Impact Archives - Women's Foundation of Minnesota

March 30, 2020 New Response Fund Invests in Women & Girls Impacted by COVID-19

WFMN invites Minnesota organizations and initiatives serving women and girls experiencing gender-based violence, older women,...

November 27, 2019 Apply to Join the WFMN Innovators

The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota (WFMN) believes in the leadership and ideas of young women...

October 3, 2019 Growing Perspectives & the Field of Philanthropy

Five years ago, if I was asked what philanthropy meant to me, my answer would...

September 20, 2019 WFMN At the Table: Reatha Clark King Fellow Joins State Task Force

Last legislative session, the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota followed the leadership of Native legislators, organizations,...

September 14, 2019 Cabinet Reflections: Hope Hoffman

Hope Hoffman has been a member of the Governor-appointed Young Women’s Cabinet since its inception...

August 29, 2019 Cabinet Reflections: On Becoming

I am becoming. I am becoming more of the woman I should be and that...

June 27, 2019 Increasing Awareness, Agency, & Activism Through girlsBEST

In May, the girls Building Economic Success Together (girlsBEST) committee held its biannual meeting at...

April 23, 2019 What It Means to Be An Innovator

Image courtesy of Women for Political Change (WFPC). Sixth grade students participate in a WFPC...

April 10, 2019 What We Need to Thrive

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start...

April 1, 2019 On a Mission to Equity: How Women’s Foundations Around the World Are Changing the World

No matter where you are – from vibrant cities to rural communities in the United...

December 21, 2018 WFMN Innovators Grant Application Now Open

How can $2,500 help move your leadership and ideas forward? Young women of color, American...

December 14, 2018 WFMN Innovators Q&A Webinar

Through the Young Women’s Initiative of Minnesota WFMN Innovators program, the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota provides one-time...

December 13, 2018 Celebrating Leadership & Impact from The White House to the Minnesota State House

Three years ago, in partnership with The White House Council on Women and Girls, we...

November 14, 2018 Equity By Design – The Young Women’s Cabinet

One question the Women’s Foundation is often asked is how we select 25 leaders from eight...

October 17, 2018 She the People, She the Movement

In September, I attended the She the People Summit in San Francisco, California. Because WFMN was...

October 11, 2018 From Local to the National, Achieving Equity Requires Young Women’s Solutions

Kalisha Dessources shared the following remarks at the Young Women’s Initiative of Minnesota’s Power Luncheon...

August 27, 2018 Growing Leaders at the Minnesota State Tribal Youth Gathering

“Nothing is done by ourselves, but through the help of Creator” – Billy Mills Two...

August 22, 2018 Shining a Spotlight on Gender-Based Violence

By Lee Roper-Batker, President and CEO, WFMN In a year of pivotal reckoning for survivors...