Global Fund For Women Inc

WE FUND BOLD, AMBITIOUS, AND EXPANSIVE GENDER JUSTICE MOVEMENTS TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE THAT WILL LAST BEYOND OUR LIFETIMES.

GRANTS AND GRANTEE SERVICES: IN FY22, WE AWARDED 412 GRANTS TOTALING $17,170,393 TO 375 ORGANIZATIONS IN 85 COUNTRIES. THEY HELPED STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS IN FIVE MAIN REGIONS OF THE WORLD - ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. OUR FUNDING SUPPORTED GROUPS WORKING TO ADVANCE FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE, ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE JUSTICE, AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS - ISSUES THAT ARE INCREASINGLY UNDER THREAT. WE PROVIDE CRISIS SUPPORT FUNDING TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN RESPONSE TO POLITICAL AND HEALTH CRISES AND CLIMATE-INDUCED DISASTERS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT TO NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WOMEN'S FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN THE ECOSYSTEMS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENTS GLOBALLY. WE PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS - UNRESTRICTED, FLEXIBLE MONEY - TO COVER THE REAL COSTS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK. WE OFFER MULTI-YEAR GRANTS SO THAT GROUPS CAN PLAN LONG-TERM. AND INSTEAD OF DICTATING PRIORITIES, WE FOLLOW GRANTEE PARTNERS' LEADERSHIP, SUPPORTING THEM IN ADDRESSING NEEDS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES AS THEY ARISE, ON THEIR OWN TERMS.

ADVOCACY, INFLUENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS: IN FY22, AS OUR PARTNERS AND SISTER FUNDS IN UKRAINE FACE A DEEPENING WAR, WE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR DE-ESCALATION; DEMILITARIZATION; DISARMAMENT; AND FEMINIST CRISIS RESPONSE IN THE SHORT AND LONG TERM. WE ALSO PUBLISHED PIECES RELATED TO THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN UKRAINE, AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, HAITI, AND MANY MORE INCLUDING "FEMINIST RESPONSE TO CRISES IN AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, AND HAITI," WHICH REINFORCED THE NEED TO SUPPORT FEMINIST, LOCALLY-LED CRISES RESPONSE AND OFFERED AUDIENCES CONCRETE ACTIONS TO TAKE, AND "CALL FOR ACTION: INVEST IN A FEMINIST, COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO BUILD A WORLD BEYOND CRISIS," SHARING A SOLIDARITY STATEMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH 14 OTHER FEMINIST FUNDERS AROUND THE GLOBE. FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, OUR #BHMEVERYWHERE CAMPAIGN TURNED THE SPOTLIGHT ONTO HISTORIC BLACK MOVEMENT LEADERS, AND IN AUGUST, WE CELEBRATED THAT #BLACKWOMENGIVE TO BRING AWARENESS TO BLACK PHILANTHROPY PRACTICES AND CONTRIBUTIONS. WE ALSO LAUNCHED AN INFLUENCER CHANGEMAKER PROGRAM INCLUDING MULTIPLE COHORTS OF A GRANTS-BASED ARTIST CHANGEMAKER PROGRAM. WE ONCE AGAIN PUBLISHED OUR ANNUAL YEAR IN GENDER JUSTICE STORY, HIGHLIGHTING WINS AND PROGRESS LED BY FEMINIST MOVEMENTS AROUND THE GLOBE. AND WE LAUNCHED NEW ASSETS FOR THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDING A FEMINIST EDITING GUIDE AND A NEW INFOGRAPHIC ON FEMINIST PHILANTHROPY HELPS AUDIENCES LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF FEMINIST FUNDING. WE PUBLICLY LAUNCHED A PARTNERSHIP WITH ME.TOO INTERNATIONAL AND WERE OUT IN FRONT WITH THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AROUND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND THE NEED FOR BOLD INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST LEADERSHIP AND FUNDING IN THE WAKE OF THE DOBBS DECISION IN THE US.

FISCAL SPONSORSHIP:WE FISCALLY SPONSOR PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT GENDER JUSTICE AND FEMINIST MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION AND CHARITABLE PURPOSE.