How to Support AAUW through Fundraising
Every gift to AAUW makes a difference — but your dollars go furthest when you donate to the AAUW Greatest Needs Fund or our other giving opportunities.
Use this guide to better understand why unrestricted funding helps unleash unrestricted possibilities for women and girls.
AAUW Greatest Needs Fund (9110)
The Greatest Needs Fund is a vital source of unrestricted support that allows AAUW to respond quickly and effectively to emerging challenges and opportunities. When you support the Greatest Needs Fund, you enable AAUW to sustain core operations, advocacy efforts, and program expansion. You support initiatives like economic empowerment programs, voter engagement campaigns, and policy advocacy, ensuring AAUW can amplify its impact, adapt to evolving needs, and continue leading the fight for gender equity. Your contributions to this fund are crucial for AAUW’s agility and long-term sustainability, empowering the organization to drive meaningful change. These funds are carefully managed to maximize impact, ensuring every dollar serves AAUW’s mission.
Defend Higher Education (4513)
The Defend Higher Education Fund will enable AAUW to elevate the critical higher education issues impacting women, mobilize advocates across the country, provide strategic resources to students, staff and faculty on campus, and fuel investments in the infrastructure and technology necessary to move our mission forward. Your support ensures AAUW can effectively fight on behalf of women on campuses across the country and ensure that AAUW remains a trusted and powerful voice for equity.
Public Policy Fund (4337)
The Public Policy Fund supports the advancement of AAUW’s Public Policy Principles and Priorities. AAUW is focused on increasing the impact of our Action Network through growing the number of advocates across the country and providing timely, accurate, and actionable information about our key issues. Support to this fund ensures we have the critical funding necessary to take swift and strategic action when the rights and freedoms of women and girls are under attack.
Please direct membership inquiries to connect@aauw.org.
If you would like to give to one of the funds mentioned, please reach out to connect@aauw.org. Additionally, if you’re interested in creating an endowment, we encourage you to reach out to our planned giving team at planned-giving@aauw.org. They can provide you with detailed information on how to establish a lasting legacy that aligns with your philanthropic goals, ensuring that your contributions to AAUW continue to make an impact for years to come.
AAUW Affiliate Agreements
Leaders from every AAUW branch and state must sign an affiliate agreement. Here's the information you need to complete that task.