LEADING THE WAY Advancing the Women’s and Social Justice Movements Photos Front Cover “March for America” – March for Immigration Reform Washington, DC, 2010 © Elizabeth Rappaport

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© Ms. Foundation for Women, September 2010 Dear Friends,

Twenty- ve years ago, a phone call As I prepare to leave my beloved Ms. Foundation, I know changed my life. without a doubt that women hold the key—and the power— to transform our world. Immersed in our work over all these It was 1985. e Ms. Foundation years, I have witnessed, again and again, the transformational for Women was small but power of women and girls. One of my most powerful mighty, each day connecting to memories will be the extraordinary courage and commitment new organizations led by women of the women on the Gulf Coast as they responded to disaster determined to use their power and stepped up to lead the long, arduous process of rebuilding to transform the lives of women their communities. and girls. I was busy building the nascent but burgeoning movement for women’s economic I will take these deeply moving experiences, and all that I have development and justice. I knew about the Ms. Foundation, learned at the Ms. Foundation, into my future work. While my and knew that it was the right place for me to pursue my decision to take this next step in my journey was not an easy work—I just didn’t yet know what path would lead me into one, my belief that the Ms. Foundation is poised to embrace its arms. the creativity and innovation that new leadership will bring spurred me on. e answer to that question came when I took a phone call from Marie Wilson, now my long-time colleague, and then the As we move forward, the Ms. Foundation will do what it Foundation’s brand new executive director. She invited me has always done; lead the way forward, propelling our to join her on a journey to catapult the economic security of institution—and the women’s and social justice movements— women and girls, harnessing their power to create the change to new heights. their communities yearned for. It was a journey, she said, that had the potential to change millions of lives—not least among e Foundation’s new leader will inherit an organization them, as it turned out, my own. poised to achieve great things, and will bene t greatly from an infusion of resources with which to move quickly and How could I say no to that? boldly. Our Leading the Way Fund will enable the Foundation to map new pathways in a shifting landscape; pioneer work I said yes! In the nearly twenty- ve years that have passed, I at the connection of issues, movements and constituencies; have felt enduring gratitude for the opportunity to work with and raise awareness of our impact on, and advancement of, the extraordinary and passionate team of women and men that progressive movements. is the Ms. Foundation for Women. As I was invited all those years ago, I invite you, now, to In my time here, I have worked side by side with thousands of lead the way with the Ms. Foundation. Please say yes to an women activists and organizers. ey know better than anyone investment in our Leading the Way Fund, partnering with our else what they and their communities need, and deserve, to new leader to create the just and safe world we all desire. thrive. I have bene tted beyond measure from their wisdom, and from the wisdom of my many colleagues at the Foundation ank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your partnership and in the larger worlds of social justice and philanthropy. I and your friendship. ey have meant the world to me as I cherish these relationships. have worked, every day, to lift up the transformational power of women and girls. e Foundation has always put its trust in women, investing in social justice pioneers—especially women from low-income Sincerely, communities and communities of color—who have the vision and drive to ght for justice.

Sara K. Gould PRESIDENT & CEO SEPTEMBER 2010

ms.foundation.org LEADING THE WAY ADVANCING THE WOMEN’S AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS

For nearly four decades, the Ms. Foundation for Women has welcome and embrace change. Change in thought. Change in been a pioneering voice for social justice and the leading national action. Change in leadership. public foundation committed to building the collective power of women to create positive social change. e Ms. Foundation for Women was founded in a time of dramatic societal change. We have championed that change When we began our work in 1972, women were almost totally and taken it miles further, on a constantly shifting social, excluded from public life. From the town council to the economic and political landscape. Supreme Court, and from the locker room to the board room, women were quite simply invisible. e real problems women Now, the Ms. Foundation for Women is changing. As Sara confronted went largely un-named. e terms “domestic Gould departs the Foundation after a 24 year tenure, we are violence,” “sexual abuse” and “sexual harassment” did not poised to capitalize on the accomplishments made possible by even exist. Title IX had just been enacted, and it was nearly the Foundation’s unique and visionary leadership during the impossible for a woman to get a business or home loan in her last quarter century. Together, our sta, board and grantees own right name. are working to facilitate a smooth transition that maintains the continuity, integrity and quality of the Foundation while Together with our donors and grantees, we’ve made enormous setting the stage for the next president to bring new creative strides ghting for a just and safe world where power and energies and strategic vision. possibility are not limited by gender, race, class, sexuality, or age. We have consistently pioneered innovative strategies, During this time of change, we will do what we have always taken smart risks, and led on the most critical issues of our done: lead the way forward, propelling the Foundation—and time—from gender-based violence prevention, HIV/AIDS the women’s and social justice movements—to new heights. and girls’ healthy development to women’s economic security, As an essential resource during this time of transition, we are reproductive justice, and a just recovery on the Gulf Coast. establishing the Leading the Way Fund, which we will invest in mapping new pathways in a shifting landscape, pioneering We’ve also learned rst-hand about the intractable problems work at the connection of issues, movements and constituencies, that confront too many women and girls, our country and, and raising awareness of our impact on, and advancement of, indeed, the world. progressive movements.

In today’s fast-paced and complex environment, we are With our deep gratitude for your past generosity, we invite you reminded that opportunities for innovation most often present to join us now in the Leading the Way Fund. As always, we can themselves in just such challenging times, if one is willing to only accomplish our common vision with your partnership.

2 “The Leading the Way Fund is a key investment to move social justice work forward in a time of great challenge and opportunity in our society. I hope you will join me in making a significant gift to the fund.” —Cathy Raphael, Board Chair, Ms. Foundation for Women

ms.foundation.org “I am very proud of the work we’ve done together, and so excited to see the amazing ways it will develop and grow as the Foundation welcomes its next generation of leadership.” —Sara K. Gould

4 A MOMENT IN TIME CAPTURING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

Throughout our history, we’ve been driven by the fundamental belief that the tough challenges we face as a nation cannot be solved without the full participation and leadership of women and girls in all aspects of society.

That core belief has been championed by our president, Sara K. Gould, who has been a key leader in advancing the vision and impact of the Ms. Foundation for Women. Later this year, Sara will leave the Foundation to become the Atlantic Senior Fellow at the Foundation Center. During this two-year fellowship, she will work to increase the focus on social justice philanthropy and advance thinking in key areas, such as leadership development and grantmaking with a gender, race and class lens.

Today, as the Foundation prepares to welcome a new generation of leadership, we are leveraging the power and possibilities that present themselves during times of transition to galvanize new resources that will be essential as the new president takes up the Foundation’s important work.

ms.foundation.org The Leading the Way Fund is a two-year initiative to Right now, we are taking on the issue of child sexual abuse, increase the power and impact of the Ms. Foundation a public health crisis that impacts one in three girls and one for Women. in six boys. In partnership with our grantees, we are piloting and evaluating new strategies to address root causes, change The Leading the Way Fund will invest in three interrelated prevailing paradigms and engage adults and communities in a areas: national movement to end child sexual abuse.

Mapping the Way And, because we must end the marginalization of women Asking the question “what comes next?” is fundamental to how and women’s organizing in progressive movements, the Ms. the Ms. Foundation for Women innovates for social impact. Foundation is mapping the way forward in the emerging arena We have a history of independent thinking: advancing the of “gender justice.” In both our grantmaking and our strategic right idea at the right time, regardless of whether the idea is communications, we are demonstrating both how a gender lens popular, or even considered possible. can be connected to the race and class lens currently used by many progressive funders and donors, and why using a more In the 1970s, the Foundation led other funders in support inclusive lens results in more eective solutions. of the domestic violence shelters and rape crisis hotlines that sprung up across the country as activists named previously is capacity to name issues and spot key trends and unspoken issues. In the 1980s, we were the rst to put the words developments is essential to our success, enabling us to create “women” and “economic development” together, creating and leverage our intellectual capital and our position as an one of the rst “collaborative funds” in US philanthropy and innovator and thought leader. e Leading the Way Fund leveraging crucial resources, over a more than 20-year period, will provide the new president with the opportunity to move for the growing microenterprise eld. quickly in crucial arenas, assessing the changing national landscape, convening established and emerging leaders and In 1990, recognizing that states were going to be the next experts, identifying obstacles and opportunities, and nding battleground in the ght to retain the Constitutional right to an solutions. abortion, the Ms. Foundation led other funders in support of state-level coalitions. ese coalitions and organizations have, Expanding Our Impact over 20 years, turned back thousands of regressive measures Working closely with our grantee partners, we have learned that and lifted up the voices of low-income women and women of sustainable, inclusive social change results from recognizing color, paving the road to reproductive justice approaches. and facilitating connections of all kinds on the ground— connections among issues, movements, constituencies and In 1993, the Ms. Foundation created Take Our Daughters to geography. Work Day, putting girls on the national map for the rst time by engaging literally millions of Americans, both adults and girls, Making grants to organizations that use these connections and galvanizing new conversations at hundreds of thousands of to engage more women and men in movements for social workplaces, and in families, all across the country. justice—and building their organizational skills, alliances, access and power—is the foundation of our work. In 2005, when the levees broke in New Orleans, our Katrina Women’s Response Fund was the rst to recognize the Our support enables groups to: essential role that women, and particularly women of color and low-income women, would play in responding to disaster • Organize across issues, organizations and movements to and rebuilding communities, ultimately investing $3 million build greater power that can win progressive change and on the Gulf Coast. And, early this year, we countered the hold it in place; conventional wisdom that the economy was improving for low-income women and people of color by undertaking and • Promote inclusive solutions that take account of the publicizing the results of a national “community voices” poll, combined impact of race, class and gender in communities in partnership with the Center for Community Change. throughout the US;

6 • Connect the wisdom of grassroots solutions to the power Elevating the Ms. Foundation’s visibility and strengthening of national advocacy organizations and campaigns; the power and reach of our voice is not an exercise in vanity or self-promotion, but an essential component of advancing our • Design strategies that both engage new constituencies and mission. link diverse and growing constituencies together; and Through Expanding the Movement for Empowerment • Move progressive organizing toward incorporating and Reproductive Justice (EMERJ), Asian Communities women’s unique leadership and lived experience. for Reproductive Justice (ACJR) is coalescing Asian Pacific Islander communities into a national base of e examples highlighted here feature only two of our many more than 70 grassroots organizations in 15 states grantee partners that have moved away from working in “silos” to represent diverse points on the social justice to achieve their goals. e Ms. Foundation is one of only a few spectrum—from immigrant and worker rights groups pioneering funders demonstrating the possibilities, and to youth leadership organizations. Supported by the Ms. Foundation since 2008, EMERJ looks at issues supporting the growth, of this important approach. We are using a reproductive justice lens to create connections actively engaged in learning more about its eectiveness across issues, constituencies and geographic areas through an organization-wide evaluation project now by understanding where and how seemingly completing its second year. disparate issues intersect with women’s reproductive freedom, particularly in communities of color. e Leading the Way Fund will provide signi cant new resources to fuel the expansion of this innovative grantmaking and capacity building, achieving results that can spark further In the last two years, we have made great strides in developing and investment by a wider group of foundations and individual implementing a multifaceted and integrated communications donors. platform, using state-of-the-art tools to reach our key audiences. Our multi-media website tells our story through photography, Founded in 2000, Domestic Workers United (DWU) slideshows, and video and audio components. Scanning the organizes Caribbean, Latina and African domestic landscape, we use our blog and email blasts to respond rapidly workers in New York to build the power of the domestic to pressing issues, and we use online outreach and social workforce, raise the level of respect for domestic work, marketing strategies to expand our reach. and establish fair labor standards in the domestic work industry. A grantee partner since 2001, our support e Leading the Way Fund will enable us to invest in proactive makes it possible for DWU to bring a race, class and media outreach to rst and second tier outlets, create an even gender lens to its work, and to build connections across more vibrant and interactive online presence, and expand our programs, sectors, levels, and constituencies in bridging social marketing campaigns. ese strategies will raise the the long-standing separation between the labor pro le of the Ms. Foundation’s grantees and our approach and movement and women of color.In 2010, DWU and its allies won the passage into law of the impact, and create a powerful and nationally visible platform Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in New York State. for our incoming leader.

