activities · 19
what they do
direct service · 2
- Grantmaking to Grassroots Feminist Organizations Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingProvides unrestricted, multi-year general operating support grants to grassroots feminist organizations globally, with 81% of grants directed to organizations operating in repressive societies where civil society is obstructed. This includes crisis funding for short-term response, medium-term rebuilding, and long-term resilience.
- Grantmaking to grassroots feminist organizations Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingProvides unrestricted, multi-year general operating support grants to grassroots feminist organizations, with 81% of funding directed to groups operating in repressive societies where civil society is obstructed. The organization conducts full grantmaking operations including application review, grantee selection, due diligence, payment processing, and report analysis.
advocacy · 4
- Advocacy and narrative change Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingConducts advocacy by sharing human-centered stories, engaging audiences, influencing donor practices, and reframing narratives around gender justice. Also includes convening feminist leaders to explore systemic issues such as corruption and collective responses.
- Advocacy and narrative change Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingConducts advocacy by sharing human-centered stories, influencing donor practices, and reframing public narratives around gender justice. Includes convening feminist leaders, such as an advisory group on corruption, and engaging audiences to shift power dynamics.
- Advocacy and narrative change Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingConducts advocacy by sharing human-centered stories, engaging audiences, influencing donor practices, and reframing narratives around gender justice. Also includes convening feminist leaders, such as an advisory group on corruption and feminist responses.
- Advocacy for Gender Justice Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingConducts advocacy by sharing human-centered stories, engaging audiences, influencing donor practices, and reframing narratives around gender justice. This includes supporting efforts to end sexual and gender-based violence in Perú and convening advisory groups to explore issues like corruption and feminist responses.
research · 4
- Research and data-driven feminist support Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingConducts research by collecting and analyzing feedback from grassroots feminist organizations, including a report based on input from over 700 groups across eight pilot countries. Uses the Gender Justice Data Hub to identify and support emerging feminist movements in early stages.
- Research and data-driven feminist support Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingConducts research to inform grantmaking and movement support, including publishing reports based on feedback from over 700 grassroots feminist organizations across eight pilot countries. Uses the Gender Justice Data Hub to identify and support emerging feminist movements in their early stages.
- Research and data-driven feminist support Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingConducts research to inform grantmaking and movement support, including publishing reports based on feedback from over 700 grassroots feminist organizations across eight pilot countries. Uses the Gender Justice Data Hub to identify and support emerging feminist movements in early stages.
- Research on Grassroots Feminist Organizations Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingPublishes reports based on feedback from grassroots feminist organizations, such as a report with insights from over 700 organizations across eight pilot countries.
capacity building · 9
- Capacity Building for Feminist MovementsOffers crisis grants to feminist organizations responding to health crises, political upheavals, and natural disasters, having awarded over $18 million to 450 organizations across 85 countries since 2014. The organization also evaluates the impact of grantee partners, facilitates gatherings among grantees, and engages adolescent girls in feminist leadership and gender justice activism in Cameroon.
- Capacity Building for Feminist MovementsOffers crisis grants to feminist organizations responding to health crises, political upheavals, and natural disasters, having awarded over $18 million to 450 organizations across 85 countries since 2014. The organization also evaluates the impact of grantee partners, facilitates gatherings, and supports emerging feminist movements using the Gender Justice Data Hub.
- Crisis funding for feminist organizationsProvides flexible crisis grants to feminist organizations responding to health crises, political upheavals, and natural disasters, supporting short-term response, medium-term rebuilding, and long-term resilience. Since 2014, awarded over $18 million in crisis grants to 450 organizations across 85 countries.
- Crisis funding for feminist organizationsHas awarded over $18 million in crisis grants since 2014 to 450 organizations across 85 countries, providing flexible funding for short-term response, medium-term rebuilding, and long-term resilience in the face of health crises, political upheavals, and natural disasters.
