Women's Foundation Updates
Funding Our Feminist Future
Earlier this month, we launched our Liberation grants as part of the Relief and Resilience Fund. This first cycle of […]
Election 2020: Feminist Propositions & Leaders
We are celebrating some significant victories this election cycle in the push towards racial, economic, and gender justice. From the […]
Welcome Women’s Policy Institute-State Class of 2021!
Women’s Foundation California is proud to introduce you to the 18th cohort of the Women’s Policy Institute- State Class of 2021! As we […]
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 […]
Our Feminist Guide to CA Propositions 2020
To help you navigate California’s ballot this season we are weighing in on four propositions that are inextricably linked to […]
Let’s Get to Work!
Each week take action and build feminist political power. What is Gender Justice Wednesday? We know the next three months […]
9 Bills You Need to Know on the Governor’s Desk
With most bills stalled due to the Coronavirus, our WPI fellows quickly pivoted to advocate for WPI alum and WFC […]
Envisioning a World With No Barriers to Black Healing with Yolo from BEAM
Yolo Akili Robinson is the Founder and CEO of Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM). He began his career in […]
Be the Leader this Moment Demands
Representation matters, especially in politics. In a system constructed and dominated by white men, it’s clear we need more women, […]
WFC on Women’s Equality Day
Today is #WomensEqualityDay, the anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment. Back in 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment was […]
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 […]
Biden Could Create Change – A Black Woman VP Will Transform Our Culture
Read WFC CEO Surina Khan’s thoughts about the vice presidential selection and how it affirms the pervasive racism and sexism […]
Interview with FreeFrom’s Sonya Passi: Discover the Organization Leading Survivors to Financial Freedom
FreeFrom envisions a world where survivors have sustaining income, savings and credit with which to build wealth and the resources […]
5 Feminists on the Radical Resistance of Self Care
As we face a second wave of the coronavirus, an economic crisis and a national movement confronting our country’s racism, […]
Watch Our Leading with the Heart Series
What is Leading with the Heart? “Leading with the Heart” is a monthly virtual gathering of women leaders engaged in […]
Black Health Matters: Defining Radical Care with Karen A. Scott, MD
A 2019 WPI Alum and OBGYN at UCSF, Karen A. Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG has worked on Black maternal health for […]
Growing & Staying Grounded
To restore our spirits and pursue a little self-care, the staff at WFC is spending some much needed time outside, […]
Women’s Foundation California Welcomes New Board Members Eunisses Hernandez and Aria Sa’id
Please join us in welcoming Eunisses Hernandez (left) and Aria Sa’id (right) to the Board of Directors of the Women’s […]
WFC Statement on DACA Supreme Court Ruling
In a major rebuke to President Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the administration’s plan to dismantle an Obama-era program […]
Reflection on My Identity as a Black, Immigrant, DACAmented, Woman
The monarch butterfly represents the dignity and resilience of immigrants,and the right all living beings have to move freely. The Black Lives […]
Just Run: Womxn Running for Office
From Citizen to Candidate: a conversation with WPI alums who ran for public office… and (sometimes) won Last week, we […]
What Pride Means to Me in This Moment
June is Pride month and in the spirit of celebrating the progress we’ve made, we must also pause and think […]
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 […]
Racism and White Supremacy Will Not Be Tolerated
Like you, all of us at Women’s Foundation California have been watching the response to the murder of Black Americans […]
Women’s Foundation CA + Governor Gavin Newsom Team Up to Support Victims of Domestic Violence
Original Press Release posted on State of California Website Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom today announced a series […]
Women’s Foundation California featured in Forbes: Three Ways That Gender Justice Funders Show Solidarity During COVID-19
Women’s Foundation California hosted a Zoom call for their partners and fellow funders, Patti Giggans, Executive Director for Peace Over Violence, […]
