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Now, through the end of 2023, we need your help raising $1M to build a just future for women, girls, and gender-expansive people.

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Advancing an equitable and just future for all women and girls.

The New York Women’s Foundation is a platform for women (cis and trans), non-binary and gender-expansive people, and a force for change.

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Our participatory approach is rooted in gender, racial, and economic justice and equity, funding community-led solutions for long-lasting change.

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We invest in women-led solutions that ignite action and promote the economic security, safety, and health of New York City women.

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  • The Foundation Releases Report on Impact of Me Too Fund

    The Foundation Releases Report on Impact of Me Too Fund

    The Foundation examined the impact of trust-based philanthropy and early investment through the Me Too Fund and published the results in a recent report.

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The organizations we invest in are as diverse and varied as the communities in which they originate. Our grantee partners are innovators, leaders, and changemakers who forge cross-cultural alliances and build intersectional solutions.

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New York Abortion Access Fund

Current Grantee Partners New York Abortion Access Fund

The New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF) supports anyone who needs assistance paying for an abortion in New York State, or for New Yorkers seeking care elsewhere. They are continuing to ramp up their efforts to maintain and expand abortion access in a post-Roe world.

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If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice

Current Grantee Partners If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice

If/When/How transforms the law and policy landscape through advocacy, support, and organizing so all people have the power to determine if, when, and how to define, create, and sustain families with dignity and to actualize sexual and reproductive wellbeing on their own terms.

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Black Women's Blueprint

Current Grantee Partners Black Women’s Blueprint

Founded by survivors for survivors, Black Women’s Blueprint is on a mission to provide services and spaces for healing, reconciliation, and human connection with the natural world. In 2020, the collective founded Restore Forward, a 300-acre reconciliation center and Holistic Living Lab offering intentional land stewardship, farming, healing, and educational workshops.

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Transformative Impact. Lasting Change.

We have a 35-year history of partnering with emerging organizations and community leaders.
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Embrace the spirit of volunteering 🌍​ On Int Embrace the spirit of volunteering 🌍​

On International Volunteer Day, join The New York Women's Foundation to make a difference. Get started by joining the Grant Advisory Committee or Emerging Leaders Network!​

💸 Grants Advisory Committee: With the GAC, you can participate directly in The Foundation’s unique grantmaking process! Supported by our staff, you'll review proposals from organizations, conduct site visits, and make recommendations for funding. This approach, unique to The Foundation, allows us to leverage the talents of local women in finding and supporting effective community-driven programs.​

✊ Emerging Leaders Network:  Educate, empower and inspire others to learn more about the challenges and philanthropic needs of women and families in New York City. The Emerging Leaders Network is a group of individuals early in their professional and philanthropic careers who support The Foundation’s mission by fundraising and mobilizing their networks to act.​

Imagine the collective power possible if everyone volunteered. Your time and talents can create a lasting impact for women, girls, and gender-expansive people in our City. Let's catalyze change together!​

🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio.

 #IfEveryoneDid #IVD2023 #InternationalVolunteerDay
Plant the seeds of change today for a more inclusi Plant the seeds of change today for a more inclusive tomorrow ✨​

The Foundation's decision to be early funders of the Me Too was more than a simple investment. It was a  commitment to cultivating a society where every voice is heard, every story matters, and where a growing movement knows no bounds.​

#MeToo is more than a moment in time. We must keep fostering this movement until every individual has justice.​

🔗 Read more about The Foundation's commitment to funding organizations in our recent report at the link in our bio.

#MeTooMovement #GenderJustice #GenderEquality
Celebrating power and inclusion on this Internatio Celebrating power and inclusion on this International Day of Persons with Disabilities ⭐️​

By embracing diversity and breaking down barriers, The Foundation and its Grantee Partners are working each day to create a world where everyone's unique abilities shine.​

In 2019, The New York Women’s Foundation became a founding member of the Presidents’ Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy and made a commitment to a continuous learning and implementation process that will advance systemic change within member foundations and serve as models for disability inclusion in the philanthropic sector.​

Along with other grantmaking organizations, The Foundation also signed the Disability Inclusion Pledge in 2021, which recognizes that uplifting disability is a key element required to achieve social justice, equity, and inclusion, and calls for accountability as philanthropic organizations clearly define their efforts in this critical area.​

This year, The Foundation continued this work with the release of a comprehensive report examining The State of Women and Girls with Disabilities in New York. This landscape analysis focused on existing and emerging disability justice and inclusion efforts at the intersections of gender and racial justice.​

🔗 You can read the report at the link in our bio.

📸: Disabled And Here​

#InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities #IDPWD
Early investment makes a difference ✊​ The Fo Early investment makes a difference ✊​

The Foundation joined forces with activist @taranajaneen, the founder of the @metoomvmt, to establish the Fund for the Me Too Movement and Allies in 2018.​

In the early stages of the movement, the unique financial and community support provided by this Fund was critical to build a sustainable foundation for the movement to grow.​

Leaders, activists, and advocates were able to receive support to promote healing justice for and uplift the voices of survivors of violence, particularly girls and women of color.​

Over three years, several survivor-led organizations received support for their field-building, operations, and program development:​
@_beamorg​
@blackwomensblueprint​
@officialdcrapecrisiscenter​
@EqualityLabs​
@freefromdotorg​
@thefirecrackerfoundation​
@vip.in.nyc​

Additionally,  NYWF partnered with five women’s foundations across the country to expand the reach and impact of The Fund.​
@thewomensfndtn​
@womensfndnmn​
@womensfoundca​
Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis​
@womensfundwmass​

🔗 Read more from The Foundation's recent analysis on the impact of this Fund at the link in our bio!

#MeToo #MeTooMovement #GenderJustice #16DaysofActivism #GenderViolence
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