DARE TO BE HEARD

Ms. Foundation for Women Annual Report 2005-2006

Whenpowerful I dare to be – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I’m afraid. Audre Lorde

Letter from the Board Chair and President & CEO

Above left: Katie Grover, Board Chair Above right: Sara K. Gould, President & CEO

Dear Friends, way past blockades to rescue some 60 people. campaign that built power and leadership among becomes more lasting and deeply rooted.Together, Another reunited 240 youth in detention— women of the colonias.These are just three we are more effective leaders, better equipped to Certain events define an era. Sometimes without up to their necks in water and sewage—with examples of the difference that Ms. Foundation- carry our vision and actions forward. (Oh, the places warning, we find order and routine replaced their families. supported organizations are making in we’ll go!) by chaos and uncertainty.And in these trying communities across the nation. moments our assumptions and our character are Each of these women thoroughly understood We invite you to journey with us in our quest put to the test. As the Ms. Foundation for Women the needs of her community before the storm Nelson Mandela put it best when he said, for equity and inclusion.We urge you to bring reviews its relationships and accomplishments over landed, and each put her relationships and beliefs “Vision without action achieves nothing. along your friends, neighbors, and communities, 2005 and 2006, we are gratified to know that, side into high gear when the time of need arrived. Action without vision just passes the time. your government officials, your relatives, parents, by side with our donors and grantees, we dared to In the same way, the Ms. Foundation for Women, Vision with action can change the world.” spouses and children. Join us as we build meet the challenges of our time. its donors and grantees understood long before women’s power to drive social change at Katrina the inequities alive in this country and Changing the world is no easy task. It requires the crossroads of race, class, and gender. It was late summer 2005 when Hurricane Katrina the dire need for meaningful systemic change. a community that is ready to learn and eager to struck the Gulf region and the levees broke, And one by one we all are bringing our apply what it learns.We challenge our donors As we continue to provide dollars, capacity- ravaging states and communities and all but communities—and our nation—back and grantees daily to be inquisitive and responsive building support, networking opportunities and destroying New Orleans.The U.S. government to life with clear vision and decisive action. to current political and social trends.We ask the leadership training to our grantees, we need all responded slowly and inadequately, providing same—and more—of ourselves as a foundation. of us—from the most connected to the least— a botched rescue and relief effort in the weeks At the Ms. Foundation this clarity of purpose to dare to be heard as we answer the calls of our and months that followed.When we needed energizes us because when women become We don’t assume that the status quo, even down time.When we falter, we have only to remember a true democracy of equity and inclusion, empowered to make social change our to the categories we’ve historically used to organize the spirit and courage of our friends, women we instead saw indifference.When we needed democracy breathes with new life. It is a big our giving, is adequate to express our vision for like Donna Banks, Una Anderson and Xochitl to see women empowered, we instead saw them and daring endeavor, to be sure, but one that we change. If we discover that something isn’t working, Bervera, who waded in with their wits and ignored.The Ms. Foundation responded with see our grantees achieving with grace every day. we will endeavor to set it right. So don’t be emerged with hope and possibility. support immediately. surprised to see the Ms. Foundation’s next annual The Rebecca Project brings the experiences of report describe our work in terms that are even We look forward to traveling this road together. Enter Donna Banks, Una Anderson, Xochitl low-income families with substance abuse more responsive to the needs of communities Bervera and countless other powerful women issues to congressional policy making tables in everywhere. Katie Grover of color, leaders with spirit and the wherewithal Washington, D.C. The National Women and AIDS Board Chair to rebuild their communities from the ground Collective calls on federal legislators to make We make this prediction confidently because we up. One woman walked through water up to women with AIDS—who die at twice the rate have gathered wise women in our court.The Sara K. Gould her chin, pushing her 10-year-old in a plastic of men—a priority in the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Ms. Foundation, its donors and grantees form an President & CEO garbage can in front of her, eventually finding And the Colonias Development Council in equal-partnership learning community.Together, we safety in spite of National Guard efforts to Las Cruces, NM secured the passage of clean water turn problems into opportunities.Together, change separate her from her son. Another talked her and air legislation through a grassroots organizing page 2 Ms. Foundation for Women Annual Report 2005-2006 www.ms.foundation.org page 3

Dare to be at the policy table... In times of crisis...

Illustration of Carrie Broadus Illustration of Gina Womack and Xochitl Bervera Leading for Life: Women Alive Coalition Courage in Crisis: Families & Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children

Leading for Life: Women Alive Coalition Courage in Crisis: Families & Friends Los Angeles, CA of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children New Orleans and Lake Charles, LA The women who work alongside Carrie Broadus If there is a lesson to be learned from Families answer only to themselves. “Women have the & Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children right to make their own decisions,” she says. You won’t find Carrie Broadus issuing orders or directives to the women she works Xochitl Bervera does not mince words when describing the state of her community one (FFLIC), it is this: never underestimate the with. Instead, she expects them to take charge and assume personal responsibility for year after Hurricane Katrina.“People need to hear that it’s not ‘ok’ down here . . . It’s an “If you ask me for permission to do your job, every aspect of their lives.The result is a powerful organization unafraid to speak out. ongoing disaster, a national disaster.You can’t have the largest displacement of black determination of a pair of powerful young how can you empower others?” people and not have it have an effect.” women intent on making a difference. Carrie is executive director of the Women Alive By November 2005 the organization needed Coalition, a Los Angeles organization supported to determine its future.They quickly organized Carrie is executive director of the Women Alive by the Ms. Foundation that serves women with Case in point: After working with scores of women Nonetheless, she and Gina Womack, co-directors around issues facing their two separate locations. What began six years ago as an informal HIV/AIDS. who had been silently suffering the effects of of Ms. Foundation grantee Families & Friends Lake Charles focused on policy and a campaign Coalition, a Los Angeles organization serving HIV/AIDS with little or no public support, of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC), are on school discipline; in New Orleans, they zeroed support group for the mothers and grand- “Women come in shoulders bent, head down, the Women Alive Coalition discovered that the determined to stay.The organization, with help from in on rebuilding. women with HIV/AIDS. Carrie is HIV negative, lost,” says Carrie. But with the help of Women state was routinely denying medical services to the Ms. Foundation, supports juveniles in detention mothers of juveniles in detention or at risk Alive, they soon determine to help themselves HIV-positive women who did not meet criteria or at risk of detention and their families. Gina Today, FFLIC’s context for organizing has shifted, but people assume she is positive based on the and others.This includes telling their stories in for traditional high-risk groups (sex workers, and Xochitl’s determination was never so visible as given the presence of the National Guard and the of detention, has grown into a bona fide person, in the newspaper, in letters to their intravenous drug users or those with more than when Hurricane Katrina struck and the levees broke State Police.They continue to monitor juvenile authority with which she speaks. legislators and on the radio. 12 sex partners in a year). in New Orleans. detention, but have since begun looking more organization: passing legislation; working to closely at police violence.“There needs to be a One such woman is Precious Jackson.When The Women Alive Coalition spoke up, calling When Gina and Xochitl learned they would need public safety system that serves to keep people safe, close a 700-bed correctional center (described Precious was 26, she received a letter from her attention to what they deemed discriminatory to evacuate for the storm, they immediately began not control populations,” Xochitl says. Carrie’s work on this issue spans decades and ex-boyfriend, writing from the penitentiary to tell and life-threatening policies. Staff and volunteers worrying about their members.The pair soon as “horrific”); and reducing the number of her he had tested HIV-positive and to encourage distributed information, wrote letters and discovered that 240 juveniles were in detention “I thought that perhaps this was another has shown her that HIV/AIDS is not about her to get tested. attended community meetings. And eventually in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, many stranded ‘Birmingham ’63,’” she reflects.“But it was only juveniles in detention statewide from 2,000 somebody else. It’s about all of us. She knows people listened. in water up to their necks, covered in sewage for a moment. In a painfully clear way, there was to just 400. Like other women, Precious didn’t think it and starving. no national response.” that women of color account for 80 percent of could happen to her. She didn’t fit into any of The Los Angeles Office of AIDS confirmed the high-risk groups. But within two years that 40 percent of the people diagnosed with Despite warnings of people being turned away Even with these observations, Xochitl looks the women diagnosed with AIDS, and that HIV of learning she was HIV-positive, Precious had HIV/AIDS did not fit into any of the high-risk from the city at gunpoint, Gina and Xochitl toward the future. FFLIC plans to refocus govern- Gina Womack and Xochitl Bervera, the co- resolved to prevent her own experience from groups. Eventually,state laws were changed so began the search for youth and their families. ment funding policies away from detention centers infection is the leading cause of death among happening to others. that women can receive testing no matter what. With the help of 40 volunteers in 15 states, and other policing mechanisms, and towards the executive directors of FFLIC, have succeeded Their next step, says Carrie, is to make the FFLIC eventually matched every single one creation of schools, services and programs. African-American women age 25-34. This journey from death to life, silence to voice, testing more accessible in communities where of the detained juveniles with their families by making these young people and their is not easy. But in a place where every woman it’s needed most. and had them released into family custody. Xochitl plans to stay in New Orleans to see out this becomes a leader in her own right, the world mission.“New Orleans captured my heart,” she says. families a priority when few others do. And eventually begins to look different. “The power is in us,” says Carrie.“Once we gain While this “reunification” project was underway, “I spent six years building FFLIC; I feel I need our voice, we are required to help another gain FFLIC e-mailed friends and acquaintances asking to finish.” v at no point was this accomplishment more her voice.” for support.The staff then relocated to Lake Charles—and Hurricane Rita hit. But thanks evident than during and after Hurricane Katrina. In this way, their potential becomes limitless.“If you to that early e-mail, FFLIC soon started receiving want to change a community, teach the women,” donations totaling over $100,000.They split the says Precious.“When you change the way she funds among families in the program, allotted thinks, she teaches her aunties and nieces, her according to need. uncles and nephews.” v

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BUILDING WOMEN’S POWER TO DRIVE SOCIAL CHANGE: THE FOUNDATION’S APPROACH TO GRANTMAKING

Convenings create opportunities to share knowledge, best practices “To come here and hear about so much work that’s going on all over the country where organizations and individuals are pursuing a social justice agenda—

Cultural celebration: it’s very encouraging.” An essential component of movement building — Carol Burnett, Executive Director, Mississippi Low-Income Childcare Initiative, on the Institute

Since its inception, the Ms. Foundation for Women Economic Security a larger role in ending violence to changing the poli- relationships and voice gained by grantees and their has confronted injustice and supported emerging An economically secure woman transforms her cies that contribute to women dying of HIV/AIDS constituents strengthen their ability to make lasting organizing trends by providing funding where it is family and her society with vision, risk-taking and at twice the rate of men. change at the individual, community and national most needed to support women and their communities. leadership. By providing funding locally, regionally levels. Specific efforts include the Katrina Women’s Through grants, capacity-building efforts, convenings and nationally, the Ms. Foundation supports better Girls’ Leadership and Youth Organizing Response Fund, providing strategic support to meet and learning opportunities, the Foundation works to wages and working conditions for women.The A passionate and purposeful girl or young woman the immediate post-hurricane needs of women of ensure that diverse women and girls have what they Foundation also provides resources and training to breathes new life into her family, school, and color and low-income women in the Gulf Coast need to live safe, fulfilling and empowered lives. help women lift themselves and their families out community. For over a decade, the Ms. Foundation region and ensuring that their leadership and priorities of poverty. has brought together individuals, foundations, corpo- are integral to ongoing recovery and rebuilding efforts. The following program areas provide the framework rations and youth to focus and energize the next for Ms. Foundation giving. In addition to having the In recent years, the number of women-owned busi- generation of leaders. Initiatives like the Collaborative flexibility to support work that crosses these broad issue nesses has grown at twice the rate of all U.S. firms. Fund for Youth-Led Social Change amplify young areas, the Foundation also expects these categories The Ms. Foundation supports this trend by funding women’s voices, promote their leadership and provide to change as the needs of women evolve and political community-based organizations that help low-income them with safe spaces for community organizing. contexts shift.This will ensure that the Foundation’s women start and expand their own businesses. The Foundation also pays attention to the unique approach continues to match the potential of its needs of boys, girls and transgender youth, identifying grantees in relevancy, collaboration and learning. Health and Safety ways these groups can work together to increase their Every woman deserves the basic human rights of potential to create lasting social change. freedom from violence and freedom of choice.The Ms. Foundation has long held that the involvement Democracy and Power of women and girls from all walks of life is essential The highest goal of the Ms. Foundation for Women to creating safe communities and ensuring access to is a true democracy of equity and inclusion.The the full range of health care. Our grantees reflect this Ms. Foundation provides flexible funding across a commitment and represent some of the most innova- range of issues specifically focused on empowerment tive work to create reproductive justice for women and and public policy opportunities.The knowledge, to preserve their safety, from encouraging men to play

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BUILDING WOMEN’S POWER TO DRIVE SOCIAL CHANGE: CONNECTING WOMEN AND GIRLS

Institute workshops provide hands-on training and tools for activism “We have to build power in our communities. And to do that, we have to work in coalition—because there are just not enough resources for us to do it by ourselves.”

