Ms. Foundation for Women

Ms. Foundation for Women
Formation1972
FounderGloria Steinem, Patricia Carbine, Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Marlo Thomas
TypeNon-profit organization
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York
Websitehttp://forwomen.org/

The Ms. Foundation for Women is a non-profit organization for women in the United States, which had a deep commitment to diversity[1] and was founded in 1972 by Gloria Steinem, Patricia Carbine, Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Marlo Thomas. The organization was created to deliver strategic resources to groups which elevated women's and girls' voices and solutions across race and class in communities nationwide, working to identify and support emerging and established groups poised to act when and where change is needed.[1] Its grants — paired with skills-building, networking and other strategic opportunities — enable organizations to advance women's grassroots solutions across race and class and to build social movements within and across three areas: Economic Justice, Reproductive Justice and Safety.[2][3] The organization also focuses its lobbying efforts on the state-level around those three areas.[4]

  1. ^ a b Capek, Mary Ellen S.; Mead, Molly (2007). Effective Philanthropy: Organizational Success Through Deep Diversity and Gender Equality. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. pp. 11–12, 173–177, 224–226. ISBN 9780262532969.
  2. ^ "Grantmaking". Ms. Foundation for Women. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Statement by Ms. Foundation President and CEO Anika Rahman About Affordable Care Act Preventive Health Services Provisions Taking Effect Aug. 1". PR Newswire. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via Regional Business News.
  4. ^ Agovino, Theresa (8 April 2013). "Reviving a Trailblazer". Crain's New York Business. 29 (14): 3–24. Retrieved 8 June 2015.