Fenomenal Funds is a feminist funder collaborative using a shared governance model and participatory grantmaking to support the resilience of women’s funds who are members of the Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds.
A feminist funder collaborative – Fenomenal Funds is a feminist funder collaborative which aims to strengthen the resilience of women’s funds, with a focus on members of the Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds (INWF).
Our innovative model brings together four private foundations, four women’s funds, and the Prospera Secretariat to the table, with equal voice and power in decision-making on strategy and determining the distribution of resources to women’s funds.
Women’s funds are feminist funding institutions that support the transformative work of feminist movements worldwide.
Women’s funds have a long track record of knowing where and how to support organizations working to achieve gender justice in their communities, countries, and regions. Today, they are reaching women’s rights movements in some of the most challenging contexts and are at the leading edge of the most pressing human rights issues.
Women’s Funds
million USD in grants to women’s funds
Women’s Funds collaborations
As we approach the sunset of Fenomenal Funds in June 2025, we find ourselves reflecting deeply on the journey of this innovative feminist funding collaborative.
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“Staying flexible and responsive to what feminist movements truly need by offering core support is a profound gesture of genuine solidarity.” Magdalena Pochek, FemFund Established…
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Women’s funds have the resources, systems, and practices to respond to the needs of gender justice movements.
Women’s funds deepen connection and collaboration to co-create strategies that will sustain a resilient feminist funding ecosystem.
Women’s funds use their collective voice to influence the agenda and flow of resources to gender justice movements.
We will leverage our model to influence philanthropy to shift power and resources to gender justice movements.
