At the Equality Fund, we are building new and better philanthropic practices that are rooted in trust. In partnership with the Canadian Women’s Foundation (CWF) and Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), we have released Principles for Feminist Funding, a document that outlines our vision of feminist donor partners working to undo patriarchal and colonial structures and build new relationships and movements. And we’re not alone. We gain inspiration from so many others in the feminist funding ecosystem who are building powerful new visions for philanthropy—from our sister women’s funds to the Astrea Lesbian Foundation for Justice to Gender Funders CoLab, and many more.
Finally, we recognize that moving money is just one of the ways that we can help to shift lasting power to our grantee partners. We also work together to strengthen shared capacity and knowledge, advance joint advocacy efforts, and build new relationships and alliances across our growing movements.
MOVING MONEY—AND POWER – When billionaires flourish, but our movements are starved for resources: We move. At the Equality Fund, we robustly resource women’s rights organizations and feminist movements worldwide by partnering with organizations, coalitions, and networks focused on building power with women, girls, and trans people, especially in the Global South. We ground our work in mutual trust, respect, and collaboration.
What we fund – We recognize and celebrate that we are one part of a growing ecosystem of feminist funders. Our goal is to complement and accelerate the vibrant expansion of this space, exponentially increasing investment in women’s rights organizations and feminist movements working from the grassroots level to the regional and global stage. We are introducing a total of four grantmaking streams through 2024 to support such organizations, both emerging and well-established, working all around the world.
CATALYZE – To provide direct support to women’s rights organizations
ACTIVATE -To support women’s and feminist funds
CONNECT – To support funding coalitions, consortia, and networks
PREPARE AND RESPOND – To provide flexible and urgent emergency funding in natural disasters and conflict zones.
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