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Planned Giving – Join Our Legacy Society

Planned gifts are typically made from assets in one’s estate, rather than disposable income, and come to fruition after your lifetime. Planned giving is an option for anyone who wants to leave a legacy regardless of their age and income without affecting cash flow during their lifetime.

Planned gifts can be simple and inexpensive to create, and can be established at any age! Examples of planned gifts include:

  • Bequest in a will or estate
  • Life Income plan (charitable remainder trust, charitable gift annuity, etc.)
  • Beneficiary designation (IRA, 401k, life insurance policy, etc.)

Our Legacy Society will honor anyone who has made a documented planned gift to Women’s Impact Fund.
When designating Women’s Impact Fund as a recipient of a planned gift, please include our full organization name and Employment Identification Number (EIN) to ensure accuracy. Our EIN is 26-133584.

To make a planned gift to the Women’s Impact Fund, or if you have already included the organization in your estate
plans, please complete this form or contact the WIF office to share your information. 

LEAP Fund

As part of our tenth anniversary in 2013, Women’s Impact Fund established the Leadership, Education, and Philanthropy (LEAP) Fund. The purpose of this restricted fund is to “strengthen the essential educational mission of Women’s Impact Fund by providing resources for speakers, staff support, technology enhancements, and other strategic initiatives.”

The LEAP Fund provides much-needed flexibility to take strategic leaps forward in our collective impact; disbursements require board approval. Efforts supported by the LEAP Fund include: 

  • Initial Spark Grant
  • Executive Director Hiring & Transition
  • Technology Investment & New Website
  • Hosting Women’s Collective Giving Network (now Philanos) Conference in Charlotte
  • Board Training & Development

The LEAP Fund differs from the Annual Fund in that the LEAP Fund is only raised during special occasions to replenish board designated funds used for specific strategic purposes. Most recently, we raised more than $85,000 during our 20th Anniversary year. We are not currently fundraising for the LEAP Fund, though we continue to benefit from the funds given today. Please contact the WIF office to learn more.

Other Assets

If you are interested in donating other non-cash or non-security assets, please contact the WIF office. Through our partnership with Foundation For The Carolinas, we are able to accept assets including real property, closely held business interests, and others. To give life insurance policies or retirement plan assets, please consider our planned giving opportunities.

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Janet LaBar

Executive Director​
jlabar@womensimpactfund.org

With more than 25 years of experience, Janet has a proven track record of leading organizations and teams in developing strategies that foster thriving communities. Her career is dedicated to the well-being of the places she serves, and the people and businesses within them, positioning her as a trusted sounding board, critical thinker, and purposeful protagonist across corporate, government, education, entrepreneurial, and civic spheres.
Janet joined Women’s Impact Fund in June 2025 to guide one of Charlotte’s most respected, women-led philanthropic organizations into its next phase of growth and impact. In partnership with the Women’s Impact Fund team, Board, Advisors, members, volunteers, and key community partners, she will continue strengthening communities by maximizing women’s leadership in philanthropy through collective giving, education, and engagement.
Inspired by her family, teams who dare greatly, and people and communities striving to be their best selves, Janet’s impactful career includes leadership roles as President and CEO of Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, President and CEO of Greater Portland Inc, and Chief Performance Officer of Greater Phoenix Economic Council. As a first-generation Filipino American, her lived experience deeply informs her professional drive to create equitable economic growth and opportunity in the metro areas she’s served.
She holds a BA in Communication Arts from the University of West Florida and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Phoenix. Janet and her husband James are proud parents to an older daughter, and a daughter and son who are twins.