Your community. Your power. Your network for change.
Where women lead, change follows.
When philanthropy invests in women’s foundations and gender justice funders, we empower a deeply intersectional movement that fights for policies and standards across lines of race, class, and gender. WFN is the largest philanthropic alliance in the world dedicated to advancing the essential role of these funders in the unwavering fight for gender equality and justice.
International Women’s Day 2025: Our Collective Power
The actions of the U.S. President in the past six weeks have disrupted, destroyed, and dislodged decades of global progress toward gender equity, launching cruel and careless attacks on immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and people of color.
The stakes could not be higher. As funders and advocates committed to gender equity and justice, we face a critical moment in protecting decades of progress for women, children, older adults, people with disabilities, and workers.
Each February we celebrate Black brilliance, leadership, triumph, and joy during Black History Month. At G4GC, it’s when we also celebrate Black Girl Freedom Week.
Gender Equity leaders propose five things philanthropy can do right now to deepen their investment in the fight to protect abortion access and bodily autonomy. Join us and sign your name to the pledge now.
International Women’s Day 2025: Our Collective Power
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Celebrating 5 years of Black Girl Freedom Week
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The Time is Now
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WFN Receives Transformative Gift from MacKenzie Scott
Discover The Gender Point
A first of its kind initiative that enhances policy and funding priorities across the nation.
Created through a powerful partnership between WFN and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, The Gender Point provides on-demand data reports to our member funds and foundations.
When women’s funds thrive, the quality of philanthropic investment grows, creating a cycle of robust gender-lens approaches and infrastructure with the critical mass to shift the oppressive power dynamics that keep harmful systems in place.
Elizabeth Barajas-Román President and CEO, Women’s Funding Network
United we are a movement.
WFN’s powerful alliance works together to develop strategies, mobilize resources, and raise awareness to combat systemic gender and racial inequality at the community level, forging a better quality of life for all.
Explore our areas of work
Through our network of more than 120 women’s funds and foundations, WFN provides gender justice leaders and advocates with a variety of tools to help them succeed — from research and education, to strategic-led initiatives and events, to advocacy and unifying a collective, amplified voice.
Learn more about what we do in our four key areas of work and how we apply feminist practices for movement building.
