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2024 Collective Grants Update: Final 15 Organizations

April 4, 2024 by Aviva Stampfer

We’re excited to share another update from the 2024 Collective Grants Committee! Since our last update, the committee has been working to thoughtfully research 30 organizations in our three priorities: Expanding Access to Arts in Schools, Mental Health & Housing, and Re-Entry Support. This is the third year of our re-imagined grants process, and we […]

2024 Collective Grants Committee Update: Top 30 Organizations

February 20, 2024 by Aviva Stampfer

This January and February, the 2024 Collective Grants Committee has been deeply engaged in the work of reviewing Letters of Inquiry and discussing our three priorities: Expanding Access to Arts in Schools, Mental Health & Housing, and Re-Entry Support. This is the third year of our re-imagined grants process, and we are enjoying diving deep […]

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Four Key Learnings from the 2023 Women & Girls Grant Committee

January 22, 2024 by Isabelle Shively

We had the privilege this year to serve on the Women and Girls Grant Committee for the Washington Women’s Foundation’s grant that specifically funds work to support women and girls in our state. This is the second year that WaWF has offered this grant, and as always, we’re continuing to learn more about how to […]

What I Learned about Changing the World – WaWF & Advocacy

October 25, 2023 by Isabelle Shively

I joined WaWF to learn more about philanthropy, and to do better with my own personal giving. But to my delight, I’ve gotten so much more than that. Let me share a recent experience participating in this year’s Advocacy Committee, led by two wonderful co-chairs Cedra DuFlon-Heide and Anne Repass. Our committee’s work spanned a […]

Reflecting on the Grantee Engagement Team’s Second Year

July 13, 2023 by Isabelle Shively

The purpose of the Grantee Engagement Team is to develop relationships with WaWF grantees in alignment with our grantmaking and community outreach strategies. In our second year, the team continued learning how to engage and support our grantees, following the principles of Trust-Based Philanthropy. We built on last year’s experience to build deeper relationships with […]

Introducing our 2023 Grantees

June 14, 2023 by WA Women's Foundation

Washington Women’s Foundation (WaWF) is proud to announce our 2023 Collective Grants, totaling $454,500 to 30 Washington organizations! We’re especially thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s unrestricted $100,000 Collective Grants and $25,000 Merit Grant Awards. These amazing organizations work to increase equity in Washington State in our 2023 priorities: Early Childhood Education, Food Sovereignty […]

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2023 Collective Grants: Ballot Organizations

May 19, 2023 by WA Women's Foundation

We’re delighted to share another update from the 2023 Collective Grants Committee! Since our last update, the committee has been conducting conversations with 15 organizations in our three priorities: Early Childhood Education, Food Sovereignty & Security, and Reproductive Justice and Maternal Health. This is the second year of our re-imagined grants process, and we continue […]

Open Call: Invitation to Board Service

April 28, 2023 by Isabelle Shively

Are you looking for a new or deeper way to engage with the Foundation? Have you ever thought about serving on the Washington Women’s Foundation Board of Directors? We hope you will consider joining the WaWF Board of Directors. We have several open positions on the Board beginning January 1, 2024, for three-year terms. The […]

Collective Grants 2023: Final 15 Organizations

April 7, 2023 by Isabelle Shively

We’re excited to share another update from the 2023 Collective Grants Committee! Since our last update, the committee has been working to thoughtfully research 30 organizations in our three priorities: Food Sovereignty & Security, Early Childhood Education, and Reproductive Justice & Maternal Health. This is the second year of our re-imagined grants process, and we […]

Our 2022 Women & Girls Grantees

December 12, 2022 by Isabelle Shively

At WA Women’s Foundation, one of our cherished values is to elevate and amplify the power of all who identify as women. Supported by the WFA Fund for Women, we offer the Women & Girls Grant to organizations focused on women and girls within the year’s chosen priorities. Our working definition of gender identity is […]