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The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio Launches Enduring Progress Initiative to Target Systemic Barriers to Gender and Racial Equity

01.26.2021

Zora’s House will receive The Women’s Fund’s largest investment ever Columbus, OHIO – Marking its 20th anniversary, The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio is launching Enduring Progress, a groundbreaking initiative that will target the woefully inadequate funding devoted to breaking down systemic barriers and creating meaningful social change. The Enduring Progress Initiative will initially prioritize…

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Black Women and Wealth

01.04.2021

From Mollard Consulting: The gender and racial wealth gap affects all women’s potential for economic empowerment and leadership, but especially women of color. We’re proud to feature Sophia Fifner, Board Member of The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio, and her personal perspective on findings from The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio’s gender and racial wealth gap report.

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7 Things We Learned This Year

12.30.2020

1. Women deserve more. Hundreds of thousands of women have been forced out of their jobs because of the unpaid labor they must provide to subsidize our country’s economy.  The pandemic has caused a “she-cession” that threatens to erase at least a generation’s worth of progress for women in the workplace. We must invest more…

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A Note to Our Community

11.07.2020

The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio acknowledges and celebrates Kamala Harris, the first woman, Black woman, and South Asian woman to become vice president of the United States. We celebrate the record numbers of Black Women, Latinx women, Native women,  and LGBTQIA people who not only ran for office in 2020, but made history by…

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The Big Table Conversation Toolkit

10.06.2020

The Big Table is a day of community building designed to bolster connection in these challenging times through conversation, assistance, and action. Our conversations may look different this year – some on Zoom, some six feet apart – but the connections we build can still create social change. At The Women’s Fund, we apply a…

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Welcome new Board Members!

09.30.2020

We are excited to introduce our new Board Members, Letha Pugh and Rebecca Wiggins! Letha and Rebecca bring unmatched passion, expertise, and perspective to our Board and we are looking forward to creating social change with them in the years to come. Continue reading to learn more about each of them and join us in…

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2020 Summer Intern Spotlight

09.09.2020

Get to know our 2020 Summer Interns Noor Alshafie Noor is a senior at The Ohio State University studying International Studies and Public Management, Leadership, and Policy from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. Tell us about your internship experience with The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio. My internship experience this summer at The…

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The 19th Amendment: A jumping-off point

08.17.2020

By Nia Law, WFCO Intern, Senior at Columbus Academy, Student Activist On August 18th, 2020, the ratification of the 19th Amendment will reach its centennial. In the context of the cultural reckoning many Americans have faced in the past few months, I spoke with five community members of differing identities, ages, and backgrounds to gain…

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Announcing our 2020 Immediate Impact Grant Partners

08.14.2020

INVESTING IN EQUITY The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio is proud to announce that we have made immediate impact grants to 19 organizations and initiatives on the frontlines of COVID-19 serving women and girls in central Ohio. In a true grassroots effort, we mobilized the community to show up and invest in the women and…

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Holding the line and pushing for progress

05.04.2020

A Letter from Kelley Griesmer, President & CEO Dear Changemakers, As we move into another month of the COVID-19 crisis, The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio is here for you as a resource, advocate, and partner. Increasingly, reports show that the pandemic and the resulting economic crisis impose a greater adverse effect on women and girls,…

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Applying a gender and racial lens to funding COVID-19 response

04.28.2020

This blog post first appeared in Philanthropy Ohio’s blog on April 27, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the way of life for most people. As many of us adjust to the new demands of life, women, are confronting the greatest impacts and setbacks. History has repeatedly shown us gender and race powerfully influence experience during a crisis….

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2020 Grants: More funding than ever invested in programs serving women of color

12.18.2019

The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio announced today its largest annual grants investment to date with a total of $335,500 going to 28 grant partners in 2020. Programs awarded funding are creating social change for women and girls through economic empowerment and leadership development opportunities in central Ohio. Since 2002, The Women’s Fund has made…

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