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12 funders with a record of paying for “femme”
Where the money went Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → La Femme Theatre Productions: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Women's Empowerment Through Literacy & Leadership: $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → I Be Black Girl: $633K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Inc: $555K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Femmes Dans La Region Mena: $550K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Foundation for A Just Society → Association Munyu Des Femmes: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Fonds Pour Les Femmes Congolaises: $319K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Gerald L Lennard Foundation Inc → Femme House: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Plusoneplusoneplusone → Femme House: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Wasserman Foundation → House of Blues Music Forward Foundation: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Allied Media Projects Inc → Addie Tsai: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rachel's Network Inc → Lupine Collaborative: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Foundation for A Just Society → Comite Regional De Solidarite Des Femmes Pour La Paix En Casamance: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Proinspire: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Fonds Pour Les Femmes Congolaises: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Paso Del Norte Foundation: $230K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Le Reseau Inter Africain Des Femmes (Famedev): $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Fonds Pour Les Femmes En Mediterranee: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rachel's Network Inc → Rise to Thrive: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Plusoneplusoneplusone → Black Trans Femmes in the Art: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wasserman Foundation → Femme House: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Foundation for A Just Society → Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le Bien Etre De La Femme: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Afroresistance Inc: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Le Reseau Inter Africain Des Femmes(Famedev): $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rachel's Network Inc → The Chisholm Legacy Project: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Foundation for A Just Society → Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le Bien-Etre De La Femme (Ipbf): $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Foundation for A Just Society → Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le Bien Etre De La Femme (Ipbf): $375K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Le Rseau Inter Africain Des Femmes Mdias(Famedev: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Foundation for A Just Society → Reseau Ivoirien Pour La Defense Des Droits De Lenfant Et De La Femme (Ridde: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Foundation for A Just Society → Reseau Ivoirien Pour La Defense Des Droits De L'enfant Et De La Femme: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rachel's Network Inc → Climate Critical Earth: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Foundation for A Just Society: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation for A Just Society $2.5M The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The William & Flora Hewlett F… $2.4M Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy… $2.1M The Ford Foundation: $985K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $985K The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $983K on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $983K Foundation to Promote Open Society: $700K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $700K The David and Lucile Packard Foundation: $619K on this topic. Open the funder. The David and Lucile Packard… $619K Gerald L Lennard Foundation Inc: $150K on this topic. Open the funder. Gerald L Lennard Foundation I… $150K Rachel's Network Inc: $94K on this topic. Open the funder. Rachel's Network Inc $94K Plusoneplusoneplusone: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. Plusoneplusoneplusone $75K Wasserman Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. Wasserman Foundation $55K Allied Media Projects Inc: $24K on this topic. Open the funder. Allied Media Projects Inc $24K La Femme Theatre Productions: received $2.1M on this topic La Femme Theatre Productions $2.1M Women's Empowerment Through Literacy & Leadership: received $1.8M on this topic Women's Empowerment Through Lit… $1.8M I Be Black Girl: received $633K on this topic I Be Black Girl $633K Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Inc: received $555K on this topic Black Trans Femmes in the Arts… $555K Femmes Dans La Region Mena: received $550K on this topic Femmes Dans La Region Mena $550K Association Munyu Des Femmes: received $500K on this topic Association Munyu Des Femmes $500K Comite Regional De Solidarite Des Femmes Pour La Paix En Casamance: received $500K on this topic Comite Regional De Solidarite D… $500K Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le Bien Etre De La Femme: received $500K on this topic Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le… $500K Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le Bien-Etre De La Femme (Ipbf): received $450K on this topic Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le… $450K Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le Bien Etre De La Femme (Ipbf): received $375K on this topic Initiative Pananetugri Pour Le… $375K Proinspire: received $350K on this topic Proinspire $350K Fonds Pour Les Femmes Congolaises: received $319K on this topic Fonds Pour Les Femmes Congolais… $319K Fonds Pour Les Femmes Congolaises: received $300K on this topic Fonds Pour Les Femmes Congolais… $300K Paso Del Norte Foundation: received $230K on this topic Paso Del Norte Foundation $230K Le Reseau Inter Africain Des Femmes (Famedev): received $200K on this topic Le Reseau Inter Africain Des Fe… $200K Afroresistance Inc: received $200K on this topic Afroresistance Inc $200K Le Reseau Inter Africain Des Femmes(Famedev): received $200K on this topic Le Reseau Inter Africain Des Fe… $200K Le Rseau Inter Africain Des Femmes Mdias(Famedev: received $200K on this topic Le Rseau Inter Africain Des Fem… $200K Femme House: received $150K on this topic Femme House $150K Fonds Pour Les Femmes En Mediterranee: received $150K on this topic Fonds Pour Les Femmes En Medite… $150K Reseau Ivoirien Pour La Defense Des Droits De Lenfant Et De La Femme (Ridde: received $80K on this topic Reseau Ivoirien Pour La Defense… $80K Reseau Ivoirien Pour La Defense Des Droits De L'enfant Et De La Femme: received $80K on this topic Reseau Ivoirien Pour La Defense… $80K Femme House: received $65K on this topic Femme House $65K House of Blues Music Forward Foundation: received $50K on this topic House of Blues Music Forward Fo… $50K Addie Tsai: received $24K on this topic Addie Tsai $24K Lupine Collaborative: received $23K on this topic Lupine Collaborative $23K Rise to Thrive: received $23K on this topic Rise to Thrive $23K The Chisholm Legacy Project: received $23K on this topic The Chisholm Legacy Project $23K Climate Critical Earth: received $23K on this topic Climate Critical Earth $23K Black Trans Femmes in the Art: received $15K on this topic Black Trans Femmes in the Art $15K 12 funders, 30 recipients, grants matching “femme” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $175,000 to ASSOCIATION MUNYU DES FEMMES — to support increased charitable activities of association munyu des femmes
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Largest: $950,000 to WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LITERACY & LEADERSHIP — for femmes actives et citoyennete engagee (face) project (active women and committee citizenship)
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Largest: $315,000 to BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC — general support and project support for institutional strengthening
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Largest: $300,000 to Fonds Pour Les Femmes Congolaises — just societies
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Largest: $23,375 to LUPINE COLLABORATIVE — black femme leadership
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Largest: $350,000 to FEMMES DANS LA REGION MENA — to support advocacy for and cooperation among women human rights defenders (whrds)
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Largest: $350,000 to PROINSPIRE — 82393 supporting the fellowship for liberated futures in prioritizing the wellbeing and resilience of black women and femme leaders
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Largest: $75,000 to FEMME HOUSE — general & unrestricted
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Largest: $35,328 to Femme House — program support
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Largest: $1.5M to LA FEMME THEATRE PRODUCTIONS — arts and culture
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Largest: $25,000 to House of Blues Music Forward Foundation — 2024 femme it forward show give her flowers awards
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Largest: $11,950 to ADDIE TSAI — the grant will be used to support just femme and dandy to: pay stipends to team members, pay contributors for volume 3, and print the first three issues of the just femme and dandy…
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