Is Money Alone Enough to Recharge the U.S. Women’s and Gender Movement?

Recent infusions of cash, support, and resources have me wondering…

“It’s raining money” is a phrase I’ve never heard uttered by women’s organizations or leaders. Raising funds to end gender-based violence, build women’s power, close the gender pay gap, and expand and secure women’s and LGBTQIA rights is often a thankless task to fill chronically near-empty coffers. Despite the urgent need to build a more inclusive, safer, and representative democracy – the penultimate goal of women’s and gender organizations – they receive less than two percent of all philanthropic investments. Organizations focused on women of color receive just .5 of investments. In May this year, things changed.

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