RWF News

RWF Founders, Ginny Jarrett and Kandy Elliott, visit Chris’s Coffee and Custard (LovABLE Services, Inc.) and congratulate them on receiving the 2023 Roanoke Women’s Foundation Founders Fund award in the amount of $1,820.00!  Chris's Coffee & Custard is a unique coffee and custard shop that serves a wonderful cup of coffee, a delicious cup of custard or a tasty food item while creating opportunities for gainful and meaningful employment for individuals of all walks of life, focusing on our special needs community.

Roanoke Women’s Foundation Founders Fund of Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia was established in 2016 to honor and recognize the role of RWF co-founders, Ginny Jarrett, and Kandy Elliott.

The purpose of the fund is to support RWF efforts to strengthen the community through increasing charitable contributions in the region and to promote women’s leadership in philanthropy.

Gifts to RWF Founder’s Fund may be directed to www.cfwesternva.org or by mail to: CFSWVA - PO Box 1159 - Roanoke, VA 24006.

On Thursday, November 2, 2023, members and guests of the Roanoke Women's Foundation gathered at the Vinton War Memorial to announce and celebrate our 2023 grantees. The RWF awarded $392,100, bringing our giving total since 2005 to $5,281,600.

A number of the Roanoke Women's Foundation Board members met for lunch to celebrate the end of the grants process and the beginning of member voting for our 2023 grants. We look forward to announcing our new grantees on November 2, 2023!

On Tuesday, May 9th, we celebrated the progress of our 2022 grantees at our annual Power of the Purse event! Each Spring the recipients of the previous year's awards join us to update our donors on how they have put the funds toward their projects/needs. Always an exciting and uplifting event and we were pleased to be in the Historic Grandin Theatre!