— Nsombi Lambright, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Youth at work: Helping tomorrow’s leaders dream big

At the Ms. Foundation for Women, we know that in an essential planning and facilitation role. Grants movement. Its implications will begin to be felt through Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work®: building relationships is the key to building movements. from the Ford Foundation provided the financial the actions of participating leaders and organizations, in A Bright Future for Families That is why we invest more time and money than most resources that made the project possible. their own work and in new collaborations nationwide. Each year, the Ms. Foundation’s Take Our Daughters foundations do in capacity-building and networking And Sons To Work® day has engaged more than among our grantees.We know that connecting women, Dozens of other leaders also participated, including Institute for Women’s EmPOWERment: 35 million women, men, girls and boys and nearly girls and activists to one another, and providing them the executives of national and regional women’s ¡Muévete! Moving from Vision to Action three million businesses nationwide.This hallmark with opportunities for collaboration and strategy organizations, scholars, researchers and philanthropists. In the summer of 2006, over 200 participants day occurs each April, and has become a household building, creates the momentum, support and shared The NWM group included a strong presence of gathered at the Aberdeen Woods Conference name for helping children envision their futures and vision that empowers women to drive social change. women of color, as well as cross-generational represen- Center in Peachtree City, Georgia for the plan for success. The following programs are examples of the power tation from activists spanning the past 35+ years of Ms. Foundation’s 13th Institute for Women’s of moving forward together. the women’s movement. EmPOWERment under the theme “¡Muévete! By design, the workplace events go beyond the Moving from Vision to Action.” traditional “career day” to give young people age 8-12 The New Women’s Movement: NWM participants convened five times over 2 1/2 a new perspective on the challenges adults face in bal- A Defining Moment years to create a shared vision complete with move- Where past Institutes had focused primarily on eco- ancing their professional goals with sufficient time for From late 2003 through early 2006, the Ms. Foundation ment building strategies that promised to re-invigorate nomic security, the 2006 gathering embraced all of the their families. Children are provided an opportunity co-lead a series of meetings and retreats designed to the U.S. women’s movement and connect it in stronger issues that the Ms. Foundation supports.The intent: to to dream big, while also talking and thinking in more unleash the energy, experience and insights of more ways to the growing global women’s movement. realize a broader vision for social change and uncover practical terms about the work/life balance they might than fifty women leaders on critical questions facing New relationships were formed and old ones deepened new ways for activists to collaborate. want in adulthood. For many, the event clarifies the the U.S. women’s movement. through frank discussions about long-standing importance of education and demonstrates how choices separations in the movement over race, class, age Over four days of energetic knowledge-sharing, made today truly can change lives tomorrow. Known as the New Women’s Movement (NWM), and sexual orientation. cultural celebration (art, music, dance), networking the project was initiated by Barbara Phillips, formerly of and skill-building, the Institute linked activists of diverse The Ms. Foundation thanks the companies and the Ford Foundation, who was intrigued by a research Participants began to envision a revitalized women’s backgrounds in order to build on their effectiveness volunteers who make this event a special priority each study,“Progress & Perils,” released by the Center for movement built on a framework of social justice femi- and collective power.Workshops and strategy sessions year. Their time and engagement shows the value we the Advancement of Women.The Center’s president, nism—a movement powerful enough to address the focused on campaign planning, financial literacy, immi- should all place on America’s children and the future Faye Wattleton, joined Barbara, Katherine Acey of issues that affect all of our lives and communities.They gration justice and more.Thanks to support from allies of our families. the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, Kalpana strategized new approaches to organizing and advocacy such as the Marguerite Casey Foundation, the Ford Krishnamurthy and Monique Mehta, executive direc- that better elevate women of color and low-income Foundation, the General Services Foundation, the Leo tors of the Third Wave Foundation, and Sara Gould, women’s leadership, perspectives and power.This Guthman Fund, the Hill Snowden Foundation and president & CEO of the Ms. Foundation in a core important consensus represents a new beginning and Lynne P.Rosenthal, the Institute paved the way for planning group. Mary Kay Penn assisted this group a forward-looking realignment within the women’s ongoing local, regional and national networking among attendees, and helped lay a foundation for change.

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Dare to be at the Capitol... At the ballot box...

Illustration of Silvia Henriquez Illustration of Terry Kendrick Power in Youth: National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Valuable and Visible: Montana Women Vote

Silvia Henriquez was just 28 years old when Power in Youth: National Latina Valuable and Visible: “Democracy only works when everyone has a Institute for Reproductive Health Montana Women Vote the National Latina Institute for Reproductive New York,NY Missoula, MT voice,” says Terry Kendrick, a native of Montana Health (NLIRH) boldly hired her as its executive and long-time advocate for social justice. director. NLIRH helps Latinas, their families What Silvia Henriquez enjoys most about her job is meeting what she calls “our cadre It’s Terry Kendrick’s business to know why some people engage with their government and communities access reproductive health of leaders,” young women across the United States stepping up to connect with one and others don’t.“If you want people to participate,” she says,“they have to know that Terry is director of Montana Women Vote another around shared concerns, and agitating for social justice in their communities. their voice has value in the political process.” care through education, policy advocacy, and (MWV), a Missoula-based coalition of ten community mobilizing. Silvia sought out the It is this combination of vision, action and success Terry directs Montana Women Vote (MWV), a coali- organizations formed in 2000 to educate and that excites Silvia Henriquez and her National tion supported by the Ms. Foundation that informs organization after spending time in El Salvador Silvia is executive director of the National Latina Latina Institute allies. She recognizes that low-income women about timely community issues Building on its early success, in 2004 MWV mobilize low-income women about important working with a doctor to educate women Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), a woman-by-woman empowerment in local and works to increase political involvement and delivered a 77 percent voter turnout rate of the community issues and increase voter turnout Ms. Foundation grantee that supports community communities builds capacity and momentum voter turnout.The group’s first-year efforts in 2000 people it registered—higher than the statewide about contraceptives. organizing, local and national policy efforts, and for much broader change. increased voter turnout by nine to 15 percent in rate of 71 percent. In 2005 the group developed in the neighborhoods where they live. education to ensure that Latinas, their families each of their targeted precincts. a comprehensive legislative agenda aimed at and communities receive reproductive health care. Of course, visibility at the Federal level doesn’t hurt increasing voter access to ballots and to the polls. either.Which is why Silvia was so pleased when Buoyed by these initial achievements, MWV and Their legislative agenda focused on community In the three years since, Silvia has skillfully One such “cadre of leaders” is Young Women NLIRH convened a national advocacy weekend its allies intensified their efforts in subsequent issues beyond voter turnout alone, and ultimately In its first year, MWV targeted low-income United (YWU) in Albuquerque and its active in Washington, D.C. in 2006, inviting their lead years, working not only on voter registration and helped improve economic security for low-income led the organization through unprecedented group of teenage volunteers. Supported by the activists to participate in trainings and meet with election-day turnout, but also on developing voter Montanans, promote reproductive freedom and precincts in five urban communities, and on Ms. Foundation and receiving leadership and Members of Congress and their staff. guides and conducting focus group research to enhance community efforts to stop domestic growth and opportunity. Her age and style advocacy trainings from NLIRH, the group better understand why so many low-income violence. seven Indian reservations. As political strate- began by wondering why so many girls were While the 40 women who took part may have gone women felt disempowered. mirror the organization’s constituents: up-and- dropping out of high school and ultimately in feeling skeptical about speaking to conservative In 2006 MWV established a Leadership gies go, their objective was clear—to increase found that teen pregnancy was a primary cause. lawmakers, the dialogues turned out to be prom- That early research was critical for MWV.They Development Training Program that connects coming women leaders between the ages of New Mexico has the nation’s third highest rate ising, spanning sexuality education, abortion learned that many women knew they should vote, aspiring leaders with female officeholders willing to voter turnout in select areas by at least five for teen pregnancy. rights and immigration issues. but did not feel comfortable starting the process. share their experiences in public service.They also 20 and 40. And really, some of its strongest registered 2,000 low-income women voters and percent. The project proved an overwhelming Linking the number of teen pregnancies with Like the young women in Albuquerque, these For some, the reasons were practical—the challenge produced and distributed a voter guide that reached leaders are not yet even 18. With over 35 million New Mexico’s “abstinence-only” approach to women’s stories and presence made an impact on of finding childcare or transportation to the polls, or more than 20,000 Montana women statewide. success, boosting voter turnout by nine to sexuality education,YWU launched an advocacy those who met them.The women, in turn, felt not having enough time between jobs. But others Latinos living in the United States, the need for and outreach campaign that recently led the heard and empowered to do more. One participant feared casting an under-informed vote on ballot “When we first started this work, I was surprised 15 percent in each of their targeted precincts. New Mexico Department of Health to a summed up her lobbyist-for-a-day experience by measures and officials whose function they did not that as many women even bothered to vote as did,” reproductive health advocates is great. “Every compromise. Rather than just providing abstinence- explaining,“I didn’t know that a person like me fully understand. Terry recalled.“That’s because women historically city and state has its own needs,” Silvia says, only sexuality education in schools, officials could speak and feel respected.” didn’t see folks in office who look like us or shared agreed to begin providing comprehensive sexuality “Asking women why they don’t vote is similar to our experience in any real way. It was as if we were from disparities in breast and cervical cancer, education to public school students grade seven “We clearly need more women to do this work,” asking them why they don’t exercise,” Terry explains. invisible to most elected officials.” and above, with Federal abstinence-only monies says Silvia.“It’s a powerful personal experience “We learned that voting is seen as a social habit, and to HIV/AIDS prevention. used solely for grades six and below. that will change the political landscape for all sometimes people need to be invited to take part.” But after six years, dozens of victories and the of us.” v establishment of a powerful MWV voting bloc, Since YWU’s achievement, abstinence-only those feelings are finally starting to change.“It’s advocates have become more vocal and many school taken a lot of hard work,” Terry said, “but we’re administrations have been slow to implement the not invisible any more.” v new curriculum. But the non-profit’s teen advocates remain undeterred, and continue to make progress toward their goals, including educating their legislators.

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Ms. Foundation Annual Events Dare to Take Action: Information for Grant Seekers

Presenter Pam Grier at the 2006 Gloria Awards Performer Judy Gold at the 17th Annual Comedy Hour at Carolines

As they have for nearly two decades, supporters 2005 Gloria Award Recipients The Ms. Foundation for Women knows that those experiencing a problem and friends gathered together in 2005 and 2006 to > Karen Artichoker, Cangleska, Inc. celebrate the Annual Gloria Awards and the Annual Woman of Vision Award stand as the true experts in finding its solution.We give special consideration Comedy Hour at Carolines. > Anne Delaney,The Starry Night Fund, to organizations that seek to eliminate discrimination; address particular The Gloria Awards and Quinn Delaney,Akonadi Foundation challenges faced by low-income women and girls; work across issue areas; Philanthropic Vision Award The Gloria Awards:A National Salute to Women of encourage intergenerational work; and include in leadership positions those Vision is the Ms. Foundation’s largest annual event. > Cecilia Lira,Western States Center’s most directly affected by the organization’s work.We also seek to help support For 18 years, the awards have honored women and girls Idaho Latino Vote whose achievements in social justice, gender equity, Marie C.Wilson Young Woman’s Leadership Award groups with limited access to other funding sources. and women’s leadership move our society closer to an > Patricia Nalls,Women’s Collective inclusive and equitable democracy. Woman of Vision Award Our grants are primarily awarded through special We do award a very small number of grants to organi- grant-making initiatives.We solicit applications in zations that submit unsolicited funding requests, > Yvonne Thompson-Friend, Childspace Annual honorees stand as true models of change, either an open Request for Proposals (RFP) or beginning with a letter of inquiry.These are usually Cooperative Development, Inc. demonstrating the Ms. Foundation belief that empow- through a targeted solicitation. reserved for special projects, or to respond quickly Woman of Vision Award ering women to govern their lives and influence the to a policy issue that matches our mission and world around them really can change the way 2006 Gloria Award Recipients The Foundation does not award grants to support priorities. the world works. direct service projects, individuals, scholarships, > Margaret Chapman,West Virginia FREE university-based research, state agencies, religious If you think your organization is engaged in work Woman of Vision Award Comedy Hour at Carolines institutions, stand-alone cultural or media projects, that may interest the Ms. Foundation, please consult The Annual Comedy Hour at Carolines celebrated > Betty Cohen, Lifetime Entertainment Services publications, or conferences. our Web site, www.ms.foundation.org, before its 17th year in 2006, featuring top female stand-up Corporate Philanthropy Award submitting a letter of inquiry. comics presented by women’s movement pioneer > Lamika Ferdinand,The Center for Gloria Steinem, Ms. Foundation President Sara Gould Young Women’s Development and the President of Carolines on Broadway, Caroline Marie C.Wilson Young Woman’s Leadership Award Hirsch.Thanks to the continued generosity of > Susan Grode, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Caroline Hirsch, all proceeds from this event go to Woman of Vision Award Ms. Foundation programs. > Jaribu Hill, Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights Woman of Vision Award