Women’s Foundation California featured in Ms. Magazine
“We are quickly moving resources to vital front-line organizations that are rising to meet this historic challenge. In mid-April, Women’s […]
Welcoming the Future of Feminist Policy
The coronavirus can’t stop the future of feminist policy! We are proud to introduce two new classes: Women’s Policy Institute […]
Looking Good While Doing Good
Like so many people, all of us at Women’s Foundation California are spending a lot more time on Zoom and […]
Breastfeeding During Coronavirus
This month, we wanted to take time to highlight Women’s Policy Institute alum and California Breastfeeding Coalition Executive Director Robbie […]
Women’s Foundation California Relief and Resilience Fund Featured in Forbes
We are proud to share that the Women’s Foundation of California along with 5 other organizations were featured in Forbes […]
Women’s Foundation California and Blue Shield of California Featured in Inside Philanthropy
Women Face Amplified Risks in the Pandemic. Funders Are Responding “Many women face multiple challenges during the pandemic, including increased […]
Salty + Sweet: A Quarantine Recipe Round-Up
To say that we are all spending a lot more time at home feels like a wild understatement. As we […]
What’s Keeping Us Grounded During Shelter in Place
The times we’re living in are overwhelming and complicated to say the least. That’s why this month we’re sharing a […]
The Coronavirus Proves It’s Time to Rethink Incarceration
Women’s Policy Institute Highlight In an op-ed for Mic, Women’s Policy Institute alums Eunisses Hernandez and Ivette Alé warned “In […]
Happy Birthday Dolores Huerta!
Join us in wishing Dolores Huerta a happy 90th birthday – sign her card! A civil rights icon, Dolores Huerta […]
Same Products For Higher Prices? Welcome to the “Pink Tax”
It’s not an understatement to say that COVID-19 crisis has dramatically altered the lives of millions of Californians, both economically […]
Tracking the Intersectional Impacts of Coronavirus
While we are all adapting to wildly different circumstances, the impacts of the Coronavirus are being felt in a very […]
Getting Through This Together: Responding to Coronavirus
Photo credit: Group Zoom call with Women’s Foundation of California Partners Forward Together. We are gonna get through this. Together. […]
Women’s Policy Institute Highlights: Maria Cadenas and Clarissa Douthered
Representation matters, especially in politics. In a system constructed and dominated by white men, it’s clear we need more women, […]
The Power of Rebel Joy: A Women’s History Month Playlist
The spirit of rebellion can and should be joyous! To celebrate Women’s History Month our Board Member and DJ C.M. […]
Coronavirus : What We’re Doing to Respond
We are closely monitoring the rapid development of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impacts on our work together. We […]
A Series on Risk, Change, and the Year Ahead: A Conversation with Surina Khan
By Emily Katz, Vice President of Public Affairs, Northern California Grantmakers: A conversation with Surina Khan I asked five foundation executives—private, […]
Senator Jackson and the Women’s Foundation of California Call for an End to the Pink Tax
SB 873 outlaws gender-based pricing for products SACRAMENTO –Today, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) was joined by Congresswoman Jackie Speier, business owners, and social […]
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 […]
Investing in Black Women’s Leadership – An Interview with Maya Thornell-Sandifor
Part of the power of the Women’s Foundation of California is our community – the dynamic people who shape and […]
Black Mothers Have Redefined the Housing Movement
This past November, Black mothers occupied a vacant home with their families on Magnolia Street in Oakland. Calling themselves “Moms […]
Fire Drill Feminist: Why We’re Joining Jane Fonda in LA
This is not a drill!Fire Drill Fridays are headed to Downtown Los Angeles and our CEO Surina Khan and Chief […]
Solís Policy Institute LA County Team Wins Funding to Expand Doula Services
Recently, the Solís Policy Institute Los Angeles County Health Justice Team advocated for and won increased funding for high-quality doula […]
Justice for Breonna Taylor
Today, we are outraged by the lack of justice for Breonna Taylor, but we are not surprised. We are keeping […]