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Washington Area Women's Foundation

Washington, DC | http://www.TheWomensFoundation.org
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Joined in May 2000


About Us

Founded in 1998, Washington Area Women’s Foundation is a community-supported foundation that invests in the power of women and girls of color across the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Women and girls of color make change happen. While too often unsung, the work of women and girls of color have advanced human rights and gender, racial and economic justice in our communities for decades. The Women’s Foundation believes that by increasing resources to, and recognizing the leadership of, women and girls of color, they will ignite needed change. We advance this theory of change by:

•      Making grants to organizations that are actively pursuing gender, racial, and economic justice, and awarding women and girls of color directly; and

Centering the voices and lived experiences of women and girls of color to influence policymakers and the local philanthropic sector to advance systems and institutional change with a gender, racial and economic justice lens.

Founded in 1998, Washington Area Women’s Foundation is a community-supported foundation that invests in the power of women and girls of color across the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Women and girls of color make change happen. While…

Issue Areas Include

  • Civic Engagement
  • Community Development
  • Economic Development
  • Philanthropy

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