- Feminist leadership and movement building Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingEngages and supports feminist-led social movements and grassroots organizers in countries including Cameroon, Lebanon, Sudan, Iraq, Chile, the Caribbean, Pacific, Perú, Palestine/Israel, East Africa, and India through funding, convening, and capacity development. Activities include advancing gender justice via protesting, organizing, marching, and feminist leadership development for adolescent girls.
- Feminist leadership and movement building Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingEngages adolescent girls and feminist leaders in gender justice activism and leadership development in countries including Cameroon, Lebanon, Sudan, Iraq, Chile, and across regions such as the Caribbean, Pacific, Perú, Palestine/Israel, East Africa, and India. Supports feminist-led movements in protesting, organizing, and advancing gender equality.
- Feminist leadership and movement building Grassroots Women's Advocacy and Capacity BuildingEngages and supports feminist-led social movements and grassroots organizers in countries including Cameroon, Lebanon, Sudan, Iraq, Chile, the Caribbean, Pacific, Perú, Palestine/Israel, East Africa, and India through funding, convening, and capacity development. Activities include advancing gender justice via protesting, organizing, marching, and feminist leadership development.
- Grantee impact evaluation and convening Convening & Movement-Building for Social JusticeEvaluates the impact of grantee partners and facilitates gatherings among grantees to strengthen collective learning and movement cohesion.
- Grantee support and impact evaluation Convening & Movement-Building for Social JusticeEvaluates the impact of grantee partners and facilitates gatherings among grantees to strengthen collective learning and movement cohesion.
strategies · 38
how they think
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- #MoreToMovements Initiative for Under-Resourced Movements movement-led_approachIncreases funding and support to under-resourced gender justice movements through a dedicated initiative that shifts resources and autonomy to frontline communities.
- Application of Feminist Funding Principles Across Operations feminist_funding_principlesEmbeds feminist funding principles into all organizational decision-making and interactions, ensuring alignment between internal practices and external grantmaking values.
- Bold Gender Justice Movement Funding gender justice movement fundingSupports ambitious, expansive gender justice movements with the goal of achieving lasting systemic change, particularly through initiatives like #MoreToMovements that increase funding to under-resourced movements.
- Bold and Expansive Gender Justice Movement Funding gender justice movement fundingSupports ambitious, large-scale gender justice movements with the goal of achieving lasting systemic change by funding collective action and structural transformation.
- Data-Informed Feminist Movement Support data-informed movement supportCombines data analysis from the Gender Justice Data Hub with on-the-ground input to identify, understand, and strategically support emerging and underfunded feminist movements.
- Data-Informed Movement Support data-informed movement supportCombines data analysis from the Gender Justice Data Hub with on-the-ground input to identify and strategically support emerging feminist movements.
- Data-Informed Movement Support and Crisis Response data-informed movement supportCombines data analysis from the Gender Justice Data Hub with on-the-ground input to identify and support emerging movements, while providing flexible funding before, during, and after crises to strengthen feminist resilience.
- Data-informed and crisis-responsive feminist funding feminist_crisis_responseThe organization combines data analysis from the Gender Justice Data Hub with on-the-ground input to identify and support emerging movements, and provides flexible core support during crises to address gaps in humanitarian aid across short-term response, medium-term rebuilding, and long-term resilience.
- Dual-Temporal Grantmaking Strategy short-term and long-term feminist grantmakingCombines short-term grants for immediate needs with multi-year grants to address systemic root causes, ensuring both urgent response and sustained movement-building.
- Feminist Crisis Response Funding feminist crisis responseDelivers flexible, core support funding to local feminist organizations during and after crises, enabling short-term response, medium-term rebuilding, and long-term resilience in humanitarian emergencies.
- Feminist Crisis Response Funding feminist crisis responseProvides flexible core support to local feminist organizations during and after crises, funding short-term response, medium-term rebuilding, and long-term resilience to address gaps in traditional humanitarian aid.
- Feminist Funding Principles Across Operations feminist_funding_principlesApplies feminist funding principles—such as trust, flexibility, and power-sharing—not only in grantmaking but across all organizational interactions and decision-making processes.
