Announcements
July 16, 2024 - Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation awards $112,200 to Disability EmpowHer Network to support our EmpowHer Camp program and alumni network in 2024 and 2025.
May 17, 2024 - Gupta Family Foundation awards $25,000 grant to Disability EmpowHer Network to support young women with disabilities in building confidence and learning new skills.
March 20, 2024 - Disability EmpowHer Network was awarded a $10,000 Aerie Real Foundation Community Grant to support young women with disabilities build confidence and feel connected to an inclusive community at EmpowHer Camp this summer.
Dec. 20, 2023 - Disability EmpowHer Network Awarded $25,000 from the Golisano Foundation to support continued work to empower disabled girls and women in and around Western New York through skill building and social programs.
Sept. 21, 2023 - Disability EmpowHer Network Receives $5,000 from the John F. Wegman Fund of the Rochester Area Community Foundation to empower girls with disabilities in Monroe County through the EmpowHer Roc program.
August 10, 2023 - Disability EmpowHer Network Executive Director, Stephanie Woodward, named one of ten L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth for 2023.
March 8, 2023 - Disability EmpowHer Network publishes new report “Disabled Women in the Working World: Bias and Barriers that Hinder Workplace Advancement”.
Dec. 16, 2022 - Disability EmpowHer Network was awarded a $10,000 grant from the the Bernice Stauber Fund of the Rochester Area Community Foundation to support our EmpowHer Roc program focused on empowering girls and young women with disabilities in Monroe County, NY.
May 18, 2022 - Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation awards $83,500 to Disability EmpowHer Network to support our EmpowHer Camp program for 2022 and 2023.
April 18, 2022 - Disability EmpowHer Network was awarded a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to support our work of empowering disabled girls & women over the next two years!