Our 2025 Impact
Thanks to our generous supporters, we invested $5.2 million in communities, reached 40 counties, and convened with partners all over the state so that, together, we could drive transformational change.
Join our Participatory Grantmaking Committee
Do you believe the people closest to the issues should be making the decisions? Are you looking for a meaningful way to show up for Minnesota women and girls? Do you want to help shape what change looks like in your community? WFM’s Participatory Grantmaking Committees put the power of deciding where resources go directly in the hands of community — because you are the expert on what your community needs. Apply by Monday, April 27 at 5 p.m.
Become an Innovator
Applications are open for the WFM Innovator program! If you’re a young woman, girl, or gender-expansive person in Minnesota, age 16–24, and want to create positive change in your community — this is your moment. Receive a $3,000 microgrant, connect with mentors and a powerful cohort, and build leadership skills to move your ideas forward. Applications close May 11. Learn more at an informational webinar on April 24.
Status of Women & Girls in Minnesota
Our newest report shows that Minnesota women are leading, but continue to face barriers in economics, safety, health, and leadership. Produced with the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy at the Humphrey School, the new research is the most comprehensive report of its kind in Minnesota.
Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
WFM houses the MN Latine Fund and its Immigrant Rapid Response Fund that supports organizations responding to immigration-related emergencies and community resilience across all affected communities in Minnesota, including basic needs, legal services, community organizing, education, and safety planning.
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
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Your support fuels the innovative community-based, community-led work happening across the state. Explore our funding opportunities.
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