Welcome New Board Member Sashell Thebaud

The Metrowest Women’s Fund is pleased to Welcome Sashell Thebaud to our Board

Sashell Thebaud is a Human Resources professional. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Human Resources from Framingham State University as well as her certification in Professional Human Resources from the Human Resource Standards Institute.  

Sashell states: “I feel incredibly blessed to be associated with the Metrowest Women's Fund which is dedicated to empowering women and girls through education, community building, and grant making opportunities. It's heart-warming to see how this movement is transforming lives and I'm honored to be a small part of it.”

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The Metrowest Women’s Fund invests in women and girls through education, community building, grantmaking, and strategic partnerships. Our mission is to identify the needs of women and girls in the Metrowest and raise resources to meet those needs.

Full Press Release

Single Mother Student Emergency Fund mentioned in Nonprofit Quarterly

Child Care Is a National Emergency

Elizabeth Barajas-Román and Shannon RudisillSeptember 19, 2023

The Metrowest Women's Fund sees the childcare crisis impacting women in our communities who are in the workforce while also enrolled in higher education. Our Single Mother Student Emergency Fund offers grants for non tuition related emergencies, including childcare, and keeps hard-working single moms in school. To learn more about our program:  www.metrowestwomensfund.com/projects

Nonprofit Quarterly is a magazine publication providing research-based articles and resources to educate the nonprofit sector.

The Metrowest Women’s Fund Announces $170,000 Investment in Women and Girls

Investment includes Single Mother Student Fund, 2023 Grantees, and Girls' Mental Health

Thanks to our generous community, we raised $60,000 to support the non-tuition needs of single mother students at MassBay Community College. 

• We are deeply appreciative of Liz and Phill Gross for their tremendous generosity.

• Thank you to the Litowitz Foundation for their strong, ongoing support.

• We are thankful for leadership gifts from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and Kyra Grenier, James Clayton Fund.

Together, we are supporting students like Amy achieve her dreams: 

“I am so appreciative of this help. The grant will allow me to continue to focus on my education and my son as I finish school and begin my career as a registered nurse. 

Being a recipient of this grant has taken weight off my shoulders. Please know that your support has a huge impact on myself and others. Thank you.”

The Metrowest Women’s Fund Grant Allocation Committee awarded a total of $85,000 to fifteen (15) non-profits serving the needs of women and girls in Metrowest.

Grant Impact Areas: Educational Opportunity, Girls: The Next Generation, and Safety From Violence.

Meet our 2023 Grant Recipients:

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass and Metrowest

• Boys and Girls Club of MetroWest

• Center for Women & Enterprise

• Dignity Matters

• DOVE, INC

• Family ACCESS of Newton

• Family Promise Metrowest

• Living in Freedom Together

• MetroWest Legal Services

• Project Just Because

• REACH Beyond Domestic Violence

• Rotary Club of Marlborough

• Voices Against Violence

• Women's Bar Foundation

• Women's Money Matters

Girls' Mental Health Impact Grant

This exciting new grant will support the expansion of a free digital well-being and STEAM summer workshop for middle school girls in Metrowest from low incomes.

The workshop is designed and run by the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Lab at Wellesley Centers for Women.