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Women's Funding Alliance

Justice, health and opportunity for women and girls.

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Who We Fund

Since 1983, WFA has been promoting justice, health and opportunity for women and girls in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. Through its grantmaking program, WFA is a catalyst for social change by investing in organizations that serve and advocate for women and girls.

What we like to fund: Women's Funding Alliance supports organizations that increase political, economic and social opportunities for women and girls. Because we understand that women and girls are severely underserved, we invest in long-term, social-change efforts that address a broad range of needs. WFA funds organizations of various sizes and capacity, though priority is sometimes given to emerging organizations with smaller budgets.

WFA supports efforts that address and alleviate the root causes of issues impacting women and girls. We believe that evidence of this long-term change can be measured through a variety of shifts. These include:

  1. Shift in Definitions or Reframing. A particular issue is viewed differently in your community or the larger society as a result of your work.
  2. Shift in Individual or Community Behavior. Specific behavior changes in an individual or the community you serve occur as a result of your work.
  3. Shift in Critical Mass/EngagementPeople in your community or the larger society have become more engaged as a result of your work
  4. Shift in Institutions/Policy. A specific organizational, local, regional, state, national or international policy or practice is changed as a result of your work.
  5. Maintaining Current Position/Holding the Line. You’ve been able to maintain earlier progress on an issue in the face of opposition.

We welcome applications from non-profit organizations that:

  • Have missions or programs specifically focused on serving women and girls.
  • Maintain values similar to WFA’s; including equity, collaboration, respect, anti-oppression, accountability, worth and empowerment of women.
  • Have women and/or girls in positions of leadership.
  • Serve women and girls in the Puget Sound region of Washington State (defined as the following counties: Clallam, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom).
  • Operate in Washington State.