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Congratulations to Women's Foundation of Arkansas' CEO Anna Beth Gorman, one of 60 Scholars who form the Presidential Leadership Scholars’ (PLS) ninth class. PLS serves as a catalyst for a diverse network of leaders to collaborate and create change. Learn more here.

Please join us in congratulating The Women's Foundation of Colorado's President and CEO Lauren Y. Casteel, who received a Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal for public and community service. Read more here.

Join us in welcoming Sarah Gonzalez as Interim CEO at Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona. With a strong background in Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) practices, Gonzalez brings a wealth of experience and a passion for building healthy communities where everyone can thrive. 

Please join us in welcoming Emily Bush as the new Director of Vermont Women's Fund. Bush brings 16 years of experience working in development with a focus on creating opportunities for women and girls. Please also join us in thanking outgoing Director Meg Smith who led the Women's Fund for a decade. Read more here.

Registration is open for Women's Foundation California's 2024 Funders Policy Institute, an immersive learning program focused on increasing philanthropic resources to support policy advocacy advancing racial, economic, and gender justice throughout California.

The Women's Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2024-25 grant cycle. For this cycle, grant funds will be designated to support organizational transformation to benefit gender and racial equity within the greater Cincinnati region, and within the organizations that work on key issue areas in the economic mobility and self-sufficiency spaces. Interested nonprofits can learn more, download the RFP guidelines, and apply here.

In her new bestseller, "Fundraising Without Burnout: Radically Reimagining Philanthropy to Transform Your Impact," Radha Friedman shines a light on why burnout rates are soaring, how burnout is gendered, and why fundraisers are being hit hardest. A love letter to everyone who does social change work, the book offers a feminist lens and critique of how many of the “best practices” we’ve been taught are actually toxic, and how oppressive systems are designed to exhaust you to keep the status quo in place.

Join Women's Foundation of Minnesota as they release the 2024 Status of Women and Girls+ in Minnesota in collaboration with the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy. The report is the leading research in the state that shows how women, girls, and gender-expansive people are faring in economics, safety, health, and leadership.

March 6, 2024 | 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. CST | Register here

Join The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade for the release of their transformative Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2024. The event will gather with leaders from diverse industries across The Fund's four pillars to discuss how the Gender Equity Index and access to gendered data is valuable to their work and in making Miami-Dade County a more equitable community.

March 7, 2024 | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. EST | Register here

Join MADRE and their partners for Climate Breakdown: Feminist Responses to Armed Violence, Extractive Industries, and Forced Migration, an event discussing feminist peacebuilders' efforts to seek climate and gender justice while advocating for restorative energy systems as a transformative tool for sustainable equity at the Church Center of the United Nations. The event will explore how climate breakdown is fueled by economic models that favor extractive industries, which in turn drive armed violence, forcibly displace communities, and undermine the livelihoods and rights of women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people around the world. Spanish interpretation will be available.

March 11, 2024 | 10:30 a.m. EDT | Register here

I Be Black Girl and the UNO College of Business Administration Prep Academy are hosting the Black Girls Lead in Business Summit, a free business learning summit that is focused on entrepreneurship for Black girls aged 14 - 19. Students will learn about basic entrepreneurship and innovation concepts, develop a business plan, win prizes, and more.

March 12, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CDT |
Register here

Join Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises/Fund for Congolese Women and Solidarité Féminine pour la paix et le Développement intégral (SOFEPADI) as they share their experiences on the impact of the work as women's rights organizations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Learn about their transformative women's actions in conflict zones, empowerment, and gender equality. This event will take place at the Armenian Cultural Center located at 630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016 during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).

March 12, 2024 | 12:30 p.m. EDT

Join Fairfield Community Foundation's Fund for Women and Girls for an inspiring event featuring broadcast journalist, Jane Pauley. Come together for cocktails and conversation, and learn about the Fund's work.

April 11, 2024 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. EDT | Register here

Join Women's Fund of Central Ohio for a night of inspiration and impact at Keyholder 2024 featuring Joy Harjo and Maggie Smith.

April 25, 2024 | 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. EDT | Register here

Registration for EPIP's 2024 conference is open. Reconnect, Revive & Rise is designed to support the learning, connections, and inspiration that early- and mid-career professionals desire.

June 3-5, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CDT | Register here

The California Wellness Foundation is hiring for an Accounting Manager to join their finance and accounting team. To learn more and apply, click here.

CHANGE Philanthropy has launched recruitment for the the 2024 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) survey. The DAPP Survey and Report help the philanthropic community better understand its workforce and leadership. The fourth edition of the DAPP Survey will illuminate the experiences of the philanthropic workforce across a diverse array of identity frames: race/ethnicity, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability status, religious affiliation, and more. Sign your #foundation up by March 15. 

The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers has released a new report, "Working While Caring: Innovations and Interventions to Support Caregivers
in the Workplace."

Building Movement Project's report, The Push and Pull: Declining Interest in Nonprofit Leadership, captures insights form more than 3,000 nonprofit staff on various factors related to their aspiration to top leadership roles and delves into the experiences of current nonprofit leaders.

Child Trends released its highly anticipated A 100-year Review of Research on Black Families, a report that explores the ways in which social science research focused on Black families has changed over 10 decades. Organized into two volumes—Volume 1: 1920 to 1969 and Volume II: 1970 to 2019—lead authors Chrishana M. Lloyd and Mavis Sanders consider each era’s social, political, and economic contexts to use the past to develop lessons for the future.

Liberty Hill’s new Liberation Fund will be hosting an online funder briefing. This event will illuminate the potential pathway for Los Angeles County to become the largest jurisdiction in the nation to end the incarceration of girls and gender-expansive youth. 

March 13, 2024 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PDT | Register here

French Lawmakers Vote to Enshrine Abortion Rights in Constitution — The New York Times

Strongmen and Violence: Interlinkages of Anti-Feminism and Anti-Democratic Developments — Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy

Beyond Trust-Based Philanthropy: Ms. Foundation Report Advocates for Care-Based Giving — Inside Philanthropy

As Putin Cracks Down on LGBTQ+ Communities Philanthropy Needs to Step Up — Urgent Action Fund

Lady Justice Martha Koome: First Woman Chief Justice of Kenya — I Am Nala Podcast