{"id":5211,"date":"2026-04-09T15:43:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:29:19","slug":"marking-25-years-of-collective-power-and-looking-to-the-future-of-our-feminist-funding-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/es\/marking-25-years-of-collective-power-and-looking-to-the-future-of-our-feminist-funding-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking 25 Years of Collective Power and Looking to the Future of our Feminist Funding Ecosystem\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>\u201cWe are celebrating&nbsp;25 years of community,&nbsp;of collective action, of co-creation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>With these powerful words, Prospera Board Member and Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/astraeafoundation.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/astraeafoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Joy Chia<\/em>&nbsp;opened&nbsp;our&nbsp;anniversary reception in New York, on the sidelines of CSW70.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set against the especially fraught and difficult political moment surrounding this year\u2019s CSW, the reception was designed as more than a celebration. It was an intentional space to reflect on the feminist funding ecosystem that Prospera\u2019s members and allies have built together over the past quarter century \u2014 and to reaffirm why that infrastructure matters even more now, in a context shaped by backlash, crisis, and deepening inequality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than&nbsp;<strong>100 activists, Prospera members, partners, donors, and longtime movement allies<\/strong>&nbsp;joined the reception. Together, they gathered not only to celebrate Prospera\u2019s anniversary, but also to reflect on what it means to resource feminist movements in ways that shift power, sustain resistance, and build toward justice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening featured remarks from partners and allies across philanthropy, government, and feminist movements, including the Foundation for Just Society, the Australian government, and Prospera leadership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What 25 Years of Collective Power Have Made Possible&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe original funds that came together to build what later became Prospera understood something very fundamental,\u201d Interim Co-CEO of the Foundation for Just Society Maitri Morarji reflected,&#8221; which is that the power of the global feminist movement is infinitely stronger when we work together.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on her long relationship with the network,&nbsp;<em>Maitri&nbsp;<\/em>situated the anniversary in a longer political arc.&nbsp;&nbsp;The issues facing women\u2019s rights movements in the early 2000s, she said, \u201care quite similar to what&nbsp;we\u2019re&nbsp;experiencing now: progress led by activists to advance rights, but also fragmentation in the funding ecosystem, and growing pushback against civil society.&nbsp;Yet, as she pointed out, \u201cit\u2019s probably worse now than it was back then.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Against that backdrop, Prospera\u2019s evolution takes on even sharper significance. What began, in Maitri\u2019s words, as \u201can ambitious idea to fill emerging needs\u201d and \u201ca visionary move\u201d by women\u2019s and feminist funds to \u201cstep up out of isolation\u201d has become both \u201cthe central nervous system of global feminist philanthropy\u201d and \u201cthe heartbeat of the gender justice movement.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That point became even clearer as Maitri returned to the skepticism that surrounded networks in the early years, and how&nbsp;Prospera has become a testament to what networks can make possible:&nbsp;raising the visibility for women\u2019s and feminist funds, especially national funds that might otherwise never have gained global recognition, and leveraging a collective voice strong enough to shape major conversations.&nbsp;\u201cNow there are no big important conversations that happen without Prospera and women\u2019s funds at the table,\u201d she said, \u201cwhich is not how it used to be.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion further highlighted one of Prospera\u2019s core strengths: making transnational feminist exchange possible.&nbsp;Speakers noted that&nbsp;Prospera matters not only because it connects funds, but because it helps feminist movements share tactics and experiences that have already been tested \u201cleft, right, backwards and forwards.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anniversary also surfaced a truth long embedded in Prospera\u2019s history: this has always been a collective project. Prospera\u2019s former Executive Director Emilienne de Leon returned the conversation to one of the evening\u2019s central truths: \u201cProspera is a collective vision that we build together.\u201d Reflecting on years of building and rebuilding the network, she spoke of her pride in seeing how Prospera has continued to grow and develop; a reminder that its strength lies not in individual ownership, but in shared labor over time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-129-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5222\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499274410890747;object-fit:contain;width:653px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-129-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-129-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-129-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-129-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-129-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-129-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prospera\u2019s Executive Director <strong>Laila Alodaat<\/strong> (left) and former Executive Director <strong>Emilienne de Le\u00f3n<\/strong> (right)<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shifting Power Through Resourcing&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the clearest themes to&nbsp;emerge&nbsp;from the evening was that resource allocation is never neutral. Joy Chia named this directly: \u201cThere\u2019s&nbsp;such power inherent in the decisions about how we&nbsp;allocate&nbsp;resources. Resources of time, resources of energy, resources of money, of course\u2026 Who decides where the funding flows, what it looks like, and what support looks like.