Learning and Growing as a Collective: Capacity Building Grant Committee

This fall, 15 WaWF members joined the pilot Capacity Building Grant Committee to explore collective grant making using trust-based philanthropic practices. We are happy to announce our four grant award…more

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Transforming Together 2020: Annual Meeting Recap

Thank you to the many members who attended our virtual Annual Meeting this week. I am pleased to announce that the membership elected three new candidates to join our Board…more

Revising Pooled Fund Grant Criteria for Greater Clarity

This fall, we start our third year of grantmaking focused on increasing equity and reducing disparities. Each year, we understand more deeply what it means to apply an equity lens to our grantmaking and gain greater…more

Living the Values of WA Women’s Foundation

When the Foundation’s Board of Directors adopted our Strategic Framework 2020 two summers ago, we committed to a new set of organizational values, some long-held, some aspirational, and some that would challenge us on a daily…more

President & CEO Position Profile

Earlier this summer, Beth McCaw announced her plans to step away from her role as President & CEO of Washington Women’s Foundation (WaWF), and we announced the formation of a Search…more

Uncertainty Leads to Adaptability and Resilience on IAC

We asked Margit Rankin to share a reflection from this past year’s Impact Assessment Committee (IAC). Margit has been a member since 2009 and has served on the Pooled Fund…more

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Introducing our 2026 Direct Services Grantee

This is Washington Women's Foundation's (WaWF’s) first year centering our grantmaking on women and girls...

Introducing our 2026 Place-Based Grantee

This is Washington Women's Foundation's (WaWF’s) first year centering our grantmaking on women and girls...

The Grace to Slow Down: Business Plan Year Zero, Quarter One

Executive Summary:   In the first quarter of 2026, Washington Women’s Foundation launched...

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