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FY 2005 Grants

Economic Security Committee Against Family Planning Association Odyssey Youth Center $60,000 Asian Communities for Institute of Women and Collaborative Fund for Women’s Anti-Asian Violence $10,000 of Chelan-Douglas Co. $5,000 Spokane,WA Reproductive Justice $10,000 Ethnic Studies $10,000 Economic Development, Third Round Bronx, NY Wenatchee,WA To provide additional staff, conduct liaison Oakland, CA New Orleans, LA Association for Enterprise To provide general support for Domestic To support media opportunities and dissemi- work with other youth organizations and To advance a proactive Reproductive Freedom To support the Physician Mobilization Project, Opportunity (AEO) $2,000 Workers United. nate the Learning Curves publication, the expand their youth-based diversity panels agenda in California. aiming to increase the number of physicians Arlington,VA Mississippi Workers’ Center executive summary of the New Partners, and trainings. Basic Rights Oregon $20,000 of color skilled and willing to provide com- To support AEO’s 15th Annual Conference New Initiatives program. for Human Rights $10,000 Odyssey Youth Center $5,000 Portland, OR prehensive reproductive health services to and Membership Meeting in May 2005. Greenville, MS Georgians for Choice $50,000 Spokane,WA To support the “No on Constitutional women of color. El Puente Community To support the Women in Leadership Project, Atlanta, GA To support media opportunities and dissemi- Amendment 36” campaign. Justice Now $20,000 Development Corporation $8,000 providing women of color an opportunity to To provide a two-year general support grant nate the Learning Curves publication, the California Coalition for Oakland, CA El Paso,TX participate in training sessions and community for Georgia’s statewide coalition for women’s executive summary of the New Partners, Reproductive Freedom $25,000 To support the Right to Family Project, To support the first meeting of the Women hearings before Mississippi legislators. reproductive freedom. New Initiatives program. Sacramento, CA helping women in prison to educate other and Social Enterprise Network in Montreal, Tenants’ and Workers’ Support Illinois Caucus for To broaden their base of support, and to prisoners and the public about how the prison Québec, Canada. Pennsylvanians for Choice $25,000 Committee $10,000 Adolescent Health $25,000 Philadelphia, PA help them defeat the Parental Notification system damages families and communities Social Enterprise Alliance $3,000 Alexandria,VA Chicago, IL To continue and expand PFC’s organizing, ballot initiative. of color. Columbus, OH To support leadership and civic participation To support ICAH’s Illinois Campaign for public education, training, and advocacy California Latinas for Latino Issues Forum $10,000 To sponsor the Stoweflake Funders Retreat. by low-income Latina immigrant and African Responsible Sex Education project, working efforts, with a specific focus on Medicaid cuts Reproductive Justice $25,000 San Francisco, CA American women as they work for racial and to ensure that sex education in Illinois is that reduce access to reproductive health care. Los Angeles, CA To disseminate a new report by the Latina Fairy Godmother Fund economic justice. comprehensive, effective, positive, and SIECUS $20,000 To provide general support. Reproductive Rights Advocacy Project based ACCION New York $5,000 Voces de la Frontera $10,000 medically accurate. on reproductive rights focus groups with New York, NY New York, NY Childspace Cooperative Milwaukee,WI Luz Social Services $5,000 Latinas in the community. To help the Mitad del Mundo Cyber Center To strengthen SIECUS in Arizona and/or Development, Inc. $12,300 To support efforts to educate low-wage and Tucson,AZ expand into a larger location and purchase Washington State and their support of the Philadelphia, PA Minnesota Organization on immigrant Latina workers about their employ- To support media opportunities and dissemi- Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention additional computers. work of Ms. Foundation grantees with To support voter engagement activities, ment rights and to advocate for policy change. nate the Learning Curves publication, the sexuality/reproductive rights information, including the project “Dialogue with and by and Parenting $20,000 Appalachian Center for executive summary of the New Partners, policy, education, organizing and advocacy. Childcare Workers on the Vote,” focusing on St. Paul, MN Economic Networks (ACEnet) $5,000 Health and Safety New Initiatives program. To support the Adolescent Pregnancy Southeastern Arizona Behavioral voter education, registration, and get out the Athens, OH New Partners New Initiatives Prevention Advocacy Project, educating youth Migrant Health Promotion $25,000 Health Services $5,000 vote efforts among childcare workers. To accelerate the Village Bakery and Café’s ACCESS/Women’s Health staff, health care professionals, educators, faith Progresso,TX Sierra Vista,AZ expansion and to better manage the inventory Rights Coalition $20,000 Cine Qua Non, Inc. $5,000 leaders and community members in how to To support La Voz Latina—The Voice of To support media opportunities and dissemi- for increased food orders. Oakland, CA New York, NY advocate for pregnancy prevention. To defeat the proposed state Parental Latinas in Government Program, including a nate the Learning Curves publication, the To support the “Rights! Camera! Action!” film Women’s Rural Missouri Religious Coalition for Notification Initiative and to win substantive national advocacy visit to federal policymakers executive summary of the New Partners, festival, educating and mobilizing a diverse Entrepreneurial Network $5,000 Reproductive Choice $20,000 changes in the Medi-Cal policy in order to in Washington, D.C. New Initiatives program. national audience on the topic of reproductive Bethlehem, NH St. Louis, MO reduce delays and improve access to abortion Missouri Religious Coalition for West Virginia Free $30,000 rights and health. To further build the educational component To provide general support. of the business WriteLine, LLC. and prenatal care. Reproductive Choice $10,000 Charleston,WV Civil Liberties and Public St. Louis, MO Montana Women Vote $10,000 Advocates For Youth $20,000 To support WV Free’s work to increase their Policy at Hampshire College $20,000 To support MO RCRC’s public education Missoula, MT Peer to Peer Exchanges Washington, D.C. coalition membership through a new e-mail Amherst, MA and advocacy programs, including Black To support GOTV voter engagement as it Association for Enterprise To strengthen Advocates for Youth in Arizona alert system. To support the New Leadership New Initiative Women’s Health Council, Black Church coordinates statewide voter registration and Opportunity (AEO) $5,000 and/or Washington State and their support project, a movement-expanding project with a Initiative, Clergy for Choice, and Spiritual conducts community outreach to constituency Arlington,VA of the work of Ms. Foundation grantees with Reproductive Rights Coalition wide diversity of young and emerging leaders Youth for Reproductive Freedom. groups and organizations. To support Peer-to-Peer:The Microenterprise sexuality/reproductive rights information, and Organizing Fund in the field of reproductive rights. 9 to 5 Colorado $20,000 Domestic Violence Initiative. policy, education, organizing and advocacy. NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico $25,000 Colorado Organization for NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico $10,000 Albuquerque, NM Denver, CO Albuquerque, NM Association for Enterprise Applied Research Center $25,000 Latina Opportunity and To strengthen existing outreach and civic To involve low-wage working women through To support GOTV voter engagement activi- Opportunity (AEO) $8,000 Oakland, CA Reproductive Rights (COLOR) $50,000 participation programs that expand and voter registration, education and mobilization ties, aimed at increasing voter participation by Arlington,VA To support research and documentation of Denver, CO develop leadership in NARAL Pro-Choice activities to ensure that their voices are heard educating New Mexicans about their voting To support AEO’s 15th Annual Conference the New Partners, New Initiatives project, A two-year grant to develop a comprehensive New Mexico’s activist base. and that issues that affect them are part of the rights and the public policy issues that impact and Membership Meeting in May 2005. including how diverse institutions can use sexuality education curriculum for Latinas, electoral debate. their lives. organizing as a strategy to build support for National Asian Pacific complete a new organizational strategic plan, Women and Labor Fund sexuality education. American Women’s Forum $10,000 ACCESS/Women’s Health organize and conduct a Latina summit, and National Latina Institute for Carolina Alliance for Washington, D.C. Rights Coalition $10,000 develop an organizational Web site. Reproductive Health $40,000 Asian Communities for Fair Employment $10,000 To fund a convening. Oakland, CA New York, NY Reproductive Justice $20,000 Colorado Organization for Greenville, SC To build leadership, support overall advocacy To provide a two-year grant supporting Oakland, CA Northwest Communities’ Latina Opportunity and To support changes in legislation that efforts, and strengthen messaging and the Latinas Organizing for Leadership and To provide general support for ACRJ’s Education Center $5,000 Reproductive Rights (COLOR) $10,000 give workers the right to see their own media work. Advocacy project, organizing Latina leaders Grassroots Organizing and Reproductive Granger,WA Denver, CO personnel records. to advance a united policy agenda on Justice Movement Building project. To support media opportunities and dissemi- ACLU of Pennsylvania Foundation $1,000 To provide general support through the Center for Community & nate the Learning Curves publication, the Philadelphia, PA second year of a two-year grant. reproductive justice issues. Choice USA $20,000 Corporate Ethics $50,000 executive summary of the New Partners, To support consultant services for the Training Native American Washington, D.C. Illinois Caucus for Washington, D.C. New Initiatives program. and Access Working Group meeting. Community Board $20,000 To strengthen Choice USA in Arizona and/ Adolescent Health $10,000 To study the impact of large corporations on Chicago, IL Lake Andes, SD or Washington State and their support of the Northwest Women’s Law Center $20,000 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention society and develop standards for responsible Coalition of NC $20,000 To continue to advocate for comprehensive To support the Indigenous Women’s work of Ms. Foundation grantees with Seattle,WA corporate behavior. Chapel Hill, NC sex education through research, a multi-media Reproductive Health and Rights Program. sexuality/reproductive rights information, To strengthen the Reproductive Freedom To support the Grassroots Advocacy Project campaign, and activism training to educate policy, education, organizing and advocacy. Network, including engaging Ms. Foundation grantees in Washington state. for comprehensive sex education. legislators and mobilize constituents on sexuality issues.

