A powerful multiplier effect happens when leaders from different sectors and social movements agree to advance a collective set of values and goals as part of a collaborative approach to achieving more significant collective impact. To be transformational, we need the issues impacting women and girls, especially women and girls of color, to be front and center in all movements, from climate change and immigrant rights to economic and racial justice. A component of the Building Connections Initiative is to engage with other funders to support and move resources to strategic efforts led by and centering women and girls of color, including transgender women and girls of color and Indigenous women and girls.
Toward this objective, the Ms. Foundation will continuously push philanthropy broadly to more effectively support organizations and projects led by and centering their concerns and advocacy agendas. It will also build partnerships with women’s funds working at the local or regional level to advance gender and racial equity.
