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.

2019-07-16

Maitri Morarji

For nearly twenty years, Maitri Morarji has leveraged resources in support of global women’s rights movements through grantmaking, fundraising, and philanthropic advocacy. Prior to joining Foundation for a Just Society, she was a senior program officer at Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, where she coordinated the land and property rights initiative and oversaw grants for international women’s movements. Maitri has also served as a program officer for East Africa at American Jewish World Service, the development officer for foundation relations at the Global Fund for Women, and a policy associate at Grameen Foundation USA. She conducted research in the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations on peacekeeping and conflict resolution. She currently serves as the co-chair of the steering committees for Human Rights Funders Network and the Research Consortium on Women’s Land Rights. A native of India and Sweden, Maitri has a BA in history from the University of California, Berkeley and a MA in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

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