We will increase our skills in building public will, from issue Raising Our Profile framing and messaging to harnessing the power of technology, In a world where new technologies mean that national news responding rapidly to breaking news and engaging constituents and policy campaigns shift in a matter of minutes rather than and policymakers in real time. We will also invest in the days, the Ms. Foundation must be highly visible and capable strategic communications capacity of our grantees, extending of inuencing the dialogue on issues crucial to women and our, and their, impact. girls, anywhere and everywhere the conversation is happening. We must be proactive and vocal, letting people know who we are, what we stand for, what we’re doing and why it makes a dierence.

ms.foundation.org “We feel it’s important that the people who are most directly affected are at the table at all times. The Ms. Foundation gets that. They really promote the leadership and the vision of working class women of color in the broader social justice movement. That’s a very special thing.” —Ai-Jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance

8 JOIN US LEADING THE WAY: ADVANCING THE WOMEN’S AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS You’ve been a crucial partner in our work to ignite change through the power of women’s voices.

Today, we are leveraging this unique moment of change at the Ms. Foundation by Mapping the Way, Expanding Our Impact and Raising Our Profile.

Please make an investment in the Leading the Way Fund as we do what the Ms. Foundation for Women has always done: lead the way forward.

For more information, please contact: Adriana Londono Director of Major Gifts Ms. Foundation for Women 12 MetroTech Center, 26th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 212-709-4452 [email protected]

ms.foundation.org ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

Dear Friends,

We live in interesting times. With all of the media Whether on issues of the economy, health care, attention this year on a swell of angry, wrathful voters, one interpersonal violence or immigration, we know that might wonder if progressive grassroots movements had lost women’s grassroots solutions can benet the entire their steam. I am here to tell you resoundingly that, no, country. at’s why we’re funding creative collaborations they have not! e Ms. Foundation for Women’s grantee to amplify community-based voices and vision on a organizations and their allies are leading the way for social national scale. Just recently we connected Restaurant justice across the U.S., organizing for change from local Opportunities Center United—an organization with communities to the halls of Congress. a strong grassroots base of restaurant workers in cities throughout the US—with the National Partnership for e press and pundits miss another crucial point: these Women and Families—an organization with vast state and social justice movements are led by and for those who federal policy expertise—to work together to advance paid truly bear the brunt of our country’s economic crisis: sick leave, a critical pillar of economic security, especially low-income women and their families, women of color, for women. immigrants and youth. In fact, for all the talk of a “mancession,” the prolonged downturn has hit women And while we partner with a dynamic network of donors hard. e unemployment rate for single mothers is the and grantees to ignite change nationwide, we also embrace highest it has been in 25 years, and women consigned change here at home. As Sara K. Gould, our beloved for decades to low-wage jobs face signicantly increased president and CEO, leaves the Ms. Foundation to take economic and care-giving problems. up an exciting new chapter in her social justice career, we bid her farewell with a grateful but heavy heart. At the e Ms. Foundation has always believed that those who same time, we welcome with enthusiasm the vision and live a problem every day have the wisdom and expertise leadership our new president will bring. necessary to solve it. We still believe it today. Women on the frontlines of the economic crisis are uniquely Please join me in celebrating Sara’s phenomenal, nearly 25- positioned to lead us out. And in the process they’re year tenure with the Foundation, and the foundation it has redening what economic recovery should mean—quality laid for a very many great things ahead. jobs, not just any job—and who must be included: domestic workers, farmworkers and others denied the labor Join us as we lead the way throughout the next quarter rights and minimum wages aorded nearly everyone else. century and beyond. Warmly,

Cathy Raphael, Chair of the Board

ms.foundation.org FISCAL YEAR 2009 GRANTS (July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009)

The Ms. Foundation for Women delivers strategic support within and across four broad change areas: Building Democracy, Economic Justice, Ending Violence and Women’s Health.

