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The Ms. Foundation for Women builds women’s collective power across race and class to tackle the root causes of injustice and ignite progressive change for all.

 

We believe deeply that those who experience a problem have the perspective necessary to solve it.

 

That’s why for over 35 years, we’ve supported the solutions of those on the ground who are most impacted by poverty, violence and other forms of injustice—especially low-income women, women of color, immigrant women, youth and LGBTQ people. Time and again, their voices and vision lead to more equitable changes in policy and culture for everyone.

 

Today, we deliver strategic support to over 150 trailblazing organizations that are advancing women’s solutions for change at decision-making tables across the U.S.

 

Creating Connections: Strategies for Stronger Movements

 

We know we’re most successful when we make connections among the many challenges people face and the many people and movements needed to create change.

 

For years, the Ms. Foundation has linked donors, activists and organizations in common purpose. Today, we’re making new and deeper connections of all kinds—across issues, constituencies, and organizing levels, and across gender, race and class—to strengthen social movements and build greater power to ignite change. Our support enables groups to: 
  • Organize creatively across issues, organizations and movements instead of trying to solve one problem, one organization at a time.
  • Promote solutions that recognize the combined impact of race, class and gender in communities throughout the U.S.
  • Connect the wisdom of grassroots solutions to the power of national advocacy campaigns.
  • Link and leverage strategies to bring new and diverse constituencies into the fold.
  • Strengthen relationships with multiple social movements to ensure that all progressive organizing incorporates women’s unique leadership and expertise.


Our Vision


Our work is guided by our vision of a just and safe world where power and possibility are not limited by gender, race, class, sexuality, disability or age. We believe that equity and inclusion are the cornerstones of a true democracy in which the worth and dignity of every person are valued.



More Than Money

 

The Ms. Foundation employs three strategies to build women’s collective power and a more just society:

  • Grantmaking: We invest wisely in grassroots, Tribal, state and national organizations that are transforming policies and cultural beliefs across the U.S. Informed by decades of work in the field, we identify and support emerging groups and coalitions poised to act when and where change is needed.
  • Networking and Alliance-Building: We bring local, regional and national groups together to create alliances, to learn from and network with one another, and to strategize around common social change goals.
  • Skills-Building: We offer leadership development, strategic communications, evaluation and other skills-building opportunities to help our grantee partners become stable, sustainable organizations and maximize their capacity to wage winning campaigns.


   

2008 Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awardee Lucy Félix is Lead Trainer & Community Organizer for Migrant Health Promotion's La Voz Latina Program. In South Texas, she promotes awareness about reproductive health and works with migrant women to advocate for the elimination of barriers to health care... Learn more and view video

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Ms. Foundation for Women, 12 MetroTech Center, 26th Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Telephone:(212) 742-2300|Fax: (212) 742-1653|Email: info@ms.foundation.org