the pooling of $1,000 from each member to be gifted as a collective $100,000, is utilized nationwide through other collective giving groups, including Impact100 Sonoma. Today, WWF awards grants in five focus areas: health, human services, environment, education, and arts & culture. Within three years of its founding, WWF had granted almost $1 million to nonprofits. As of 2015, the WWF had over 500 members. In 2002, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded WWF a grant to create a book about its giving model titled Something Ventured: An Innovative Model in Philanthropy. Women's Collective Giving Grantmakers Network As a response to the growing number of collective giving groups, Willoughby started the Women's Collective Giving Grantmakers Network (WCGN) to serve as the umbrella organization for groups similar to the WWF. Incorporated in Charlotte, North Carolina, WCGN provides support and tools to current and future women-led giving groups and hosts regular meetings and an annual conference. As of 2017, WCGN has 49 member organizations in 24 states and two countries and over 10,000 women members from member organizations. In 2019, the organization changed its name to Catalist. Philanthropic research work at University of Washington Willoughby is active in women's philanthropic research at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington. She founded the Global Women's Philanthropy Project, which researches how collective giving models can be launched and successful in China. Willoughby also serves on the advisory board for the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington and is the former chair of the school. Awards Willoughby was awarded the Junior League of Seattle's Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Community Service Award in 1991. She was named a 2004 Woman of Influence by the Puget Sound Business Journal. In 2008, Willoughby was named a Storm Woman of Inspiration by the Seattle Storm. The following year, 2009, Willoughby was awarded the Mary Harriman Award by the Junior League for her work with the Junior League, women, and in fundraising. She received the 25th A.K. Guy Award from the YMCA in 2012, for her "extraordinary commitment to and leadership in philanthropy, women’s leadership, civic engagement, and youth issues." Personal life Willoughby resides in Seattle and Lopez Island. She has five grandchildren. References External links Official website of the Washington Women's Foundation Official website of the Women's Collective Giving Grantmakers Network (now called Philanos) Global Women's Philanthropy