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AAUW Funds help translate mission into action.
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AAUW Funds has been named one of the
best independent charities in America.
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AAUW Funds remains the largest source
of funding exclusively for graduate women.
AAUW Funds
Endowments
A total of 213 endowments have
been completed in California since the 1950s:
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Career Development Grants
74
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International
Fellowships 22
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Community Action Grants
55
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American Fellowships
44
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Selected Professions Grants
17
How
Much?
American and International
endowments require $200,000 to be funded.
Career Development, Community
Action and Selected Professions Grant endowments
require
$75,000 each.
Meeting the
Need?
In 2007 – 08 AAUW Funds made 253
grants/awards totaling $4.1 million:
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American Fellowships
8 awards (1036 applicants)
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International Fellowships
66 awards (957 applicants)
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Community Action Grants
29 awards (193 applicants)
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Career Development
Grants 40 awards (649 applicants)
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Selected Professions
Fellowships 26 awards (97 applicants)
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Special
Awards 4 (application #
unknown)
The total number of
applications for the year was 2932.
Unfunded applications number
2679.
Clearly the need for AAUW Funds continues.
Statistics
provided by Carolann Ford, AAUW CA AAUW Funds VP