will continue to accomplish, will be achieved by real women like you and me who believe in the power of Girlfriends.
Go Education, Go Girl!
Once again GFF is launching its Go Education, Go Girl campaign to raise public awareness that education is the key to self-sufficiency and financial advancement for women. Our goal is to help women realize that they have the ability to take control of their own lives by returning to school to obtain a degree or receive occupational training. As education becomes increasingly crucial for employment, as well as increasingly expensive, GFF is more dedicated than ever to make education financially accessible to all women who choose to return to school to achieve their goals and better their lives. Help us spread the word. Tell us what education has done for you by Adding Your Voice on any of our website pages.
We firmly believe that if you want to change the world, education a woman. With your help, we anticipate continued growth and success this coming year. Never forget that together we are The Girlfriend Factor.
Spread the word!
Don't forget to e-mail your friends so they can check out our website and become Girlfriends, too!
"Well-behaved women seldom make history."
