What role can philanthropy play to help keep democracy alive? 

Last notes from Women Funding Network’s Feminist Funded 2025. 

1. “You want impact?” Long-term, core, flexible funding. If we want to win, this is how it’s done. 

The Right does it and it works. The evidence is there.” -Happy Mwende Kinyili. Co-Executive Director, Mama Cash Fund. 

2. “A lot of transformational breakthroughs come from small organizations most people have never heard of. Fund them.” -Raquel Willis. Co-Founder, Gender Liberation Movement.

3. “Oppressive systems are coordinated. Our response has to be just as coordinated and more.” -Carmen Perez-Jordan. President and CEO, The Gathering for Justice. 

4. “Get off the sidelines. Move C3 and C4 dollars for the change you need. C4 funds help get a candidate elected; C3 dollars help them implement policies. When Progressives win, knives are out. They don’t have the resources and support to lead once they are elected.” -Amoretta Morris. President, Borealis Philanthropy.