100+ Women Who Care Announces CHR as First Grant Recipient

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100+ Women Who Care Sanibel Captiva Awards $10,000+ to Community Housing and Resources at Inaugural Meeting

Sanibel, FL — [February 2025] — The 100+ Women Who Care Sanibel-Captiva celebrated a successful inaugural meeting with 106 members, awarding a $10,000+ grant to Community Housing and Resources (CHR) to support affordable housing initiatives on Sanibel and Captiva.

With members gathering both in person and via Zoom, the meeting featured three presentations from local nonprofit organizations: Community Housing and Resources, Captiva Civic Association, and Trailways Camps.

Following the presentations, members cast their votes, resulting in a tie. After a second round of voting, CHR was selected as the first recipient of the 100+ Women Who Care $10,000+ grant.

“We are thrilled with the enthusiasm and generosity of our members,” said Jane Majeski, Charitable Foundation of the Islands Board Member and Chair of the Planning Committee. “This initiative is already making a significant impact, and we look forward to seeing how CHR utilizes the funding to support the community.”

At a future meeting, members will hear an update from CHR about how the funds have been used or are planned to be used.

The next meeting of 100+ Women Who Care Sanibel Captiva is scheduled for:

  • Date:  March 4th, 2025

  • Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM

  • Location: Sanibel Captiva Realtors Association, 2353 Periwinkle Way, Suite 201, Sanibel, FL 33957 (behind Winds Shop).

For those unable to attend in person, Zoom links will be available. To learn more, join an upcoming meeting, or become a member, visit www.SanCap100.org or email 100women@sancapcfi.org.

About Charitable Foundation of the Islands: (MyCFI.org) The mission of the Charitable Foundation of the Islands (CFI) is to inspire philanthropy, leadership, and collaboration for the vitality of the Island community. CFI has served the Sanibel and Captiva communities since the 1990s through the Francis Bailey Society and was officially incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization in 2011. 

100 Who Care Alliance About Us - 100 Who are Alliance

The 100 Who Care Alliance was started as a volunteer effort by four 100 Who Care chapter heads that wanted to create a format for sharing ideas and learning from the best practices of other 100 Who Care chapters. As chapter heads, we all have to address similar issues and challenges within our giving circles. We recognized that since we are in such diverse geographical locations, most of us can’t meet other chapter heads face to face and often, we don’t even know about each other. Towards that end, the Alliance was created to connect us, the 100 Who Care Chapter Leaders.

Pictured from left to right: Savannah Miller-Berg, CFI Director of Community Relations; Pam Browning, 100+ Women Who Care Volunteer; Shelley Greggs, Clair Beckmann, and Erika Steiner, CHR Board Members; Dolly Farrell, CFI Executive Director; Nicole McHale, CHR Executive Director; and Jane Majeski, CFI Board Member.