A Call to Men $2,000 Avery Institute for Social Change $50,000 Christie’s Place $25,000 New York, NY Boston, MA San Diego, CA To support the Stand Up and Speak Out To To support Raising Women’s Voices for the To support Transformations - e Sisterhood End Violence Against Women! 4th National Health Care We Need, a coalition which Project, which aims to ensure prevention, care Conference. works to galvanize the women’s health care and treatment meet the needs of women living movement around the issue of universal health with HIV/AIDS in San Diego County. ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights $35,000 care. Coalition Colorado Organization for Latina $36,000 Oakland, CA BABES Network-YWCA $25,000 Opportunity and Reproductive Rights To provide general support to remove barriers Seattle, WA Denver, CO to reproductive and sexual health care for low- To provide support to build the power of To support a campaign to defeat Proposition income women, young women and women women aected by HIV/AIDS to advocate 48, which would have given personhood rights of color, and to ensure health care reform for long-term policy change that addresses to a fetus. addresses the needs of these women. women’s lives, including issues such as: access to transportation; care-giving responsibilities; Colorado Organization for Latina $9,000 ACT for Women and Girls $25,000 domestic violence; and immigration status. Opportunity and Reproductive Rights Visalia, CA Denver, CO To provide general support to strengthen Boys, Girls, Adult Community $7,500 To support eorts to build a wider base of the leadership of low-income, immigrant Development Center Latina reproductive justice activists, create and farmworker women and women of color Marvell, AR partnerships across social justice movements, of the San Joaquin Valley to advocate for To support microenterprise development and expand organizational capacity to aect reproductive and sexual health policy reform. work primarily among African American and inuence public policy issues. residents. ACT for Women and Girls $1,500 Colorado Organization for Latina $50,000 Visalia, CA CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities $50,000 Opportunity and Reproductive Rights To provide general support to increase Bronx, NY Denver, CO organizational eectiveness and long-term To provide general support to build and To support the project, Latina Initiative: sustainability through a series of sta training expand community capacity to exercise Increasing Political Strength, which aims activities. self-determination in low-wage, poor Asian to increase the representation of young communities in New York City. Latinas and their families in the electoral and Advocates for Youth $20,000 legislative process. Washington, DC California Latinas for Reproductive $50,000 To support eorts to strengthen expertise in Justice Colorado Organization for Latina $40,000 the eld of adolescent sexual health. Los Angeles, CA Opportunity and Reproductive Rights To support the Latina Sexuality Education Denver, CO Advocates for Youth $10,000 Advocacy & Community Mobilization To provide general support to advocate for Washington, DC Project, which builds the power of reproductive and sexual health policies that To support the fourth State Summit for Sex underserved young Latinas to advocate ensure Latina youth are given the resources Education Policy Advocates in Washington, for the advancement and enforcement of they need to make healthy decisions. DC. comprehensive sexuality education policies in California. Critical Resistance $30,000 AIDS Services of Austin, Inc. $25,000 Oakland, CA Austin, TX California Latinas for Reproductive $40,000 To support the Community Legal Clinic, To support the Women Rising Project, which Justice which aims to help New Orleans residents provides education and peer support and Los Angeles, CA expunge their records, and the Harm Free builds the leadership skills of HIV-positive To provide general support to advance a Zone in Durham, NC, which aims to develop women who are working to improve local and Latina reproductive justice framework that and document methods to reduce reliance on state policies. reects the intersections of health, culture, police- and prison-based solutions. poverty and gender. AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland $40,000 Direct Action for Rights and Equality $50,000 Cleveland, OH Center for Participatory Change, Inc. $30,000 Providence, RI To support Expanding Evidence-Based Asheville, NC To support Raise Your Voice, a sisterhood of Sexuality Education in Ohio, a project which To provide general support for the Immigrant three Rhode Island organizations working to aims to impact state and local policies related Women’s Organizing and Advocacy project, build a movement for social justice with a base to sexuality education. which builds the capacity of grassroots of low-income women of color. Alliance for Educational Justice $10,000 organizations that are started and run by immigrant women. Dolores C. Huerta Foundation $25,000 Oakland, CA Bakers eld, CA To provide general support to train youth Children’s Hospital Intervention and $100,000 To provide general support for forums to leaders to develop, organize and advocate for Prevention Services discuss and educate women on issues of gender equity policies. Birmingham, AL reproductive justice, sexual harassment and domestic violence. ANIZ, Inc. $20,000 To support Jane’s Garden and its eorts to reduce the occurrence of child sexual abuse in Atlanta, GA Birmingham and Perry County, Alabama. Domestic Workers United $40,000 To support Reaching Out to Sisters with New York, NY HIV/AIDS, which provides support to HIV- Childspace Cooperative Development, $60,000 To provide general support to pass a Domestic positive women of color to move from a place Inc. Workers Bill of Rights and raise awareness of vulnerability to self-suciency and power Philadelphia, PA of the conditions of domestic work, often through leadership development and advocacy To provide general support to improve the marked by racism, sexism and abuse. training. quality of jobs for traditionally low-paid childcare workers. Education Fund of Family Planning $50,000 Asian Communities for Reproductive $50,000 Advocates of New York State Justice Choice USA $50,000 Albany, NY Oakland, CA Washington, DC To support Get the Facts NY, which supports To provide general support to promote To provide general support to build local, the leadership development of young people and protect reproductive justice through regional and national support for activists and advocating for comprehensive sex education organizing, leadership development, alliance- leaders in the Southwest through trainings, and promotes the successful implementation building and education. technical assistance and by leveraging of the Healthy Teens Act. resources.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 2 Faith Aloud $40,000 Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health $30,000 Mississippi Immigrants’ Rights Alliance $5,000 St Louis, MO Chicago, IL Jackson, MS To provide general support to create and To support the Sexual Health Care Access To support the Raid Relief Fund, which disseminate multi-media resources that can Project, which aims to ensure accurate, aims to provide small contributions to family connect reproductive justice to other social age-appropriate sex education for youth, and members of immigrants and migrant workers justice movements. advocates for the rights of pregnant teens and without legal documents for rent, utilities, teen parents. medical cost and transportation expenses. Families and Friends of Louisiana’s $50,000 Incarcerated Children Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health $40,000 Mississippi Immigrants’ Rights Alliance $25,000 New Orleans, LA Chicago, IL Jackson, MS To provide general support to build the power To support eorts to pass local school board To provide general support to challenge the of individuals, families and communities to policies mandating responsible sexuality demonization of immigrants through strategic transform oppressive institutions and ght for education and advocate for teacher training, communications and training. justice for children, particularly those involved funding and curricula to ensure eective in or targeted by the juvenile justice system. implementation of sexual education programs. Mississippi Low-Income Child Care $30,000 Initiative generationFIVE $40,000 Jobs With Justice Education Fund $40,000 Biloxi, MS Oakland, CA Washington, DC To provide general support to enhance the To support eorts to end the sexual abuse To provide general support to develop quality of child development experiences for of children within ve generations by strategic alliances to build a movement, all poor children in Mississippi. transforming the social conditions that develop leaders and activists, and win perpetuate abuse. economic justice campaigns, such as passing Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human $20,000 the Employee Free Choice Act. Rights Generations Ahead $50,000 Greenville, MS Oakland, CA Kentucky Jobs With Justice $30,000 To provide general support to ght the To provide support for the Gender, Justice Louisville, KY mistreatment of workers, particularly low- and Human Genetics project which builds the To provide general support to organize the wage African American women, through capacity of social justice organizations to frame Kentucky Social Forum, which will connect community education, organizing and and win policies that expand the human rights organizations with one another under a leadership development. and health of women of color, communities of human rights framework. color, young women, people with disabilities Mobilize the Immigrant Vote California $40,000 and LGBTQ communities as they relate to Legal Momentum $40,000 Collaborative reprogenetic technologies. New York, NY San Francisco, CA To support Building Women’s Economic To provide general support to address the Georgia Citizens’ Coalition on Hunger $30,000 Security, a project which conducts technical disenfranchisement of low-income immigrant Atlanta, GA assistance, policy research, advocacy and communities of color and support the passage To provide general support to mobilize newly litigation to increase women’s access to quality of federal immigration reform. registered voters to become engaged in civic jobs. participation activities. Montana Women Vote $75,000 Legal Momentum $50,000 Missoula, MT Grassroots Leadership $30,000 New York, NY To provide general support to expand Charlotte, NC To support the National Network to End women voters civic engagement programs To support the Campaign to End Immigrant Violence Against Immigrant Women, a and invest in low-income women’s leadership Detention, which aims to educate the public coalition which works to challenge and development and policy advocacy across about the costs of family detention and eliminate all forms of oppression and coalitions. prevent the construction and opening of new discrimination against immigrant women, immigrant detention centers. particularly violence. Moore Community House $15,000 Biloxi, MS Green For All $40,000 Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign $30,000 To support the Women in Construction Oakland, CA North Little Rock, AR training program, which promotes women’s To provide general support to build and To provide general support to build regionally access to higher-wage careers within the strengthen coalitions to ensure the eective coordinated campaigns in order to mobilize construction industry. and equitable implementation of federal the disenfranchised and win wage hikes for economic stimulus funds to create green-collar zero-wage and sub-minimum-wage workers. Mujeres Unidas Contra el SIDA $25,000 jobs nationwide. San Antonio, TX Louisiana Bucket Brigade $25,000 To support Saber es Poder in its eorts to Highlander Research and Education $25,000 New Orleans, LA launch a statewide network throughout Center To provide general support to create Texas, with a special emphasis on HIV New Market, TN sustainable neighborhoods free from industrial positive Latinas and African American To provide general support to facilitate pollution through grassroots action. women, and mobilize women of color to seek regional and cross-issue organizing, promote representation and participation on HIV- women’s leadership and increase the number Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation $5,000 related decision-making boards. of women engaged in social justice in the Baton Rouge, LA South. To provide general support to address the Multi-State Working Families $50,000 needs of individuals aected by Hurricanes Consortium HIV Law Project $10,000 Gustav and Ike and develop a culture of Milwaukee, WI New York, NY preparedness. To provide general support to eliminate To support the Center for Women and workplace discrimination through education HIV Advocacy, which builds the power of Massachusetts Citizens for Children $40,000 about legal rights and by monitoring HIV-positive women to organize and develop Boston, MA enforcement agencies, expanding anti- tools and skills to educate each other, public To support the Enough Abuse Campaign to discrimination laws and opposing punitive ocials, the media and the public. prevent child sexual abuse. welfare policies. Idaho Women’s Network $20,000 Massachusetts Coalition for $25,000 NARAL Pro-Choice Montana Foundation $50,000 Boise, ID Occupational Safety and Health Helena, MT To provide general support to defeat Dorchester, MA To support Montana Healthy Youth legislation and policies that limit or obstruct To support the Reproductive Health and Initiative, which aims to increase access to access to the reproductive choices and health- Justice Initiative, which seeks to build a sexual health education by sustaining and care resources of Idaho women, families and network of immigrant women to protect enhancing public awareness. communities. reproductive health and address concerns related to long-term exposure to toxic cleaners. NARAL Pro-Choice Washington $40,000 Idaho Women’s Network $20,000 Foundation Boise, ID Migrant Health Promotion $50,000 Seattle, WA To provide general support to defeat Weslaco, TX To support Campaign for Real Sex Ed, Part legislation and policies that limit or obstruct To support La Voz Latina, a project which III, a project which works in six geographic access to the reproductive choices and health- builds the power and capacity of migrant areas to implement comprehensive sex care resources of Idaho women, families and women farmworkers in rural colonias of the education curricula at the local level. communities. Lower Rio Grande Valley to advocate for policy change and promote reproductive rights, health and justice within their communities.