Our origin story is memorable. In 2000, Judge Bettina Borders, made a donation to the Community Foundation in Southeastern MA. Her goal — to ensure that any regional women’s program launched could thrive with the necessary dollar support. This visionary action founded the Women’s Fund SouthCoast.
Judge Borders is the ideal person to have founded an organization dedicated to the advancement of women and girls. She has been a keen activist for gender equity her whole life and ran the first sexual assault crisis center in the country. She also knows the struggles young women encounter when raising children on their own, as she was a single mom.
When Bettina became Judge Borders, she left the Fund in the hands of a group of visionary women we now call the Founding Mothers. Bettina, now retired, has returned to the Fund as President of the Board of Directors and is committed to charting the course for the next 20 years.
What Drives Us
We imagine a world in which women and girls are valued and their voices heard.
Local Impact
The success of women and girls ripples through the community to make a more just place for all.
Why Give
Local women helping local women. We advocate, we advance. Our collective voice initiates change.
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