- Feminist Funding Principles Integration feminist_funding_principlesApplies feminist funding principles—such as trust, flexibility, and power-sharing—not only in grantmaking but across all organizational practices and decision-making processes.
- Feminist, flexible, and unrestricted funding feminist_philanthropyThe organization applies feminist philanthropy principles by providing flexible, unrestricted, multi-year general operating support to feminist activists and grassroots movements, trusting their leadership and covering the full costs of systemic change work.
- Flexible, Unrestricted Feminist Funding feminist philanthropyProvides flexible, multi-year, unrestricted general operating support to feminist activists and grassroots movements, trusting local leadership to determine how best to use resources for systemic change.
- Flexible, Unrestricted Feminist Funding feminist philanthropyProvides flexible, multi-year, unrestricted general operating support to feminist activists and grassroots movements, trusting local leaders to determine how best to use funds for systemic change.
- Flexible, Unrestricted Feminist Funding feminist philanthropyProvides flexible, multi-year, unrestricted general operating support to feminist activists and grassroots movements, trusting their leadership to allocate resources according to their needs and strategies.
- Flexible, Unrestricted Feminist Funding feminist philanthropyProvides flexible, multi-year, unrestricted general operating support to feminist activists and grassroots movements, trusting local leadership to allocate resources according to their strategic needs and contexts.
- Intersectional Feminist Approach intersectional feminismConnects gender justice with racial justice, queer justice, immigration justice, and climate justice through an intersectional feminist framework that addresses overlapping systems of oppression.
- Intersectional Feminist Framework intersectional feminismIntegrates gender justice with racial justice, queer justice, immigration justice, and climate justice to address overlapping systems of oppression through a unified feminist lens.
- Intersectional Feminist Framework intersectional feminismIntegrates gender justice with racial justice, queer justice, immigration justice, and climate justice through an intersectional feminist lens, recognizing interconnected systems of oppression as central to effective change.
- Intersectional feminist approach intersectional_feminismThe organization integrates gender justice with racial justice, queer justice, immigration justice, and climate justice through an intersectional feminist framework that centers overlapping systems of oppression.
- Movement-Led Participatory Grantmaking participatory grantmakingShifts decision-making power to grassroots gender justice leaders through participatory models where movement-nominated committees define funding priorities, award grants, and determine success metrics.
- Movement-Led Participatory Grantmaking participatory grantmakingShifts decision-making power to grassroots gender justice leaders by using participatory models where movement-nominated committees define funding priorities, allocate grants, and determine success metrics, ensuring community autonomy and leadership.
- Movement-Led Participatory Grantmaking participatory grantmakingShifts decision-making power to grassroots gender justice leaders through participatory models where movement-nominated committees define funding priorities, allocate grants, and determine success metrics, ensuring community autonomy and leadership.
- Movement-led, participatory grantmaking participatory_grantmakingThe organization uses a movement-led and participatory grantmaking model where grassroots gender justice leaders and movement-nominated committees define funding priorities, make grant decisions, and set success metrics, thereby shifting power and autonomy to frontline activists and local communities.
- Narrative Change Through Storytelling narrative change and advocacyAdvances gender justice and shifts donor practices by amplifying human-centered stories and reframing narratives led by frontline activists.
- Narrative Change Through Storytelling narrative change and advocacyAdvances gender justice by using human-centered storytelling and narrative reframing to shift public perceptions and influence donor practices toward more equitable funding models.
- Narrative Change Through Storytelling narrative change and advocacyAdvances gender justice and shifts donor practices through human-centered storytelling and narrative reframing that center the voices and experiences of frontline activists.
- Narrative Change and Advocacy Through Storytelling narrative change and advocacyAdvances gender justice and shifts donor practices by using human-centered storytelling and narrative reframing to elevate grassroots voices and reframe public understanding.
- Narrative change and advocacy through storytelling narrative_change_and_advocacyThe organization advances gender justice and influences donor practices by using human-centered storytelling and narrative reframing to shift public perception and policy.