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 3 National Advocates for Pregnant $20,000 Phoenix Youth and Family Services, Inc. $7,500 Southern Center for Human Rights $60,000 Women Crossett, AR Atlanta, GA New York, NY To support the Phoenix Business Resource To support the Alabama Women’s Resource To provide general support to continue legal Center. Network, which aims to reduce Alabama’s advocacy eorts to defend the reproductive over-reliance on the criminal legal system and health, rights and justice of all women, Planned Parenthood Mid and South $50,000 the women’s prison population. especially the rights of low-income, women of Michigan color and drug-using women. Ann Arbor, MI Southerners on New Ground $30,000 To support the Mobilizing Michigan project, Atlanta, GA National Advocates for Pregnant $40,000 which galvanizes support for the passage of To provide general support to build, connect, Women state legislation that mandates comprehensive and amplify the voices of Southern LGBTQ New York, NY sexuality education. people and to establish aliate groups in To provide general support to ensure women’s Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina and South human rights are protected during pregnancy Poor People’s Economic Human Rights $30,000 Carolina. and to guarantee women’s access to a full Campaign range of reproductive health services. Cleveland, OH Southwest Boulevard Family Health $25,000 To support the Southern Coalescing project, Care National Asian Paci c American $40,000 which uses a collaborative approach to Kansas City, KS Women’s Forum promote local systemic change for the poor To support Healthy University, a program Brooklyn, NY and advocate for their rights to housing, health which builds the capacity of HIV-positive To provide general support to build a care and food. women to advocate for policy and culture movement for health care reform that meets change and aims to increase the representation the needs of immigrant women. The Praxis Project $30,000 of women on the Ryan White Planning Washington, DC Council. National Latina Institute for $20,000 To support Amplied Voices, Amplied Reproductive Health Power: A Southern Regional Capacity SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW $35,000 New York, NY Building Initiative, which aims to provide Atlanta, GA To provide general support to develop policy direct strategic communications support to To provide general support to conduct advocacy plans in targeted states - NY, MN, women-led organizations in the South. community-based, public-policy outreach, TX - and support the leadership of Latina build strategic relationships with legislators, Advocacy Networks at the local level. Project South: Institute for the $30,000 and work to expand their base by explicitly Elimination of Poverty and Genocide including formerly incarcerated women. National Latina Institute for $50,000 Atlanta, GA Reproductive Health To provide general support to bolster SpiritHouse, Inc. $15,000 New York, NY organizing through youth development; to Durham, NC To provide general support to ensure Latina’s support leaders in the Southeast to build To provide general support for a diverse range fundamental human rights to reproductive the infrastructure needed for a regional of projects that draw on the arts and media to health are protected through public movement; and to create cross-movement promote meaningful and positive changes in education, policy advocacy and community alliances to confront prison systems. low-income, high-poverty neighborhoods. mobilization. Restaurant Opportunities Center United $40,000 Stop It Now! $50,000 National Network for Immigrant and $40,000 New York, NY Northampton, MA Refugee Rights To support Mobilizing Women of Color for To provide general support to prevent the Oakland, CA the National Restaurant Worker Movement, sexual abuse of children by mobilizing adults, To support Raising Women’s Voices for which aims to organize low-wage women families and communities through prevention Immigrant Justice, which aims to strengthen restaurant workers to win justice in the education, community outreach, public public support for immigration reform and workplace. policy, and direct services. other measures that address the impact of enforcement policies on immigrant women. Right to the City Alliance $40,000 Texas Freedom Network Education Fund $50,000 Brooklyn, NY Austin, TX National Partnership for Women and $40,000 To provide general support to build a unied To support the Sexuality Education Advocacy Families response to gentrication and displacement in Project, an eort to mobilize grassroots Washington, DC US cities, and to conduct a national campaign support to promote responsible sex education To provide general support to increase to create jobs for low-income communities, policies in Texas. women’s and families’ economic security by especially women of color. promoting basic labor standards. Training and Access Working Group $15,600 Safe Streets/Strong Communities $25,000 Cambridge, MA National Women’s Law Center $40,000 New Orleans, LA To provide general support to create a forum Washington, DC To provide general support to bring concrete that brings together 45 member organizations To support the Economic Security of Low- changes to policies and practices of the New to introduce and mentor new reproductive Income Women and Families project, which Orleans Police Department and the broader health organizations. aids advocates and policymakers in taking criminal justice system of New Orleans advantage of the American Recovery and through organizing and advocacy. Trustees of Hampshire College $10,000 Reinvestment Act. Amherst, MA Sexuality Information and Education $10,000 To support the New Leadership Networking New Mexicans for Responsible Sexuality $50,000 Council of the US Initiative and the Summer Leadership Education New York, NY Institute to create new and lasting Albuquerque, NM To provide general support to protect sexual relationships among young leaders of the To provide general support to promote and reproductive health education programs reproductive justice movement. comprehensive sexuality education in New through collaborative work with educators, Mexico schools through coalition-building advocates, policymakers, parents and United Houma Nation Relief Fund $10,000 and advocacy. caregivers, researchers, and the media. Raceland, LA To provide general support to assist the New Orleans Parent Organizing Network $20,000 Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV $25,000 United Houma Nation in recovering from New Orleans, LA Research & Treatment hurricanes Gustav and Ike. To provide general support to develop a New York, NY network of parents to counter long-standing To provide general support to improve West Virginia Free $50,000 inequities and ensure quality public education. the standard of care for women and their Charleston, WV communities, to raise the visibility of women To provide general support to improve New Orleans Women’s Health Clinic $25,000 living with HIV and to increase awareness of education on reproductive choice, increase New Orleans, LA health disparities among community members access to aordable birth control and protect To provide general support for advocacy and policymakers. personal decision-making through grassroots and organizing that positively impacts the activism, public education, research, coalition- reproductive and sexual health of women of Southeast Regional Economic Justice $50,000 building and community events. color. Network Durham, NC Western North Carolina Workers Center $30,000 Odyssey Youth Center $50,000 To provide general support to strengthen Morganton, NC Spokane, WA immigration reform and democratic To support the Low-Wage Immigrant To provide general support to conduct participation by building strategic alliances Women Making Change Initiative, which outreach and facilitate the development of and conducting a civic engagement campaign aims to help local women form women’s student-led gay/straight alliance clubs. targeting African American and immigrant committees to give voice to their issues and youth, particularly girls. lead actions in their communities.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 4 Western States Center $20,000 Young Workers United $60,000 US Women Connect $1,000 Portland, OR San Francisco, CA Kansas City, MO To support the Gender Justice Program which To provide general support to enforce paid To support the US Women Connect Summit uses a movement-building approach to address sick days legislation, which passed as a result in Sheridan. sexism, heterosexism, reproductive justice, and of their own successful campaign, and to family security, and strengthens the capacity focus on expanding organizing of restaurant Women’s Action for New Directions $2,500 of groups led by and for immigrants, women workers with an emphasis on wages, benets, Education Fund of color, LGBTQ people, and low-income work conditions and gender and race Arlington, MA women. discrimination. To support the WiLL National Security Media and Messaging Training held in Las Wider Opportunities for Women $40,000 Vegas, NV. Washington, DC PRESIDENT’S DISCRETIONARY To support Generating Real Economic Equity Women’s eNews $5,000 Now, an initiative which aims to ensure equal FUND New York, NY To provide general support for award-winning access to green jobs training and employment 250 Pickup Productions $5,000 opportunities aorded by the American 24/7 online news about women around the New York, NY world. Recovery and Reinvestment Act. To support the documentary lm, “What’s Women Alive Coalition $25,000 Your Point, Honey?” which puts a new face Women’s Media Center $5,000 Los Angeles, CA on political leadership by introducing seven New York, NY To provide general support to promote the possible contenders coming down the pipeline To provide general support to ensure women health and well-being of women of color living and revealing inequalities that still exist today. from diverse backgrounds are present in newsrooms, on air, in print and online, as with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles and to build Applied Research Center $1,500 both sources and subjects. their capacity to change local, state and federal Oakland, CA policy that aects their lives. To support the Facing Race National Confer- Women In Transition $30,000 ence in Chicago, IL, which gathers people MARIE C. WILSON Louisville, KY of dierent backgrounds from across the LEADERSHIP FUND To provide general support to build a country to outline a vision for the future of movement of people in poverty across color racial justice. The White House Project $38,000 lines to advocate for policy change. New York, NY Astraea Lesbian Foundation for $5,000 To provide general support to advance Women of Color Resource Center $40,000 Justice women in business, politics and media. Oakland, CA New York, NY To support the Welfare Rights Education To support the Women Moving Millions and Advocacy Project, which aims to advance Campaign. GLORIA STEINEM FUND coalition-building, advocacy and leadership Bella Abzug Leadership Institute $1,000 Apne Aap International $10,000 development to repeal a policy that withholds New York, NY Washington, DC public assistance in an attempt to control To support Leaders of Tomorrow, a New To support the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidya- women’s reproductive choices. York City high school debate and leadership laya Girls School. training program for young women. Women Organized to Respond to Life- $5,000 Augsburg College $5,000 Threatening Disease Breaking Free $5,000 Minneapolis, MN Oakland, CA St. Paul, MN To support the Koryne Horbal Lecture Series. To support a three-phase, executive director To provide general support for Breaking Free, transition process. an organization serving women and girls Bella Abzug Leadership Institute $2,500 New York, NY Women Organized to Respond to Life- $25,000 involved in prostitution and sex tracking as To support Leaders of Tomorrow, a New York Threatening Disease well as other women survivors of abuse who have been involved in the criminal justice City high school debate and leadership training Oakland, CA program for young women. To provide support to promote the leadership system. of HIV-positive women and strengthen Grassroots Institute for Fundraising $2,000 Breaking Free $10,000 their capacity to advocate for local, state and Training St. Paul, MN federal policy change, particularly through the Oakland, CA To provide general support for Breaking Free, Positive Women’s Network. To support Raising Change 2008: A Social an organization serving women and girls in- volved in prostitution and sex tracking as well The Women’s Collective $10,000 Justice Fundraising Conference. as other women survivors of abuse who have Washington, DC GroundSpark $1,200 been involved in the criminal justice system. To support National Advocates Network San Francisco, CA Enhancement, a diverse group of women To support the premiere and national educa- Lower Zambezi Conservation Trust $15,000 living with or aected by HIV/AIDS who tion campaign of “Straightlaced,” a docu- New York, NY speak out about their own experiences in order mentary that unearths how popular pressures To support the Lower Zambezi protected to aect policy change. around gender and sexuality are conning farming partnership between Chimsambo and Mugurameno Villages. Women’s Law Project $30,000 American teens. Philadelphia, PA International Media Project, Inc. $2,000 Man Up $5,000 To support Pennsylvanians for Choice, Oakland, CA Washington, DC the only statewide coalition working for To provide support for committed To support Man Up: A Global Initiative To comprehensive reproductive health care and investigative journalism, in-depth critical Engage Men and Youth in Preventing Violence the protection of reproductive and sexual analysis, the promotion of civic participation Against Women. rights. and the dissemination of educational Sisterhood is Global Institute $10,000 material. Women’s Lighthouse Project $25,000 New York, NY Aurora, CO New York Women’s Foundation $5,000 To provide general support to create a dynamic To provide general support for advocacy by New York, NY fundraising engine and ensure greater, cost- and for women living with HIV/AIDS and To support the Women Moving Millions eective impact in building the global women’s to address disparities in health care and social Campaign. movement. services for HIV-positive women in Colorado. Take Our Daughters and Sons To $5,000 Third Wave Foundation $2,500 Women’s Voices for the Earth $40,000 Work Foundation New York, NY Missoula, MT Elizabeth City, NC To support the Barbara Seaman Networking To support eorts to protect and improve To support the program, Take Our Daughters Grants. health conditions for women working in nail and Sons To Work. salons and to reduce women’s exposure to University of Oregon $1,000 toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies. Third Wave Foundation $15,000 Eugene, OR New York, NY To support the Sally Miller Gearhart Fund for Young Women United $40,000 To support the Women Moving Millions Lesbian Studies in the Department of Women Albuquerque, NM Campaign. and Gender Studies. To provide general supports to use media, direct-action and alliance-building strategies Tides Center $2,000 to encourage the Albuquerque School District San Francisco, CA to implement a well-monitored sexuality To support the 2008 Making Money Make education program. Change retreat, Many Stories, Many Strategies.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 5 SOPHIA FUND FAIRY GODMOTHER FUND Cangleska, Inc. $20,000 alt.Consulting $3,000 Kyle, SD Pine Bu, AR To support the creation and dissemination To provide general support and support for the of four publications on the Violence Against project, Rags to Stitches. Women Act as an educational tool for organizations, tribal leaders, Congressional Good Work Network $3,000 representatives and advocates. New Orleans, LA To support at Amazing Place Day Care Funders’ Collaborative on Youth $10,000 Center, a New Orleans-based, family-centered Organizing child care facility and to open a second center. Brooklyn, NY To provide general support to expand a strate- Seedco Financial Services, Inc. $3,000 gic grantmaking initiative, promote knowledge New York, NY on youth organizing among funders and To support Loretta’s Authentic Pralines to expand organizational capacity to increase develop and implement a marketing strategy awareness about youth organizing. to promote a newly diversied product line and to aid her return to the French Market in Funders for LGBTQ Issues $10,000 New Orleans. New York, NY To provide general support to increase institu- Wisconsin Women’s Business $3,000 tional giving to LGBTQ communities. Initiative Corporation Milwaukee, WI MomsRising $10,000 To support the Community Health Care Bellevue, WA Training Center in upgrading oce and To support MomsVote, MomsRising’s get- education equipment to improve business out-the-vote intitiative. systems and products and better serve the community. National Association of People with $1,000 AIDS Women’s Initiative for Self $3,000 Silver Spring, MD Employment To support the third annual Women’s Insti- San Francisco, CA tute held in Raleigh, NC. To support Musica Columbia Fusion and Cafe to conduct site modications, purchase National Council for Research on $5,000 equipment and cover expenses for the rst year Women of operations. New York, NY To support the Big Five Campaign, which Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial $3,000 aims to provide in-depth analysis to media and Network policymakers about economic security, health, Bethlehem, NH immigration and education. To support Interior Green, a full-service, organic-living green store, in its eorts National Council of Women’s $10,000 to increase its visibility and marketing Organizations opportunities. Washington, DC To provide general support to address issues such as family and work, economic equity, education, corporate accountability, women and technology, reproductive freedom and women’s health. National Women’s Law Center $10,000 Washington, DC To provide general support for litigation in state and federal courts, and public education on legislative procedures and public policies for women. The Rebecca Project for Human $12,500 Rights Washington, DC To provide general support for advocacy on behalf of low-income families and to promote the human, economic and reproductive rights of women and girls. Service Women’s Action Network $12,500 New York, NY To provide general support to mobilize a growing constituency of US servicewomen and veterans through policy advocacy and grassroots organizing; to oer women expert legal and counseling services; and to promote reform in the areas of health care and military sexual trauma. SisterSong, Inc. $2,000 Atlanta, GA To support a strategy meeting to help counter the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (HR 7016). Women of Color Network $10,000 Harrisburg, PA To provide general support to document and report on organizational policies and practices that support women of color in securing and retaining executive level positions at anti- violence against women programs. Women’s Funding Network $10,000 San Francisco, CA To support the 25th annual WFN conference, Investing in Women: Worldwide Returns.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 6 FISCAL YEAR 2010 GRANTS (July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010)

