Women's Funds Hold $200-Million; Donations Grew Fast in Recent Years

Women's funds -- which raise money to help charities serving women and girls -- are growing in number and size across the country.

According to new figures released by the Women's Funding Network, an umbrella organization of women's funds, 27 new and existing groups have joined the network in just three years, pushing its membership from 69 to 96 foundations.

From 1999 to 2001, grant making and other allocations by women's funds grew by $7.3-million, or 32 percent,

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