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Utah Progressive Network $25,000 Courage Unlimited, Inc. $10,000 The Black Church and Domestic Federated Dorchester National Coalition of Anti-Violence Texas Council on Family Violence $30,000 Salt Lake City, UT North Las Vegas, NV Violence Institute $30,000 Neighborhood Houses, Inc. $4,000 Programs, Inc. $20,000 Austin,TX To support the Gender Justice Program To support the HIV Impact and Prevention Atlanta, GA Dorchester, MA New York, NY To support the People’s Empowerment engaging diverse constituencies to reframe Project, which trains HIV-positive women as To hire an events manager to coordinate To hire a fundraising consultant to identify To enhance community-driven responses Project, working to create alternative reproductive rights, expand the definition of peer educators and community activists. training, technical assistance, and meeting dates potential funding sources and build organiza- to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender approaches to survivor safety and violence reproductive health and justice, and implement Mujeres Unidas Contra el SIDA $15,000 with emphasis on managing the Wellspring tional capacity to effectively fundraise. domestic violence. prevention. Clergywomen’s Alliance engagements. organizing campaigns. San Antonio,TX Fund for One Manhattan Inc. $5,000 National Organization of Sisters Girls, Young Women and Leadership Women’s Voices for the Earth $10,000 To support Saber es Poder, a project to Center for Family Policy New York, NY of Color Ending Sexual Assault $20,000 Missoula, MT empower the madrinas (godmothers) who and Practice $30,000 To examine the benefits and challenges of Canton, CT Collaborative Fund for Youth-led Social Change To continue to support women’s reproductive act as peer-educators to women with Madison,WI New York State’s mandatory arrest statue for To provide general support. health protection in Montana and the north- HIV/AIDS and help them participate in To develop collaborations between father- domestic violence crimes. The Appalachian Women’s New York City Community Leadership Project $10,000 ern Rocky Mountain states. local, state and national advocacy work. hood organizations and domestic violence GenderPAC $5,000 organizations. Response Collaborative $25,000.00 Hamlin,WV Women’s Voices for the Earth $20,000 Sisterhood Mobilized for Washington, D.C. Brooklyn, NY To build capacity by increasing fundraising Missoula, MT AIDS/HIV Research and Treatment $15,000 The Center for the Study of To support the Violence Prevention Program To support an outreach plan to engage activities that broaden and grow the To support the Phase-Out Mercury Products New York, NY Sport in Society $20,000 and Gender Tour activities. diverse communities in education, healing Appalachian Women’s Leadership Project’s Boston, MA in Montana project, educating and engaging To provide general support. Generation Five $30,000 and organizing around child sexual abuse financial support base. To support the Mentors in Violence women about the reproductive health risks Southwest Boulevard Family San Francisco, CA response and prevention. associated with mercury exposure. Prevention Program. Asian Immigrant Health Care $10,000 To support development of new curricula, Northwest Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian Women Advocates $10,000 West Virginia Free $4,000 Kansas City, KS Center for Young Women’s trainer manuals and trainee materials, and and Gay Survivors of Abuse $30,000 Oakland, CA Charleston,WV To support HIV University, Kansas City, a Development $15,000 underwrite Training of Trainers sessions in Seattle,WA To conduct a three-year planning process San Francisco, CA To provide technical assistance for a board program that offers information, advocacy the Bay Area, New York City and Atlanta. To prevent domestic violence in the lives and hire two Asian Youth United trainers to To provide general support, including weekly retreat and training. training and support groups to HIV-positive Generation Five/Bay Area of LGBTQ people. better understand the role of intergenerational discussion groups and recommendations for women. Collaborative United to leadership in the Asian Immigrant Women Young Women United $25,000 city government regarding violence in the Pennsylvania Coalition Albuquerque, NM Virgin Islands Community Prevent Child Sexual Abuse $25,000 Against Rape $2,500 Advocates organization. AIDS Resource & Education, lives of young women. Antioch, CA To provide a general operating grant to sup- Enola, PA Blocks Together $10,000 Inc. (VICARE) $15,000 Close to Home Domestic Violence To develop and share analyses, processes, port YWU’s Circle of Strength program to To help support a reception honoring the Chicago, IL Christiansted,VI Prevention Initiative $30,000 training tools and materials among build their membership base and organize 10th Anniversary of the Violence Against To give Blocks Together the opportunity to To support the Women Together for Change Dorchester, MA communities and populations the Bay Area for comprehensive sexuality education in the Women Act, in September 2004. assess its administrative needs and the ultimate project, working to strengthen the leadership To provide general support, including Collaborative serves, and to conduct focused Albuquerque public school system. direction for its programs over time. and advocacy skills of women living with supporting the implementation of three capacity building in four communities. Raksha, Inc. $30,000 Young Women’s resident-driven accountability/safety projects. Atlanta, GA Center for Young HIV/AIDS on the island of St. Croix. HOMEY $30,000 Leadership Conference $10,000 To continue to build support and action Women’s Development $10,000 Women Alive Coalition $15,000 Creative Interventions $20,000 San Francisco, CA Boston, MA against child sexual abuse in the South Asian San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA Oakland, CA To create materials aimed at deconstructing To bring together young women to attend community through support to the Breaking To give the Center for Young Women’s To support Sisters Alive—Hearing Our Voices, To provide general support. culturally accepted gender roles. political conventions that develop leadership the Silence Project. Development the opportunity to assess its skills and relationships. a program that advocates for policy, legislation East End Community Incite! Women of Color and resources for women of color infected Safe Shores, D.C. Children’s administrative needs and the ultimate direction Services Corporation $20,000 Against Violence $20,000 for its programs over time. Women and AIDS with HIV/AIDS. Dayton, OH Ann Arbor, MI Advocacy Center $5,000 African Services Committee, Inc. $15,000 Women Organized to Respond To provide general support. To support the Police Violence/Community Washington, D.C. Girl Scouts of Milwaukee Area $10,000 New York, NY To support Safe Shores Stop the Silence Race. Milwaukee,WI to Life-Threatening Diseases $10,000 Eastern Kentucky University $20,000 Accountability Campaign. To support Mobilizing African Immigrant To assess and share lessons learned through Oakland, CA Richmond, KY The Safe Zone Foundation $20,000 Women on HIV/AIDS, a program designed to International Child Resource $20,000 the Girl Scouts of Milwaukee’s CAT program, To provide general support. To create change on campus by supporting Honolulu, HI build advocacy capacity for African immigrant San Francisco, CA involving social action activities for girls. collaboration between the Men Against Rape To support Girl Fest Hawaii, a yearlong women through training and issue education. Women’s Resource Center $15,000 To address violence against women, Columbia, SC Society and the Women’s Activists group. with youth in the Mission district of outreach program for middle and high Khmer Girls In Action $500 AIDS Services of Austin, Inc. $15,000 school students that addresses themes like Long Beach, CA To support the Phenomenal Women program, Family Violence and Rape San Francisco. Austin,TX body image, gender-based violence and sexism. To support and train young Cambodian promoting the personal and professional devel- Crisis Services, Inc. $25,000 Joseph J. Peters Institute $30,000 women in Long Beach on how to research, To empower HIV-positive women with opment of women living with HIV/AIDS Pittsboro, NC Strategies Against Violence Philadelphia, PA analyze, create solutions, take action, and education, community and support systems, who are committed to working and serving To engage men in preventing and reducing Everywhere (SAVE) $20,000 To train local community members on how evaluate issues and concerns that impact their and leadership and advocacy skills to address in the HIV/AIDS community. violence against women by supporting a Columbus, Ohio HIV/AIDS political issues. to recognize and intervene in situations that lives and community. community-led effort called Men for indicate the occurrence of child sexual abuse. To support Media Violence and Women: Aniz, Inc. $10,000 Safety Family Peace. Educating for Change Project, aimed to edu- Khmer Girls In Action $10,000 Atlanta, GA Amnesty International USA $15,000 Louisiana Coalition Against cate women and men of color in low-income Long Beach, CA Family Violence Prevention Fund $10,000 New York, NY Domestic Violence $30,000 neighborhoods about negative images and To find an executive director, and to To support “Reaching Out to Sisters with San Francisco, CA To support a research project,“No Shelter Baton Rouge, LA violence towards women in the media. support staff development, program structure, HIV/AIDS” advocacy training for African To fund the creation of the Susan Schechter from Violence: Domestic Violence and To support the expansion of the LGBTQ evaluation and the development of a five-year American HIV-positive women in Georgia. Activist Fellowship Initiative to honor and Texas Association Against Homelessness and Housing,” examining the project, consisting of four community-directed strategic plan. Christie’s Place $10,000 effects of U.S. housing policies on women continue the work of a pioneer anti-violence groups working to increase recognition of Sexual Assault $20,000 San Diego, CA fleeing abuse. activist, supporting new leadership among partner abuse in the LGBTQ community Austin,TX Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational To support Project SPEAK Up, a peer-based survivors of domestic violence. and ways to encourage community members To support the Students Taking Action for Safety and Health, Inc. $10,000 leadership initiative designed to build self- Asian & Pacific Islander Family Violence Prevention Fund $15,000 to intervene. Respect project, organizing, training and Dorchester, MA esteem, provide trainings and offer skill build- American Health Forum $15,000 supporting youth advocates. To cover administrative costs and increase San Francisco,CA San Francisco, CA Men Can Stop Rape $20,000 ing opportunities for HIV-positive women. To support From Prisons to Prevention, a funding for additional staff hours to achieve To support (En)gendering Change: Principles Washington, D.C. greater impact with constituents. & Strategies for Transforming Gender Roles in policy and communications campaign to shift To support the national Strength Training Asian and Pacific Islander Communities. criminal justice resources. Program in providing young men with the knowledge, skills and support to prevent gender violence. page 16 Ms. Foundation for Women Annual Report 2005-2006 www.ms.foundation.org page 17

One Nation Enlightened $10,000 National Latina Institute Women’s Funding Network $10,000 Western Prison Project $20,000 National Women’s Alliance $1,000 Gwich’in Steering Committee $2,000 Denver, CO for Reproductive Health $57,834 San Francisco, CA Portland, OR Washington, D.C. Fairbanks,AK To give One Nation Enlightened the oppor- New York, NY To support the Women’s Funding Network To support leadership development, community To support NWA’s Young Women of Color To support an individual’s participation in tunity to assess its administrative needs and the To advance NLIRH’s National Policy Agenda 21st Annual Conference Scholarship. education and outreach, and direct lobbying to Executive Director Retreat, a leadership pro- the Peace and Dignity Journey. ultimate direction for its programs over time. for Reproductive Justice. move a criminal justice reform agenda forward. gram that provides support and training for Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation $7,500 Democracy Funding Circle PEARLS for Teen Girls, Inc. $10,000 The Rebecca Project Wider Opportunities for Women $20,000 women in fields related to human rights and Fayetteville, NY Children’s Defense Fund, Milwaukee,WI for Human Rights $57,834 Washington, D.C. social justice. To provide general support. Southern Rural Black To produce a curriculum exploring the devel- Washington, D.C. To conduct a pilot project designed to Political Research Associates $1,000 Women’s Initiative $20,000 Native American opment of teen girls to share lessons learned To support advocacy work for low-income increase the voices of women and girls in Somerville, MA Jackson, MS Educational Services $10,000 about teen leadership development during mothers struggling with economic marginal- three predominantly rural states in order to To support the Jean Hardisty Legacy Fund. Chicago, IL PEARLS’ time in the collaborative fund. ization, substance abuse, access to family- To provide general support to the Southern promote social and economic equity for low- Proteus Fund $1,000 To write a book about racism as it relates to oriented treatment and the criminal justice Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic income women, including women of color. Sista II Sista $10,000 Amherst, MA Native peoples. system. and Social Justice. Brooklyn, NY Women’s Organization for National To support the State Strategies Fund’s Critical Resistance/Justice Now $20,000 New York Abortion Access Fund $2,500 To give Sista II Sista the opportunity to assess Prohibition Reform $20,000 Amassing Resources Conference, aimed at Sophia Fund Oakland, CA New York, NY its administrative needs and the direction for Mill Spring, NC stimulating aggressive new thinking about Cangleska, Inc. $17,166 To reduce society’s reliance on prisons, create To support the “I Had An Abortion its programs over time. To support base building, provide general ways grassroots organizations pursuing state Kyle, SD alternatives and to mitigate the impact of Campaign,” designed to further open discus- support and funds for convening. power strategies can raise funds and resources. Sisters in Action for Power $10,000 To change individual and institutional beliefs the crisis by empowering communities and sions and to create space to talk about the Portland, OR Women and Philanthropy $2,000 experience of abortion. justifying the oppression of Native women. women of color. Discretionary Funds To give Sisters in Action for Power the oppor- Washington, D.C. Communications Consortium Delaware Valley Association for Board Discretionary Fund Social Agenda for the Caregiver tunity to assess its administrative needs and the To provide general support. Credit Campaign $5,000 direction for its programs over time. Media Center $10,000 the Education of Young Children $20,000 Women’s Leadership Fund/ Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, PA White House Project $100,000 Women’s Environment New York, NY The Young Women’s Project $10,000 To build communications capacity in the To address the critical shortage of public New York, NY and Development Organization $1,000 To produce and distribute a feminist Washington, D.C. women’s movement so that organizations can funding for childcare services. To support the Women’s Leadership Fund. New York, NY comic book. To hire Management Assistant Group to To support the Bella Abzug Leadership tell their stories effectively to the media, the Idaho Women’s Network $20,000 Women’s Leadership Fund/ Women Make Movies $5,000 help The Young Women’s Project conduct Institute, preparing young women to be public and policy-makers. Boise, ID White House Project $20,000 New York, NY a strategic planning effort. proactive, principle-driven leaders in fields Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues $10,000 To support research and policy development, New York, NY To complete NO!,a documentary on that transform society and our political system intra-racial rape and sexual assault in the Girls Leadership Team New York, NY and political education and media work. To assist grantee in moving to and establishing for the betterment of women. African-American community. Khmer Girls In Action $500 To support the National Lesbian and Gay The Interfaith Alliance of Idaho $20,000 new office space and headquarters. Community Funding Partnership. Long Beach, CA Boise, ID Gloria Steinem Fund Women’s Environment and President’s Discretionary Fund To find an executive director, and to National Council of To encourage more progressive people of faith Advocacy for Patients with Development Organization $2,500 Applied Research Center $1,000 support staff development, program structure, Women’s Organizations $10,000 to participate in the democratic process. Chronic Illness, Inc. $10,000 New York, NY Oakland, CA evaluation and the development of a five-year Washington, D.C. Farmington, CT To support the Bella Abzug Leadership Low-Income Families’ Empowerment To ensure racial, geographic and issue diversity strategic plan. To support New Faces, More Voices, a summer To support continued and expanded advocacy Institute, preparing young women to be through Education: LIFETIME $20,000 at the Race and Public Policy: A Proactive proactive, principle-driven leaders in fields leadership training program. San Leandro, CA work for patients with chronic illnesses. Democracy and Power Agenda for 2005 and Beyond conference. that transform society and our political system National Latina Institute for To empower low-income mothers to com- Communications Consortium Public Voices (WOC) Center for the Advancement for the betterment of women. Reproductive Health $17,166 plete postsecondary education and training, of Women $5,000 Media Center $5,000 Alliance of Early Childhood The Women’s Social Policy and Research Professionals $75,000 New York, NY and to support policy work that gets families New York, NY Washington, D.C. Center at Vanderbilt University $3,000 Minneapolis, MN To advance a National Policy Agenda for off of welfare and out of poverty. To continue building a network of committed To support the Next Step Women’s Granny Nashville,TN To offer advocacy and development work Reproductive Justice. individuals to ensure that the experiences of Vote project, increasing voter turnout and Montana Human Rights Network $20,000 To support the qualitative study,“Barriers in support of a trained, diverse and well-paid women’s lives and their priorities reach opin- political involvement of older women National Women’s Law Center $15,000 Helena, MT and Bridges: Immigrant Women and Work early childhood workforce. ion leaders, policy makers, and women. regardless of political affiliation. Washington, D.C. To provide general support. in Tennessee”, examining immigrant women’s To provide general support. Asian Immigrant Women Advocates $75,000 National Network for Immigrant Communications Consortium Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation contributions to Nashville’s economy and Oakland, CA Proteus Fund $10,000 and Refugee Rights $20,000 Media Center $3,000 of America $6,000 culture. To support continued work with low-income Amherst, MA Oakland, CA Washington, D.C. New York, NY Asian immigrant women and youth to To support the State Strategies Fund, a To engage diverse immigrant communities To support the Next Step Women’s Granny To print and distribute 140 copies of “Know Marie C. Wilson Leadership Fund improve their living and working conditions. grant making and capacity building program throughout the country and bring their views Vote project, increasing voter turnout and Your Rights: A Handbook for Patients with Women’s Leadership Fund/ supporting statewide efforts with grassroots and concerns into the national debate on political involvement of older women Inflammatory Bowel Disease” to those unable White House Project $200,000 California Indian to afford it. Basketweavers Association $75,000 community groups to create social change. immigration. regardless of political affiliation. New York, NY Grass Valley, CA The Rebecca Project for Progressive Leadership National Center for Human The Feminist Press $1,000 To support the Vote, Run, Lead initiative. To support empowerment of Native Human Rights $17,166 Alliance of Nevada $20,000 Rights Education $3,000 New York, NY American women. Washington, D.C. Reno, NV Atlanta, GA To support the Tillie Olsen Fund, promoting women writers worldwide. Cangleska, Inc. $57,834 To support advocacy work for low-income To support campaigns that focus on racial To assist the Arab Women’s Gathering Kyle, SD mothers struggling with economic marginal- and economic justice issues, including criminal Organizing Collective with planning and Girls Speak Out Foundation $5,000 To change individual and institutional beliefs ization, substance abuse, access to family- justice reform, felon re-enfranchisement and outreach for a national gathering. San Francisco, CA justifying the oppression of Native women. oriented treatment and the criminal justice organizing tax issues that impact low-income National Network of Grantmakers $1,000 To provide graphic design and technical system. women, seniors and people of color. Minneapolis, MN support to launch a new Web site and promote Colonias Development Council $75,000 the Caged Bird Sings Project. Las Cruces, NM Women and Philanthropy $10,000 Rural Organizing Project $20,000 To support the People of Color Caucus To continue to build leadership among Washington, D.C. Scappoose, OR and provide general support. colonia women and encourage civic To provide general support. To train volunteers to use “welcome wagons” participation and policy advocacy. to establish deeper relationships with their 2004 election contacts.

