How can feminist organizational practices reflect the politics of justice, care, and collaborative leadership? How can new models and ways of working and leading help women’s funds better support feminist movements and challenge patriarchal and colonial power imbalances in philanthropy?
Face à l’environnement concurrentiel au sein duquel elles évoluent, comment les fonds pour les femmes peuvent-elles tirer des enseignements et élaborer des stratégies ensemble de manière à mobiliser des fonds plus importants et de meilleure qualité en faveur des mouvements féministes, y compris dans des contextes politiques difficiles ? Cette question réside au cœur de deux collaborations soutenues par Fenomenal Funds. Dans ce blogue, qui se fonde sur des réflexions menées à mi-parcours du projet, nous examinons certains des progrès réalisés par les fonds pour les femmes ainsi que les nouvelles idées qui émergent.
What happens when you hardwire resilience into collaboration? In this blog post, we will share what we’ve learned about the mechanics of collaboration and what it means to pave the way for collaboration as a tool for resilience.
María Palomares was the Executive Director of Calala Women’s Fund (Calala Fondo de Mujeres), an organization that mobilizes resources to support women’s and feminist movements in Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain. Over the span of 20 years, she has worked in different international organizations, including Equipo de Investigacion, Investigadora Especialista en Genero, and Tecnica de […]
En entamant la dernière année du parcoursde Fenomenal Funds, nous sommes ravi·e·s de vous présenter à nouveau le rapport des Subventions de Résilience, un témoignage du pouvoir de la collaboration, de la confiance et de la solidarité dans le financement féministe.
Par Phoebe So, initialement publié sur The Center for Effective Philanthropy, 2 juillet 2024 Dans le secteur philanthropique, les intermédiaires et les sponsors fiscaux jouent un rôle essentiel. Ils sont les maillons essentiels qui relient les ressources des donateurs aux causes historiquement négligées et aux communautés marginalisées. La mise en commun des fonds, le soutien administratif et l'absorption des risques permettent aux groupes de base de [...]
Emergent Learning Strategy Designing and Implementing the Fenomenal Funds’ Learning Strategy Recently Fenomenal Funds was approached to talk about how we developed our Learning Strategy and what we are learning though the process of its implementation. This got me thinking that perhaps there may be others also interested in learning about our work and looking […]
Table of Contents Introduction Methodology of the Learning Plan Learning Management: Ethics and Safeguarding Knowledge Dissemination and Application Introduction The Learning Plan you are holding in your “virtual hands” describes a journey that Fenomenal Funds is taking to identify the main learnings and deepen the understanding of the work that has been done since the […]
A note from KIT our learning partner Where Are We in Our Learning Journey? Since 2019, Fenomenal Funds, its stakeholders, and especially the women’s funds that are part of this initiative have embarked on a joint-learning journey. This journey entails engaging with innovative participatory grantmaking and shared governance practices, aiming at strengthening the individual infrastructure […]
Learning log by Shama Dossa, MEL Manager Acknowledgement: Fenomenal Funds would like to acknowledge the contributions to the article’s analysis from the following Learning and Evaluation Working Group members: Amy Arbreton (Hewlett Foundation), Diana Medina (Fondo Semillas), Nancy Akanbombire (Prospera Secretariat), Nina Madsen (Open Society Foundations), and Zanele Sibanda (Fenomenal Funds). “Learning something is […]