WFN is in an exciting period of transformation as we launch and grow several key programmatic and business initiatives.

Positions at WFN are crafted to support a geographically diverse membership and network based in various time zones. As a small team, we support collaboration and thrive as an organization when each person has the opportunity to share their perspectives and shape our messaging and positioning. 

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Senior Manager, Strategic Philanthropy

Project Manager, Capital Leverage

WFN Members

WFN Membership Renewals

Our network is only as strong as the people and organizations who are a part of it. Join us in appreciating our members who have renewed for 2023. WFN’s 2022 members have been emailed 2023 membership information, but if you are expecting communication on membership renewal but have not received anything, or if you have questions about membership or would like additional information, please contact us.

Aurora Women and Girls Foundation
Beyond Our Borders
Australians Investing in Women
A Fund for Women of the Madison Community Foundation
Canadian Women's Foundation
Frontline Women’s Fund
Iowa Women's Foundation
Kentucky Foundation for Women
Maria Lemus
NewMexicoWomen.org
PRBB
Pro Mujer
Radha Friedman
Robyn Mazur
The Women's Foundation of Colorado
The Women's Foundation of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Tuti Scott
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
WNY Women's Foundation
Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Women's Foundation of Boston
Women's Fund for the Fox Valley Region
Women's Fund of Greater Fort Wayne
Women's Fund of Omaha
Working for Women

Please also join us in welcoming new WFN members

Allison Summers
Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat
Jenny Davidson-Goldbronn
Sam Hicks

The Washington America Women's Foundation is searching for its new Executive Director. To learn more about the position, click here.

The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM) has selected Shante K. Avant as its new President and CEO. Avant has served the nonprofit sector for more than 26 years. She joined the Women’s Foundation as the Director of Grants and Programs in 2008. In 2011 she was promoted to Vice President and played a critical role in overseeing day-to-day operations, building relationships with community partners, and collaborating with local and national partners. To read more, click here. 

Please help us welcome the new Director for Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls, Mary Grace Pagaduan. In this role, Mary Grace will execute FCCF’s long-term strategic plan for the Fund for Women and Girls. Prior to joining the Community Foundation, Mary Grace worked for Afya Foundation in Yonkers, NY where she spent the last 5 years as Director of Volunteer Programs. During her time there, she managed the organizations volunteer program; coordinating over 3,000 volunteers to sort, pack, and ship medical supplies to medically underserved areas in over 79 countries. To learn more about Mary Grace, click here. 

Welcome Yamani Yansá Hernandez, the incoming Interim Executive Director for Groundswell Action Fund. Yamani is a visionary and transformative leader committed to the balance of rigor and compassion. She has 25 years of experience in the social sector at neighborhood, city, state, and national levels and is overjoyed to bring her leadership learnings to Groundswell Fund as Interim Executive Director. To learn more about her, click here.

Carrie Crompton, Executive Director of the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis, recently joined KMOX to share about the Women’s Foundation’s work acting as a catalyst for workplace, individual, and policy change to advance women’s economic success.

Sometime in 2023, all Australians will be asked to vote in a referendum to enshrine a First Nations Voice to parliament in our national constitution. This referendum represents a hopeful turning point for the nation — but in order for it to be successful, they need everyone involved in the conversation, listening and learning. In this panel, they will  discuss:

• What the Voice is, and why First Nations people are calling for it
• How we got here — reckoning with the past in order to shape a better future
• Actions you can take to unite your friends, family and community behind the Voice

Hear from proud Kamilaroi woman Nadina Brockhurst (BP Australia); proud Yiman and Gangulu woman Kara Keys (From the Heart); and Jon Faine AM (journalist, author and former ABC broadcaster). This panel will be moderated by Mary Crooks AO (Victorian Women's Trust) Project Director for Together, Yes.

March 1, 2023 | 6:00pm-7:00pm PST | Register here

Opportunities and Resources

Join the Spring 2023 Leader Cohort of Invest for Better. Invest for Better Circles are facilitated by volunteer Leaders who want to activate their capital for good and build a community to help other women achieve their own goals for positive impact. Invest for Better manages 2 cohorts of Circles per year, supporting the Circle leaders with training, camaraderie, and support throughout. To learn more, click here.

Native Americans in Philanthropy is hosting a series of Member Education Sessions, where nonprofits, philanthropy, emerging leaders, and Native communities gather for discussions and collaborative action for building philanthropy rooted in Native traditions and values. On February 23 at 1:00 pm ET, join moderator Stephine “Steph” Poston and philanthropic changemakers, Sutton King, the Hon. Tammi Lambert, and Darius Lee Smith as they share their personal experiences and discuss how philanthropy can better understand and support the issues facing our Black and Afro-Indigenous relatives. To register, click here.

The Women's Philanthropy Institute will host a virtual launch of new research, Moving Money and Shifting Power for Social Justice: Voices of Wealthy Next-Gen Donors, which explores the motivations, behaviors, and challenges of young, affluent, social justice-minded philanthropists.

They will sit down with leading fundraisers, donors and thinkers in the social justice space to discuss the research findings. The conversation will help fundraisers better understand how young, wealthy donors give to social justice, and how the report insights can strengthen their fundraising efforts and donor relations. Donors will walk away with practical insights into social justice giving and how they can impact unjust systems. 

February 28, 2023 | 3:00pm EST | Register here

Collective Power for Reproductive Justice is hosting a Zoom discussion with leaders in reproductive justice and healthcare who are tackling racial health disparities both locally and nationally and creating models to support health equity. Panelists will include: Nashira Baril (Neighborhood Birth Center), Lilly Marcelin (Resilient Sisterhood Project), and Marisa Pizii (Collective Power for Reproductive Justice). The conversation will be facilitated by Natanja Craig-Oquendo (Boston Women’s Fund). 

February 28, 2023 | 7:00am PST | Register here

Rhia Ventures is hosting a webinar: At the Intersection of Private Enterprise & Reproductive and Maternal Health Equity: Introduction to Our Strategic Road Map, featuring Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, historian and author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology. Rhia Ventures CEO Erika Seth Davies and senior leadership will provide an overview of the organization’s vision and new strategic plan. Dr. Cooper Owens will provide critical historical context for the current state of reproductive and maternal health in America. 

March 9, 2023 | 12:00pm EST | Register here

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