Grantees Grantmaking And the 2020 Grantees are… June 12, 2020 by Aki Shibuya Earlier this week, Washington Women’s Foundation members announced five recipients of $100,000 grants from the Foundation’s Pooled Fund and five $10,000 Merit Award winners, totaling $550,000 in grants, our largest single day of grantmaking in our history. In the 25 years since the Foundation’s inception, our members have influenced transformation in communities across Washington State […] Read more »
Grantmaking Strategic Planning Transforming Together 2020: New Grantmaking Initiatives April 17, 2020 by Aki Shibuya Since the first of March, the Foundation’s Board of Directors has had two virtual meetings, a 7-hour video conference “retreat” (in lieu of our annual Board and staff retreat) and a special meeting earlier this week. The primary focus of these meetings has been determining the allocation of funds contributed by our members last year for grantmaking this year. As you may […] Read more »
Grantmaking Partner Grant Funding Arts & Equity: Partner Grant Reflection February 14, 2020 by Aviva Stampfer We are pleased to announce the award of the 2019 Fall Diversity Partner Grant focused on Arts & Equity. Our committee of 12 participants selected the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Olympia to receive our full award of $12,500. Committee members included: Diane Altman Dautoff, Julie Burg, Betty Drumheller, Pamela Eakes, Marianne Emerson, Jill Hearne, […] Read more »
Grantmaking Partner Grant Experimenting with Participatory Grantmaking: Partner Grant Reflection February 14, 2020 by Aviva Stampfer Two of Washington Women’s Foundation’s values are sharing power and being in community. When we first heard about participatory grantmaking, it seemed like something we had to try, because it was so clearly aligned with these values. This model of grantmaking includes community members as decision-makers, bringing individuals who are part of the community a […] Read more »
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Grantmaking Grant Criteria 2.0: Incorporating Lessons Learned About Equity-Focused Grantmaking for 2020 September 13, 2019 by Aki Shibuya A couple weeks ago, we shared some key takeaways learned from implementing our new Pooled Fund grant criteria focused on increasing equity and reducing disparities in Washington State. Today, in an effort to continue transparency in our grantmaking, we are sharing the specific changes we made to the grant criteria for the 2020 grant process. […] Read more »
Grantmaking What We Learned: Changing Our Grant Criteria August 30, 2019 by Aki Shibuya In 2019, Washington Women’s Foundation changed our grant criteria for the first time in our 24-year history. Our new strategic framework, informed by input and ongoing feedback from members as well as nonprofit leaders and philanthropic partners, led us to adopt a new focus on increasing equity and reducing disparities in Washington State (to read […] Read more »
Grantees Grantmaking And the 2019 Grantees are… June 12, 2019 by Aviva Stampfer Yesterday, Washington Women’s Foundation members announced five recipients of $100,000 grants from the Foundation’s Pooled Fund and five $5,000 Merit Award winners, totaling $525,000 in grants. In the 24 years since the Foundation’s inception, our members have influenced transformation in communities across Washington State by collectively granting over $17 million. Our focus this year was to […] Read more »
Educational Programming Grantmaking Seeking More Equitable Philanthropy: Addressing 8 Philanthropy Myths May 10, 2019 by Aki Shibuya The 2019 Pooled Fund Grant Committee is learning a lot as we implement the following new grant criteria around increasing equity and reducing disparities this year, funding organizations that are: Focused on providing services to communities affected by inequity due to race, gender identity, and/or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination and/or exclusion. Accountable to […] Read more »
