Google searches for the yes in grantmaking.

We’ve talked in the past about the sometimes daunting feeling, particularly in our own individual giving, of feeling powerless to really affect much change

Tell us how you'd invest $5,000 in our community.

Bummed that the writer’s strike meant no Golden Globes this year? Miss the glitz and glamor of the red carpet? Well, we may not

Baby Boomers & Gen Xers: Survey reports on how women's philanthropy is aging.

The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports today in its article, "Giving where it counts: survey studies women philanthropists," that The Falconer Group has just released

Economic security: looking beyond income to assets.

Today, the Urban Institute posted more of the answer in their report, The Balance Sheets of Low-Income Households: What We Know About Their Assets

Phyllis Caldwell is New at the Top!

2008 is a new year for us all, and particularly for The Women’s Foundation as we head into it with a new leader at

What's the state of (women's) philanthropy in our region?

Washington Grantmakers just released its annual giving report, "Our Region, Our Giving 2007." I haven’t had a chance to look over the whole report

Pressed and stressed? Give up holiday shopping and just give.

I was recently inspired by a Courant article, "Giving, But Not Gifts," about how Ray Dalio, a hedge fund exec whose net worth totals

Wal-mart markets child trafficking?

Okay, this is almost too much. Evidently, you can go into a Wal-Mart store and purchase underwear for a pre-teen girl that says, "Who

Announcing the 2007 Leadership Awardees!

But first, a little FAQ about the Leadership Awards! What are the Leadership Awards?In 1998, The Women’s Foundation made $17,500 in grants, in the

Ayuda partners with The Women's Foundation to shatter myths about domestic violence.

Ayuda, a Grantee Partner, featured The Women’s Foundation’s support of Ayuda’s work with immigrant women facing domestic violence in their most recent issue of

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