The Ms. Foundation for Women delivers strategic support within and across four broad change areas: Building Democracy, Economic Justice, Ending Violence and Women’s Health.

ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights $30,000 All Our Kin, Inc. $30,000 California Child Care Resource and $25,000 Coalition New Haven, CT Referral Network Oakland, CA To provide general support to ensure that the San Francisco, CA To provide general support to remove barriers Connecticut Department of Social Services To support Parent Voices, a project which to sexual and reproductive health care and takes all necessary steps to access funding aims to ensure that American Recovery and build the collective power of Californian made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars left unspent are ac- women and girls to demand health care equity. Reinvestment Act with an aim to increase the counted for and used to expand access to child quality of child care. care in all California counties. ACT for Women and Girls $25,000 Visalia, CA Alternatives for Community and $25,000 California Latinas for Reproductive $55,000 To provide general support for organizing Environment Justice in poor, rural communities of the Central Roxbury, MA Los Angeles, CA San Joaquin Valley; to build the power and To support the Green Justice Initiative, which To provide general support to ensure Cali- leadership of women, primarily farmworker aims to ensure that Boston’s communities fornia’s most underserved Latinas have access immigrants, to advocate for social change, par- of color are at the forefront of a new green to reproductive health policies, services and ticularly reproductive justice; and to strengthen economy. information that are comprehensive, accurate, local and regional connections among diverse unbiased, and culturally and linguistically ap- groups to promote LGBTQ rights and mar- ANIZ, Inc. $20,000 propriate, and to advance a Latina reproductive riage equality. Atlanta, GA justice framework. To support Reaching Out to Sisters with Advocates for Informed Choice $15,000 HIV/AIDS, which builds the power and self- Center for Community Change $35,000 Cotati, CA suciency of HIV-positive women of color Washington, DC To support In My Opinion, which aims to through leadership development, advocacy To support Community Voices on the Econ- foster the formation of an intersex youth com- training and social-networking support. omy, a joint focus group and national polling munity, while supporting youth in developing project with the Ms. Foundation and the a voice and providing a platform for their Asian Communities for Reproductive $10,000 Communications Consortium Media Center perspectives on a national level. Justice to determine the impact of the economic crisis Oakland, CA on diverse communities, particularly women. African American Policy Forum $5,000 To provide general support to help launch Poughkeepsie, NY Strong Families, a national campaign that will Center for Participatory Change, Inc. $30,000 To support the fourth annual CRS sympo- link reproductive justice to a wide range of Asheville, NC sium, Intersectionality. issues such as environmental justice and work- To support the Immigrant Women’s Organiz- ers’ rights in order to create more inclusive ing and Advocacy Project, which strengthens AIDS Alabama, Inc. $50,000 policies and expand the reach and power of the immigrant women’s leadership and helps Birmingham, AL reproductive justice movement. ensure they have a voice in calls for national To provide general support for advocacy and immigration reform and state and local policies education to promote comprehensive sexuality Association for the Treatment of $43,000 that move away from enforcement and towards education within the context of HIV/AIDS Sexual Abusers creating a path to citizenship. prevention. Beaverton, OR To provide support to produce a brief on sex Center for Participatory Change, Inc. $850 AIDS Services of Austin, Inc. $25,000 oender-related public policy in the US and Asheville, NC Austin, TX how it impacts the prevention of child sexual To support participation in the US Social To support the Women Rising Project which abuse. Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. oers education, peer support and leadership training to HIV-positive women; builds Avery Institute for Social Change $75,000 Chicago Women’s AIDS Project $25,000 women’s power to promote local and state Boston, MA Chicago, IL policy change; and works to improve testing To support Raising Women’s Voices for the To provide support to help eliminate dispari- services for women at risk of HIV due to socio- Health Care We Need, a national coalition ties in treatment outcomes for HIV positive economic factors such as poverty, homelessness working to promote the perspectives and women through direct-care services, education, and lack of transportation. participation of women in securing equitable advocacy and prevention programming. and inclusive health-care reform. AIDS Services of Austin, Inc. $10,000 Childspace Cooperative $30,000 Austin, TX BABES Network-YWCA $25,000 Development, Inc. To provide support for a nancial literacy Seattle, WA Philadelphia, PA training. To provide support to build the power of To support Successful Models of Child Care women aected by HIV/AIDS to advocate Organizing, a project which aims to increase Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen $50,000 for long-term policy change that addresses the percentage of child care programs in low- Pregnancy, Inc. women’s lives, including issues such as: access income communities and enhance American Montgomery, AL to transportation; care-giving responsibilities; Recovery and Reinvestment Act investment in To provide general support for education and domestic violence; and immigration status. Pennsylvania. advocacy at local and state levels to promote comprehensive sexuality education in Alabama. Beyondmedia Education $15,000 Choice USA $35,000 Chicago, IL Washington, DC Alaska Community Action on Toxics $25,000 To support Chain of Change, a youth-driven To support the Fetal Personhood Ballot Initia- Anchorage, AK eort that uses media activism to address vio- tive Campaign, which aims to prevent two To provide support for a year-long collabora- lence by bringing youth voices, especially those “fetal personhood” measures from passing in tion of scientists and researchers facilitated of young women, to the forefront of the issue. Colorado and Kansas. by the Environmental Reproductive Health Education Program, a project established in CAAAV Organizing Asian Communi- $500 Christie’s Place $25,000 2006 to address the major reproductive justice ties San Diego, CA concerns—involuntary infertility, premature Bronx, NY To support Transformations - e Sisterhood births and infant health—of Indigenous people To support participation in the US Social Project, which aims to ensure HIV/AIDS in Alaska. Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. prevention, care and treatment are adequately resourced to support the needs of women liv- ing with HIV/AIDS in San Diego County.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 7 Close to Home Domestic Violence $15,000 Faith Aloud $35,000 Hollaback! $15,000 Prevention Initiative St Louis, MO New York, NY Dorchester, MA To support the passage of the Compassion- To support HollabackNYC, which oers a To support Close to Home Youth Team, a ate Act for Rape Emergencies, a bill which safe way to report street harassment and assault network of 60 youth, aged 13-20 years old, would require every emergency room or rape online, including a cell phone “app” available working to create and execute an organizing treatment center to share accurate medical to the public. campaign designed to advocate for healthy information about emergency contraception relationships and teen dating violence preven- with rape victims. Hope Haven of the Lowcountry $15,000 tion in Boston public schools. Beaufort, SC Family & Children’s Service/HIRE $30,000 To support Peer to Peer Violence Prevention Colorado Organization for Latina $10,000 Minnesota through Social Media, a project designed to Opportunity and Reproductive Rights Minneapolis, MN address violence in the lives of middle and high Denver, CO To support eorts to ensure that federal school students through the creation of public To support participation in Community stimulus dollars in Minnesota create green service announcements that address inequities Voices on the Economy, a joint focus group jobs with family-supporting wages, and reduce in two South Carolina laws. and national polling project with the Ms. racial and gender disparities in hiring, training Foundation, the Center for Community and contracting. Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health $40,000 Change and the Communications Consortium Chicago, IL Media Center to determine the impact of Funders Network on Population, $5,000 To provide general support to ght for repro- the economic crisis on diverse communities, Reproductive Health and Rights ductive justice for adolescents, and to build the particularly women. Rockville, MD power of youth leaders to mobilize education To provide support to the Women of Color and advocacy eorts among peers and adults in Colorado Organization for Latina $50,000 Working Group to create a multi-media their communities. Opportunity and Reproductive Rights toolkit to educate funders about the vital role Denver, CO played by women of color-led reproductive Kentucky Jobs With Justice $850 To provide general support to build a move- justice organizations. Louisville, KY ment of Latinas, their families and allies To support participation in the US Social through leadership development, organizing generationFIVE $50,000 Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. Oakland, CA and advocacy to ensure Latina’s access to a full Let Justice Roll Living Wage Cam- $30,000 range of reproductive health opportunities, To provide general support to end child sexual abuse within ve generations by building the paign including comprehensive sexuality education North Little Rock, AR and access to contraception. capacity of community-based leaders to re- spond to and prevent abuse by shifting cultural To support the Building Southern Living Communications Consortium Media $30,000 norms and changing local policies. Wage Movement, which aims to win wage Center hikes for zero-wage and sub-minimum-wage Washington, DC Generations Ahead $30,000 workers. Oakland, CA To support participation in Community Los Angeles Alliance for a New $25,000 Voices on the Economy, a joint focus group To provide general support to help ensure that public debate and policies governing Economy and national polling project with the Ms. Los Angeles, CA Foundation and the Center for Commu- reproductive and genetic technologies include To support eorts to ensure women and nity Change to determine the impact of the the voices, values and perspectives of histori- people of color are well-represented in all economic crisis on diverse communities, cally excluded communities such as women of work funded by the American Recovery and particularly women. color, LGBTQ individuals and people with disabilities. Reinvestment Act at the Port of Los Angeles, Communications Consortium Media $20,000 the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Center Georgia Citizens’ Coalition on $850 Department of Water and Power. Washington, DC Hunger Atlanta, GA Louisiana Bucket Brigade $25,000 To support media outreach eorts on health New Orleans, LA care reform focused on increasing the visibility To support participation in the US Social To provide general support to reduce oil and point of view of low-income women and Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. renery accidents and promote healthier women of color. Grantmakers for Children, Youth and $2,000 communities by delivering research and data Community Voices Heard $25,000 Families to women-led organizations near reneries New York, NY Silver Spring, MD and building their capacity to advocate for To support the Stimulus Policy and Monitor- To support the Grantmakers for Children, themselves and their communities. Youth and Families 25th Annual Conference. ing Campaign, which aims to mobilize low-in- Low-Income Families’ Empowerment $30,000 come mothers receiving Temporary Assistance Grassroots Institute for Fundraising $2,000 through Education: LIFETIME for Needy Families (TANF) and educate them Training San Leandro, CA on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Oakland, CA To support eorts to monitor and assess Act through teach-ins and workshops. To support Money for Our Movements 2010: the eectiveness of American Recovery and Critical Resistance $850 A Social Justice Fundraising Conference. Reinvestment Act and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families job programs at the local Oakland, CA Grassroots Leadership $25,000 To support participation in the US Social and state level. Charlotte, NC Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. To support the Women’s Campaign, a new Maine People’s Resource Center $10,000 Critical Resistance $25,000 project focused on researching the reality faced Augusta, ME Oakland, CA by incarcerated women in for-prot prisons. To support participation in Community Voices on the Economy, a joint focus group To support the Community Legal Clinic, Grassroots Leadership $850 which aims to help New Orleans residents and national polling project with the Ms. Charlotte, NC expunge their records, and the Harm Free Foundation, the Center for Community To support participation in the US Social Zone in Durham, NC, which aims to develop Change and the Communications Consortium Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. and document methods to reduce reliance on Media Center to determine the impact of police- and prison-based solutions. Herstory Writers Workshop, Inc. $15,000 the economic crisis on diverse communities, particularly women. Domestic Workers United $4,000 Centereach, NY To support Youth Writing for Restorative New York, NY Massachusetts Citizens for Children $40,000 Justice and Racial Equity, which aims to create To provide support for capacity building to aid Boston, MA direct interchange between incarcerated and in an executive leadership transition. To support the Enough Abuse Campaign, formerly incarcerated teens and students at a comprehensive, community-based, public Education Fund of Family Planning $50,000 three Long Island universities. education and community engagement model Advocates of New York State Highlander Research and Education $15,000 for child sexual abuse prevention. Albany, NY Center To provide support to advance policies in Massachusetts Coalition for $30,000 New Market, TN support of comprehensive sexual health educa- Occupational Safety and Health To provide support to help ensure a powerful tion, with the specic objective of targeting Dorchester, MA and diverse leadership base in the Southern US the NY State Education Department as they To provide support to engage women in by strengthening democratic participation and revise K-12 learning standards, which have participatory action research within workplaces multi-racial, multi-issue, and intergenerational implications for local curriculum development to identify and end abuse, from chemical grassroots organizing. throughout the state. exposure to sexual assault.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 8 Media Equity Collaborative $3,000 National Council for Research on $15,000 New York University - Women of $3,000 Truth or Consequences, NM Women Color Policy Network To support eorts to organize the 2010 New York, NY New York, NY Summit of Women’s Social Justice Media To support eorts to assess whether child-care To support Lead the Way: Building the Organizations. funding under the American Recovery and Pipeline of Women of Color in the Non-Prot Reinvestment Act is adequately reaching low- Sector, a capacity-building and leadership Migrant Health Promotion $45,000 income women and families, particularly fami- initiative for women of color mid-level Weslaco, TX lies of color, and to provide recommendations managers and emerging executive directors To provide support to expand the organiz- to improve the infrastructure of child care. working in non-prot and community-based ing capacity of women from rural, migrant organizations. farmworking communities in the Lower Rio National Day Laborer Organizing $25,000 Grande Valley to advocate for improved access Network New York University - Women of $5,000 to reproductive rights, health and justice and to Los Angeles, CA Color Policy Network leverage the voices of community members in To provide support to NDLON and the New York, NY discussions of immigration reform. National Domestic Workers Alliance to bring To support eorts to increase capacity to a gender analysis to, and expand the voices engage state and federal legislators and Mississippi Low-Income Child Care $10,000 involved in, the debate over the passage of SB policymakers in ensuring that funds from the Initiative 1070, Arizona’s virulent anti-immigrant law; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Biloxi, MS to document human rights abuses and high- are reaching low-income women and their To provide general support to enhance the light women and children’s responses to SB families. quality of child development experiences, 1070; and to hold congressional hearings on to advocate for improved child care policies the impact of federal immigration enforcement North Carolina Justice Center - $10,000 and greater public investment in child care and state legislation on women and families Blueprint NC subsidies for low-income families, and to build in Arizona. Raleigh, NC a strong grassroots constituency. To support participation in Community National Latina Institute for $80,000 Voices on the Economy, a joint focus group Mississippi Low-Income Child Care $20,000 Reproductive Health and national polling project with the Ms. Initiative New York, NY Foundation, the Center for Community Biloxi, MS To support Women of Color United for Change and the Communications Consortium To provide general support to enhance the Health Reform, a coalition led by NLIRH, Media Center to determine the impact of quality of child development experiences, the National Asian Pacic American Women’s the economic crisis on diverse communities, to advocate for improved child care policies Forum, and the Black Women’s Health particularly women. through greater public investment in child care Imperative, to amplify the priorities of women subsidies for low-income families, and to build and communities of color in the national NYC AIDS Housing Network $10,000 a strong grassroots constituency. health care reform debate, particularly among Brooklyn, NY key legislative ocials. To provide support for work led by and for Moore Community House $15,000 low-income people living with HIV/AIDS, Biloxi, MS Native American Community Board $40,000 including eorts to win aordable housing To support Women in Construction, a Lake Andes, SD protection for low-income women, increase comprehensive job training program for To provide support to promote Native housing opportunities for undocumented im- low-income women on the Gulf Coast that American women’s reproductive rights, health migrants with HIV/AIDS, restore city budget helps them access quality, living-wage jobs and, and justice nationwide, including advocacy to cuts, and strengthen women’s leadership. in the process, increase the supply of workers ensure women’s access to emergency contra- needed to assist in the ongoing post-Katrina ception and just treatment for sexual assault Odyssey Youth Center $40,000 rebuilding eort. survivors. Spokane, WA To provide general support to continue youth Mujeres Unidas Contra el SIDA $20,000 Neighbor To Neighbor Massachusetts $30,000 organizing and advocacy training to address San Antonio, TX Boston, MA issues of race, class, sexuality and gender equity To support Saber es Poder in developing To provide support to ensure that living-wage in schools and communities. a statewide network in Texas to target and green jobs provide career opportunities for mobilize women of color living with and low-income and working class women who Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. $30,000 aected by HIV/AIDS to seek representation need them most, and to monitor and advocate Portland, OR and participation on HIV-related decision- for improved green jobs legislation, including To support eorts to ensure fair access to em- making boards. components of the American Recovery and ployment opportunities created by American Reinvestment Act. Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded public NARAL Pro-Choice Montana $50,000 works, particularly the Edith Green-Wendell Foundation New Mexicans for Responsible $50,000 Wyatt Federal Building project and the Clean Helena, MT Sexuality Education Energy Works Portland Program. To support Healthy Montana Teens Commu- Albuquerque, NM nity by Community: Creating Lasting Change To provide support to increase the number of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of $20,000 in Montana Schools, an advocacy campaign to school districts in compliance with state sexual Michigan promote comprehensive sexuality education in health education standards and to encourage Lansing, MI Great Falls Public Schools, as well as in Helena the view that sexuality education is a part of To provide general support to advance and Missoula. overall health education rather than an issue comprehensive sexuality education policies and of morality. ensure full access to reproductive healthcare in NARAL Pro-Choice Washington $30,000 Michigan. Foundation New Mexico State University $30,000 Seattle, WA Foundation Planned Parenthood Association of $25,000 To support the Campaign for Real Sex Las Cruces, NM Utah Education to monitor compliance with the To support eorts to increase the availability Lansing, MI Healthy Youth Act, which mandates medically of quality aordable child care in Dona Ana To support the Healthy Families Initiative, accurate sexuality education in school districts County, New Mexico through the professional which aims to to secure an expansion of state statewide. development of women employed in early Medicaid funding to expand family planning services to all low-income women. National Asian Pacific American $40,000 childhood education. Women’s Forum New Orleans Parent Organizing $850 Planned Parenthood Southeast $50,000 Brooklyn, NY Network Atlanta, GA To provide support to conduct organizing and New Orleans, LA To provide support for community-based community-based research and action projects To support participation in the US Social advocacy trainings and public education to to address access to health care, the lack of re- Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. increase the base of support for comprehensive, search and documentation of the reproductive medically accurate sex education and services- health needs of Asian Pacic Islander (API) New Orleans Parent Organizing $20,000 -and thwart regressive measures--in Alabama women, and reproductive and environmental Network and Mississippi. injustices faced by women in the nail salon New Orleans, LA industry. To provide support to develop the leadership Poor People’s Economic Human $500 and organizing skills of parents whose voices Rights Campaign have been excluded from the public education Cleveland, OH and policy arena and to build parents’ power To support participation in the US Social to advocate for the best possible public schools Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. and ensure every child has access to one in her/ his community.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 9 Poor People’s Economic Human $20,000 Southern Center for Human Rights $30,000 West Virginia Free $50,000 Rights Campaign Atlanta, GA Charleston, WV Cleveland, OH To support the Alabama Women’s Resource To provide general support to improve To provide support to create and strengthen Network, a coalition of incarcerated women, education on issues surrounding sexual and re- connections among “poor people’s groups” service providers, and advocates working to productive health through grassroots activism, from New Orleans to Detroit; and to facilitate ensure that Alabama communities support public education, policy advocacy, research, a regional World Court of Women in the women with the services and resources they coalition-building and community events. South to address the often invisible issues need to lead safe and healthy lives. created by poverty and elevate them in national Western North Carolina Workers $850 policy debates. Southerners on New Ground $30,000 Center Atlanta, GA Morganton, NC The Praxis Project $4,000 To provide general support to deepen its sub- To support participation in the US Social Washington, DC regional and statewide grassroots base-building Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. To provide general support. and campaign work, and to strengthen cross- sector and cross-issue work with groups led by Western North Carolina Workers $30,000 Project South: Institute for the $850 LGBTQ people of color. Center Elimination of Poverty and Genocide Morganton, NC Atlanta, GA SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW $30,000 To provide support to engage low-wage Latina To support participation in the US Social Atlanta, GA immigrants who face discrimination, abuse and Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. To provide general support to collaborate with exploitation in their communities, homes and individuals and communities to build and workplaces; to conduct targeted outreach and Project South: Institute for the $30,000 sustain a powerful reproductive justice move- training to build immigrant women’s power Elimination of Poverty and Genocide ment in Georgia. to organize in their communities and advocate Atlanta, GA for policy change in the areas of worker and To provide general support for leadership SpiritHouse, Inc. $25,000 immigrant rights. development and organizing that builds critical Durham, NC social justice infrastructure, locally and region- To support Choosing Sides/Youth Noise Net- Western States Center $20,000 ally; and to provide access to quality education, work Emerging Leaders, a project to inspire Portland, OR health, safety, and economic opportunity for emerging leaders to be proactive about their To support the Gender Justice Program which family networks in communities of color. decision-making and create alternatives that uses a movement-building approach to address can lead to authentic, long-term community sexism, heterosexism, reproductive justice, and Public Health Institute $63,000 change. family security, and strengthens the capacity Oakland, CA of groups led by and for immigrants, women To provide support to analyze news coverage Stop It Now! $50,000 of color, LGBTQ people, and low-income of child sexual abuse. Northampton, MA women. To provide general support to increase the level The Rebecca Project for Human $40,000 and quality of online individual and group Women Alive Coalition $25,000 Rights engagement around child sexual abuse preven- Los Angeles, CA Washington, DC tion, community action and advocacy. To provide general support to promote the To provide general support to work to end the health and well-being of women of color shackling of mothers behind bars, expand alter- Students Active for Ending Rape $15,000 living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles; to native sentencing to maternal incarceration, New York, NY support Sudden Impact, an intensive, peer and develop and strengthen Sacred Authority To support the Campus Accountability capacity-building program that builds women’s chapters and leadership trainings. Project, which supports student activists in power to promote policy change and advance taking a lead role in campus sexual assault economic justice for women living with or RH Reality Check/Better World Fund $10,000 policy reform, builds student leaders through aected by HIV/AIDS. Washington, DC mentorship, and changes cultural norms that To provide general support to produce contribute to campus sexual violence. Women In Transition, Inc. $850.00 investigative stories and conduct press calls Louisville, KY in partnership with key organizations and Taproot Foundation $6,000 To support participation in the US Social individuals to amplify and expand coverage of San Francisco, CA Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. sexual and reproductive health issues. To enable Taproot to provide capacity building to one national Ms. Foundation Women Organized to Respond to $10,000 Safe Streets/Strong Communities $850 grantee partners working on immigration and Life-Threatening Disease New Orleans, LA reproductive health to expand their reach and Oakland, CA To support participation in the US Social base of support and build their capacity to To provide support for a nancial literacy Forum 2010 in Detroit, MI. more eectively advocate for national policy project. in these areas. SisterSong, Inc. $3,000 Women Organized to Respond to $25,000 Atlanta, GA Tennessee Alliance for Progress $30,000 Life-Threatening Disease To support eorts to mobilize 50 women of Nashville, TN Oakland, CA color from the deep South to attend the Day To support eorts to provide training oppor- To support eorts to grow the membership of Action to Stop Stupak in Washington, DC tunities for women in green jobs and to ensure base of the Positive Women’s Network, which and meet with legislators to advocate for the that American Recovery and Reinvestment Act works towards securing a greater presence and protection of abortion coverage in health care funds for green jobs in Tennessee be used for the increased expertise of HIV-positive women reform. single mothers and low-income women in the at targeted advocacy points in the US. most distressed communities. Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV $25,000 Women’s Law Project $25,000 Research & Treatment Texas Freedom Network Education $50,000 Philadelphia, PA New York, NY Fund To support Understanding Abortion Care in To provide general support to expand Austin, TX Pennsylvania, a grassroots advocacy campaign comprehensive, women-centered services and To support the Sex Education Advocacy to dispel myths about abortion care through support for HIV-positive women and to raise Project, which aims to create state-level policy hundreds of face-to-face meetings between awareness of HIV-positive women’s health changes, reverse abstinence-only policies in state legislators and their constituents. disparities among community members and local school districts, and pass responsible policymakers. health curriculum standards at the State Board Women’s Lighthouse Project $20,000 of Education. Aurora, CO Solar Richmond $30,000 To provide general support to advance Richmond, CA Violence Prevention Coalition of $25,000 advocacy eorts by and for women living with To support East Bay Women in Solar, which Southwest Colorado HIV through leadership training and aims to create systemic change by advocating Durango, CO comprehensive education. for greater investment in green-jobs training To support See It Stop It on Native Lands, and more set-asides for women; specically to which aims to lift up the voices and leadership Women’s Voices for the Earth $35,000 ensure that 25% of American Recovery and of young people residing on the Southern Missoula, MT Reinvestment Act-funded solar installations are Ute Indian Reservation, and support them in To provide general support to build bridges allocated to qualied women in Richmond, identifying and implementing strategies to put across movements and cultivate collaborations CA. a stop to gender violence. with groups of women most impacted by environmental hazards. Southeast Regional Economic Justice $30,000 Network Durham, NC To provide general support to develop ap- proaches to immigration reform that benet both immigrant communities and communi- ties of color.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 10 Young Voices $25,000 GLORIA STEINEM FUND Seventh Generation Fund for Indian $10,000 Providence, RI Development To support the Gender Justice Project, which Bella Abzug Leadership Institute $2,000 Arcata, CA aims to build awareness and skills among New York, NY To support the Indigenous Women’s Leader- young people to recognize and dismantle To support Leaders of Tomorrow, a New York ship Development Initiative, which aims to systemic gender dynamics and constrictive City high school debate and leadership training promote, strengthen and honor the leadership gender roles. program for young women. role of Indigenous women by supporting women-initiated and women-led projects that Young Women United $40,000 Feminist Majority Foundation $25,000 build their power and capacity. Albuquerque, NM Los Angeles, CA To provide general support to develop To provide general support. Taproot Foundation $12,000 language, materials and resources that are San Francisco, CA supportive of young parents and respectfully Girls Speak Out Foundation $5,000 To enable Taproot to provide capacity building address teen parenthood. Santa Rosa, CA to two national Ms. Foundation grantee part- To support GSO Kenya’s workshops and train- ners working on immigration and reproductive Young Women’s Empowerment $20,000 ings for girls and women in Kenyan schools health to expand their reach and base of sup- Project and villages. port and build their capacity to more eectively Chicago, IL advocate for national policy in these areas. To provide general support to change the way Domestic Workers United $1,000 Chicago perceives and treats its homeless and New York, NY Women’s Funding Network $10,000 street-based people who have been involved To provide support for capacity building to aid San Francisco, CA in the sex trade; to use new and innovative in an executive leadership transition. To support the annual conference, Investment, media to raise awareness of girls’ experiences Sisterhood is Global Institute $10,000 Inuence, Impact: Seizing the Moment, in and to enable them to document experiences Denver, CO. New York, NY of neglect or abuse from police, hospitals, and To provide general support to establish a greater social services. and more cost-eective impact in building the FAIRY GODMOTHER FUND global women’s movement. Association for Enterprise $15,000 PRESIDENT’S DISCRETIONARY WNET.ORG $2,000 Opportunity New York, NY Arlington, VA Bella Abzug Leadership Institute $1,000 To support the documentary, “Women, War To provide support to amplify and expand New York, NY and Peace.” women’s economic security, particularly that To support Leaders of Tomorrow, a New York of low-income women and women of color, City high school debate and leadership training Women’s Environment and $10,000 through microenterprise. program for young women. Development Organization New York, NY Dwa Fanm (Haitian Women’s Rights) $5,000 To provide general support. Brooklyn, NY To provide support for Haitian Women Orga- nizing for Peace and Security, a project through SOPHIA FUND which Dwa Fanm mobilized support for women and their families in the aftermath of the January Center for Community Change $15,000 2010 Haiti earthquake. Washington, DC FANM AYISYEN NAN MIYAMI,INC $5,000 To provide general support to disseminate Miami, FL the results of the Community Voices on the To provide support for the coordination of the Economy, a joint polling project with the Ms. collection of medical and other donations in the Foundation and the Communications Con- aftermath of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake sortium Media Center, to congressional leaders and to oer assistance to Haitian families in with the assistance of the Hatcher Group. Miami. Funders for LGBTQ Issues $10,000 Global Fund for Women $10,000 New York, NY San Francisco, CA To provide general support to focus on To support women’s peace-building eorts and research, convenings, strategic eld-wide leader- the rebuilding of organizations and communities ship and a national retreat to build on issues after the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. surrounding LGBTQ movement-building. $27,000 International Museum of Women $2,500 National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health San Francisco, CA New York, NY To provide general support to a groundbreak- ing social change museum that inspires global To provide general support to defend and action. promote reproductive and economic justice for immigrant women by increasing the number of Majora Carter Group, LLC $2,500 leaders and organizations engaged in the Bronx, NY movement for immigration reform. To support the Hunts Point Community Mural New York University - Women of $10,000 Project. Color Policy Network Partners in Health $10,000 New York, NY Boston, MA To support eorts to increase capacity to en- To provide emergency medical relief to suvivors gage state and federal legislators and policymak- of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. ers in ensuring that funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are reaching Wilma Mankiller Foundation c/o Tulsa $1,000 low-income women and their families. Community Foundaiton Tulsa, OK National Council for Research on $10,000 To provide general support in honor of the Women memory of Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma New York, NY Mankiller. To support eorts to assess whether child care funding under the American Recovery Women’s Action for New Directions $1,000 and Reinvestment Act is adequately reaching Education Fund low-income women and families, particularly Arlington, MA families of color, and to provide recommenda- To support the WiLL National Security Media tions to improve the infrastructure of child care. and Messaging Training held in Las Vegas, NV. Service Women’s Action Network $27,000 Women’s eNews $5,000 New York, NY New York, NY To support Claiming Justice: Military Sexual To provide general support for award-winning Trauma Policy Reform, which includes a 24/7 online news about women around the national campaign to educate policymakers, the world. media, health professionals and non-prot organizations about the causes and consequences of military sexual trauma.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 11 PARTNERS IN PHILANTHROPY

