IMPACT
2025 SCHOLARSHIP STATISTICS
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DONORS & PARTNERS
Thank you to the community leaders, employers, and individual supporters whose collective efforts empower women to achievement.
DONOR STORIES
Dr. Melanie Watkins
Dr. Melenie Watkins received scholarships from NWF from 1995 to 2002 and earned her medical degree from UNR. Today, she works as a psychiatrist in Walnut Creek, CA. After establishing her career, Dr. Watkins created her own scholarship with NWF, which has supported the education of fifteen local women over the past decade.
Women Leaders of Douglas County
In June 2024, a group of women leaders from Douglas County attended a lunch and learn hosted by Nevada Women’s Fund. Inspired by the Fund's mission and its dedication to supporting women in rural communities, they collectively raised funds to award a Nevada Women’s Fund Scholarship to a deserving graduate from Douglas County.
SilverSummit HealthPlan
SilverSummit HealthPlan, a Medicaid insurance provider, is committed to supporting the education of its female members through the NWF scholarship program. Since 2022, SSHP has awarded over $200,000 in scholarships to local women, empowering not only their lives but also the lives of their families, fostering generational change in the process.
Persing Professional Group
NWF Corporate Scholarship Program serves as a workforce pipeline for the local CPA firm Persing Professional Group. PPG strategically awards scholarships to women enrolled in accounting at the University of Nevada. In addition to the scholarship, PPG offers paid internships, which have led to the hiring of two full-time employees who are on track to become CPAs after graduation.
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ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS
Amanda Fischer Lifelong Learning Endowed Scholarship
AT&T Nevada Endowed Scholarship
Barbara Nielsen Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Beverly Jean Acton Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Bill & Dottie Raggio Endowed Scholarship
Bill & Moya Lear Charitable Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Charles H. Stout Endowed Foundation Scholarship
Charlotte L. MacKenzie Endowed Scholarship
Cheryl Guinan Perseverance Endowed Scholarship
Cyril T. Hofmeister, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Davis Family Endowed Scholarship
Derrivan/Rinaldi Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Blakey Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Kristen McNeil Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Rita Huneycutt Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Sandra A. Daugherty Endowed Scholarship
EWB Math And Science Endowed Scholarship
Faralie S. Spell Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Frankie Sue Del Papa Endowed Scholarship
Fritsi H. Ericson Endowed Scholarship
Gail E. Aldrich Endowed Scholarship
Guild Family Law Endowed Scholarship
Isabelle Rodriguez Wilson Endowed Scholarship
Jan Evans Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Jeanne T. Shearer Endowed Scholarship
Jennifer Satre Endowed Scholarship
Jill M. Winter Endowed Scholarship
June Wisham Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Laura Dianda Endowed Scholarship
Marco/Schaffner Endowed Scholarship
Margaret Eddelman O'Donnell Endowed Scholarship
Margaret Hart Conaboy Endowed Scholarship
Martha H. Jones Endowed Scholarship
Meggin McIntosh "Emphasis on Excellence" Endowed Scholarship
Michele Attaway Endowed Scholarship
Milton and Peggy Glick Endowed Scholarship
Nancy Peppin Endowed Scholarship
Natalie and Randy Brown Endowed Scholarship
Northern Nevada Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Pauline Helms Endowed Scholarship
Peg Murphy Endowed Scholarship
PPG Accounting Education Endowed Scholarship
Raffealli Family Endowed Scholarship
Reno Gazette Journal Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Renown Endowed Scholarship
Sandi McKee Legacy of Loyalty in partnership with
Tom Dolan & Family Endowed Scholarship
Sher & Gary Muhonen Endowed Scholarship
Society of Women Engineers - Sierra Nevada Section Endowed Scholarship
Sue Wagner Endowed Scholarship
Susanne S. Stout Endowed Scholarship
Terry Lee Wells Endowed Scholarship
Wild Blueberry Fund Endowed Scholarship
WITS (Women, Invention & Technology Scholarship) Endowed Scholarship
Women in TESLA Endowed Scholarship
ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS
AAUW Capital NV Annual Scholarship
AAUW- Reno Chapter Annual Scholarship
Amy Biehl Annual Scholarship Funded by Dermody Properties Foundation
Brookfield School Annual Scholarship
Cambiando Caminos Annual Scholarship
Charles River Annual Scholarship
Courage Sans Peur Foundation Annual Scholarship
Cynthia Osborn Annual Scholarship
Dena L. Kruse Annual Memorial Scholarship
Empowering Women of Douglas County Annual Scholarship
Dr. Sandra A. Daugherty NV Teach Annual Scholarship
E.L. Cord Foundation Annual Scholarships
Ezell Images Empowering Women over 40 Annual Scholarship
Georgia Loy Annual Scholarship
I-80 Gold Annual Scholarship
IGT Annual Scholarship
Jay Family Annual Scholarship
JTNN Annual Scholarship
Kate Hanlon Annual Scholarship
Louise Larson Jacobson Annual Scholarship
Melanie Watkins Annual Scholarship
New Deantronics Annual Scholarship
NVEnergy Foundation Annual Scholarship
NWF Board Alumnae Annual Scholarship
NWF General Annual Scholarship
Orduna Hastings Scholarship
Orla Mining Annual Scholarship
PK Electrical Annual Scholarship
Redfield Annual Scholarship
Renate Neumann Memorial Annual Scholarship
Ross & Dorothy Ballard Annual Scholarship
Ruth Gaiser Brown Annual Scholarship
Sarah Dean Gaiser Annual Nursing Scholarship
Sharon Usedom Annual Scholarship
SilverSummit Healthplan Annual Scholarship
Soroptomist Annual Scholarship
Stephanie Tyler Annual Scholarship
Timken Sturgis Annual Scholarship
Turner Construction Annual Scholarship
Wawona Foundation Annual Scholarship
Wood Rodgers STEAM Team Annual Scholarship
BUSINESS PARTNERS
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
