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This year, your contribution can spark a movement that changes the world.

The AI revolution presents a $200 billion opportunity, but without strategic intervention, women risk being left behind. According to the Technovation’s AI Forward Alliance report, increasing women’s participation in tech across 91 countries could significantly boost the global economy.

Doubling women’s representation in AI could unlock $200 billion in new economic output, while AI-skilling programs can provide an astounding 565-fold return on investment.

The WICxAIScholarshipFund – Igniting 1000 Women for AI Career Opportunities

Over the past 2 and a half years Women in Cloud has created an afforded and accessible pathway to AI job readiness through our scholarship programs. By partnering with Microsoft and other industry leaders, Women in Cloud has distributed over 5,000 scholarships across the global (70 countries and counting).

Just $500 donated can fund a future AI tech leader's certification or credential in AI and keep Women in Cloud's scholarship program available for everyone.

This season, the #WICxAIScholarship Fund, led by our Board of Advisors, continues its mission to award 100 life-changing scholarships over two years. These scholarships open doors, providing access to certifications, career support, and tools for success in the AI-powered economy.

Help Us Raise $200,000 by Year-End

Together, we can build a more inclusive tech industry and shape the future of innovation. Over the next two months, we are striving to raise $200,000—funds that will empower women and foster the representation needed to drive innovation in AI.

Give for the Future – Your Gift Matters

We believe that giving back is a cornerstone of community. With just $500, you can unlock AI job certification and preparedness for a woman through scholarships that offer industry-recognized certifications and essential career support.

This year’s campaign, “Give for the Future,” emphasizes that AI and Cyber are the cornerstones of tomorrow's economy. Ensuring that women have equal access to these opportunities gives them the chance to lead and innovate, shaping the future with their unique voices.

Why Your Donation is Critical

• Economic Access: Provide access to AI skills and certifications.

• Impact: Help overcome systemic barriers to bring more women into the AI workforce.

• Innovation: Drive progress by fostering developing inclusive talent .

Your Gift, Her Future, Our World

This is where your generosity creates infinite change. By supporting women in AI and cloud technology, you’re empowering individuals to reach new heights, unlocking opportunities, and driving progress that benefits everyone. Your gift ensures women become leaders of tomorrow, guiding the AI revolution toward a more equitable and prosperous future.

Through Easy, Tax-Deductible Donations, You Make an Impact

Your tax-deductible donation allows every individual to contribute to Cloud and AI Workforce Development, ensuring the future of the tech industry is inclusive and diverse.

Join Us in Shaping the Future

Help us achieve our $200,000 goal and pave the way for women to excel in the $200 billion AI economy. Together, we can create a world where innovation, growth, and equality thrive.

Make a difference today. Donate $250-$500 towards the #WICxAIScholarship Fund, and be the reason a woman’s future begins now.

Let’s give, grow, and transform—together.

Stories of Impact:

About Women In Cloud

Women In Cloud is a global network of 100,000 Women Tech Founders, Executives, Tech Professionals, and Allies in 67 countries who are committed to inspiring the tech ecosystem to be an inclusive force for change and take collective action by providing a powerful platform to collaborate, build community engagement and unlock $1B in new net economic access by 2030. Through events and initiatives, Women In Cloud also promotes conversations arounds its focus areas of Cloud Workforce Development, Civic Engagement via Policy Advocacy, Entrepreneurship and Cloud/AI Innovation and Global partnerships with corporations, community leaders, and policy makers. All of which are united by the ESG and UN Sustainable Development Goals that are driven by job creation, diversity and inclusion, technology innovation and sustainability, giving women a powerful platform to accelerate as industry leaders. We are fiscally sponsored by SDG Digital Foundation 501(3c) organization.

Our Collective Impact

Learn More: https://womenincloud.com/

You can make a difference by donating today to SDG Digital Foundation.

SDG Digital Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a core focus on developing women and youth leaders as change leaders impacting SDG 2030 and ESG Goals. Our Mission is to inviting global leaders to take collective action on achieving a sustainable future for women and youth. We are a fiscal sponsor of Women in Cloud to unlock $1B in economic access for women founders and professionals.

Women In Cloud Cloud Scholarship Fund: Champion her ambition - give $250 and pave the way for a woman to achieve cloud certification.

As of 2020, only 14.2 percent of people in the cloud computing industry were women – a number that is not improving. We believe that economic growth should be inclusive, reaching every person, organization, community, and country. And it all starts with increasing access to digital skills.

Women in Cloud recognized the importance of cloud certification to build an inclusive workforce and had the reach, approach, partnerships, and engine to make a meaningful impact.

1) We embarked on a journey to test three hypotheses:

2) What does it take for women to be job-ready in cloud technologies?

3) What partnerships do we need to deliver micro-credentials and hands-on learning experiences? What wrap-around services do women need to succeed, including partnerships with Coursera, Universities, and Tech Companies?

Through our experimentation, we learned that it takes $6000 to provide the necessary services for women/anyone to be job-ready. However, this approach was expensive and not easily scalable. Determined to find a solution, we reverse-engineered a pathway to access $100K Cloud Tech Jobs.

Collaborating with the Community, we identified what it takes to achieve cloud tech certification and devised a plan to make it possible.

After distributing 2500 scholarships in just 15 months across 65 countries, we are thrilled to announce a breakthrough – women can now become technically certified on Microsoft Cloud products for just $250.

Introducing the #WICxCloudScholarship Fund, where our mission is to empower as many women as possible to become technically certified and pursue lucrative tech roles. We believe that giving is a calling, and giving smart is a choice. But that's not all. We made it affordable, tax-deductible, and sustainable. This will allow every individual to contribute to the Cloud and AI Workforce Development and make Tech Industry Inclusive.

No donation is too small to make a life-changing impact.

That's why we offer a variety of tax-smart giving options for your 2023 donations to maximize their effect:

Save on taxes and make an impact: Make a $250+ gift and receive a tax rebate and sponsor a woman to become cloud certified.

We invite you to champion her ambition and pave the way for a woman to achieve cloud certification.

Together, we can create a more inclusive and diverse future in the tech industry.

Join the #WICxCloudScholarship Fund today.

Details of this project

Organization: Women in Cloud

Project: #WICxCloudScholarship Fund

Fundraising Goal: $250,000

Impact: 1000 Cloud scholarships distributed in 65 countries

Press Release from previous efforts:

About Women In Cloud:

Women In Clouds is a global network of Women Tech Founders, Executives, Tech Professionals, and Allies who are committed to inspiring the tech ecosystem to be an inclusive force for change and take collective action by providing a powerful platform to collaborate, build community engagement and unlock $1B in new net economic access by 2030. Through events and initiatives, Women In Cloud also promotes conversations arounds its focus areas of Cloud Workforce Development, Civic Engagement via Policy Advocacy, Entrepreneurship and Cloud/AI Innovation and Global partnerships with corporations, community leaders, and policy makers. All of which are united by the ESG and UN Sustainable Development Goals that are driven by job creation, diversity and inclusion, technology innovation and sustainability, giving women a powerful platform to accelerate as industry leaders.

https://womenincloud.com/