This group recognizes the inhTerited colonial and financial practices in the philanthropic sector that perpetuate disparities and oppressions. They decided to flip the paradigm on what it means to create change. This resulted in focusing on internalizing intersectional feminism and decolonization within their organizational structures, processes, operations, grantmaking, advocacy, and other activities.
Collaboration Groups
Collaborative Learning on Resource Mobilization
This collaboration of six funds aims to address the lack of mechanisms for building sustainable funding ecosystems among women’s funds. The goal is to strengthen their growth strategies through mentoring, learning spaces, and meaningful engagement within the WF community.
Feminist Financial Resilience
Feminist financial resilience involves sustaining, adapting, and growing organizations to advance their missions using a feminist lens. This collaboration supports Women Fund Tanzania and Women Fund Z in building knowledge, skills, tools, resources, and connections for long-term financial resilience.
Feminist Fund Database: Emergent Group
As women’s and feminist funds grow, their need for systematic data collection and management increases, outgrowing tools like Excel. Salesforce offers potential but requires effort, time, and a cultural shift within organizations. This collaboration aims to provide technical and peer support for implementing Salesforce in grantmaking processes.
Participatory Feminist Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (FMEL)
This collaboration of six funds aims to address the lack of mechanisms for building sustainable funding ecosystems among women’s funds (WFs). The goal is to strengthen their growth strategies through mentoring, learning spaces, and meaningful engagement within the WF community.