- Systemic change through bold gender justice movement funding gender_justice_movement_fundingThe organization funds bold, ambitious, and expansive gender justice movements with the goal of achieving lasting systemic change, particularly through initiatives like #MoreToMovements that increase resources to underfunded movements.
- Targeted Grantmaking in Repressive Contexts targeted_grantmaking_in_repressive_contextsDirects funding toward feminist movements in countries with repressed or obstructed civil societies to strengthen resistance and resilience where risks are highest.
- Targeted Support for Feminist Movements in Repressive Contexts targeted_grantmaking_in_repressive_contextsDirects grantmaking toward feminist movements operating in countries with repressed or obstructed civil societies to strengthen resilience and sustain activism under threat.
- Targeted Support in Repressive Contexts targeted_grantmaking_in_repressive_contextsDirects grantmaking toward feminist movements operating in countries with repressed or obstructed civil societies, where resources are scarce and risks are high.
- Targeted Support in Repressive Contexts targeted_grantmaking_in_repressive_contextsPrioritizes funding for feminist movements operating in countries with repressed or obstructed civil societies, where risks are high and resources scarce.
- Targeted support for feminist movements in repressive contexts targeted_grantmaking_in_repressive_contextsThe organization prioritizes grantmaking to feminist movements operating in countries with repressed or obstructed civil societies, ensuring resources reach under-resourced and high-risk communities.
- Trust-Based Grassroots Empowerment trust-based, grassroots fundingOperates on the principle that trusting local partners to lead solutions in their communities generates more meaningful and lasting change than top-down interventions.
named programs · 7
what they call their work
Anti-Corruption Initiative
Funds feminist organizations addressing corruption's impact on marginalized communities, led by feminist leaders since 2022
Crisis Funding
Provides core, flexible grants to feminist groups and feminist funds on the frontlines during crises, incorporating short-term response, medium-term rebuilding, and long-term resilience
Gender Justice Data Hub
Uses data analysis to identify early-stage feminist movements in need of support, enabling timely and targeted funding
InMotion Strategic Plan 2024-2026
Organization-wide strategy to shift more money, resources, and decision-making power to gender justice movements globally
MCAT 3.0: A Movement Capacity Assessment Tool
A free online tool that helps social movements determine their needs to effectively advance their vision for social justice.
MCAT 3.0: Movement Capacity Assessment Tool
Free online tool helping social movements assess their needs to advance social justice and achieve change
Philanthropic Advocacy
Efforts to advocate for Generation Equality Forum resources to be directed to feminist groups.
relationships · 14
who they work with
- Abortion Rights in East Africa Partner — Supports abortion rights advocacy in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
- Domestic Workers Rights Movement Partner — Supports domestic workers' rights in India.
- Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Perú Partner — Supports efforts to end sexual and gender-based violence in Perú.
- Feminist Accountability Framework Partner — Collaborates on a report assessing the impact of Generation Equality for Feminist Movements.
- Feminist Action for Climate Justice in the Pacific Partner — Supports feminist climate justice action in the Pacific region.
- Feminist Alchemy Coalition — Collaborative initiative with 14 feminist funds to co-create a blueprint for feminist crisis response.
- Feminist Organizing for Climate Justice in the Caribbean Partner — Supports feminist climate justice organizing in the Caribbean region.
- Gender Justice Data Hub Partner — Collaborates with the Gender Justice Data Hub to identify and prioritize emerging feminist movements for funding.
- Generation Equality Forum Government — Advocates for resources from the Generation Equality Forum to be directed to feminist groups.
- International Museum of Women Partner — Merged with Global Fund for Women in March 2014.
- MCAT Partner — Provides MCAT, a free online Movement Capacity Assessment Tool, to help social movements assess their needs and advance social justice goals.
- Moving in Feminism with Adolescent Leaders in Action Partner — Supports adolescent feminist leaders in Cameroon.
- Palestine Feminist Anti-Violence Movement Partner — Supports feminist anti-violence efforts in Palestine and Israel.
- ‘me too.’ Global Movement Partner — Partners with the global ‘me too.’ movement to advance gender and racial justice.