Women Donors Network (WDN)

Grantmaking: wdn funded 107 organizations and projects through its grantmaking program in 2023. The organization's grantmaking centered racial, gender, climate, and economic justice, and grantmaking activities included a collaborative funding initiative to support racial justice; strategic funding through three initiatives called impact collectives, which are designed to enable the organization's Donors to learn and fund collaboratively in three overarching strategic areas, including a safe and sustainable future, participation and representation, and opportunity and equality; and support for the emergent fund, which the organization co-founded and which provides rapid response support for frontline communities responding to urgent crises and opportunities to build power. Wdn also continued grantmaking through the abortion bridge collaborative fund, which seeks to advance reproductive justice and ensure enduring, legal access to abortion care in the us.

Educational programs: wdn offered its educational programs for Women Donors in person and online in 2023, including a learning series in which participants focused on their individual and collective commitment to antiracism and catalyzing change within their spheres of influence, webinars on other timely topics related to wdn's grantmaking and social justice strategies, and regional meetings where Donors gathered for learning and networking opportunities. Wdn held its annual conference, "wdn connect: 2023," which was offered both in person in charlotte, north carolina and online for virtual participants, with 125 attendees who gathered to hear from visionary Women movement leaders, learn from each other, and build community.

Reflective democracy campaign: the campaign continued to work toward a democracy where all of us are reflected in the halls of power, by investigating and illuminating the demographics of elected officials and candidates in the united states, and making this data available to the public through its website, infographics, and reports, and by supporting efforts to defend democracy against rising authoritarianism. During 2023, the campaign made $600,000 in grants to 6 organizations that are building community power and working to preserve democratic institutions and democracy.