EDUCATING WOMEN
TRANSFORMS COMMUNITIES
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
WE BELIEVE IN A WORLD
WHERE EVERY GIRL CAN LEARN
Research indicates that children of educated women are more likely to have a better education and attain benefits of education both for themselves and society at large. In fact it is shown that an educated mother have a positive impact up to five generations on their family.
The EWT Fund was organized to provide financial assistance to academically successful but financially disadvantaged girls in high school and university.
One of the reasons for the disparity between the education level attained by males and females in Turkey is that lower income families who are confronted with cost of educating their children are more likely to spend their limited resources on educating their sons instead of their daughters.
We are a group of Turkish women who came together in 2014 to fund our passion. Since then, we have worked with individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations who share our passion for educating girls.
Since our start in 2014, we have educated hundreds of girls in Turkey, and have also provided scholarships for Turkish students to complete their university and graduate studies here in the United States.
THE FACTS
16 MILLION
45%
of girls 15 and under remain illiterate in the country’s eastern and southeastern regions
2/3
women account for two-thirds of adults without basic literacy skills.
16
million girls in Turkey will never set foot in a classroom
39%
of women are in the labor force, a number that hasn't changed in three decades
1/3
of girls enter into marriage before their 18th birthday
130
Turkey ranks 130 of 149 on the gender gap index, women face persistent inequality
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
If you want to be a part of our effort to make a difference by educating more girls, you can donate any amount at any time by selecting the blue donate button on the top right of this page.
Thanks to our very generous donors, we are very proud with our accomplishments to date.
2023- 2024 SCHOOL YEAR
Thanks to our generous donors, we were able to support:
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158 High school students
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85 University students
SINCE INCEPTION:
We have been able to provide:
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1,368 high school scholarships
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379 college level scholarships
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$473,710 in scholarship money
As a result, we have helped:
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227 girls graduate from HS
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68 out of those 227 made it to college
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68 out of 379 college students are graduated from college
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORTS AND TAX FILINGS
You can find historical data about the EWT Fund and its financial activities online via the IRS "Fund Short Form Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax Historical Data." See below all tax filings from subsequent years.
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