Your community. Your power. Your network for change.
Where women lead, change follows.
When philanthropy invests in women’s foundations and gender justice funders, we empower a deeply intersectional movement that fights for policies and standards across lines of race, class, and gender. WFN is the largest philanthropic alliance in the world dedicated to advancing the essential role of these funders in the unwavering fight for gender equality and justice.
We are excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for Feminist Funded ’25, presented by the Women’s Funding Network. This year’s conference, the largest gathering of global leaders in feminist philanthropy, will take place September 10-11, with a Pre-Conference Policy Action Day on September 9.
Solidarity, Care, & Action: Responding to the LA Fires
Los Angeles is fighting another devastating wildfire. As flames consume homes and lives, they lay bare truths too often ignored: the brunt of this devastation will fall on those already burdened by injustice. Women of color, incarcerated people, farmworkers, domestic workers, low-income families, and unhoused folks—communities rendered vulnerable by design—are once again forced to endure what others refuse to confront.
Women’s Funding Network (WFN) is proud to have contributed to Candid’s update of its Philanthropy Classification System (PCS). As the largest global network of gender equity funders, representing over 130 organizations investing $1.4 billion annually, WFN ensured our community was reflected in the tallying and sorting of data – a critical step in telling accurate and complete stories about our leadership.
Gender Equity leaders propose five things philanthropy can do right now to deepen their investment in the fight to protect abortion access and bodily autonomy. Join us and sign your name to the pledge now.
Solidarity, Care, & Action: Responding to the LA Fires
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WFN Receives Transformative Gift from MacKenzie Scott
Discover The Gender Point
A first of its kind initiative that enhances policy and funding priorities across the nation.
Created through a powerful partnership between WFN and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, The Gender Point provides on-demand data reports to our member funds and foundations.
When women’s funds thrive, the quality of philanthropic investment grows, creating a cycle of robust gender-lens approaches and infrastructure with the critical mass to shift the oppressive power dynamics that keep harmful systems in place.
Elizabeth Barajas-Román President and CEO, Women’s Funding Network
United we are a movement.
WFN’s powerful alliance works together to develop strategies, mobilize resources, and raise awareness to combat systemic gender and racial inequality at the community level, forging a better quality of life for all.
Explore our areas of work
Through our network of more than 120 women’s funds and foundations, WFN provides gender justice leaders and advocates with a variety of tools to help them succeed — from research and education, to strategic-led initiatives and events, to advocacy and unifying a collective, amplified voice.
Learn more about what we do in our four key areas of work and how we apply feminist practices for movement building.
