Thank you for your interest in our 2022 applications for the FAUSA Annual Grant. Twelve applications have been received, and will be vetted by members of the Philanthropy Team. Please look for your ballot in a FAUSA special email around October 7, 2022. The recipients of our two $5000 grants will be awarded during our…
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Seeking Grant Applications Now!
FAUSA is currently seeking Grant Applications for one of two $5000 grants to be awarded at the upcoming Getaway. Please complete the grant application to apply for one of the two $5000 FAUSA Annual Grants. These will be awarded at our Annual Meeting and Getaway in Santa Fe, NM. The recipients will be announced at…
And the 2022 FAWCO Foundation Winners are…
And the 2022 Winners Are… We are so excited to share the recipients of the FAUSA sponsored Grants and Awards as well as the FAUSA submitted Development Grant winners. These were announced on the final day of the FAWCO Interim Meeting on May 21, 2022 in Luxembourg City. The Education Awards The Education Awards are…
LUNAFEST – Thank You!
Many thanks to everyone who supported FAUSA’s 2022 LUNAFEST film festival benefiting the next Target Project. We are still finalizing the numbers, but we raised approximately $2,200.00 for the Target Project on Environment. Thanks to all who purchased tickets, made donations and joined our film discussion. Special thanks to those who gifted tickets, with Susan…
FAUSA’s 2021 Grant Recipient
Lamp for Haiti is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, apolitical organization dedicated to providing health care and humanitarian aid to improve the lives of some of the most marginalized people in Haiti, among the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. We deliver quality medical care to the community of Cité Soleil, a slum on the outskirts of Port-au- Prince. Our committed staff has weathered hurricanes,…
Getaway Fundraising Update
What a great time I had in this historic city with FAUSA friends making our own history! The 2021 Bringing it Home Getaway and Annual Meeting weekend of FUNdraising was a ‘hybrid’ event with in-person gatherings and virtual attendance at the beautiful art-deco Hotel Netherlander. Touring of this great city and wining/dining at Rick’s spacious…
Vote Now For The FAUSA Annual Grant
The voting for the 2021-22 FAUSA Annual Grant is open, and we hope you will each cast a vote for one of the 7 worthy applicants nominated by your fellow members. Because we have seven nominees we want you to read about ALL of them and the work they are each doing which inspired our…
The FAUSA Quilt Raffle Begins Its Next 20 years!
Kathy Coughlan’s quilt this year marks the 20th year anniversary of our quilt raffle. she is donating her quilt creation, ‘Desert Dreams’, a 56” x 72” throw or lap quilt, to the FAUSA quilt raffle! The colors are a soothing blend of the warm yet vibrant colors in nature seen in the morning or evening….
Thank You For Supporting Lunafest
Thank you so much to EVERYONE who supported the FAUSA LUNAFEST fundraiser benefiting the FAWCO Target Project and watched the LUNAFEST films. Our final tally is $6010 raised from the event–an amazing result! FAUSA’s donation will allow us to leapfrog two levels of support to the Diamond level on the FAWCO Foundation’s donor wall. Thank you…
Rice STRIVE Panel on Sexism in Academia
In 2018, members of the Houston FAUSA group attended a talk by Allison Vogt describing the work of The Sexual Assault Free Environment (SAFE) Office at Houston’s Rice University. Ms. Vogt spoke about the ways the program addresses interpersonal violence on campus and provides prevention education to the Rice community on sexual and domestic violence,…
