By Phoebe So, originally published on The Center for Effective Philanthropy, July 2, 2024 In the philanthropic sector, intermediaries and fiscal sponsors play a vital role. They are the critical links that connect resources from donors to historically overlooked causes and marginalized communities. Pooling funds, providing back-office support, and absorbing risk enable grassroots groups to […]
Desde 2019, Fenomenal Funds, sus partes interesadas y especialmente los fondos de mujeres que hacen parte de esta iniciativa, se han embarcado en un viaje de aprendizaje en conjunto. En este viaje se vincula el compromiso, junto a las prácticas de gobernanza compartida y la concesión de subvenciones participativa con el objetivo de fortalecer la […]
Depuis 2019, Fenomenal Funds, ses parties prenantes et en particulier les fonds de femmes qui font partie de cette initiative, ont entrepris un voyage d’apprentissage ensemble. Ce voyage relie l’engagement, ainsi que les pratiques de gouvernance partagée et l’octroi participatif de subventions dans le but de renforcer l’infrastructure individuelle et l’écosystème collectif des fonds de […]
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 […]
Behind the scenes with Fenomenal Funds learning partner – the KIT Royal Tropical Institute team At Fenomenal Funds we see learning as an emergent, adaptive, and co-evolutionary process. In our experimentation as a feminist-funding collaborative, all stakeholders are interacting in a power-sharing process – responding and adapting to each other so that what emerges and […]
As part of the Fenomenal Funds Collaboration Grants (link to the intro blog), FemFund (Poland), Women’s Fund Armenia, and Women’s Fund in Georgia came together to form a collaborative on healing spaces. In this blog post, we tell you all about this collaboration and what it hopes to achieve. The work of this group is also connected to the broader theme of collective care, which is being addressed by three other collaboratives.
Eight women’s and feminist funds in Latin America and the Caribbean, are working together to mobilize resources and amplify the collective power of women, feminists, LGBTQI+ organizations, and movements in the region.
On the Right Track (OTRT) is a living alliance that unites feminist funds and organizations from Latin America and Europe working for democracy and human rights. Their focus is strategic communications and narrative building, in a context marked by the rise of political and religious fundamentalism.
Many women’s funds using a feminist lens are grappling with what transformative feminist leadership means. They are reflecting on internal coordination and organizing, leadership, growth, and systems. They are also linking feminist leadership to anti-racism and decolonization, committing to address these through systems, policies and processes.
As women’s funds grow, they need better methods for data collection and management beyond what Excel offers. Salesforce can improve data management and processes but requires significant effort, time, and commitment.