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Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards
The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.
The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?
Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Blueprint Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Chester County
Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.
With the deep and ever-widening economic inequities exposed by the COVID-19 crisis, it's time we come together to invest in strategies and policies that decrease and eventually eliminate the gender and racial wealth gap.
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for Black-led organizations. The 18-page document was issued by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN), an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation.
As Violence Against Asian Americans Intensifies, the Moment for Philanthropy to Act Is Now
In the wake of the horrific shooting in Atlanta that killed eight people - including six Asian American women - authors Patricia Eng and Eric Stegman issued a issued a call for philanthropy to take action to stop this violence and hate against AAPI communities.
CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote
A new mural unveiled days before the 2020 election honors the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted many women the right to vote, and serves as an inspiration for the community to get out and vote.
Peer to Peer Discussion: The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?
The Fund for Women and Girls to launch 2022 Blueprint Report on September 13th
Love & Equity in News
When philanthropists are deciding what stories and organizations they strategically support, it's important for them to understand and consider the diversity of paths, perspectives and entry points into the world of news and media making.
The Fund for Women and Girls’ Community-Based Grants Allocation Committee Awards $239,680 in Grants
For the second year in a row, The Fund awarded two-year sustained funding to local nonprofit partners. Additional funding was awarded through ‘Moving Her Forward’ Impact Grants, a grantmaking program established to focus on swift responses to pressing needs in the community
The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Philanthropy Program Awards Grants
Family, friends, staff and board members of the Fund for Women and Girls gathered on March 7th as the 2022-23 class of the Girls Advisory Board (GAB) reflected on their philanthropic service and honored 2023 grantees.
Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation
In a time of global unrest and uncertainty, Leeway Foundation continues to be led by our community and grantees to reimagine our world and reclaim spaces of power through their socially engaged artistic and cultural practices.
Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency
Leeway Foundation recognizes the longstanding power of media artists and social-justice activists throughout the Greater Philadelphia region with $125,000 in funding to five inaugural Leeway x IPMF Media Artist + Activist Residency recipients.