Our Impact
Calling for a Cultural Transformation
Women and girls are distinctly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We call for a short- and long-term transformation that centers women and girls in responsive strategies across the state and nation.
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COVID-19 Women & Girls Response Fund
This fund is issuing a half-million dollars in emergency grants of up to $10,000 to organizations serving women and girls experiencing gender-based violence, older women, and those who need short-term financial support due to the effects of COVID-19.
Our Impact
Young Women are Leading Change Today
By changing the institutions and systems with young women, we are driving equal access to economic opportunity, safety, and leadership for all young women.
Impact
New Awards Fund Safety
The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota awarded eight grants totaling $190,000 to nonprofit organizations and the City of Minneapolis through its Fund for Safety, which resources innovation to end gender-based violence, a continuum that includes including sex trafficking, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
Donor Story
From Sisterhood to Systems Change
As a transformational WFMN supporter with a generous giving record since 1995, a planned gift, and a donor advised fund at WFMN, Julie Corty reflects on her life as a woman and philanthropist, and why she believes it’s critical to invest in gender equity.
We invest in innovative community-based, community-led solutions to ensure equal opportunity and pathways to economic security for girls, women, and families across Minnesota.
Our Work
The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota Invests in Innovation to Drive Gender & Racial Equity in Minnesota.
Founded in 1983, the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota is the first and largest statewide women’s foundation in the country and holds a unique niche among Minnesota community foundations.
As a statewide community foundation, we invest, leverage, learn, influence, and scale to ensure community-based, community-led solutions to achieve gender and racial equity in Minnesota.
Our Areas of Impact
We Lead With Community in 3 Areas:
Opportunity
Ensuring a Minnesota where doors to opportunity are abundant and open to all girls and women in every community, and pathways to prosperity assured.
Safety
Ensuring a Minnesota where all girls and women are free from all forms of violence and can experience their homes, schools, and communities as safe places.
Leadership
Ensuring a Minnesota where barriers are eliminated and all girls and women are respected and thrive.
Take a closer look at our impact areas and the funds and research that support them.
Ways to Give
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