\u201d&nbsp;This framing was an important reminder that feminist funding is not only about how much money moves, but about who gets to decide, whose priorities shape that movement, and whether funding reproduces hierarchy or shifts power closer to communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is what makes the women\u2019s and feminist funds&#8217; approach so significant. \u201cWhen we give flexible long-term grants, we are also saying, you get to decide,\u201d Joy said. \u201cYou decide how you want to spend your money, how you want to invest your resources, you decide what your priorities are.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Since 2011, Prospera\u2019s 49 member funds have moved more than US$830 million and more than 60,000 individual grants directly into the hands of grassroots groups. The deeper point, though, was not only scale. It was trust. It was the political meaning of resourcing in ways that allow movements to define their own priorities.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening also looked beyond how funding moves to the question of what it would take to resource feminist movements at the scale they need. The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/accelerate-together.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accelerate Together campaign<\/a> was cited as a \u201ctremendously ambitious\u201d effort by Prospera, Mama Cash, Gender Funders Collab, and the Alliance for Feminist Movements to mobilize US$600 million a year for three years for feminist movements.&nbsp;Joy&nbsp;insisted these numbers were \u201cjust the bare minimum\u201d of what movements should be able to count on, adding that scale must be built collectively: \u201cAccelerate Together, doing it with friends.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-149-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5224\" style=\"width:700px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-149-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-149-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-149-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-149-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-149-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-149-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Women\u2019s and Feminist Funds Matter More Than Ever&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If earlier reflections in the evening clarified what distinguishes women\u2019s and feminist funds and their collective power, Adeline&nbsp;Azrack, Managing Director of Fondation CHANEL&nbsp;Americas,&nbsp;and Michelle O\u2019Byrne, Australia\u2019s Ambassador for Gender Equality, discussed why that model matters so much in practice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion spoke directly to a central question: Why invest in women\u2019s and feminist funds? Drawing on Octavia Butler\u2019s words, \u201cAll successful life is adaptable, opportunistic, tenacious, interconnected, and fecund,\u201d the conversation highlighted the qualities that make women\u2019s and feminist funds so effective under pressure: They are&nbsp;pivoting, shapeshifting,&nbsp;remaining&nbsp;adaptable and building resilience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speakers reflected on how large institutions can sometimes stall at precisely the moment speed matters most, with bureaucratic approvals standing in the way of urgent support. Meanwhile, women\u2019s and feminist funds&nbsp;remain&nbsp;flexible, rooted, and responsive in moments of crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Byrne reinforced that argument from a government perspective. Supporting gender equality, she stressed, is not \u201ca nice to have,\u201d but \u201can essential to have,&#8221;&nbsp;and a core Australian value tied to both national security and economic prosperity. At the same time, she acknowledged the limits of state systems. Governments, she said, come with \u201ca whole lot of structures\u201d and \u201ca whole lot of reporting,\u201d and in this political moment, they are under growing pressure from constituencies shaped by anti-rights backlash not to fund beyond their own borders. The challenge is to remain true to those values while recognizing that governments are \u201cnot necessarily the deliverer that can get us close to the ground.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia\u2019s AIR program was highlighted as well, described as \u201cfundamentally about getting out of the way.\u201d Through that approach, Australia has supported 495 grants to women\u2019s rights organizations and human rights actors across 25 countries in the Indo-Pacific, working through partners including the Pacific Feminist Fund, Women\u2019s Fund Asia, Urgent Action Fund, and Women\u2019s Fund Fiji. O\u2019Byrne also pointed to a new phase of that work: \u201cWe\u2019re&nbsp;remodelling&nbsp;from the things that we\u2019ve learnt,\u201d she said, \u201cto make sure we\u2019re funding it to where it needs.