Women's Funding Network

We are thrilled to welcome Chantal Bonitto (she/her) as the new Director of Philanthropy at Women’s Funding Network! ?? Chantal is an organizational leader with extensive expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and nonprofit fund development. With a career dedicated to empowering marginalized communities, she brings a wealth of knowledge in major and principal gifts, community engagement, and innovative fundraising strategies. Welcome to the team, Chantal! ??

The Fund for Women and Girls shared the Impact Report of their last fiscal year. Read more about their Blueprint Report Special Edition, Youth Programs, Grantmaking, and more. Discover how their community has made a difference for women and girls in Chester County. https://lnkd.in/gmEp5HYg

?? Co-authored by Rise Up' founder, Dr. Denise R. Dunning, and Cummins CEO Jennifer Rumsey, this insightful op-ed highlights the urgency for leaders to invest in girls. Girls are the future, let's nurture that future! Read more: https://lnkd.in/g2_vRmb9

The Women’s Fund of East Tennessee announced a new, rolling grant strategy to support the continuation of vital services and programs through their privately funded “Self-Sustainability” grant program. Over $100,000 in funding is now available for non-profits across the 25 counties of East Tennessee. This initiative aims to strengthen organizations by covering key expenses like program costs, staffing, travel, materials, and general operations—all focused on enhancing the self-sustainability of women and girls in the region. This is a tremendous opportunity for non-profits to sustain their impactful work and create lasting change. Interested in learning more?https://lnkd.in/eetN42vu

Women’s Funding Network, in partnership with Candid, is excited to introduce our Intersectional Dashboard Design Cohort. With deep experience in demographic data, qualitative and quantitative research, database administration, and analytics, members of the cohort will design and build an interactive resource that facilitates a more nuanced view of the nonprofit landscape. The tool will enable users to run comparative analyses on executive leadership trends by race and gender within contexts such as location, organization size, and operating budget. This partnership meets a community need to apply an intersectional lens to data analysis and enables funders and nonprofits to gain insight into disparities masked by aggregated data. With data sourced from the Demographics via Candid dataset, the tool will provide a quantitative baseline to evaluate and build upon equity strategies. Work on the project will begin in November 2024. Learn More: https://lnkd.in/ehSuXRwe WFN Dashboard Cohort Members: Cesar Del Valle Solace Mensah-Narh Mara Montante Maria Casey Taryn Kearns Viviana Alvarado Pacheco Aleeka Kay Morgan Shawnda Chapman Dr. Travis Speice Carolyn Van Nelson Special thank you to WFN team members, Kukua Osei-Gyamfi, Data and Insights Technical Project Manager and Sara Keilholtz, Director of Data and Strategic Insights.

Exciting changes are happening at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation! Let's extend a warm welcome to Camilla Worrell, an experienced nonprofit leader who has just been appointed as our new Executive Director. With her past experience and expertise, we look forward to a future of relentless advocacy and meaningful impact. Get to know more about Camilla and her role here: https://bit.ly/3YJ5CTN #LeadershipChange #NonprofitImpact

The outcome of this U.S. presidential election is a sobering reminder that expanding human rights is the fight of our lifetime. What’s needed to win that fight has not changed: grassroots leadership, globally-informed national collaboration and shared analysis, and the resources to get the job done. Despite the presidential outcome, there were some inspiring wins on Election Day thanks in part to the work of women’s foundations. Abortion rights advocates at the state level worked tirelessly to build coalitions and motivate voters to turn out to expand abortion rights in 7 out of 10 states where it was on the ballot. Another proud moment was passing Prop 1 in New York — a state constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom and protects against discrimination because of someone’s gender, age, ethnicity, pregnancy status, disability status, or whether they’re LGBTQ+ — which the New York Women's Foundation was central in advocating for and helping get passed. And we were also inspired by the Senate victories of Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware, which marks the first time in our country’s history that more than one Black woman will be serving in the Senate. Despite underinvestment, women’s funds play a key role in advancing gender equity. Now is the time to fund our network for the long-term work ahead. Knowing what a second Trump administration may hold, we need philanthropy’s greater-than-ever investment in gender and racial equity movement leaders. Their light will safeguard local and state legislation that can show us the way out of darkness. The project of democracy isn’t about a single election. It isn’t about a single demographic or zip code. It’s about all of us. It’s about not giving up. Join us in committing to the work ahead. We won’t stop until we’ve built a country where everyone has a chance to thrive.

?? With Europe facing a massive migration crisis, it's more important than ever to adopt policies that are just and inclusive. Kavita Ramdas, a globally recognized advocate and Robert Bosch Academy Fellow, argues for a feminist approach to foreign policy that dismantles patriarchal, colonial, and racist systems while centering peace, gender equity, and environmental justice. Let's build a future that protects the most vulnerable and breaks down borders—literally and figuratively. Watch the full discussion here: https://lnkd.in/eyAGWsXq #FeministPolicy #MigrationCrisis #GenderJustice #HumanRights

Make today count, folks! ???? It's Election Day and a crucial time to make a difference. Bring along everyone you can to stand for a future defined by equality, justice, and love. Remember: Every vote shapes our shared tomorrow. #GoVote #ElectionDay

Chicago Foundation for Women is hiring a Corporate and Foundation Relations Officer. Learn more about the position and how to apply here. https://lnkd.in/eZGfYBba