People don’t always agree on what feminism, equality, or system change is or looks like. But what we can agree on is that women everywhere deserve better, and unless we each take bold steps forward, patriarchy will continue to define our lives, and we will never see progress accelerate.  

We believe that feminism – understanding root causes, logics, consequences, and organized confrontations of patriarchy –  is essential to solve the chronic underfunding of women’s causes and the most pressing global problems. Reports show that women’s rights organizations receive only 0.13% of the total Official Development Assistance (ODA) and 0.4% of all gender-related aid; and only 0.42% of foundation grants are allocated towards women's rights.

We use feminism as an analytical and planning tool to create a built environment where balance replaces hierarchy.  

The goal of the Feminist Philanthropy portfolio is to:

• Increase the resources, funding, and capital dedicated to improving the lives of working-class women. 

• Shift the power of philanthropy into their hands.

• Increase cross-pollination and collaboration around feminist practices in philanthropy to support the great gender wealth transfer. 

Change can come from the top, but, when it does, it is often fragile and unstable without mass popularity. This is why GCfGE equally prioritizes feminist philanthropy to bolster frontline movements for gender equality. Our orientation of feminist philanthropy is comprehensive and internationalist, and led by a feminist movement leader who has been defining intersectional feminism on the ground in Asia-Pacific for two decades.