What are the Fairy Godmothers' Funds?
As we're sure you know, hidden needs exist all around us — whether they are paying to have a car fixed so a young woman can get to her job, providing dentures for an elderly woman or paying for the first class toward a degree.
Several Manhattan women came up with a dream to establish an endowed fund within the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation (GMCF) to benefit women in need in the Greater Manhattan Area. This fund became the Fairy Godmothers Endowed Fund.
Today, the Fairy Godmothers’ Funds are six component funds of the GMCF:
- Fairy Godmothers’ Endowed Fund
- Fairy Godmothers' Grants Fund
- Fairy Godmothers' Operating Fund
- Fairy Godmothers' Hand Up (HUG) Grant Fund
- Fairy Godmothers' HUG Endowed Fund
- Fairy Godmothers' Fairy Grateful Fund
The funds provide flexible monies to improve the health and well being of women with limited resources who have immediate needs not met by traditional funding resources within the community.
Through our support of these funds, we envision a time when all of the women in Manhattan can lead lives filled with promise and opportunity.