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Girls as Grantmakers
Giving, Mentoring and Learning
By Kelly Burgess
Adelsheim is currently helping to mentor the eight projects her board granted money to last year. Her growth in understanding of women's issues is probably the most powerful testament to Arnet's vision. As for the future, Adelsheim hopes she will continue to be able to play a role in the organization even as her term winds down.
Arnet, meanwhile, notes that while the publicity over the girlcott was a great way to get Girls as Grantmakers on the map, the Women and Girls Foundation, which sponsors the grantmakers, is doing important work that will benefit these girls when they become women in the workplace. Their most immediate goals are to address inequities in wages and how to empower women to negotiate in the workplace –for example, for flexible hours, higher wages or whatever helps them to do their job better. She sincerely hopes that groups such as hers proliferate and make a real difference in the lives of women everywhere.