The Paynesville Area Community Foundation aims to foster lasting, positive change in the Paynesville area by providing leadership and financial support, enhancing community partnerships to advance local projects and initiatives.
The Women’s Fund grant program aims to support projects and initiatives that create equality, success, and health for girls and women. Specific focus areas include:
For girls ages 10-18, emphasis is on building self-esteem, making smart choices, accessing mentors and role models, pursuing higher education especially in nontraditional fields, and developing leadership skills.
Women in transition are supported through programs that enhance economic self-sufficiency, access to job training and education, childcare, support services during transitions, and initiatives helping immigrant and refugee women integrate and succeed.
Elder women's grants focus on economic security, healthy lifestyles, access to quality health care, support for older women facing major life changes, and lifelong learning opportunities.
The grant gives priority to projects promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.