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FY 2006 Grants

Economic Security Asian Communities for Minnesota Organization on New Mexico Teen Survivors, Inc. $10,000 Courage Unlimited, Inc. $10,000 Women and Labor Fund Reproductive Justice $20,000 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Pregnancy Coalition $50,000 Mattapan, MA North Las Vegas, NV Center for Community & Oakland, CA and Parenting $25,000 Albuquerque, NM To provide general support for organizing To support the HIV Impact and Prevention Corporate Ethics $10,000 To provide general support for ACRJ’s projects St. Paul, MN To support the New Mexico Coalition to drives in community welfare offices around Project. Washington, D.C. including the Sisters in Action for Issues of To support the Adolescent Pregnancy Support Sexuality Education as they create the interrelated issues of welfare, access to Helping Everyone Receive Ongoing To study the impact of large corporations on Reproductive Empowerment (SAFIRE) Prevention Project, designed to increase the advocacy toolkits to use in communities healthcare, reproductive rights and immigrant Effective Support (HEROES) $1,000 society and develop standards for responsible and Participatory Research, Organizing, and adoption and implementation of science-based throughout New Mexico and train allies rights. Columbia, LA corporate behavior. Leadership Initiative for Safety and Health public policies for adolescent reproductive to advocate for comprehensive sexuality Western States Center $20,000 To support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Domestic Workers United, Committee (POLISH) programs. health and pregnancy prevention at state and education. Portland, OR local levels. Mujeres Unidas Contra el SIDA $20,000 Against Anti-Asian Violence $20,000 California Coalition for Odyssey Youth Center $45,000 To provide targeted technical assistance, train- San Antonio,TX Bronx, NY Reproductive Freedom $25,000 Missouri Religious Coalition Spokane,WA ing and convening to support organizations To support Saber es Poder, a project to To support the New York Statewide Campaign Sacramento, CA for Reproductive Choice $40,000 To provide general support to hire additional working for gender justice. empower the madrinas (godmothers) who act for a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. To provide general support to help CCRF St. Louis, MO staff and two interns, conduct liaison work Women’s Voices for the Earth $35,000 as peer-educators to women with HIV/AIDS reframe the agenda and language in the repro- To support public advocacy and education with other youth organizations, and expand Mississippi Poultry Workers’ Center $10,000 Missoula, MT and help them participate in local, state, and ductive sexual health and rights movement. projects that organize people of various faiths their youth panels and trainings. Morton, MS To support Mercury and Reproductive Justice, national advocacy work. to advocate for access to complete reproduc- To convene staff and grassroots leaders California Latinas for Pennsylvanians for Choice $30,000 a project linking reproductive rights and tive healthcare. Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/ and other organizations in the region who Reproductive Justice $25,000 Philadelphia, PA environmental health. HIV Research and Treatment $20,000 organize poultry workers. Los Angeles, CA NARAL Pro-Choice To support Women’s Law Project to West Virginia Free $45,000 New York, NY To provide general support to improve the America Foundation $5,000 mobilize constituents to support a multi- Mississippi Workers’ Center for Charleston,WV To provide general support. Human Rights $10,000 current political climate for reproductive Washington, D.C. issue state-based women’s agenda. To provide general support to launch a health and rights in California through targeted To focus on the Supreme Court nomination Southwest Boulevard Family Greenville, MS Planned Parenthood Federation statewide media and public education policy advocacy, coalition building and of Justice John Roberts, conducting a nation- Health Care $15,000 To strengthen MWCHR’s work with black of America $20,000 campaign. Kansas City, KS women leaders in the Mississippi Delta and community education, and communication wide campaign to educate the public about New York, NY Young Women United $7,000 To support HIV University, Kansas City, a other parts of the state. strategies. his anti-choice record. To help expand and redesign the Sex Albuquerque, NM program that offers information, advocacy Colorado Organization for NARAL Pro-Choice Montana Education Advocacy Strategy Session program Tenants’ and Workers’ To provide development coaching and board training and support groups to HIV-positive Latina Opportunity and Foundation, Montana to train all grantee partners involved in the Support Committee $20,000 leadership training through consultant services. women. Alexandria,VA Reproductive Rights (COLOR) $6,000 Reproductive Rights Coalition $50,000 Ms. Foundation’s Sex Education Advocacy Young Women United $70,000 Women Alive Coalition $20,000 To support grantees’ efforts to increase living Denver, CO Helena, MT Initiative. Albuquerque,NM Los Angeles, CA wages and expand the power of low-income To help develop a new strategic plan through To support the Montana Healthy Youth Planned Parenthood League To support the Circle of Strength, a youth-led To support Sisters Alive—Hearing Our Voices, women and girls in regional and national four months of preplanning and an intensive initiative and Montana Reproductive Rights of Massachusetts $50,000 organizing project geared toward changing a program that advocates for policy, legislation policy formation. two-day retreat. Coalition to identify threats to reproductive Boston, MA rights and provide resources to articulate the sexuality education policies in local middle and resources for women of color infected Education Fund of Family To support Comprehensive Sex Education United Students Against Sweatshops $10,000 values of the pro-choice vision. schools. with HIV/AIDS. Washington, D.C. Planning Advocates of NYS $20,000 Advocacy. NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico $25,000 Women Organized to Respond To bring the issue of sweatshop labor to the Albany, NY Planned Parenthood of Georgia $30,000 Women and AIDS Fund Albuquerque,NM to Life-Threatening Diseases $20,000 forefront of campus dialogue and mandate To support Get the Facts NY. Atlanta, GA African Services Committee, Inc. $20,000 To support the New Mexico Reproductive Oakland, CA that colleges and universities take responsibility Illinois Caucus for To support the Campaign for Responsible New York, NY Health Access Project and strengthen existing To provide general support. for their profitable participation in a garment Adolescent Health $50,000 Sex Education. To support Mobilizing African Immigrant industry with widespread worker exploitation. outreach and civic participation programs. Women’s Lighthouse Project $1,000 Chicago, IL Pro-Choice Public Education Project $3,000 Women on HIV/AIDS, a program designed Denver, CO Voces de la Frontera $20,000 To support the Illinois Campaign for NARAL Pro-Choice New York, NY to build advocacy capacity among African To provide general support. Milwaukee,WI Responsible Sex Education as a part of the Oregon Foundation $20,000 To provide general support to the 2005 immigrant women through training and To continue to support the organization’s Ms. Foundation’s Sex Ed Advocacy Initiative. Portland, OR “Harlem Nights” fundraiser. issue education. Safety Worker Center and Issue Campaigns. Illinois Caucus for To support NARAL’s participation in the AIDS Services of Austin, Inc. $20,000 Pro-Choice Public Education Project $5,000 Amnesty International USA $15,000 Adolescent Health $40,000 Oregonians for Choice coalition to fight the Austin,TX New York, NY New York, NY Health and Safety Chicago, IL anti-choice parental notification measure on To empower HIV-positive women with To provide general support for educating To support a research project,“No Shelter Reproductive Rights Coalition and To support the Illinois Campaign for the 2006 Oregon ballot. education, community and support systems, young women about reproductive freedom from Violence: Domestic Violence and Organizing Fund Responsible Sex Education project to ensure NARAL Pro-Choice and leadership and advocacy skills to address and choice, thereby developing a new genera- Homelessness and Housing,” examining the Abortion Access Project $2,000 that sex education in Illinois is comprehensive, Washington Foundation $40,000 HIV/AIDS political issues. tion of pro-choice leaders and supporters. effects of U.S. housing policies on women Cambridge, MA effective, positive and medically accurate, and Seattle,WA Aniz, Inc. $10,000 fleeing abuse. To support a media training for the Hospital SIECUS $20,000 to support the Sexual Health-Care Access To support the Campaign for Real Sex Atlanta, GA Access Collaborative Annual 2005 Conference. New York, NY The Center for the Study Initiative. Education through media outreach, training To support “Reaching Out to Sisters with parents to be advocates in their local school To support continuing public policy and advo- of Sport in Society $20,000 ACCESS/Women’s Health Institute of Women and HIV/AIDS” advocacy training for African district, and collaborating with coalition cacy efforts, education and training, public Boston, MA Rights Coalition $35,000 Ethnic Studies $1,000 American HIV-positive women in Georgia. information and communication strategies. To support Mentors in Violence Prevention Oakland, CA New Orleans, LA partners in continued legislative advocacy. Babes Network $10,000 Program. To support the Raising Voices, Expanding Sister Song Women of Color To support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. National Network of Seattle,WA Access Project, an effort to mobilize con- Abortion Funds $1,000 Reproductive Health Collective $5,000 Center for Young Migrant Health Promotion $45,000 To support the Theater for Development stituents around specific advocacy campaigns Atlanta, GA Women’s Development $15,000 Progresso,TX Boston, MA project. and to provide opportunities for women To support SisterSong Reproductive Justice San Francisco, CA To support La Voz Latina—The Voice of To support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. to have a voice in policy decisions. Briefing for Funders & Activists. Christie’s Place $20,000 To provide general support. Latinas in Government, training community San Diego, CA Advocates For Youths $10,000 Creative Interventions $25,000 health care workers to advocate for improved To support Project SPEAK Up! Washington, D.C. access to reproductive health care for low- Oakland, CA To allow Advocates for Youth to lend its income, minority women. To provide general support. assistance and expertise to the Foundation’s state-based sex education project. page 20 Ms. Foundation for Women Annual Report 2005-2006 www.ms.foundation.org page 21

