SDWF Philanthropy Fellowship Forum 2026
2026-02-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom Meeting
The San Diego Women’s Foundation (SDWF) will soon begin accepting applications for Cohort 11 of the SDWF Philanthropy Fellowship Program!

The SDWF Philanthropy Fellowship is a two-year program for nonprofit professionals in San Diego who are seeking mentorship and professional development. The program includes full membership to SDWF and access to SDWF committees and activities for the duration of the fellowship, and provides a unique opportunity to learn about foundation work and grantmaking from the funder’s perspective.
The Fellowship term for Cohort 11 will begin on July 1, 2026.
Individuals interested in applying for the fellowship program are encouraged to attend this forum to learn more about the program, expectations, eligibility and the application process.
Must register in advance to attend – Zoom details will be sent closer to the event date.

SDWF Book Club
2026-02-26 17:30 - 19:00 | Carruth Cellars Urban Winegarden & Cheese Shop: Liberty Station, 2710 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Back by popular demand!
We’re excited to host another SDWF Book Club, centered on this year’s grant topic: Affordable Child Care.
Join us for a lively and meaningful discussion on Thursday, February 26, from 5:30–7:00 PM at Carruth Cellars.
Must register in advance to attend.

“Scraming on the Inside” by Jessica Grose
Close your eyes and picture the perfect mother. She is usually blonde and thin. Her roots are never showing and she installed that gleaming kitchen backsplash herself (watch her TikTok for DIY tips). She seamlessly melds work, wellness and home; and during the depths of the pandemic, she also ran remote school and woke up at 5 a.m. to meditate. You may read this and think it’s bananas; you have probably internalized much of it.
Journalist Jessica Grose sure had. After she failed to meet every one of her own expectations for her first pregnancy, she devoted her career to revealing how morally bankrupt so many of these ideas and pressures are. Now, in Screaming on the Inside, Grose weaves together her personal journey with scientific, historical, and contemporary reporting to be the voice for American parents she wishes she’d had a decade ago.
The truth is that parenting cannot follow a recipe; there’s no foolproof set of rules that will result in a perfectly adjusted child. Every parent has different values, and we will have different ideas about how to pass those values along to our children. What successful parenting has in common, regardless of culture or community, is close observation of the kind of unique humans our children are. In thoughtful and revelatory chapters about pregnancy, identity, work, social media, and the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, Grose explains how we got to this moment, why the current state of expectations on mothers is wholly unsustainable, and how we can move towards something better.
