BWL Foundation
In 1975, a small group of Los Angeles based African-American women judges and attorneys met to discuss the marked absence of an organization which addressed their needs in the legal field. The dialogue that ensued became the genesis of Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc. ("BWL").
BWL held its first scholarship event in 1975. Since then, BWL and its foundation, has awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships and grants to second and third year law students.
In 1992, BWL established the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Foundation ("BWL Foundation") pursuant to California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Code, §5310(b). The BWL Foundation sponsors all of the charitable fundraising efforts of BWL, for which BWL intends to offer Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3) treatment.
The 1999-2000 Board of Directors of the BWL Foundation consists of President Brenda J. Penny; Vice President Wilma J. Pinder; Treasurer Diane B. Smith; Secretary Patsy J. Cobb; and members Vera B. Curtis, Dominique Shelton, Rachel Young, Yvette Roland, Adrienne Konigar-Macklin, Linda Rosborough, Audrea Golding-Bitler and Carla Durham Pittman.
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