Do you want to contribute to a more inclusive and inspiring environment for TU Delft students where women and men can use their full potential to make a sustainable impact on society?
Do you want to contribute to supporting young, technically oriented women in their personal (leadership) development, during their studies and start of their career?
Then donate to the Delft Female Impact Fund!
Active community for inspiration and support
Despite the growing number of female students at TU Delft, women in leadership positions in technical environments (and in society as a whole) are lagging behind in numbers. Research shows that young women with a technical background experience barriers (in behavior, environment, system) that prevent them from fully utilizing their potential. They regularly face unique challenges because of being a woman. A group of female Delft alumni wants to put a spotlight on and tackle these challenges. Because there are many opportunities for improvement.
That is why they launched the Delft Female Impact Community and related Fund at the end of 2023. Their mission is to build an active community of Delft female alumni, across multiple generations, who know how to find each other for inspiration and support, and to contribute together to raising awareness within and outside the TU Delft ecosystem about the limited inclusivity for female students and young alumnae, and the negative consequences that can result from this.
One of the initiatives is the establishment of a dedicated fund, the Delft Female Impact Fund, to reinforce the community's mission and provide financial support to community initiatives. A fund under the umbrella of Delft University Fund, driven by female alumni.
Your donation supports impactful action!
With its financial contributions to various initiatives of the Community, the Delft Female Impact Fund wants to fully commit to raising awareness among everyone in the TU Delft ecosystem, of (in)visible barriers for female students and young alumni.
The Fund therefore finances, among other things, qualitative research among female students and alumni (carried out in 2024), an (yet to be developed) online mentoring matching tool (for a scalable and accessible connection between alumni and students, and alumni among themselves) and targeted activities for students (m/f) and alumni, via masterclasses and workshops in the field of awareness about inclusivity, (personal) leadership and team dynamics.
Besides financially, you can also contribute in other ways. Donate your network, time and knowledge by becoming a member of the Delft Female Impact Community.
Donation via notarial deed
By making a donation via notarial deed, you make a structural gift to the Delft Female Impact Fund. Your gift is recorded in writing in a notarial or private donation agreement (PDF). A condition for this is that the term is at least five years, whereby an amount is donated at least once a year.
-
The advantage of a donation via notarial deed
If you opt for a notarial deed, your gift is fully deductible from your taxable income. This means that you will receive a part of your gift back from the tax authorities. Your advantage can be up to 49,5%; the amount depends on your income, the income of your tax partner and your age. You can calculate an indication of the benefit with the gift calculator. The agreement does not bare any additional costs and does not require the assistance of a notary.How does it work?
The agreement applies to residents of the Netherlands- Decide what amount per year you want to donate.
- Fill in the donation agreement (you can download it here).
- Mail the donation agreement to Ufonds@tudelft.nl
- Delft University Fund will return the agreement to you after processing.
- You use the transaction number on the agreement for your tax return.
Didi te Gussinklo Ohmann
Initiator Delft Female Impact Community, TU Delft alumn and Board member University fund Delft
“We want to connect as many female Delft students and alumni as possible with each other. This way we can share knowledge and experience between generations, inspire each other to make a difference in all the organizations where we work, and thus increase our impact for a better society!”
Elsemiek Meijs
InitiatorDelft Female Impact Fund and TU Delft alumn
“By listening to the experiences of Delft students and young alumnae, I have realized that too much potential is still underexposed and untapped. There are enormous opportunities to make the world in which these women study and work more inclusive; with all the positive consequences that this entails. I am highly motivated to contribute to that, in energy, attention and as a donor.”
Floor van Wingerden
Initiator Delft Female Impact Fund en TU Delft alumn
"Despite the rich ecosystem around TU Delft, we still see too few female students and alumnae taking the step into entrepreneurship, when there is so much talent! How can we as alumnae inspire and empower them? I would like to contribute with my time, experience and a donation.”
