Helping Women Find & Forge Their Own Path Through Education
Scholarships
Working women, women in transition, future teachers and more…there is a scholarship for you…
Programs
Helping young people take an active role in their futures…
Helping You Achieve Success
Our Core Values
Core values are an integral part of every organization. Core values are enduring beliefs which the Foundation’s Board of Trustees hold in common and endeavor to put into action. Our core values are non-negotiable values that represent what we stand for.
IDEAS: OUR CORE VALUES SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD...
INTEGRITY - Adherence to a code of moral values
DIVERSITY - No concern for race, religion for various scholarship
EDUCATION - Work to help women achieve equality in education
ACHIEVEMENT - To help women attain their desired goals
SUPPORTIVE - Support the growth of the future for women and families
Our Mission
The Mission of the foundation is to provide assistance or scholarships to women and/or youth of the State of Indiana and…
History
Established on March 31, 1991. Since that time the Foundation has sponsored several activities. They include:
Goals
The Foundation has divided its goal setting into long and short term goals…
Working Women Scholarship: Presented to a woman who is re-entering the workforce, changing careers, or is a displaced worker who has applied to a post secondary institution for at least part-time attendance.
Girl Scout Scholarship: Presented to a woman who is between her senior year in high school and her senior year in college and who has applied to or is attending a post-secondary institution for at least part-time attendance.
Women in Transition Scholarship: Presented to a woman who is re-entering the workforce, changing careers, or is a displaced worker who has applied to a post secondary institution for at least part-time attendance.
Find Your Balance. Set Your Goals. Take A Challenge. Reward Yourself.
One of the primary goals of the Indiana Women’s Education Foundation and especially the Conni Richards Youth Fund, established by the Board in January of 1992 in memory of Conni Richards, is to have teens take a proactive role with regard to their futures. One way to help the young is through the essay contest.