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We don’t just write a check and move on.

We provide strategic assistance that builds leadership, strengthens organizations and seeds long-term solutions.

Our Approach & Partners

We center women and girls of color.

We know that those most affected by systemic oppression have the solutions. We believe in honoring their voices and supporting their leadership. 

HIGHLIGHTS AND MILESTONES

The work of our foundation and our grantees has moved culture, policy and society in new and positive directions.

Stemming from the Pocket Change study, the Ms. Foundation convened a Women’s Council of Indigenous leadership to understand how such funding discrepancies are a direct byproduct of colonization and institutional systems, identify vital funding needs for Native women, and how to shift the philanthropic paradigm to one that prioritizes Native communities.

Transforming Philanthropy, Prioritizing Women and Girls of Color

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The Ms. Foundation released our landmark Pocket Change report which revealed that the total philanthropic giving to women and girls of color is just $5.48 per year for each woman or girl of color in the U.S., accounting for just 0.5% of the total $66.9 billion given by foundations.

Transforming Philanthropy, Prioritizing Women and Girls of Color

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Your donation to the Ms. Foundation helps us provide essential support, funding and resources to more than 100 organizations across the country. We select grantees that together, build momentum for change. If you’re concerned about women and girls; if you think we need to invest in their future; if you want to have a real hand in making things better — donate today and support our “boots on the ground” efforts all across the country.

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  • NEW YORK (August 22, 2024) – Ms. Foundation for Women President and CEO Teresa C. Younger released the following statement following the Democratic National Convention in response to Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic presidential nomination: “Ms. Foundation for Women is thrilled to celebrate and bear witness to this historic milestone, as Vice President Kamala Harris,…

  • The campaign, ‘Creating the Future We Deserve,’ is the largest fundraising campaign to date for the nation’s oldest women’s foundation NEW YORK (August 14, 2024) – Today, Ms. Foundation for Women announced the conclusion of the organization’s largest fundraising campaign in its 50-year history, Creating the Future We Deserve, achieving and surpassing their goal of…

  •  Nation’s oldest women’s foundation will provide financial investment and capacity building resources  to support the sustainability of women and gender-expansive of color-led organizations across the Midwest NEW YORK (July 30, 2024) – Today, Ms. Foundation for Women announced the launch of Ms. Midwest,  a continuation of the Foundation’s strategic response to go where philanthropic underinvestment…

UPCOMING EVENTS

Film Screening: Bella! A Documentary

Oct. 17

2024

7:00 PM, Virtual

Support Ms. Foundation's work by joining us for the global screening premiere of Bella! In 1970, when the United States was ruled by men, Bella Abzug challenged the status quo, running a successful campaign from the streets of Manhattan that elevated her all the way to the halls of Congress.

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Film Screening: Bella! A Documentary

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Brooklyn, NY 11201

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