New York Women's Foundation Awarded $11 Million in Grants in 2018
The New York Women's Foundation has announced that it awarded grants totaling $11 million to a hundred and seventy-five community organizations in 2018.
New initiatives launched by the foundation during the year include the Fund for the #MeToo Movement and Allies, which is focused on survivor-led organizations working to strengthen communities affected by sexual abuse, and the Justice Fund, which seeks to dismantle mass incarceration in New York City through a family-centered paradigm. Grant recipients included the New Economy Project, which is working toward an economy rooted in cooperation, equity, social and racial justice, and ecological sustainability; Girls Write Now, which encourages underserved young women to find their voice with the help of mentoring, community engagement, and the written word; and the Fostering Progressive Advocacy Foundation, which works to build the capacity of underserved communities and organizations focused on social justice issues...