Women's Foundation Updates
Policy & Pride: 5 Reasons to Apply to SPI!
As Pride month comes to an end, our Solís Policy Institute Reproductive Justice X Trauma Justice Team is just getting […]
Dear Philanthropy: Step Up for Reproductive Justice by Backing Black Women and Black-Led Nonprofits
By: Surina Khan and Janette Robinson Flint, Guest Contributors This year marks 50 years since the right to choose was […]
Solís Policy Institute Invites Applications for its 2023-2024 Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2023 Media Contact: Marisol Franco marisolf@womensfoundca.org Solís Policy Institute Invites Applications for its 2023-2024 […]
Investing in Transgender and Gender Expansive Communities
We take pride in prioritizing grants for organizations supporting the Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (TGI) community. Recipients include the […]
Lessons from SPI Local
photo of SPI Local Class of 2022 To achieve collective liberation through local policy, we need the strength of organized […]
One year after Dobbs: Take Action & Support Reproductive Justice
One year ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned our constitutional […]
Opinion | The Onslaught of Anti-Trans Legislation Demands a Crisis Response From Philanthropy
photo caption: People rally against anti-trans bills, but LGBTQ+ nonprofits get less than 1 percent of all charitable giving. MICKEY […]
Juneteenth: Honoring Freedom, Feminism, & Culture
Women’s Foundation California staff are out of the office today in observation of Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the end […]
Celebrating 20 Years of the Solís Policy Institute
When I close my eyes, I can still see the California Museum courtyard aglow with the beautiful faces of Solís […]
Take Action: Support Feminist California Bills
As the 20th Anniversary celebration of the Women’s Foundation California Solís Policy Institute (SPI) gets underway, we are proud to […]
Sacramento Bee – Letter to the Editor: Time to Fight
TIME TO FIGHT “Democrats’ choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race,” (sacbee.com, April 6) The result of the Wisconsin Supreme […]
Women’s Foundation California CEO Surina Khan to Step Down, Board of Directors Names First Latina CEO
Read the official press release here For Immediate Release March 8, 2023 Media Contact: Kamika Dunlap Kamikad@womensfoundca.org Phone: (510) 740-2500 OAKLAND, […]
Destination: JOY
Introducing Intersection, our first-ever zine. A collection of writing and art, Intersection celebrates pieces of our collective story and our […]
3 Ways We Can Lead With Joy Together
We are so grateful to the over 100 folks who attended our literary lunch hour conversation with Akaya Windwood and […]
Sundance, Pose Actor Hailie Sahar and more!
photo caption: actor Hailie Sahar with activist Sir Lady Java Sundance supports an abundance of beautiful communities, conversations, and storytelling, reminding […]
Returning to Sundance!
photo caption: poster from Culture Change Fund partner, Center for Cultural Power When was the first time you saw yourself […]
Give the gift of change
The holiday season is upon us and so is the pressure to take part in mass consumerism. This is a […]
We Choose Joy
“Joy is a choice… reclaiming joy is transgressive…it is a threat to systems of control…It allows us to move from […]
Feminist Gift Guide 2022
Our intersectional feminism takes many forms. It’s in the being and doing of our dynamo grant partners, it’s in the […]
Opinion: Predatory price gouging on basic needs like soap, tampons must end in California prisons
UPDATE: SB 474, BASICs Act, Passes Assembly Public Safety Committee to Reduce Markups in Prison Canteen. Read Press Release here. […]