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This time 4 years ago, I’d recently been diagnosed with #fibroids. This time 3 years ago, I was suffering from fibroids without a plan. This time 2 years ago, I was encouraged not to live with fibroids for much longer. This time 1 year ago, I was fibroids free and had begun #TheFibroidsAgendaFund to mediate financial burdens of women’s pre-op, removal procedures, and/or post-op care. Today, 3 women (and counting) have been supported by the fund, and I have begun #CLOCHATS to continue to share survivor stories, and expand fundraising for fibroids #advocacy, #policy change, #research, and #care. #BeTheChange #WomensHistory #InRealLife #PublicHealth #BlackMaternalHealth #Awareness #Philanthropy #Healthequity #Leadership #Fundraising

Finding a happy medium can be a challenge for funders strategically investing in grassroots organizations. These findings highlight the relationship between unrestricted multi-year funding, organizational impact, and racial equity efforts. https://lnkd.in/eYp_Y-b5

Every election year, the money comes in too late for many small grassroots orgs trying to reduce barriers to #voting, combat misinformation, & protect the right to #vote. 🎉 This year, WGF joined with funder catalysts Democracy Fund, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund and 170 other foundations, advisors, and donors in the AllByApril.org campaign, to get more money to dedicated pro-democracy organizations earlier in the season. Read more about this effort—and why it matters: https://lnkd.in/e5jK3v8u

What did I learn venturing from the business world into the NGO ecosystem ? In 2017, I founded Stand For Women an NGO dedicated to women’s economic empowerment and promoting sisterhood. ✅ Moving into the NGO ecosystem was eye-opening, I realized that, as a business person, my “busyness” was making me disconnected from the pains of my community. ✅ I also realized how much NGOs can learn from the business world by adopting best practices, in governance, financial management or marketing. ✅ Another realization was that, for both businesses and NGOs, engaging in ground work is the ultimate reality check. A pivotal moment for Stand For Women is featured in the below repost/video: when we started our ground action in support of women-owned businesses, after the Beirut port explosion. We never stopped our ground work since then. ✅ Creating successful dialogue and/or partnerships between businesses and NGOs is crucial today to address societal challenges. What is your experience around it? Share it with us! #community #NGOs #socialresponsibility

The most commonly referenced reports are a few years old now, but they say that for every dollar a white man owns, women overall own 32 cents . Black and Latinx women? Just one penny. Read more from Ellevest here: https://loom.ly/mod6ZM0. The Charitable Payraise is working to help change this with our patented approach. Learn more at https://loom.ly/XumeNKY.

It's so exciting to see how nonprofits are building power to foment change strategically using (c)4 status.

In our latest Women in Safe Homes fund social impact report 2023/24, we’ve included the voice of one of our expert housing partners, Sheffield Women's Aid (SWA), hearing from their CEO, Hollie Venn, about why they partnered with the fund Hollie explains how she recognised the constant need for more accommodation for women escaping domestic abuse and saw the fund as an opportunity to directly manage properties, giving SWA greater autonomy and resulting in better outcomes and services for domestic abuse survivors. The fund is buying SWA a mix of two- and three-bedroom properties, ideal for families where staying in a refuge can be more challenging. Hollie goes on to explain how these homes are a literal lifeline for some women who leave abusive relationships. Find out more about how the fund is working with SWA, and its other housing partners, and the impact this is having on the lives of women and children needing a safe place to call home, here: https://ow.ly/3gxf50SWM1b #SocialImpactReport #DomesticAbuseSurvivors #SafeHomes #SafePlaceToCallHome

"Now is the time for organizations committed to racial equity to intentionally continue engaging in their work." Thank you to Confluence Philanthropy for the opportunity for our CEO Erika Seth Davies to contribute a guest blog based on a recent panel, "How Can Investors Turn the Heat on the DEI Chilling Effect," highlighting steps forward for values-aligned investors to commit to racial equity. These include: 💠 Including racial equity as part of the investment policy statement 💠 Soliciting buy-in from all parts of the organization in racial equity investing 💠 Building partnerships with community organizations, nonprofits, and other stakeholders Read on: https://lnkd.in/ebQhnthp #investing #impactinvesting #catalyticcapital #dei

[ ESG commitment 1 - Guaranteeing access to the law ] ⚖️ The International Day of #Democracy was held on 15 September.   ♻️ To mark the event, Lefebvre Sarrut restated its unwavering support for the rule of law and the European democratic model, fundamental to our business and our purpose of enabling knowledge for a fairer, more efficient and sustainable society. 📕 Facilitating access to the law for all while ensuring the long-term future of our company represents a major challenge we are tackling every day. We commit to guaranteeing access to the law by offering legal, tax and regulatory knowledge.   🌍 In 2023, our actions made a significant impact: ➤ More than 34 million people in Europe accessed the law thanks to our resources available free online or at fair prices. ➤ We donated €300,000 to charitable initiatives helping populations in need, such as refugees or inmates. ➤ We carried out campaigns to raise awareness of the law, and defend the rule of law and democracy among the general public, particularly young citizens. 📃 Find out more here: ➥ https://lnkd.in/eD-_BCYP