How We Do It

the generosity of those who support the Nevada Women’s Fund make a difference in our success. That is why your participation as a donor is vitally important!

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Engineering Scholarship Applicants visit Corporate Scholarship Partner Tesla Women in Engineering at the Tesla Gigafactory 

Thank You to our Corporate Scholarship Donors

AT&T Nevada

Brookfield School

Dermody Properties Foundation

Dolan Auto Group 

Ezell Images

First Independent Bank

Greater Nevada Credit Union

IGT

Micrometl

New Deantronics

NV Energy

Persing Professional Group

PK Electrical Inc.

Reno Gazette Journal

SilverSummit HealthPlan

Society of Women Engineers (SNS)

Tesla

NWF Corporate Scholarship Program

Nevada Women’s Fund Corporate Scholarship Program allows corporate partners to align their workforce development, diversity and corporate giving efforts with Nevada Women’s Fund Scholarship program.

Support of the Nevada Women’s Fund Scholarship Program allows corporate partners to:

● Meet corporate giving goals by building an endowment, guaranteeing donor directed scholarships in perpetuity.

● Achieve long-term workforce development by fostering relationships with scholarship recipients transitioning from college to career readiness in donor’s field through an internship program.

● Meet Diversity Equity & Inclusion standards.

● Make significant contributions in the education of women today.

Corporate donors generally make a five-year commitment  for measurable results .

Contact our office to discuss details of establishing your NWF corporate partnership.

 

NWF Staff along with current and former Board members at the 2024 Nevada Business Weekly Awards Ceremony.

Jennifer Shorett and Family

Jennifer is a Nevada Women’s Fund scholarship recipient from Reno, pursuing her Ph.D. in Special Education and Disability Studies at UNR.

Establish an Annual Scholarship Award

Form a scholarship in your name, your family name, someone you wish to honor, or anonymously, to award to a deserving northern Nevada woman (minimum annual amount $2,000).  

Each year our donors are offered the opportunity to meet their individual scholarship recipient(s) so that you may learn the stories of the amazing women and find out exactly how the scholarship has improved their life.

Annual Scholarship Form

Establish an Endowment Scholarship

Form an endowment account with a minimum and principal donation of $10,000 (which may be built over a period of up to 5 years), held in perpetuity, and providing annual education scholarships for generations to come.

Endowment Scholarship Form

Sandi McKee and Dolan Family

Sandi McKee was honored at the Nevada Women’s Fund Salute to Women of Achievement Event by the Dolan Auto Group, and recently established the Sandi McKee Legacy of Loyalty Endowed Scholarship in partnership with Tom Dolan & Family

 

Thank You to our Corporate Donors

2NEWS (KTVN)                                                                Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Artown                                                          Assistance League of Reno-Sparks
Assured Partners
AT&T Nevada
Bank of America
Barnard, Vogler & Co.
Bill Pearce Motors
Bishop Manogue Catholic High School
Brookfield School
Caesars Entertainment                                            California Strategies Inc.
Casey Neilon, Inc.                                                          Celedon Events
Charles River Laboratories                                    City of Reno                                                            Clark and Associates of Nevada
Community Foundation of Northern Nevada
CPM Services
Cupit Milligan, Ogden & Williams CPA’s
Dermody Properties
Dickson Realty -Nancy Fennell
Dolan Auto Group
Drinkwater Eaton Law Offices
EDAWN
Edgewood Companies
Eide Bailly LLP
Elemental LED                                                                  Elko Lions Club                                                  Evans, Nelson & Company                                    First Centennial Title Company
First Independent Bank                                            Girls on the Run – Sierras                                                                                                       

Gold Dust West                                                    Good Giant                                                             Great Basin College                                    Greater Nevada Credit Union                            Gunderson Law Firm      Harrah’s/Harvey’s Lake Tahoe                          Haws Corporation
Heritage Bank of Nevada                                         I-80 Gold
IGT                                                                                               ITS Logistics LLC                                                             J Resorts
JP Morgan Chase                                                             Komatsu
Lewis Roca
LP Insurance
Lumos & Associates, Inc.                McDonald Carano                                                        Micrometl
Microsoft                                                                              Moana Nursery
Morgan Stanley
National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges                                                                       Nell J. Redfield Foundation                                   Nevada Gold Mines
Nevada Mining Association
Nevada Museum of Art
Nevada Rural Housing Authority
Nevada State Bank                                                      Nevada Trucking Association
Nevada Women’s History Project        Nevdex Properties                                             New Deantronics                                     Northern Nevada Health System                                           

Northern Nevada Hopes                        Nugget Casino Resort                                         NV Energy Foundation                                              Orla Mining                                                      Persing Professional Group, LLC
PK Electrical, Inc.
Plumas Bank
Q&D Construction
REMSA Health                                                                   Reno Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority
Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority
Renown Health
Ryder Homes
Sandra A. Daugherty Foundation                     Savage and Son
Sheehan Health & Wellness                                 SNC
SilverSummit Healthplan
Society of Women Engineers                      Swift Physical Therapy                                    The ROW Hotels and Casinos                              Timberline Flower Barn
Truckee Meadows Community College    Truckee Tahoe Lumber Company          U.S. Bank                                                            Washoe County District Attorney’s Office
Washoe County Health District
Washoe County School District
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office
Western Nevada Supply
Western Surgical Group

