Lessons from The Women's Foundation: equal access philanthropy, giving as activism, and more.

I came to Washington Area Women’s Foundation thinking that, somewhat naively, it focused solely on service work. What I discovered instead was an exemplary

Polaris Project on Fox news explaining how youth human trafficking hits home.

Although many can conjure an image of human trafficking in other countries far from our own homes, the reality is that human trafficking is

FLY makes fashionable television appearance!

On Saturday night, Fashion Fusion in Washington, D.C. will bring together the hottest local fashion designers and a fun way to give back to

How a strategic plan can change a woman's life.

A strategic plan for a nonprofit can change a woman’s life. We can prove it. Computer C.O.R.E. (CORE), which helps low-income adults acquire the

"Spring" cleaning clears a pathway to summer planning.

Here at The Women’s Foundation, we’ve had four new staff members join us just in the past month, inspiring a lot of shuffling, organizing

See where we're investing more than half a million dollars!

The Women’s Foundation is proud to announce that the board of directors has recently approved grants totaling $645,500 to be invested in the Washington

Phyllis Caldwell: Charity not a luxury, but a necessity, in tough economic times.

In the June 20, 2008 edition of the Washington Business Journal, Phyllis Caldwell, president of The Women’s Foundation, addressed the need to give–and to give

Feeling financially strapped? Try giving your money away.

No, really. That’s what Kimberly Palmer advises in her column at U.S. News. "While it may sound like a crazy time to talk about

Going on 13: Four girls. Four years. The change of a lifetime.

If there were any rules about documentary filmmaking, we probably broke them all. One social worker, one filmmaker and one very ambitious idea: to

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