Powerful testimony on poverty inspires hope for positive change in D.C.

Last week, Washington Area Women’s Foundation and several of our Grantee Partners testified at an incredible DC City Council Roundtable Hearing called “Poverty Issues:

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

Stepping Stones Research Update: January 2008

As part of our ongoing commitment–in partnership with The Urban Institute–to providing information and resources related to the goals of Stepping Stones, please find

Taking The Women's Foundation to new heights in 2008!

How great it is to ring in 2008 at The Women’s Foundation! I am thrilled to be here, and very much appreciate the warm,

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

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