Womens Funding Network

The Women’s Funding Network is a world-wide membership of over 100 women’s and girls’ funds. Our members support the solutions of women and girls through local, national and international grants. WFN advances this movement by supporting these funds through innovative programs and capacity-building expertise. Together, we are creating a safer and more secure world by investing in women and girls.

WFN’s programs are some of the most innovative in philanthropy. They help women’s and girls’ funds:

• Raise more money through our fundraising training
• Run their organizations more effectively through our Smart Growth tool
• Collaborate and capture peer-to-peer knowledge on key initiatives through WFN’s conferences, shared training sessions, and access to our cutting-edge research
• Measure results on how women’s funds make a difference through our innovative Making the Case: Social Change Measurement Tool
• Reach out to new donors and the media with the shared fund>>forward brand logo and messaging.

We also bolster women as leaders in society and in philanthropy by:

• Raising the profile of women as spokespersons in the media through the SheSource campaign
• Raising the profile of women in philanthropy through our fund>>forward brand and buzz initiatives
• Broadening the leadership base in philanthropy and social change through our Women of Color/International Development Incubator