The Ms. Foundation for Women is able to advance its eorts thanks to our donor partners. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the following individuals, foundations and corporations for their generous commitment to our vision of a just and safe world for women and girls, their families and communities.

The listing below represents $50,000  $99,999 Mayree C. Clark Denise Scott Brown and contributions made between Kayrita M. Anderson Donna Deitch Robert Venturi July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2010. Anonymous (1) The Dickler Family Foundation Lucy M. Chan Citi Foundation Jeannie Diefenderfer Elizabeth Colton $1 MILLION AND ABOVE Lauren Embrey Phoebe Eng and Zubin Shro Combined Federal Campaign The Ford Foundation Amy C. Liss Helen J. Gemmill Dalio Family Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation The John Merck Fund Home Box Oce Michael Dribin & Lori Dribin NoVo Foundation Sharon D. Prince Polly H. Howells and Terry Satinover Fagen, Esq. E. Bonnie Schaefer Elizabeth Sawi Eric Werthman Eleanor Friedman and Jonathan Cohen Starry Night Fund of the Tides Marion Sawyer Jacobs Family Foundation Foundation Funding Exchange Jenny Warburg Valerie Jacobs Archie Gottesman and Women’s Funding Network JetBlue Airways $500,000 TO $999,999 Gary DeBode Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Juniper Networks Anonymous Ann F. Kaplan Sara K. Gould and Rick Surpin Dobkin Family Foundation Matt Groening $25,000  $49,999 The Klarman Family Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Connie and Jonathan Heller Charles Anderson Rochelle Korman Foundation Margaret L. Hempel Ashley Blanchard Marlene R. Krauss The Estate of V. J. Mastrobuono Yoko Ono Lennon Anne Helen Hess and Susan A. Grode Craig Kaplan David and Lucile Packard Margaret and Bill Lynch Grove Foundation Chandra E. Jessee Foundation McKay Foundation Hill-Snowdon Foundation Kathleen Kennedy-Olsen Bette Midler Holland & Knight LLP Kristina Kiehl and $100,000  $499,999 Sue Miller and Leslie Saiontz Helen LaKelly Hunt Robert Friedman Anonymous (3) The Leo Model Foundation Marion Kaplan Marta Jo Lawrence Atlantic Philanthropies Neuberger Berman, Inc. The Brico Fund Katten Muchin Rosenman Suzanne and Robert Levine Foundation, Inc. New Hampshire Charitable California Wellness Foundation Foundation The Little Family Foundation Suzanne La Fetra Catalyst Fund of the Tides Northern Trust, NA Katharine B. Mountcastle John M. Lloyd Foundation Foundation Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler Lori Ordover Robert Sterling Clark Foundation The Joshua Mailman Foundation LLP Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Jane Comer Nancy Meyer and Marc Weiss Quixote Foundation, Inc. Pharmaceuticals Quinn Delaney and Wenda Weekes Moore RBC Wealth Management Susan Penick Wayne Jordan New York Life Insurance Catherine Samuels Elizabeth A. Sackler Company Abigail Disney Kathleen Stephansen and Valerie Salembier General Service Foundation Proteus Fund Andrew D. Racine Mary Lou Shott Richard and Rhoda Goldman Erin Rossitto Barkley J. Stuart and Robin Strasser Fund The Scherman Foundation Ann B. Glazer SYMS Corp. Katherine Grover and Patricia J.S. Simpson Sara Stuart Marcy Syms Michael J. Campbell The Sister Fund Telcordia Technologies Dorothy Q. Thomas Leo S. Guthman Fund Levi Strauss Foundation Ann and Andrew Tisch Underdog Fund of the Tides Elton John AIDS Foundation Carol H. Tolan Fund of the New University of Miami Foundation Lucia Woods Lindley York Community Trust Verizon Foundation Carolyn F. Webber M.A.C. AIDS Fund Working Assets/CREDO Honorable Constance Hess Bill Wiener Open Society Institute Williams Marie C. Wilson and Nancy Lee Janet W. Prindle $10,000  $24,999 WTAS LLC Margo and Irwin Winkler Catherine Raphael Shaler Adams Foundation Deborah R. Salkind The Loreen Arbus Foundation $5,000  $9,999 $1,000  $4,999 Marla Schaefer Elizabeth Bremner and Dorothy Abbott Accenture The Three Bridge Fund of the Karen Crow Alan and Arlene Alda ACLU Foundation, Inc. Philanthropic Collaborative Patrice King Brickman The Isabel Allende Foundation Adesso The Tomorrow Foundation Cisco Systems, Inc. Bradford Renaissance Portraits Adler Group

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 12 Judy Adler Matthew W. and Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Twenty-First Century Patricia S. Adler Hannah C. Granade Nurse Family Partnership Foundation Roswitha and A.J. Agarwal Barbara Grodd Jane Ordway and Sandy Tytel Akron Community Foundation Dexter Guerrieri Dexter Guerrieri The University of Alabama at Linda Lee Alter Leigh Hallingby Susan and Alan Patricof Birmingham Katherine Amber Claire Hallock Carol T. Pencke and Mary Eva Usdan Tom Amico Jean V. Hardisty Bennett Patricia A. Vaughan Anonymous (7) Lois Cowles Harrison Rosemarie and Richard Petrocelli Diane von Furstenberg Lorraine Antoniello Sasha Heinz Thomas and Sue Pick Family Wells Fargo Community Support Elizabeth Hemmerdinger Fund of The Chicago Campaign The Atlanta Women’s Community Trust Foundation Marlene Hess Westglow Resort and Spa Marnie S. Pillsbury Amy Batchelor and Susan Hessel Verna L. Williams Bradley A. Feld Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Oliver and Helen Wolcott Esther B. Hewlett Bert Pogrebin Claude and Frances Bennett Wolfensohn Family Foundation Stephen and Karen Hillenburg Brette E. Popper Claire Foerster Bernstein Women’s Fund of Mississippi Kevin Hogan and Tim Croak Amy K. Posner and Catherine D. Wood Nancy Bernstein Lorna and John Howard Deborah Novak Judy Francis Zankel Robin Bierstedt Humanscale Lynn Povich Freya and Richard Block C. Hunziker The Prentice Foundation $250  $999 Sandra and Stephen Boccieri International Planned Lynda Resnick Rosalind and Robert Abernathy Cecilia Boone Parenthood Federation Denise Rich Katherine Acey Alison Sirkus Brody Amy Jamrog Ene Riisna and James Greeneld Patricia Allen, M.D. Alan M. Brunswick Janet Singer Roberta Riley Catherine Allport Lucinda and Robert Bunnen Joan and William Johnson Francine Rivkin and Patricia T. Carbine Jon Cohn Amy MacDonald Ee K. Ambler Susan Nora Clark Meredith Jones Ann R. Roberts American Express Foundation Comedy Central Judy M. Judd Teresa L. Roberts Matching Gift Program Jason and Anna Comer Elaine Kant Rockefeller Family Fund Summer Anderson Carrie Comer-Alsup Gladys Kessler Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Jim Angelo Compassion And Choices Susan and Charles Knight Marci Rosenburg Anonymous (6) The Criterion Collection Ann Kolker Mary Calder Rower Anonymous - CD David B. Sykes Family Yumi M. Kuwana Nancy and Miles Rubin Nancy J. Aronson and Virginia F. Bestho Foundation Helen P. Ladd Alyce M. Russo and Steve Schall Shelia Atchison Astrid Delaeld Deborah J. Landau Judith A. Ruszkowski and Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Delaney Marsha Zlatin Laufer and Ken Regal AT&T Foundation Mary J. Detwiler Henry B. Laufer Beth Salerno and Denise Kleis Auburn Theological Seminary Jody Donohue Geraldine and Lawrence Patricia A. Samuel Avon Foundation Kathleen Dore Laybourne Rosita Sarno Sandra J. Bailey Deborah Drysdale Barbara F. Lee Martha S. Scheeren Virginia H. Baker Ingrid S. Dyott Maggie Lehnerd-Reilly Dorothy and Carl Schneider Carmen Barroso Joanne Edgar Lifetime Entertainment Services Amy Sewell Linda Basch Titia and William Ellis Elsa Limbach Marybeth Shaw Judith G. Bayard Eve Ellis Linea Architects, P.C. Silver Mountain Foundation for Laurie F. Beard Ernst & Young Alice B. Mahoney the Arts Judy Belk and Roger Peeks Lucinda B. Ewing Mandarin Oriental, New York Smith College James G. Benedict Family Violence Prevention Susan and Phillip Marineau Helen and Thomas Spiro Jeanne Q. Benoliel Fund Nanette and Budd Mayer Janice and James Stanton Doris Bergen Allison Fine Diane McCarthy Diane Steingart Jan L. Bernstein Sue Fischlowitz Nancy and Kevin McKay Catharine R. Stimpson Edith S. Bingham Forest City Ratner Companies Sara E. Meléndez Natasha Pearl Stowe Barbara M. Blount Erica Forman Nancy Milliken Linda B. Strumpf Meris Blumstein Rita Jackaway Freedman Yvonne and Arthur Moretti TD Bank Alice M. Bodford Phyllis Friedman Jodie Morrow, Ph.D. Linda Kaplan Thaler Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. Suzanne Frye, M.D. Gaylord Neely Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue Brenda Boozer Nancy Hult Ganis Michael Neidorf, CPA Judith R. Thoyer, Esq. Eva and David Bradford Gemma Redux Leslie Nelson Laurie M. Tisch Valerie A. Brown Jill and James Gibson New York Life Foundation Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner Sarah H. Brown William Goldman Margaret Newell Evie Trevethan Deborah W. Brown Google Matching Gift Program Elaine Nonneman Trio Foundation Joanne E. Bruggemann Ilene Gordon Kay and Peter Nosler Mary Turney Paula M. Bruno

