Our Mission
Our mission is to harness the collective power and generosity of women in Lancaster County to provide meaningful support to non-profit organizations that are making a positive impact on our community. By combining our resources and experience, we seek to make a significant difference in helping those in need and building a better future for all residents of our county.
Core Values
Ultimately these are the things that are keeping us unified in our mission of community-led philanthropy:
We believe that LCWG should be a place for women with strong minds and hearts - which we recognize comes with strong convictions of all kinds.
We believe that LCWG can be a place where we allow for differing perspectives to arise without needing to soften them or make them go away. We can be hard on ideas and soft on people.
We believe that LCWG is a place to foster curiosity, conversation, and learning about differing viewpoints or issues in a safe and respectful way.
We are fiercely passionate about a democratic process. Community-led, accessible philanthropy provides important opportunities to advance social change and address systems in a way that traditional philanthropy just cannot.
We believe that we are stronger together. We believe in the collective power of women even more than an individual or issue we disagree with. We believe we can find a common goal to work together towards.
We do not want to limit the inclusivity and opportunities of our members in nominating and voting for qualified organizations that match their passions and convictions.
We are an apolitical group. We democratically vote on the merits of the non-profit's positive contributions to our community.
Grant Qualifications
Nominations must be a 501c3 supporting the Lancaster County area.
Members can only nominate & vote if they’ve made a donation first. The Grapevine system won’t actually allow a nomination or vote until a donation is recorded.
Members CAN nominate nonprofits they’re affiliated with.
Members can nominate their nonprofit every cycle until it's chosen. If your non-profit wins, they can't be nominated again for a period of 18 months.
Non-profits or organizations that are deemed a hate group by the SLPC or with a mission to prevent or protest freedoms are not qualified for our grants.