East End Community Northwest Network of Bi, Trans, Low-Income Families’ Empowerment Boat People SOS $30,000 Lafayette Restoration Center $30,000 Wider Opportunities for Women $20,000 Services Corporation $20,000 Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse $30,000 through Education: LIFETIME $11,000 Falls Church,VA Lafayette, LA Washington, D.C. Dayton, OH Seattle,WA San Leandro, CA To develop a women’s group in Biloxi, MS to To address women and children’s poverty and To support a grassroots campaign for To support a collaborative project with the To support activities and programs that To empower low-income mothers to com- help displaced women overcome the barriers health issues in the state and to support evac- rebuilding in the region and WOW’s role as Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic prevent domestic violence in the lives of plete postsecondary education and training, of language, achieve a voice in the community, uees seeking health care who have relocated a resource that brings groups together for Violence to end the generational cycle of LBGT people. and to support policy work that gets families and add leadership development to their to other states and municipalities. discussions on wages, economic development domestic violence and child abuse in inner Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape $20,000 off of welfare and out of poverty. rebuilding efforts. Louisiana Housing Alliance $20,000 and women’s job training. city Dayton, OH. Enola, PA Montana Human Rights Network $11,000 Children’s Defense Fund, Southern Franklin, LA Women’s Funding Network (WFN) $634,039 Eastern Kentucky University $20,000 To provide general support. Helena, MT Rural Black Women’s Initiative $45,000 To support the expansion of job-readiness San Francisco, CA Richmond, KY Raksha, Inc. $35,000 To develop strong local support for human Jackson, MS and homeowner assistance programs that LHA To fund WFN’s response to Hurricane Katrina To create change on campus by supporting Atlanta, GA rights through grassroots organizing, coalition To support CDF’s work advocating for the offered before Hurricane Katrina. and to support five women’s funds also work- collaboration between the Men Against Rape building, right-wing research and LGBT civil implementation of a 3-5 year work force ing on Katrina response efforts. To support the Breaking the Silence Project, Mississippi Immigrant Rights Society and the Women’s Activists group. rights policy work. training initiative and progressive welfare building support and action against child Alliance (MIRA) $15,000 YWCA Baton Rouge $10,000 reform. Family Violence and Rape Crisis sexual abuse in the South Asian community. National Network for Immigrant Jackson, MS Baton Rouge, LA Services, Inc. $35,000 and Refugee Rights $11,000 Coalition for Citizens Stop the Silence, Inc. $5,000 To support rebuilding efforts in Mississippi To support “Comfort for Kids,” offering Pittsboro, NC Bowie, MD Oakland, CA with Disabilities $15,000 with a focus on immigrant rights and access training to parents—many single mothers To engage men in preventing and reducing To provide support for Stop the Silence’s To continue to build capacity that strengthens Jackson, MS to services. of color—to help them better communicate violence against women by supporting a and empowers immigrant communities. To assist individuals and family members in with their children about the trauma they annual fundraiser. Mississippi Low Income community-led effort called Men for Progressive Leadership Alliance Mississippi with community outreach focused Childcare Initiative $40,000 experienced during Hurricane Katrina. Texas Association Against Family Peace. of Nevada $11,000 on housing, education and benefits issues and Biloxi, MS Sexual Assault $25,000 to expand the “Pathways” program that trains Public Voices (WOC) Family Violence Prevention Fund $15,000 Reno, NV To promote the economic well being of Austin,TX individuals on advocacy initiatives and helps Alliance of Early Childhood San Francisco, CA To organize, train and support youth advocates To continue to support advocacy and policy women by helping them navigate the social To fund the Susan Schechter Fellowship. work focused on immigration, voter engage- them maintain contact with legislators. service and childcare systems. Professionals $15,000 by funding the Students Taking Action for Minneapolis, MN ment and racial justice. Common Ground Collective $20,000 Family Violence Prevention Fund $15,000 Respect project. Mississippi Workers’ Center To support advocacy and development work Rural Organizing Project $11,000 Vallejo, CA for Human Rights $45,000 San Francisco, CA Texas Council on Family Violence $30,000 for a trained, diverse and well-paid early To support national policy work on behalf of Scappoose, OR To rebuild basic infrastructure and support Greenville, MS Austin,TX women’s centers, childcare initiatives, trans- childhood workforce. battered women and their children. To create alternative approaches to survivor To expand past successes that helped To open a Jackson, MS office to further previously unknown voters become active portation, volunteer training and leadership MWCHR’s work with black, female workers Asian Immigrant Women Advocates $55,000 Generation Five $30,000 safety and violence prevention by funding the and progressive leaders. in New Orleans. who have been disenfranchised by Hurricane Oakland, CA San Francisco, CA People’s Empowerment Project. To support continued work with low-income Critical Resistance/Justice Now $20,000 Katrina. To support development of new curricula, Western Prison Project $11,000 Oakland, CA Asian immigrant women and youth to trainer manuals and trainee materials, and Democracy and Power Portland, OR NAACP Mississippi $40,000 improve their living and working conditions. underwrite Training of Trainers sessions in Democracy Funding Circle To strengthen base building and advocacy To rebuild the infrastructure and capacity of Jackson, MS the Southern Regional Louisiana office by California Indian Basketweavers the Bay Area, New York City and Atlanta. Children’s Defense Fund, Southern work in Oregon. To develop a networking process with women purchasing needed resources, creating a full- Association $55,000 Rural Black Women’s Initiative $11,000 of color throughout the state through regional Joseph J. Peters Institute $35,000 Wider Opportunities for Women $11,000 time coordinator position, and hiring a media Grass Valley, CA Philadelphia, PA Jackson, MS Washington, D.C. and local gatherings, and to support a larger To help develop a Cultural Heritage Tourism consultant. end-of-the-year convening to discuss a specific To support empowerment of Native American To train local community members to recog- To continue to develop and expand a policy women. nize at-risk behaviors for perpetrators of child Corridor that highlights the contributions of and advocacy agenda rooted in economic Friends and Families of legislative agenda. rural black women in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children $15,000 Cangleska, Inc. $30,000 sexual abuse and provide intervention strate- justice. National Coalition On Mississippi. Lake Charles, LA Black Civic Participation $50,000 Kyle, SD gies for ending it. Women’s Organization for Critical Resistance/Justice Now $11,000 To refocus funding policies towards the To change individual and institutional beliefs Louisiana Coalition Against National Prohibition Reform $11,000 Washington, D.C. Oakland, CA creation of schools and away from rebuilding To support women’s roundtable discussions justifying the oppression of Native women. Domestic Violence $15,000 Mill Spring, NC detention centers, and to support services and Baton Rouge,LA To support rural-based public education To support chapter and membership develop- focused on establishing a networking initiative Colonias Development Council $25,000 focused on alternatives to prisons both in programs that give youth the tools they need for women of color committed to civic partic- Las Cruces,NM To support Hurricane Katrina emergency ment and training. to empower themselves. efforts. California and in the hurricane-impacted ipation in public policy, especially related to To continue to build leadership among Gulf Region. Katrina Women’s Response Fund Helping Everyone Receive Ongoing the Hurricane Katrina rebuilding process. Colonia women and encourage civic Louisiana Coalition Against Effective Support (HEROES) $5,000 Delaware Valley Association for ACLU of Mississippi $15,000 New Orleans Neighborhood participation and policy advocacy. Domestic Violence $35,000 Columbia, LA the Education of Young Children $11,000 Jackson, MS Development Collaborative $30,000 National Latina Institute Baton Rouge, LA To respond to the aftermath of Hurricane Philadelphia, PA To support continued “Know Your New Orleans, LA for Reproductive Health $40,000 To support the End Partner Abuse Now proj- Katrina. ect, increasing accountability in the LGBTQ To fund statewide organizing, leadership Government” and “Know Your Rights” To promote neighborhood diversity in New New York, NY community and among LGBTQ batterers training, printing and mailing. workshops, and to create a position for a Institute for Women’s Policy Orleans by increasing resident influence over To advance NLIRH’s National Policy Agenda woman leader to spearhead “Women of Color Research $15,000 rebuilding and rezoning plans created by for Reproductive Justice. and developing a plan for increasing safety Idaho Women’s Network $11,000 for LGBTQ communities in Los Angeles. Boise, ID Leadership” workshops giving women voice Washington, D.C. elected officials and appointed bodies without Sophia Fund To continue to support broad-based coalition where they have traditionally been silent. To support the Status of Women in the input of impacted communities. Louisiana Foundation New Orleans project. ASMA Society $4,000 work against the ban on same sex marriages. All Congregations Together (ACT) $30,000 North Gulfport Community Against Sexual Assault $15,000 New York, NY New Orleans, LA Jeremiah Group $30,000 Land Trust $20,000 Hammond, LA The Interfaith Alliance of Idaho $11,000 To hire organizers and pastors sensitive to the Harvey, LA Gulfport, MS To support the Muslim Women Leader’s To provide support in the aftermath of Boise, ID Forum at the Aspen Institute in the fall Hurricane Katrina. To build a stronger progressive movement culture of and communities in New Orleans. To cover operating costs so they can continue To purchase land to build new homes and to advocate for empowering the residents protect against further gentrification. of 2006. National Organization of Sisters in Idaho through expanded community of the city to be involved in political United Houma Nation Relief Fund $40,000 of Color Ending Sexual Assault $30,000 organizing. discussions and decisions that impact their Raceland, LA Canton, CT everyday lives. To provide general support. To provide relief to mothers and children affected by the hurricane devastation and training for women in non-traditional work roles such as carpentry and construction. page 22 Ms. Foundation for Women Annual Report 2005-2006 www.ms.foundation.org page 23

Dare to Lead: Giving to the Ms. Foundation for Women

Cangleska, Inc. $20,000 Discretionary Funds Demos $10,000 Kyle, SD Board Discretionary Fund New York, NY To change individual and institutional beliefs Women’s Leadership Fund/ To support the Demos Women’s justifying the oppression of Native women. White House Project $300,000 Empowerment Initiative. Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues $10,000 New York, NY First Nations Development New York, NY To support the Vote, Run, Lead initiative. Institute $20,000 To provide general support. Fredericksburg,VA President’s Discretionary Fund National Council of To support the First People’s Worldwide Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $100 Program. Women’s Organizations $10,000 New York, NY Washington, D.C. To convene the host committee for the Native American Community Board $3,500 To support the summer leadership training “Accidental Fundraiser Book Party,” in Lake Andes, SD program, New Faces, More Voices. September 2005, sponsored by the Astraea To fund a full page advertisement in South National Latina Institute for Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Dakota’s largest newspaper informing the public Reproductive Health $15,000 about current bills in the state legislature MADRE $500 affecting women’s reproductive rights. New York, NY New York, NY To advance a National Policy Agenda for To help support Indigenous women’s partici- Off Our Backs $5,000 Reproductive Justice. pation in the Association for Women’s Rights Washington, D.C. National Women’s Law Center $10,000 in Development Forum, How Does Change To support its news journal. Washington, D.C. Happen? Public Education Network $1,000 To provide general support. New World Foundation $2,000 Washington, D.C. Proteus Fund $10,000 New York, NY To provide general support. The Ms. Foundation for Women supports thousands of women leaders and Amherst, MA To support the Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Rural Development To support the State Strategies Fund, a Program, a sabbatical program for organizers Leadership Network $5,000 their organizations in diverse urban and rural areas across the United States. grant-making program focused on long-term of color. New York, NY We are uniquely positioned to link local, regional and national work and collaborative strategies that marshal the power Resource Generation/ To convene a “Rural Women’s Exchange” in of grassroots community groups. Making Money Make Change $2,000 New York. leaders for the greatest impact. The Rebecca Project for Cambridge, MA The Shoulders We Stand On: Human Rights $5,000 To support the November 2005 Making Women as Agents of Change $3,000 Washington, D.C. Money Make Change Retreat. New York, NY To support advocacy work for low-income Women for Afghan Women $5,000 To support the author Louse Bernikow’s The Foundation needs your help to bring the experience and solutions of mothers struggling with economic marginal- Flushing, NY writing and lectures on women’s roles as ization, substance abuse, access to family- To support Faith and Feminism Dialogues. agents of social change. women and girls to their communities and to public policy decision making. oriented treatment and the criminal justice Women’s Media Center $20,000 system. Women of Color Resource Center $5,000 Oakland, CA New York, NY From attending one of the Ms. Foundation’s special events, to joining the Southeast Regional Economic To support a convening on global women’s To provide general support. Justice Network $3,000 President’s Circle or one of our collaborative funds, the Ms. Foundation strategies for human rights. 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Partners in Philanthropy

