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You can be part of our grantmaking process!

The Boston Women’s Fund is recruiting women to join our Allocations Committee.  The committee reads and discusses grant proposals, conducts site visits, and recommends organizations to the Board for funding.  Board members review the recommendations and finalize the process through a vote.

No prior experience with grantmaking is necessary.  The women who comprise the committee have a diverse range of experiences. We encourage women of all ages, backgrounds, ethnicities, as well as sexual identifications and orientations to apply. We strongly encourage social and economic justice activists, community members, and feminists/womanists to apply.

2012 Allocations Track B
2012 Allocations Committee Members

The commitment of committee members is to attend an orientation on Sunday, March 8, 2015, read assigned proposals, then attend two subsequent all-day meetings, either on Saturdays, April 11 and May 16, or Sundays, April 12 and  May 17, and attend to visits with grant applicants.

If you or a woman you know is interested in being part of this year’s allocations process, please contact Amy Leung at amy@bostonwomensfund.org or 617.725.0035 Ext 3002.  Allocations committee members help provide the grantee community of women and girl-led organizations the opportunity to create a better world.

For more information about the Boston Women’s Fund, check out our website at www.bostonwomensfund.org.

Thank you for help!

Warm Regards,

Catherine Joseph

Executive Director

Grantmaking

BWF joins Philanthropy’s Promise

The Boston Women’s Fund, Inc.

“Philanthropy’s Promise” Statement

The Boston Women’s Fund (BWF) is a progressive foundation that supports community based organizations and grassroots initiatives run by women and girls in order to create a society based on racial, economic and social justice. We strive for a world free of racism, sexism, poverty and other oppressions.

At least 95% of our grants support low-income women; women of color; women with disabilities; lgbtq community; immigrant women; elder women and girls who are working to create a society based on racial, economic, and social justice. The Boston Women’s Fund raises money from a broad base of donors across economic backgrounds to provide grants and develop programs that strengthen the grassroots initiatives and leadership of women and girls.

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