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 13 Elizabeth E. Bruton Give With Liberty Barbara Lyne Joanne Sandler Charlotte A. Bunch Shirley and Milton Glaser Dolly L. Maass Lynne Scalo Jane and Gilbert Burns Penny Glazier Leslie MacKrell Susan Scarola Mary Ellen Capek and Helene Glotzer Victor Mailey Catherine Scheibner and Susan Hallgarth Elizabeth H. Goering Patricia Yancey Martin Carrie Haag Allison N. Carmen Robyn Goodman and Linda A. Mauck Lisa M. Schiller Evelyn Carter Anna Louizos Carol B. Mavica Eileen Schwab Martha C. Goss Ellen J. Chesler Taylor McCall-Mazza Eleanor Sellstrom Connie I. Graham Carol T. Christ Kathleen A. McCallum-Gesher Barbara Seril Zadelle Krasow Greenblatt Carol Higgins Clark Lisa McCarthy Sandra B. Sherman Ellen B. Clark Janet S. Hadley Men Can Stop Rape Rose L. Shure Coalition Against Tracking in Jane B. Hart Merrill Lynch & Co. Martha Ann Singer Women Vera Hathaway Anne Messer Teresa Ann Sizer, M.D. The Community Foundation of Lynne Healy Mississippi Center for Justice Margaret Snowdon South Alabama Tiany and Alex Heckler Lee Leotus Morrison Patricia N. Conforti Susannah Grant Henrikson Janet Muir Susan Lewis Solomont and Alan D. Solomont Blanche Wiesen Cook and Susan J. Herlin Jane Kassab Muqaddam Cynthia A. Sommer Clare Coss Marilyn R. Herr Marysa Navarro Rhonda Copelon Jean L. Holley Gloria S. Neuwirth Carolyn Soneld Sandra F. Coran Jane and Peter Hunsinger Irene K. Neves Linda Stein Diane E. Corr Intuit Foundation Elise L. Newman Craig Stephens Barbara Corrigan Gloria Jacobs Christina Nicastro Lisa E. Stone Thomas C. Cosgrove Teryce James Jeanne Nicolosi Jill Storey Andrea Craig Carol E. Jaspin, DMD Lynn I. Nottage-Gerber Lois M. Sturm Alan Croll Anne Hale Johnson Terry J. Oakley Mamundi G. Subhas Graham Crow Nancy Juda Barbara O’Connell Suzanne Sunshine Tommie Cummings Ellen Kampinsky Order of Saint Benedict Doretta K. Tarangioli Dallas Women’s Foundation Karen Karniol-Tambour Catherine Ormerod Ihab Tarazi Nina D’Ambra Mary Lou Kennedy Lida Orzeck Mary L. Thom Christine Weiss Daugherty Robbie Khanna Emily G. Pardee Tides Foundation Dayssi O. de Kanavos Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Mary R. Peluso Marjorie Van Ochten Maggie Decesare Group, LLC Jennifer Pelzel Jennifer S. Vanica Kate B. Dernocoeur Carolyn Tyirin Kirk Carol Penick Barbara Manfrey Vogelstein Divorce Planning Solutions LLC Louise Knight Sarah Mascarenas Perese Jane Wagner Tracy A. Dobson Elizabeth W. Knowlton Saralyn Peritz and Shari B. Donahue Susy Korb Howard Shidlowsky Silda A. Wall Joanne E. Dorsher Sarah Kovner Mary Perry Joan M. Warburg Kathy H. Drazen Beatrice Krelo Susan M. Pierce Warren-Tricomi Salon Martha Easter-Wells Elizabeth S. Kruidenier Rita Possehl and Marcia D. Weber Eileen and Richard Ekstract Joan Kuriansky Teryl Springstead Elizabeth Wehrle Elizabeth Haley Rockwell Lisa A. Kyle Elizabeth McCabe Postell Londa Weisman Elmlinger Louise Lamphere Bonnie Raitt The White House Project Patricia Eng Deborah B. Landesman Randy Clare Designs Mary B. Williams Marcia Epstein, M.D. and Marcia Langley Kathleen A. Ream Helen J. Winkler Nathaniel Epstein, M.D. Charles Lantz Sherrill Redmon Alicia Foley Winn Susan Fales-Hill Kathie G. Larsen, Ph.D. René Redwood Margaret E. Winters Myra M. Ferree Gabriela Lee Kathryn Reed, M.D. Susan M. Wolford Denise Finn Andrea Levere Deborah Donovan Rice The Women’s Fund of Greater Barbara Friedberg Brenda Levin Bernardine Rice Birmingham Elaine Friedman Marcia E. Levine Beverley A. Rider Cora Wortman Elaine M. Fung Melody Liddell Diana I. Rigg Rhonda D. Wright, M.D. Gail Furman Ann S. Lie Perrie Rizzo Elise A. Yablonski Nina Gregg and Deborah Ann Light RMF Foundation Douglas Gamble Kathleen A. Lindlan Patsy Rogers Anna Yang Randee Lee Ganter Margot R. London Michael Rosa Barbara Yastine Ofelia Garcia Aileen Louik Kalima Rose Lynn Hardy Yeakel Reide L. Garnett Loyalty Works Doug Rosen and Robin Rosen Bethany J. Zaro Ellen J. Gerstein Adrienne Lurie Ellen M. Ryan Virginia F. Zink Lenora and Melvin Ginsberg Elizabeth and Richard Lyman Marlene Sanders Jennifer Cohen Zonis

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 14 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS OF JUNE 30, 2010 AS OF JUNE 30, 2009 Temporarily Permanently Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted TOTAL Unrestricted Restrcited Restricted TOTAL

ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $874,556 $6,799,793 $88 $7,674,437 $812,916 $4,435,599 $88 $5,248,603 Pledges, grants and contributions 1,654,806 1,049,136 384,905 3,088,847 316,297 5,771,267 448,588 6,536,152 receivable

Accrued interest receivable 2,084 5,232 - 7,316 19,431 3,418 - 22,849 Prepaid expense and other 104,137 - - 104,137 44,840 - - 44,840 receivables Investments 235,441 3,365,578 23,909,548 27,510,567 (2,249,352) 3,418,645 23,653,093 24,822,386 Furniture, equipment and leasehold 1,012,567 - - 1,012,567 1,155,985 - - 1,155,985 improvements, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization Art work 77,000 - - 77,000 77,000 - - 77,000 Rent security deposits 234,108 - - 234,108 382,076 - - 382,076

$4,194,699 $11,219,739 $24,294,541 $39,708,979 $559,193 $13,628,929 $24,101,769 $38,289,891

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued 427,002 36,912 - $463,914 141,519 28,430 - $169,949 expenses Grants payable 2,234,500 - 2,234,500 1,516,600 - 1,516,600 Deferred rent 60,966 - - 60,966 20,322 - - 20,322 Total Liabilities 487,968 2,271,412 - 2,759,380 161,841 1,545,030 - 1,706,871

NET ASSETS Unrestricted 3,706,731 397,352 Temporarily restricted 8,948,327 12,083,899 Permanently restricted 24,294,541 24,101,769

Total Net Assets 3,706,731 8,948,327 24,294,541 36,949,599 397,352 12,083,899 24,101,769 36,583,020 $4,194,699 $11,219,739 $24,294,541 $39,708,979 $559,193 $13,628,929 $24,101,769 $38,289,891

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 15 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2010 YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 Temporarily Permanently Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted restricted restricted TOTAL Unrestricted restricted restricted TOTAL

PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE Contributions and grants $2,047,264 $3,054,121 $24,650 $5,126,035 $1,602,785 $7,731,578 $5,934 $9,340,297 Special events 494,850 - - 494,850 794,863 - - $794,863 Investment income 399,695 137,993 - 537,688 477,734 87,431 - $565,165 Net realized loss on investment 104,833 (1,569) - 103,264 (1,098,639) (809) - $(1,099,448) transactions In-kind contributions - - - 0 10,776 - - $10,776 Other income 1,331 - - 1,331 11,391 - - $11,391 Total Public Support and Revenue 3,047,973 3,190,545 24,650 6,263,168 1,798,910 7,818,200 5,934 9,623,044 Net assets for program services 6,286,696 (6,286,696) - - 5,411,164 (5,411,164) - - released from restrictions and designations Total Support, Revenue and Other 9,334,669 (3,096,151) 24,650 6,263,168 7,210,074 2,407,036 5,934 9,623,044 EXPENSES PROGRAM SERVICES Women’s Health 1,855,657 - - 1,855,657 1,863,716 - - $1,863,716 Economic Justice 854,152 - - 854,152 671,043 - - $671,043 Ending Violence 680,434 - - 680,434 281,917 - - $281,917 Building Democracy 728,044 - - 728,044 1,860,013 - - $1,860,013 Capacity Building, Convenings and 148,801 148,801 447,888 447,888 Evaluations Public Education 923,841 - - 923,841 733,523 - - $733,523 Donor Advised Grantmaking 215,778 - - 215,778 273,455 - - $273,455 Total Program Services 5,406,707 - - 5,406,707 6,131,555 - - 6,131,555 SUPPORTING SERVICES General and administration 1,907,760 - - 1,907,760 2,001,869 - - $2,001,869 Fundraising 1,102,508 - - 1,102,508 1,149,853 - - $1,149,853 Total Supporting Services 3,010,268 - - 3,010,268 3,151,722 - - 3,151,722 Total Expenses 8,416,975 - - 8,416,975 9,283,277 - - 9,283,277 Change in Net Assets before Change 917,694 (3,096,151) 24,650 (2,153,807) (2,073,203) 2,407,036 5,934 339,767 in Unrealized loss on Investments Change in Unrealized Loss on 2,391,685 (39,421) 168,122 2,520,386 (2,921,628) 10,249 (177,841) (3,089,220) Investments Change in Net Assets 3,309,379 (3,135,572) 192,772 366,579 (4,994,831) 2,417,285 (171,907) (2,749,453) NET ASSETS Beginning of year 397,352 12,083,899 24,101,769 36,583,020 5,392,183 9,666,614 24,273,676 39,332,473 End of year $3,706,731 $8,948,327 $24,294,541 $36,949,599 $397,352 $12,083,899 $24,101,769 $36,583,020

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2010 ms.foundation.org 16 MS. FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN Women are more than half the population, yet—even with the progress of the last 40 years—they don’t have equal opportunity, voice or power. The Ms. Foundation for Women does not accept the status quo. The tough challenges we face as a nation—poverty, violence and injustice—cannot be solved without the full participation and leadership of women. We invest in the social justice pioneers—especially women from the low-income communities and communities of color most affected by these problems—who have the vision and drive to fight for justice.

Everyday, we help over 150 grassroots organizations nationwide fight for changes like good paying jobs, reproductive rights, prevention of domestic violence and the inclusion of women at decision-making tables. The Ms. Foundation has invested over $50 million and influenced other funders to support solutions from the ground up. We deliver funding, build skills and connect pioneers with allies to create change that benefits women, families and communities. Together, we work for a nation in which power and possibility are not limited by gender, race, class, or any other factor.

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