Thank You to our Endowed & Annual Scholarship Donors

Nevada Women’s Fund $500,000+ Legacy Level Endowments

June S. Wisham Memorial Endowed Scholarship

 

Nevada Women’s Fund $250,000+ Philanthropy Level Endowments

EWB Math And Science Endowed Scholarship
Martha H. Jones Endowed Scholarship

 

Nevada Women’s Fund $100,000+ Masters Level Endowments

Charlotte L. MacKenzie Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Blakey Endowed Scholarship
Jeanne T. Shearer Endowed Scholarship
Jill M. Winter Endowed Scholarship
The Raffealli Family Endowed Scholarship
Women in Tesla Engineering Endowed Scholarship

 

Nevada Women’s Fund $50,000+ Degree Level Endowments

Bill & Dottie Raggio Endowed Scholarship
Charles H. Stout Endowed Foundation Scholarship
Davis Family Endowed Scholarship
Fritsi H. Ericson Endowed Scholarship
Jan Evans Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Meggin McIntosh “Emphasis on Excellence” Endowed Scholarship
Nancy Peppin Endowed Scholarship
Sher & Gary Muhonen Endowed Scholarship
Sue Wagner Endowed Scholarship
                                      Susanne S. Stout Endowed Scholarship                                         Women, Invention & Technology Endowed Scholarship

Nevada Women’s Fund $25,000+ Donor Level Endowments

Bill & Moya Lear Charitable Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Rita Huneycutt Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Sandra A. Daugherty Endowed Scholarship
Frankie Sue Del Papa Endowed Scholarship
Guild Family Law Endowed Scholarship
Jennifer Satre Endowed Scholarship
Laura Dianda Endowed Scholarship
Margaret Eddelman O’Donnell Endowed Scholarship
Milton and Peggy Glick Endowed Scholarship

Northern Nevada Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Peg Murphy Endowed Scholarship
Reno Gazette Journal Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Sandi McKee Legacy of Loyalty in Partnership with Tom Dolan & Family
Society of Women Engineers – Sierra Nevada Section Endowed Scholarship
Terry Lee Wells Endowed Scholarship

 

Nevada Women’s Fund $10,000+ Contributor Level Endowments

Amanda Fisher Lifelong Learning Scholarship
AT&T Nevada Endowed Scholarship
Barbara Nielsen Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Cheryl L. Guinan Perseverance Endowed Scholarship
Cyril T. Hofmeister, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Derrivan/Rinaldi Endowed Scholarship
                                 Dr. Kristen McNeill Endowed Scholarship                                                         Faralie S. Spell Memorial Endowed Scholarship                                                       Gail E. Aldrich Endowed Scholarship                                      Isabelle Rodriguez Wilson Endowed Scholarship

                                             Joan Dees Endowed Scholarship                                                     Marco/Schaffner Endowed Scholarship
Margaret Hart Conaboy Endowed Scholarship
Michele Attaway Endowed Scholarship
                            Natalie and Randy Brown Endowed Scholarship                        Pauline Helms Endowed Scholarship
                                       Renown Health Endowed Scholarship                                                                   Stephanie Tyler Endowed Scholarship                                                 The Wild Blueberry Fund Endowed Scholarship

 

 

Nevada Women’s Fund Annual Scholarships

AAUW- Reno (NV) Branch
Amy Biehl Scholarship Funded by Dermody Properties Foundation
Ashley and Emily Foundation
Beverly Jean Acton Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Brookfield School Scholarship
Courage Sans Peur Foundation Scholarship
Cynthia Osborn Scholarship
                                       Dena L. Kruse Memorial Scholarship                                          Douglas County Women Leaders Scholarship
Dr. Sandra Daugherty Nevada Teach Scholarship
E.L. Cord Foundation Scholarship
Elaine J. Garcia Memorial Scholarship Funded by the National Football League
Ezell Images Empowering Women Over 40 Scholarship
Georgia Loy Scholarship
Greater Nevada Credit Union Scholarship
IGT Annual Scholarship
Jay Family Scholarship
Judy Bible Memorial Scholarship

Melanie Watkins Scholarship
                                                      Micrometl Scholarship                                                            Nell J. Redfield Scholarship
New Deantronics Scholarship
Niki Neilon Scholarship
Northern Nevada Women in Technology Forum Scholarship
NVEnergy Foundation Scholarship
NWF Board Alumnae Scholarship
NWF Hall of Fame Scholarship
Orduna Hastings Scholarship
Patrice Tratch Memorial Scholarship
PK Electrical Inc. Scholarship
PPG Accounting Education Scholarship
Ross & Dorothy Ballard Scholarship
Ruth Gaiser Brown Scholarship
Sarah Dean Gaiser Nursing Scholarship
Sharon Usedom Scholarship
SilverSummit Healthplan
Timken Sturgis Scholarship
Wawona Foundation Scholarship