WDN has received a national award for Bold Peer Organizing from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) as part of its 2025 IMPACT Awards!

The IMPACT Awards recognize philanthropy’s best actors who are boldly rising to meet the moment and serve the common good. This honor is an acknowledgment of WDN’s leadership within the philanthropic sector—particularly in our role as co-conveners of the Block & Build Funder Coalition—and in how we continue to boldly resource movements for justice. 

“The Committee chose Women Donors Network for their extraordinary work to help donors and foundations respond to this challenging environment, particularly their leadership, with Solidaire, of the Block and Build Funder Coalition,” said NCRP President & CEO Aaron Dorfman.

“We are deeply honored to receive this for Bold Peer Organizing,” said President and CEO Leena Barakat. “Moving in solidarity alongside movement is a core value of our work at WDN and WDN Action. It is especially necessary at a time when philanthropy must choose courage over comfort, to protect and advance the liberated future we all deserve.”

This award is a collective win in every way. All of the work we do—from the money we move to the influence we have with our peers in philanthropy—is part of our collective story and yet another example of what can happen when we channel our collective power and resources in solidarity with movements.