Women Donors Network | Economic Justice Archives

Topic: Civic Engagement

Action photos from our 2023 annual conference

Empowering Change: Takeaways from WDN’s 2023 Impact

In 2023, we mobilized an incredible $20.2 million via WDN and WDN Action, funding 175 organizations and projects. We strengthened our community by welcoming new members and hitting three decade member anniversaries for others! And we harnessed our collective wisdom and deepest aspirations to chart our next era through our new strategic plan.
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WDN’s Impact in 2023

Photo Credits: Just Vision and We Testify When we step back and look at our work in 2023, we see a constellation formed from moments of mobilization. Like stars in an unchanging sky, movement leaders and organizations guide us toward a more just future, which is why we prioritized and robustly supported existing partnerships with unrestricted funding.
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We Sent $3.8M to the Field This Fall

Photo: Alliance for Youth Organizing We close 2023 with one of our largest funding pushes to date – over $3.8 million in grantmaking this fall! WDN’s members, staff, and movement partners collaborated to channel these funds to 48 organizations championing progress across Black liberation and feminism, workers’ rights, economic justice, abortion access, a Just Transition, year-round voter engagement, and pro-democracy work.
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We Just Directed $2.4M to 27 Movement Organizations

In our most recent round of grants, we sent $2.4M to 27 organizations dedicated to creating safer, healthier, and more just communities for all. This latest round of support maintains our commitment to existing partnerships, explores new catalytic opportunities, and meaningfully backs a wide ecosystem of change-builders.
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a portrait photograph of a farmworker. They wear a bandana over their face and a hat and reach for a bunch of grapes

Grantee Spotlight: Building Power for the Women Who Feed Us All

Farmworkers are perhaps the single most essential workers in our communities. Without food, nothing else matters. And yet, farmworkers often toil under backbreaking conditions and for poverty wages. Roughly 50% of farmworkers are undocumented, leaving them at risk of deportation and exploitation by employers.
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