Each year, Mama Cash supports about 100 courageous groups, organizations, networks and women’s funds that are led by women, girls and trans people. The supported projects focus on injustices that would otherwise go unnoticed, that need to be challenged and that demand courage and vision to change. … [Read more...] about Mama Cash
Nike Foundation
Nike Foundation invests on adolescent girls. The foundation believes that the 250 million girls living in poverty can play a crucial role in solving the most persistent development problems facing the world today. The foundation states "When a girl in the developing world is enabled to realize her … [Read more...] about Nike Foundation
Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation is working with visionary leaders and organizations to change social structures and institutions so that everyone has the opportunity to achieve their full potential and have a voice in decisions that affect them. Ford Foundation commits to social justice. Areas of … [Read more...] about Ford Foundation
IKEA Foundation
IKEA Foundation funds programs run by large and small organizations around the world. One of the funding areas of IKEA is women empowerment. IKEA believes that women can be the most important catalysts for change in their children’s lives. By empowering women-through education, skills training, … [Read more...] about IKEA Foundation
International Development Exchange
Empowering women, the most effective way of fighting poverty, is central to the mission of International Development Exchange (IDEX). It exists to effect systemic change, shift unequal power dynamics, influence giving to adopt egalitarian practices, balance learning between the global south and … [Read more...] about International Development Exchange
ANESVAD
ANESVAD supports universal access to sexual and reproductive health. It works for the improvement of sexual and reproductive health in the poorest areas and regions of the countries in which it intervene with a firm consideration that every woman has the right to receive appropriate services that … [Read more...] about ANESVAD
United Nations Foundation
The United Nations (UN) Foundation believes that empowering women and girls with educational and economic opportunities and securing their health and human rights is one of the best investments we can make for families, communities, and the world. It works with NGO, corporate and government partners … [Read more...] about United Nations Foundation
A list of 20 Foundations Supporting Women Empowerment Projects
360,000 Women die during pregnancy and childbirth; 14 million adolescent girls become mothers every year. Women represent nearly two thirds of the world's illiterate, 31 million girls are still out of school around the world, The completion rates and learning levels of girls are lower than those of … [Read more...] about A list of 20 Foundations Supporting Women Empowerment Projects
Grameen Foundation
Grameen Foundation established in 1997 aims to improve lives of poor people and also it focuses on providing access to essential financial services and information on agriculture and health. Areas of Interest: Women & Gender Food & Nutrition Livelihood Poverty … [Read more...] about Grameen Foundation
Center for International Private Enterprise
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is to strengthen democracy around the globe through private enterprise and market-oriented reform. CIPE was founded on the idea that economic freedom and political freedom are intertwined and that progress and development comes through a … [Read more...] about Center for International Private Enterprise
