Force Multipliers—Our Impact This is "Force Multipliers—Our Impact" by Women Donors Network on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

We are force multipliers, and we are fueling the future together.

Check out our latest video that explores our impact, our north star, and the incredible community that we're building together. ✨

Uniting to Fund the Fight against Authoritarianism with Leena and Vini - The Great Battlefield Podcast Leena Barakat and Rajasvini Bhansali join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their funding group's The Women Donors Network and Solidaire, and coming together to lead a new funder coalition c...

Our President & CEO Leena Barakat and Soldaire's Executive Director Rajasvini Bhansali recently sat down with Nathaniel Pearlman of the Great Battlefield Podcast to talk about the work of taking on authoritarianism and countering fear and fracture within the philanthropic sector.

Listen here:

WDN - Community and Belonging This is "WDN - Community and Belonging" by Women Donors Network on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

We're building a home to nurture the collective brilliance of our multigenerational, multiracial community. Creating a space where every member can deepen their learning and sharpen their skills, while building a more just and sustainable future.

Visit womendonorsaction.org/join-us for more info. ✨

A New Chapter: Introducing Our New Branding - Women Donors Action We’re so excited to share a new chapter for our network: the launch of our new branding reflecting who we are as a community and where we’re going together.

We’re excited to share our new branding for Women Donors Network and Women Donors Action!

Representing our guiding values—like growth, collaboration, accountability, courage, and curiosity—this new look reflects the powerful community that makes all of our impact possible.

The Block and Build Funder Coalition Is Pushing Back on Authoritarianism The coalition is bringing grantmakers and PSOs together in a united front against autocratic excesses.

"People are looking for direction. They know it's time to fight, but everyone is trying to figure out the best way to do that. And we know that it is just better to do it together."

WDN President & CEO Leena Barakat discusses the Block & Build Funder Coalition with @insidephilanthropy.com here:

Power and Possibility: The Role of Donor Organizing | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. What does a donor organizer do? For those wealthy donors, it entails recognizing the harm excessive wealth causes—and acting accordingly.

Great piece by Solidaire member Rachel Sherman on class traitors — wealthy people who use their money, connections, and influence to challenge the system that gives them those advantages.

We're proud to be mentioned as another "class traitor community!"

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Palestine at the Center: Donor Organizing as Movement Work | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. How does a donor back movements while remaining respectful of movement leaders? It starts with the recognition that donor organizing is a form of movement organizing.

WDN Member Deborah Sagner spells it out perfectly— "People of wealth who are committed to collective liberation need to move our money in service of movements, but we also need to organize our community.” We agree.

Read her story in NPQ and Solidaire’s exciting new series, Money in Movements.

Black Voters Matter Releases Statement Following Maryland Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission Recommendation — Black Voters Matter “Black Voters Matter supports the Maryland Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission’s recommendation for a new congressional map that protects the rights of Black voters and all marginalized commu...

Without fair maps, Maryland’s Black communities, working-class families, and other marginalized groups will continue to face the consequences. We’re glad to see the commission take this important step toward protecting our rights and our future.

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A call to action ‘We Ain't Buying It'

"We’re watching corporations bend over backwards to appease an administration and gain tax breaks, even when it hurts their own customers.”

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'We Ain’t Buying It!' — Black Voters Matter Co-Founder Calls For A Black Friday Blackout From Retail Giants That Don’t Support Us LaTosha Brown invokes the Montgomery Bus Boycott's 70th anniversary to launch the "We Ain't Buyin' It" economic protest for Black Friday.

“We’re not buying that the wealthiest country in the world cannot take care of its own citizens, but can take money to build golden dining rooms. We’re not buying from companies that won’t stand with us,” Brown said.

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Redefining Power: A Conversation with Leena Barakat on the Future of Women-Led Wealth As more wealth shifts to women than ever before, a defining question emerges: How can we lead in ways that truly redefine power and who it serves? In the second installment of my series on women, weal...

As part of her series on women, wealth & power, Tricia Raikes spoke with our Pres & CEO Leena Barakat about how women are reshaping philanthropy. Leena’s story is an invitation: follow what moves you & don’t wait until everything feels figured out. #philanthropy

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