Three funds in Asia are teaming up to explore raising funds at regional, national, and community levels. This is particularly challenging amidst rising authoritarianism and a growing anti-gender movement, which shapes narratives around gender roles. Overcoming these narratives is crucial for attracting supporters and converting them into donors.
Tag: feminist funding
Feminist Organizational Evolution Collaborative: Co-creating practices to transform intersectional feminist funds to make the invisible visible
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.
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.
Nuestra teoría de la transformación
Nuestra teoría de la transformación Nuestra Teoría de la Transformación captura cómo vemos que el modelo de Fenomenal Funds contribuye al cambio en los ecosistemas filantrópicos. La transformación en nuestro caso está enmarcada en valores y éticas feministas centradas en las necesidades de los fondos de mujeres. Se basa en la comprensión de que el […]
Phoebe So
Phoebe So Co-lead of Fenomenal Funds, Phoebe is a passionate advocate for social justice with nearly two decades of experience in strategic grantmaking and capacity building. Her approach to leadership is deeply rooted in feminist values, emphasizing transparency, power-sharing, and continuous learning. Phoebe’s approach to leadership is shaped by her background as a qualified integral […]
Shama Dossa
Shama Dossa Co-Lead Fenomenal Funds Dr. Shama Dossa is a feminist activist-scholar located in Karachi, Pakistan and has held a number of international leadership positions as both a learning and evaluation practitioner and academic. Shama graduated from University of Toronto with a PhD in Adult Education and Community development and specializes in participatory approaches to […]
Althea Dellaura Anderson
Althea D. Anderson is a Program Officer in Gender Equity and Governance at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.