Representing contributions Claire’s Stores, Inc. Domino’s Pizza $250 - $499 Mrs. Phyllis Friedman Elizabeth T. Boris Tamara J. Kreinin Helen and Thomas Spiro made between July 1, 2004 Dickler Family Fund Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. Community Resource Exchange Susan A. Grode Colette Brooks Helen P.Ladd Dighton Spooner and June 30, 2006 Dominick & Dominick Feminist Majority Foundation Fleishman Hillard Inc. Leigh Hallingby Denise Scott Brown Lorene S. Lamb Diane Steingart Falcon Fund Free Spirit Publishing Hudson-Webber Foundation Karen and Steve Hillenburg Lucinda and Robert Bunnen Deborah J. Landau Kathleen Stephansen and Institutional Donors Fannie Mae Foundation Grand Valley State University Matching Gifts Program Graceva T. Howard David Campbell Deborah and Rocco Landesman Andrew D. Racine Ford Motor Company H.A. Schupf & Co. Lederer Foundation Kristina Kiehl and Helen Bill Casey Marta Jo Lawrence Phyllis W.Stevens $100,000 and above French American Charitable Trust HarperCollins Publishers The Manfred W.Ehrich Trust Robert Friedman Denise E. Cavanaugh Barbara F.Lee Jill Storey Bonus Fund Wallace Alexander Gerbode The Hotchkiss School Morgenthal Frederics Rochelle Korman Jennifer Chalsty Mildred Robbins Leet Dorine Holsey Streeter The Brico Fund Foundation Kasnachey Family Fund Network for Good Susan and Phillip Marineau Jill and John Chalsty Elly Lessin Barkley J. Stuart and California Wellness Foundation Girl’s Best Friend Foundation Kimpton Hotel & Professionals for Nonprofits Friedrike Merck Susan Nora Clark Andrea Levere and Ann B. Glazer Marguerite Casey Foundation and Cynthia McLachlan Restaurant Group, LLC Stong Services Wenda Weekes Moore Sheila Collins Michael Mazerov Suzanne Sunshine Robert Sterling Clark Global Fund for Women Leader & Berkon, LLP Stuart Weitzman Rebecca and Michael Neidorf Bernice Colman Adam Levine Marcy Syms Foundation Hill-Snowdon Foundation Michael Levine Search Yoko Ono Lennon Camille O. and William Cosby Amy C. Liss Dorothy Q.Thomas The Dobkin Family Foundation JetBlue Airways Consultants Representing contributions Susan Penick Alan Croll Elizabeth S. and Judith R.Thoyer, Esq. Ewing Marion Kauffman J.P.Morgan Chase Nordstrom made between July 1, 2004 Estate of Jane Sherwin Schwartz Annette P. Cumming Richard W.Lyman Three Bridge Trust Foundation Katz Media Group Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and June 30, 2006 Mary Lou and George Shott Suzanna M. deBaca Dolly L. Maass Aaron Toso The Ford Foundation The Klarman Family Foundation Oxygen Media LLC Patricia J.S. Simpson Astrid Delafield Nancy and Kevin McKay Kathleen Turner Fund of Abundance Lehman Brothers People for the American Way Individual Donors Ann and Andrew Tisch Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Delaney Diana Meehan and Alice Walker General Service Foundation Leo Model Foundation Foundation Kathleen Dore and Keith Jepsen Gary David Goldberg Chantel L.Walker The William and Flora Hewlett Macy’s East PepsiCo Foundation $100,000 and above $5,000 - $9,999 Dina Dublon Kathy and Craig Miller Jean Anne Waterstradt Foundation MetLife Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Anonymous Donors (4) Anonymous Donors (3) Ingrid and Stephen Dyott Gail Milliken Richard Weinberg W.K.Kellogg Foundation MTV Networks and Mary Jane Waglé Anne Delaney Patricia T. Carbine Debra Poretsky Ekman Nancy Milliken N. Matthew Welton Lifetime Entertainment Services Neuberger Berman Post Ranch Inn at Big Sur Quinn Delaney and Elizabeth Colton Mrs. Eleanor Elliott John Montgomery Diane Jordan Wexler The Linked Foundation Nokomis Foundation Scripps Networks Wayne Jordan Jeannie Diefenderfer Letitia and William Ellis Beth Moore Donna and Walter Wick McKay Foundation Northrop Grumman Side by Side LLC Abigail E. Disney Terry Satinover Fagen Jonathan Estrin Jessica A. Neuwirth Joanne Widzer Moriah Fund, Inc. Patterson Belknap Webb Silver Mountain Foundation Katherine Grover and Allison Fine Jane Forman Margaret Newell Honorable Constance New York Life Insurance & Tyler LLP for the Arts Michael J. Campbell William Goldman Judy Francis-Zankel Jessye Norman Hess Williams Company Albert Penick Fund Sokol Communications, Inc. Susan and Charles Knight Sara K. Gould and Rick Surpin Eleanor Friedman and Kay and Peter Nosler Caroline and Robert Williamson Ortho-Women’s Health Quixote Foundation Trio Foundation Lilo and Gerard Leeds Catherine and John Grover Jonathan Cohen Jane Ordway J. Christine Wilson & Urology (a division Reebok Human Rights Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Lucia Woods Lindley Susan Hessel Jane Friedman Richard Pechter and Mary K. Collins of Ortho-McNeil Foundation Twentieth Century Fox Sidne Long Kathryn S. Hirsch Suzanne Frye, M.D. Iara Peng Marie C.Wilson and Nancy Lee Pharmaceutical, Inc.) Robert Wood Johnson Unleash, Inc. Alida R. Messinger Valerie Jacobs Nancy Hult Ganis Jill Perry Helen and Oliver Wolcott David and Lucile Packard Foundation Warner Brothers Elizabeth Sawi Denise Kleis Adrienne Germain Sarah Peter Kristen Wolf Foundation Sonya Staff Foundation Entertainment Inc. Suzanne and Robert Levine Jill and James Gibson Rosemarie and Richard Petrocelli Joanne Woodward and Public Welfare Foundation Threads for Humanity Winky Foundation $50,000 - $99,999 Margaret and Bill Lynch Patricia L. Glaser and Sam Mudie Sally Pick Paul Newman Urgent Action Fund Women Donors Network Anonymous Donor Katharine B. Mountcastle Deborah Goldberg and Marnie S. Pillsbury Judith and David Yamada $50,000 - $99,999 Women’s Funding Network The Women’s Foundation Irene and Jack Banning Carol Pencke Thomas Bernhard Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Judith P. Yeakel American Express Company of California Helen LaKelly Hunt Alyce M. Russo and Sharna Goldseker Bert Pogrebin The Arca Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 The Women’s Foundation Nancy Meyer and Marc Weiss Steven M. Schall Lynda M. Goldstein Brette E. Popper $500 - $999 Citigroup Foundation The Isabel Allende Foundation of Colorado Janet W. Prindle Valerie Salembier Monica Graham Amy K. Posner and Katherine Acey Gill Foundation Anonymous Donors (2) The Women’s Foundation Catherine Raphael Mary Beth Salerno Debra and Mark Green Deborah Novak Anonymous Donors (3) Leo S. Guthman Fund Deloitte & Touche of Minnesota Lynne P.Rosenthal Susan Sandler Barbara Grodd Lynn Povich and Kimberly A. Baer Levi Strauss Foundation The Diller-von Furstenberg Zero Main Erin Rossitto Ann and Herbert Siegel Nadine Hack Stephen Shephard Allison and David Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Family Foundation Deborah R. Salkind Ashley H. Snowdon Susan Hanson, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Rafford Barlow-Ochshorn Open Society Institute Jacobs Family Foundation $500 - $999 Carol H.Tolan Fund of the Sara Stuart Jean V.Hardisty Jeanne Raisler and Jon Cohn Judith and Thomas Beckmen The Scherman Foundation Levine Plotkin & Menin, LLP The Astraea Lesbian Foundation New York Community Trust Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue Fredda and Jay Harris Nancy Raymond Judy Belk and Roger A. Peeks Shaler Adams Foundation Morgan Lewis for Justice Diane von Furstenberg Lois Cowles Harrison Denise Rich Jack Berg Wells Fargo Foundation Morris Family Foundation Cars4Charities $25,000 - $49,999 Carolyn F.Webber John Hartman Susan Wood Richardson and Noel Berry and Paul Bruno The Mary Wohlford Foundation Paul,Weiss, Rifkind,Wharton EuroAmerican Nancy Aronson and Carolyn Whittle Margaret L. Hempel Randy Richardson Cathleen P. Black and & Garrison LLP Communication, Inc. Virginia Besthoff Margo and Irwin Winkler Susan J. Herlin Francine Rivkin Thomas E. Harvey $25,000 - $49,999 SkinKlinic Hill, Betts & Nash LLP Matt Groening Anne Helen Hess and Debbie and Eric Robb Deborah W. Brown Amalgamated Bank of New York Sundance Channel Mandarin Oriental, New York Caroline P.Hirsch $1,000 - $4,999 Craig Kaplan Eve S. Rosahn and Elizabeth E. Bruton American Express Foundation Verizon National Network to End Polly H. Howells and Estelle C.Adler Esther B. Hewlett Marion Banzhaf Christine Chimera AT&T Foundation Domestic Violence Fund Eric Wertham Emeline Sobieski Adwers Kevin Hogan and Tim Croak Leonard Rosman, Esq. Cynthia and Paul Cleveland Goldman Sachs $1,000 - $4,999 Northern Trust Company Marion and Irwin Kaplan Alan and Arlene Alda Mary and James Hotaling Leigh Royer and Frank Scheuer Virginia Privateer Corsi Hearst Magazines ACLU Foundation, Inc. The Praxis Project Sandy Lerner/Ayrshire Farm William and Barbara Alesi Gale Anne Hurd Nancy and Miles Rubin Nina D’Ambra and John M. Lloyd Foundation ACLU of Northern California Raising Change Emily A. Rosenberg Duff P.Anderson Mary and Douglas Ireland Judith A. Ruszkowski and Martin Goldberg Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Adelphi University Tribe, Inc. Estate of Barbara Sherman Anonymous Donors (10) Bari S. Johnson Ken Regal Mona J.E. Danner KPMG LLP American Express Foundation Unisys Corporation Carolan Kelly Stiles, Esq. Lorraine Antoniello Joan and William Johnson Sheri Sandler Nancy L. Davenport The Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. Matching Gifts Program Valley Women’s Club Jenny Warburg Loretta A. Barrett Judy M. Judd Dorothy and Carl Schneider Susan Deaver The Underdog Fund of the Anonymous Donor The White House Project Amy Batchelor and Ann F.Kaplan Lois Severini Jill and Robert Delaney Tides Foundation BOSLEY Working Assets $10,000 - $24,999 Bradley A. Feld Carole and Mark Kaufmann Lorraine and Sid Sheinberg Katharine B. Dernocoeur Broadthink Nancy and Douglas Abbey Laurie Beard Gladys Kessler Gloria and Alan Siegel K.D. Dickinson $10,000 - $24,999 Caleo Resort & Spa Anonymous Donor Marilyn and Alan Bergman Natalie and Arthur Kessler Ann Singer Barbara Dinsmore The Loreen Arbus Foundation ChevronTexaco Freya and Richard Block Nancy Bernstein Carol Freyn King Janet Singer Lucie Y.DuHamel Avon Products, Inc. Comedy Central Dennis Burns Jen Bilik Robert King Alison Sirkus Brody Joanne Edgar Annie E. Casey Foundation Daffy’s Inc. Susan Dickler Eileen and Joel Birnbaum Ann Kolker Susan and Bruce Slater Eileen and Richard Ekstract page 26 Ms. Foundation for Women Annual Report 2005-2006 www.ms.foundation.org page 27

