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.

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Toward a Feminist Funding Ecosystem

Over the last decade, the Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) convened a series of discussions around funding for the feminist movement. Through analysis and discussion, they developed and refined the concept of a funding ecosystem that emerged from a vision of funding aligned to the principles and values of feminist movements.  In Toward […]

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Where is the Money for Feminist Organizing?

In order to make feminist futures a reality, the feminist movement needs to be relentless in the struggle for women’s rights. Smashing the patriarchy requires systemic change, which takes time and resources. Yet data from the Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) shows that just a trickle of funding allocated to gender equality reaches […]

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Responding to the Moment: Fenomenal Funds’ 2020 Solidarity Grants

Fenomenal Funds started 2020 with a plan to provide core unrestricted funding to build up the institutional infrastructure of women’s funds, with a focus on members of the Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds (INWF). The collaborative understood that if women’s funds are to channel more and better resources to feminist movements, their systems and […]

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