Our Feminist Future
We were born out of radical investment in a feminist future. This year, we’re celebrating 40 years of funding gender justice movements and the people who make it happen.
Rest Up Awards Announced
In honor of our 40th Anniversary, the Women’s Foundation has awarded $400,000 in funding to local leaders from 40 organizations to invest in rest and well-being.
Rise + Thrive
As we celebrate our 40th anniversary, share your story and contributing to a culture of bold, feminist generosity to sustain the next 40 years!
Investing in Innovators
We amplify the leadership of young women and gender-expansive people ages 16-24 through direct investments in their ideas and a powerful cohort and mentorship to accelerate their impact and momentum.
Building Power in Grantmaking
We put equity into design through participatory grantmaking that engages individuals in funding decisions that affect their communities.
Our Purpose
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.
What We Do
Invest in Systems Change for Gender & Racial Justice
Founded in 1983, the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota is the first statewide women’s foundation in the country holding a unique niche among Minnesota 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 justice in Minnesota.
Our Areas of Impact
What We Aim to Achieve
Economic Justice
To realize economic justice and a stronger Minnesota for families and communities, we invest in women and girls as key drivers of economic growth.
Leadership & Community Power
Our vision is a state where all women, girls, and gender-expansive people are valued as solution-builders and leaders within their communities.
Holistic Well-Being & Reproductive Justice
To support the mind, body, and spirit of women, we catalyze the conditions to ensure they are well in every area of their being.
Safety
We catalyze the conditions so that women, girls, and gender-expansive people are free from all forms of violence and can be safe at home, school, and in their communities.
Support Our Work
Explore Ways to Give
Your support fuels the innovative community-based, community-led work happening across the state. Explore our funding opportunities.
Latest Updates from the Blog
Nov 17, 2023
Nurturing Connection through Community Listening in Southwest Minnesota
By Janett Jimenez | Wenda Weekes Moore Intern As a Wenda Weekes Moore Intern at the Women’s Foundation, I participated…
Nov 2, 2023
WFM Statement on Gaza and Israel
“There are so many different parts to each of us. And there are so many of us. If we can…
Oct 23, 2023
Women’s Foundation Celebrates Rise + Thrive, a 40th Anniversary Celebration
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