Washington Women's Foundation engages women in the power of collective giving. Through informed and strategic grant-making, our members expand their knowledge, invest in the life of our community and demonstrate leadership through effective philanthropy.

We are a donor education and grant-making membership organization of over 500 women who come together to pool and direct our financial and intellectual resources, learn about community issues and collaborate on their solutions, develop our own leadership skills, better focus our personal giving, and serve as philanthropic role models to others.

We welcome all women who want to make an impact through focused, collective grant-making.  Click here to become a member today.

Top 15 Projects: 2012 Pooled Grants

The Grant Committee studied 270 Letters of Inquiry, evaluated 25 formal proposals, and invited 15 organizations to participate in site visits for further consideration for WWF large impact pooled grants.  Congratulations to the 65 WWF members serving on the Grant Committee, and to the 15 outstanding organizations!  Click here for list of organizations and projects being considered for funding.

To read more about our Pooled Grant funding process, click here.

2012 Diversity Partner Grant Award Winner
Children of the Valley is the recipient of a $10,000 award by the Diversity Grant Committee of Washington Women's Foundation.  This award is the culmination of an intensive exploration of the issues affecting the Latino community, especially in rural areas of our state, and is the Foundation’s second diversity grant.  Congratulations to Children of the Valley!  We are proud to support your work.

Thank you to the Latino Community Fund of Washington, who served as the partner and advisor to WWF in this process.  We are deeply grateful to the Diversity Grant committee leaders: Amy Michael, Donna Lou, and Marion DeForest, and the work of the entire committee.   Click here to read more about the Foundation's Partner Grant Awards, and about the project being funded.