New York Women's Foundation

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The New York Women's Foundation (NYWF) is a 501c3 charitable organization in New York City that works to bring economic security, end gender-based violence, and provide health access and reproductive justice to all women and girls. [1] It describes itself as a "cross-cultural alliance that ignites action and invests in bold, community-led solutions across the city." [2]

It was established in 1987. [3] It was co-founded by Gloria W. Milliken and Helen LaKelly Hunt. [4] [5] [6] By 2007, it was giving away a million dollars a year. [4] [7] [8] [9] In 2008, it was slated to give away $2.75 million. [10] In 2011, Ana Oliveira was president of the New York Women’s Foundation. [11] [12] In February 2013 it received a grant of $750,000 from Walmart. [13] In April 2013, it released a report that found that women in New York are 30% more likely to die in childbirth than they were 12 years prior. [14]

In 2018, The Foundation announced the launch of the Fund to Support the Me Too Movement in partnership with Me Too Movement Founder and Leader Tarana Burke [15] with an initial $1 million in seed funding. In October 2018, the Fund gave out its first round of grants to eight organizations across the nation that are working to end gender-based violence and help survivors of sexual violence heal and find their strength as leaders. [16] The groups, chosen in consultation with #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, are focused on marginalized and underserved communities, including immigrant communities and communities of color as well as LGBTQ people. [17]

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  2. ↑ "Our Mission, Vision and History". www.nywf.org. The New York Women's Foundation. February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ Women and Economic Empowerment. Univ of Massachusetts Press. 1990. ISBN   9780870236440 . Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Helen LaKelly Hunt (2007). Faith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9781416590514 . Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ Women, Philanthropy, and Social Change: Visions for a Just Society. UPNE. 2005. ISBN   9781584654926 . Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ Swanee Hunt (2006). Half-Life of a Zealot . Duke University Press. p.  206. ISBN   9780822338758 . Retrieved April 17, 2014. New York Women's Foundation.
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