Garth Evans Ava Seave Deborah C. Davis Deborah Marrow Myrth York and David B. Green Linda B. Strumpf John Hale Women’s Community Clinic Lucinda B. Ewing Sarina Shanahan Anke Dening V.J. Mastrobuono Ernestine Young Andrea Leigh Taylor Myrna and Burt Hockberg Susan Yawman Diane V.Feeney Mark A. Shapiro and Laura Dennison Cindy Melter Three Bridge Trust Graceva T. Howard Carol Yesalonis Mary Ford Roberta S. Goldberg Ruth Dickler Anne Messer Endowment Donors Miriam and John Wazeter Starr James Susan P.Fryberger Lori Sherman and Judy and Matthew Donner Sue Miess J. Christine Wilson and Dawn Johnson Donations have been made Brandon Frye Edward M.Weber Patricia M. Dorman Joanne Miller Representing gifts made from Mary K. Collins Eliana Joftus in memory of: Iwao Fusillo Susan Lewis Solomont and Lois Kuznets Dowling Sarah Anne Minkin July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2006 Marie C.Wilson and Nancy Lee Shirley T. Joseph Mrs. Doris Berg Nina Gregg and Doug Gamble Alan D. Solomont Kathy H. Drazen Florence M. Monroe Isabel Kohout and Family Lisa Calandra Mr. and Mrs.Theodore D. Gelman Ronna Stamm Derek Drymon Mary Babcock Mountcastle Anonymous Donors (4) Donations have been made in honor of: Robert Kuc and Family Deone Culbary Sarah B. Glickenhaus Susan L. Steinhauser and Elisabeth K. Ecke Randa Roen Nachbar Judy Belk Joe Adams Merrie Turner Lightner Joan Engelke Lynn Gordon Daniel Greenberg Ish Elmas Marysa Navarro Pamela Bogart Eloise Ruby Alderman Amy Liss Betty Friedan Francie Gorowitz Brande Stellings Sue and Paul Errington Gloria S. Neuwirth The Brico Fund Grace Anthony Barbara Martinez Robert C. Gould Patti Anne Grabel George Stephanopoulos Thelma Estrin Rita C. Newhouse Anne Delaney Janna Baker Hope Morrisett Carol Jenkins’ mother, Carey Graeber-Kozinn Catharine R. Stimpson Myra Marx Ferree and Elise Newman and Abigail E. Disney Jennifer Barley Eileen Suzanne Oleet Elizabeth Gardner Jenkins Geeta Rao Gupta Lisa E. Stone and Scott Cantor G. Donald Ferree Noah Morgan The Ford Foundation Patricia Bell-Scott Alice, Liz, Nancy, Regan and Coretta Scott King Donna Hall Lois M. Sturm Maureen Wilson Footer Kathleen R. Noe Sara K. Gould and Rick Surpin Kathy Bernstein Sarah Perlman Christopher H. Kissel Deborah and Daniel Hargraves Bonnie Stylides Adonal Foyle Patricia H. Passer Katherine Grover and Pamela Bogart’s mother Wendy Phoenix Lenna McXarbery Jane B. Hart Evelyn Swenson Jill B. Freeman Libby Patterson Michael J. Campbell Susan Boyd Sarah Quintana Sigrid Jarpe Okerlund William M. Hawkins, Jr. Winnie Tam Barbara Friedberg Cynthia Payne Leo S. Guthman Fund Gina Brown and Susan Garner Emily Rodman and Josephine Rice Lynn M. Itagaki Sherilyn Thomas Alan Friel and TJ Prokop Anita K. Pearson Geeta Rao Gutpa Jennifer Bryant Jason Bremner Ann L. Siegel Carol E. Jaspin, D.M.D. Evie Trevethan Hilda Paug Fu Debbie and Scott Pianin Dagmar L. Kohring Emily Casnocha Elizabeth Rogers and Darlene Taylor Candie Jones Jennifer S.Vanica Dorothy J. Fulton Sharon Pikus Deborah and Rocco Landesman Susan Catterall Kevin Webb Ellen Jarpe Trunnell Nancy Cushing Jones and Barbara Manfrey Vogelstein Caryn M. Ganz David Puchkoff Andrea Levere and Ann Cohen Lori Roney Steve Moses Joan M.Warburg Reide L Garnett Pat Rabby Michael Mazerov Sarah Shepard Cohen Dana Sadleir Our special thanks to all of those Todd M.Joseph Susan Weinberg Jeffrey H. Gildersleeve Craig Readman Lucia Woods Lindley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cope Jean Sanville’s niece individuals, corporations and founda- Mary Lou Kennedy Juliana and David Wheeler Amy Glickman Bernardine Rice McKay Foundation Anne Delaney Bernice Satin tions that provided us with talent, Mrs. James N. Kennedy Mia White Muriel E. Goldman Angela S. Rich Sara E. Meléndez Quinn Delaney Judith Selzer time, goods and services voluntarily, Kwanghee Kim Lee Lois Q.Whitman Zadelle Krasow Greenblatt Sarah Beinecke Richardson and Alida R. Messinger Susan Dickler Eunice Shatz and Arlene Alligood and to all who contributed to the Senator Sheila Kuehl Peter Wilderotter Nina Gregg and Doug Gamble Craig Richardson The Philanthropic Collaborative Zoe and Olivia Elmas Lisa D. Sisson Ms. Foundation for Women through Lisa A. Kyle Helen Winkler Janet S. Hadley Patsy Rogers Wendy D. Puriefoy Tracy Flanagan Gloria Steinem the Combined Federal Campaign, Antoinette LaBelle Wendy M.Wolf Marina Hahn Mary Sue Rose Catherine Raphael Laura Flynn Kara Swindell United Way, workplace giving Ruth Lambert and Rhonda D.Wright, M.D. Carlina Hansen Cathy Salser Yolonda C. Richardson Alice Ford The Fabulous Women of Unity’s programs and through matching Henry S. Harrison Barbara Brizzi Wynne Linda Harris Joanne Sandler and Ray Tekosky Diana I. Rigg Debra Gardner Eating Disorder Program gift programs. Sue Lampson Anna Yang Mary Jean Hayden Lois Dianne Sasson Rockefeller Family Fund Sara K. Gould Meghan Toso Kathie G. Larsen, Ph.D. Mary Ellen Zellerbach Anne Heller Martha S. Scheeren Lynne P.Rosenthal Sandy Greenlee Terri Utley Mary Carolyn Lee Carol S. Herman Helen D. Schotanus Lauren Katzowitz Shenfield Susan Grode Laine Weinberg Lynn Hershman Leeson $250 - $499 Barbara Hershey Vera and Gregory Seekins Mary Lou and George Shott Katherine Grover Marie C.Wilson Andy Lester Rosalind and Robert Abernathy Eileen Madden Hilliker Eleanor Sellstrom Gloria Steinem Alice M. Hague B. J.Wishinsky Steven Levere Patricia A.Alexander Debra Hirshberg Corinne A. Servily Lesley R. Levine and Keira Alexandra and Toby Barlow Jean L. Holley Teresa Ann Sizer, M.D. Na’Ama Firestone Anonymous Donors (10) Suzette Hooper Barbara E. Smith Elsa Limbach Sona Aronian Barbara L. Howe and Sandra F.Smith Aileen Louik Virginia H. Baker Arthur Protin Carolyn Sonfield Adrienne Lurie Judith G. Bayard Jean Humez Carolyn Linares Spears and Leslie R. Malcolmson Kristine A. Bertness C. Hunziker William Worthington Jayme McLellan Barbara M. Blount Rona Jaffe Carol and Edgar Stix Jacqueline and Minx Boren Virginia Ryan Joffe Paula S. Strickstein Richard Meisenberg Eva and David Bradford Chris Johnson Rosalie B. Swedlin and Sara E. Meléndez Sara S. Brandston Susan E. Jones Robert Cort Dennis M. Meyers Ethel S. Brody Jane G. Kamps Alyssa Swenson Elizabeth H. Naumburg and Sheila Brog Elaine Kant Mary L.Thom Carl J. Hoffman Penny Wise Budoff, M.D. Carolyn Tyirin Kirk Leland Thompson Beatrice Nold Sally Belinda Burda and Alexandra Kofsky and Sally Thompson P. Marie O’Brien Leonard Burda Aaron Joshua Yvonne Thorstenson Amy and J.R. Orton Barbara Burnim Elaine Krauss Darrin Thurman Olga Perkovic Jane and Gilbert Burns Tina Kroot Rick Trautner Rita Possehl and Teryl Ray H. Burton Mary Anne Krupsak Alice F.Wallace Springstead Annabel Caner Katherine J. Laffey Maria T.Vullo Melanie Puckett Yvette Chalom Louise Lamphere Elizabeth Wehrle Bonnie Raitt Martha Fuller Clark Theresa M. Larson Ellen Weiss Claudia and Henry Ramos Ana Alvarez Conigliaro Anne Parson Lazar and Patricia W.White Kathleen A. Ream Janet M. Conn Paul Lazar Beth J.Wickler Nancy and Marc Roberts Justine and Joel Coopersmith Shirley E. Leary Mary B.Williams Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Sandra F.Coran Jessica Lefke Leslie Willper Phyllis and William Rosser Thomas C. Cosgrove Joyce and Philip Lockhart Marilyn Woolley Patricia A. Samuel Lorie Cowen-Levy Victor Mailey Cora Wortman Elizabeth M. Schmitt Nicole Cox Anna and George Mallouk page 28 Ms. Foundation for Women Annual Report 2005-2006 www.ms.foundation.org page 29

Statements of Financial Position as of June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2006 Statements of Activities as of June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2006

2006 2005 2006 2005

Temporarily Permanently Total Temporarily Permanently Total Temporarily Permanently Total Temporarily Permanently Total Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted All Funds Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted All Funds Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted All Funds Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted All Funds

ASSETS Revenues, Gains, and Current Assets Other Support Cash and cash equivalents $ 649,694 $ 3,934,636 $ 4,584,330 $ 2,000,103 $ 2,266,852 $ 4,266,955 Grants and contributions $ 1,071,422 $ 6,133,842 $ 372,965 $ 7,578,229 $ 1,358,593 $ 2,965,810 $ 704,088 $ 5,028,491 Pledges, grants and Special events 746,875 746,875 483,901 483,901 contributions receivable 131,935 1,060,000 547,313 1,739,248 146,850 405,000 1,123,745 1,675,595 Investment income 519,741 229,607 749,348 231,659 149,883 381,542 Accrued interest receivable 132,904 7,408 140,312 111,650 10,886 122,536 Net realized gains/(loss) on Inventories, prepaid expenses investment transactions 1,532,492 (350) (734) 1,531,408 510,822 278,188 318 789,328 and other receivables 44,717 44,717 67,211 67,211 Product and publication sales 17,658 17,658 103,067 103,067 Short-term investments 3,099,389 3,099,389 31,229 3,865,510 3,896,739 In-kind contributions 13,156 13,156 Total Current Assets 959,250 8,101,433 547,313 9,607,996 2,357,043 6,548,248 1,123,745 10,029,036 Other income 5,084 5,084 6,835 6,835 Total Revenues, Non-Current Assets Gains, and Pledges, grants and Other Support 3,906,428 6,363,099 372,231 10,641,758 2,694,877 3,393,881 704,406 6,793,164 contributions receivable 59,393 356,075 415,468 217,817 671,223 889,040 Net Assets released Furniture, equipment and from restrictions 5,743,291 (5,668,291) (75,000) - 5,917,679 (5,917,679) - - leasehold improvements, at cost, less accumulated depre- Total Revenues, ciation and amortization of Gains, and $1,224,336 (1,175,566 for ’05) 112,802 112,802 158,381 158,381 Other Support 9,649,719 694,808 297,231 10,641,758 8,612,556 2,523,798 704,406 6,793,164 Art work 77,000 77,000 77,000 77,000 Expenses Rent security deposits 54,321 54,321 54,321 54,321 program services Long-term investments 2,363,307 322,590 23,330,749 26,016,646 512,860 428,157 22,151,512 23,092,529 Economic Security 677,136 677,136 461,138 461,138 Total Assets $ 3,566,680 $ 8,483,416 $ 24,234,137 $ 36,284,233 $ 3,159,605 $ 7,194,222 $ 23,946,480 $ 34,300,307 Health and Safety 2,024,977 2,024,977 2,685,895 2,685,895 Girls,Young Women & LIABILITIES AND Leadership 197,596 197,596 462,620 462,620 NET ASSETS Public Education 758,942 758,942 824,961 824,961 Current Liabilities Katrina Women’s Accounts and accrued Response Fund 1,336,469 1,336,469 expenses payable $ 340,412 $ 53,551 $ 393,963 $ 384,706 $ 22,142 $ 406,848 Cross-Cutting Program Work 852,752 852,752 1,708,967 1,708,967 Deferred revenue 2,100 2,100 6,500 6,500 Donor Advised Grantmaking 114,500 114,500 79,636 79,636 Grants payable 300,000 1,872,000 2,172,000 300,000 1,330,000 1,630,000 Total Program Services 5,962,372 5,962,372 6,223,217 6,223,217 Total Current Liabilities 642,512 1,925,551 2,568,063 691,206 1,352,142 2,043,348 endowment campaign 311,876 311,876 356,711 356,711 supporting services Non-Current Liability Administrative and General 1,217,751 1,217,751 1,409,015 1,409,015 Grants payable 270,888 270,888 538,642 538,642 Fund Raising 1,266,194 1,266,194 1,191,245 1,191,245 Total Liabilities 913,400 1,925,551 2,838,951 1,229,848 1,352,142 2,581,990 Total Supporting Services 2,483,945 2,483,945 2,600,260 2,600,260 Net Assets Total Expenses 8,758,193 8,758,193 9,180,188 9,180,188 Net Assets 2,653,280 6,557,865 24,234,137 33,445,282 1,929,757 5,842,080 23,946,480 31,718,317 Total Liabilities Change in Net Assets before Net unrealized gains/(loss) and Net Assets $ 3,566,680 $ 8,483,416 $ 24,234,137 $ 36,284,233 $ 3,159,605 $ 7,194,222 $ 23,946,480 $ 34,300,307 on investment transactions 891,526 694,808 297,231 1,883,565 (567,632) (2,523,798) (704,406) (2,387,024) Net unrealized gains/(loss) on investment transactions (168,003) 20,977 (9,574) (156,600) 586,752 28,392 50,696 665,840 Change in Net Assets 723,523 715,785 287,657 1,726,965 19,120 (2,495,406) (755,102) (1,721,184) Net Assets as of June 30, 2004 1,910,637 8,337,486 23,191,378 33,439,501 Net Assets as of June 30, 2005 1,929,757 5,842,080 23,946,480 31,718,317 1,929,757 5,842,080 23,946,480 31,718,317 Net Assets as of June 30, 2006 $ 2,653,280 $ 6,557,865 $ 24,234,137 $ 33,445,282

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President’s Office Program Finance and Operations Founding Mothers Board of Directors

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