Category: Grantmaking
Climate Justice Starts in South LA
Every Earth Day, we’re asked to think big: protect the planet, reduce emissions, save the oceans. But what if the […]
Reproductive Justice Needs Us—Here’s How You Can Help
For over 45 years, Women’s Foundation California has stood at the heart of a movement that is both fiercely urgent […]
Trust, Action, Justice: $300,000 to Build the Future We Need
There are times when the weight of the moment demands not just action, but action rooted in courage and love. […]
Take Action: Solidarity Funding for Peace and Justice
photo credit: Ramsey Ramsey El-Qare With broken hearts, we are rising to meet the courage of organizers and frontline leaders […]
Attitude of Gratitude
photo caption: Bia Vieira and Mazuri Colley at this year’s WFC retreat Born and raised in Brazil, I’ve long found […]
Winning Proposition 1 and Writing the Next Chapter of CA’s Story
We are celebrating the victory of Proposition 1 with our fullest joy as we write abortion access into our California […]
Grants, grants, grants!
photo caption: Black Women for Wellness (left) ACCESS Reproductive Justice (right) Our grant partners are the coolest. Black Women for […]
It’s About Time: Announcing Multiyear Grantmaking
photo from Black Women for Wellness, one of the sixteen organizations receiving multiyear grants. “Another world is not only possible, […]
More $$ for Reproductive Justice
photo: grant partner ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE At Women’s Foundation California, we’ve taken our lead from women and gender expansive folks, […]
Celebrating Women’s Day with $$
Honestly, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than investing in organizations creating health, safety, […]
Listen to Yuri’s Legacy
Yuri Kochiyama was a badass. Casual confidant to Malcom X, a gifted community organizer, and tireless advocate for justice, Yuri […]
Money is Political and Personal: Growing Financial Savvy
There is…“ nothing in this world that I like more than checks,” declares Cardi B in her infinite wisdom. While […]
Gratitude + Grants
Photo of grant partner Urban Tilth Staff who joined hundreds at the San Francisco Day of Action to Defund Climate […]
Community. Now.
Yesterday marks two years since we filled San Francisco’s City Hall to celebrate our 40th anniversary together. A lot has […]
Mónica Ramírez and #Masks4Migrants on Kiskadee
Raised in a migrant farmworker family, Mónica Ramírez is an attorney, author, and activist. Whether she is giving a TEDTalk or […]
The Recall: Essential Info
Have you voted yet? We are just a week away from the September 14th gubernatorial recall election and if you […]
Chucha Marquez: Coloring Book Conversations
“They, Them, Theirs” by Chucha Marquez celebrates the various ways we perform gender and the multitude of pronouns that we […]
Michaela Oteri: Coloring Book Conversations
Michaela’s work is featured in All Bodies Deserve: Creating the Future of Us, a coloring book produced with the Center […]
Micah Bazant: Coloring Book Conversations
What do caterpillars, food, and reading queer speculative fiction have in common? The answer is visual artist Micah Bazant. Using […]
Sydney Joslin-Knapp: Coloring Book Conversations
A multi-disciplinary artist with mid-western flair, Sydney Joslin-Knapp’s work melds influences across genres like funk music innovators from their hometown […]
Cece Carpio: Drawing = Activism
With a little acrylic, ink, and spray paint, Cece Carpio creates moving portraits of everyday people in her community. As […]
Breena Nuñez: Coloring Book Conversations
Through their diary comics, Breena Nuñez explores everything from the awkwardness of racism to growing up as a queer Afrodescendiente […]
The Brilliance of Queer + AAPI Communities
A series of photos from our grant partners featured in this round of grant-making. Intersectional organizing is a year-round project, […]
Updates on Our Grantmaking Process
We are cultivating curiosity and practicing trust as we continue to make updates to our grantmaking process. Together, we are […]
Making More Possible
There is no getting around it – this last year has been tremendously hard. We have lost so much and […]
It’s All About HOME 🏠
For survivors of domestic violence, housing opportunities mean everything – it’s all about HOME. Long before the coronavirus, our HOME cohort worked […]
Investing in Black Excellence
As Women’s Foundation California, we are investing an additional $300,000 this month in Black-led organizations across the state working on […]
Women’s Foundation California Supports Domestic Violence Nonprofits
Originally posted on Yahoo Finance Alliance-based initiatives led by The New York Women’s Foundation, Women’s Foundation California and Chicago Foundation […]
Over Half a Million in Feminist Grantmaking
We are committed to our grant partners and we are committed to leading from a place of abundance. As a […]
Igniting & Funding Civic Engagement
Election years are important opportunities to share information about voter registration, education, and advocacy. It’s how we strengthen our democracy […]
CA Fires: Investing in Resilience
California is on fire. As we continue to battle a global pandemic and unrelenting violent acts of racism, these fires […]
Put Your Money Where Your Values Are: #BlackLivesMatter
The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and so many of our loved ones at the hands of police […]
New Gender Justice Narrative Research Project Releases Data and Advocacy Tools
“Story at Scale” surveyed over 6,000 people nationally, across demographic and ideological lines, to better understand how they experience and […]
Changing the Culture: Four Organizations Transforming How We Think about Gender
Launching the Culture Change Fund this year with our partners was one of the highlights of our 2019, and it […]
Building Gender Justice Through Culture: A New Fund Takes Shape
This article was first published in Inside Philanthropy The movement for gender justice looks beyond legal protections and focuses on […]
Announcing $450,000 in reproductive justice grants
We are proud to announce that we just awarded $450,000 in grants to 20 reproductive health and justice organizations in […]
Women’s Foundation of California Announces $500,000 in Grants for New Bridge to Living Wage Initiative
Six nonprofits awarded grants to help increase employment, advancement opportunities for low-income women in healthcare sector SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, […]
Holga Photo Blog: Capturing Our Mothers’ Stories
“Growing up, hearing my mom’s stories, I never ever thought that we would have the same experience because we did […]
Investing in Women’s Leadership in the Central Valley
This week, the Women’s Foundation of California will be leading a funders’ tour in California’s Central Valley: Sowing Change 2010. […]
Ending Domestic Violence
Since we began in 1979, the Women’s Foundation of California has been deeply committed to the health, safety, economic security, […]
Clean Air, Clean Water, Clean Central Valley?
By Michelle Chandra, Communications Associate, Women’s Foundation California All photos by Nader Khouri. As a long term resident of California, […]
How Women and Children Have Been Affected by the Great Recession
The Great Recession has often been referred to as a “Mancession.” But recent findings by the California Budget Project reveal […]
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