Come learn about our Issue-Based Grant pilot focused on Mental Health for the Black community and celebrate our grantees! Hear from members of the Issue-Based Grant Committee about our learnings and how this pilot will inform our future grantmaking. This event is open to the public.
Curious about our grant criteria? Not sure how to apply it to our grantmaking or to our priorities this year? Join us for a deep dive on what we mean by increasing equity and reducing disparities. We’ll work together to build a shared understanding of the criteria and key terms, and hear from members about their experience...more
Gather with the Grantee Engagement Team (GET) to learn about building trust-based relationships with Washington Women's Foundation (WaWF) grantees. We will be joined by Pia Infante, Co-Executive Director of the Whitman Institute and chair of the Trust-Based Philanthropy steering committee. After learning with Pia, we will switch gears into the orientation for the 2022 GET....more
The Collective Grants are the cornerstone of Washington Women's Foundation's (WaWF) work as a collective giving organization, and a great way to connect with other members and learn about what's happening in our community. This is the first meeting of the 2022 Collective Grants Committee. To kickoff the 2022 grant cycle, we'll begin by reviewing...more
The Collective Grants are the cornerstone of Washington Women’s Foundation’s (WaWF) work as a collective giving organization, and a great way to connect with other members and learn about what’s happening in our community. This is the second full committee training for the 2022 Collective Grants Committee. Our focus will be to prepare for the...more
Each year, Washington Women's Foundation's (WaWF) Member Engagement Committee (MEC) selects a book for all members to read and discuss. In 2022, MEC invites you to read Bedlam: An Intimate Journey into America's Mental Health Crisis by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg and join us for a virtual discussion in March. Bedlam addresses our society’s inhumane treatment...more
Join us for the first part of our deep dive on the School to Prison Pipeline, one of our 2022 Learning & Funding Priorities. This education program will focus on defining the School to Prison Pipeline, and understanding its history, contributors, and systems. We’ll learn about how the education system mimics the criminal justice system...more
The Collective Grants are the cornerstone of Washington Women’s Foundation’s (WaWF) work as a collective giving organization, and a great way to connect with other members and learn about what’s happening in our community. This is the third full committee training for the 2022 Collective Grants Committee. Our focus will be to prepare for the...more
Join us for a member-to-member discussion about the evolution of Collective Grants within the larger context of the Foundation's strategic plan. Hear from grants leadership, board members, and other fellow members. The event will kick off with a virtual panel of speakers with time for Q&A at the end. Bring your questions to this interactive,...more
Decades of research have found that young people who buy into rigid gender norms have lower life outcomes in a cluster of related areas that include basic health, education, and economic empowerment. Similarly, institutions tasked with young people’s welfare – juvenile justice, foster care, education, and health – are also deeply gendered and gendering systems...more
Join us for the second part of our deep dive on the School to Prison Pipeline, one of our 2022 Learning & Funding Priorities. This education program will continue the discussion from 101, where we defined the pipeline and recognized its history to better understand how it impacts youth of color. 102 will apply a...more
Join Washington Women's Foundation's Member Engagement Committee (MEC) to discuss Gather, a film about the growing movement amongst indigenous communities in America to reclaim their spiritual and cultural identities through their ancestral food systems. MEC invites all members of Washington Women's Foundation (WaWF) to screen the film at home and then join us for this...more