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-154-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5219\" style=\"width:711px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-154-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-154-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-154-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-154-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-154-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-154-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Network That Holds Complexity&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another powerful thread running through the evening was Prospera\u2019s refusal of rigid categories, pointing that one of the network\u2019s strengths is the diversity of its members.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>In a world where anti-gender movements are trying to divide communities and force them into boxes, Joy reflected on the importance of a network that has held space for complexity. The fact that the Astraea Foundation has been part of Prospera\u2019s story from the beginning, and&nbsp;remains&nbsp;part of the network today, was one reminder of that continuity. So too was Prospera\u2019s ability to hold a \u201cvibrant and diverse\u201d community in which women\u2019s funds, LGBTQI funds, and other feminist funds all belong, and all are valued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-54-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5254\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499288451012589;width:642px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-54-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-54-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-54-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-54-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-54-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-54-edited-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-54-edited-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prospera Board Member and Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/astraeafoundation.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/astraeafoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>Joy Chia<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reflecting &amp; Building the Next Chapter Together&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>As the evening&nbsp;drew to a close, Prospera Executive Director Laila&nbsp;Alodaat&nbsp;invited the room to look back on the network\u2019s beginnings. Twenty-five years ago, six funds from&nbsp;very different&nbsp;realities came together around a shared belief: that we all deserve to live with dignity, that human rights must be upheld, and that movements need a strong community behind them. Those six funds, she reminded the audience, are now 49.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That growth, however, is not only a matter of numbers. Since 2011, the network\u2019s funds have put nearly US$900 million into the hands of movements but, as&nbsp;Laila&nbsp;stressed, \u201cit\u2019s not only the amount, it\u2019s how it\u2019s given\u201d. Three-quarters of the funds in the network are based in the Global South and East, keeping decisions closer to communities. Nine out of ten provide core, unrestricted funding. And&nbsp;almost all&nbsp;do far more than grantmaking alone. \u201cProspera is not only the sum of its funds,\u201d she said.&nbsp;\u201cTogether, our members managed to achieve what each fund wouldn\u2019t have been able to do alone\u201d: build initiatives, create financial instruments, democratize information, and move with movements into the demands of the present.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we closed the evening, Laila&nbsp;shared some final reflections: \u201cWherever there\u2019s injustice,&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;going to be resistance. And wherever there\u2019s resistance,&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;going to be a movement to resource it and support it to win. And that is you. That is our funds\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-121-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5216\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4993227435044945;width:514px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-121-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-121-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-121-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-121-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-121-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/prospera-inwf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prospera_25-Year-Celebration_3.12.2026-121-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prospera\u2019s Executive Director <strong>Laila Alodaat<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That may be the clearest way to understand Prospera\u2019s anniversary: not simply as a reflection on 25 years past, but as a reminder of what women\u2019s and feminist funds have made possible and of what movements will continue to need in the years ahead: collective power, grounded infrastructure, and resourcing that trusts feminist movements not only to survive, but to lead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflections from Prospera\u2019s 25th Anniversary reception at CSW70 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"content-type":[],"region":[32,33,37,34,35,36],"topic":[55],"year-published":[52],"class_list":["post-5211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","region-africa-the-mena-region","region-asia-pacific","region-associate-members","region-europe","region-latin-america","region-multi-regional","topic-feminist-philanthropy","year-published-52"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marking 25 Years of Collective Power and Looking to the Future of our Feminist Funding Ecosystem\u00a0 &#8226; 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