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Chat4Change // Gender Equity // Lauren Y. Casteel // Women's History

Letter From Lauren: Honoring Women’s History and Securing Our Future

// March 20, 2024

Reflecting on the past, Lauren explores the intersection of women’s history, activism, and the ongoing fight for gender, racial, and economic equity.

"Vote with Women in Mind" with list of four ballot measure WFCO took a position on them with a check or x based on the outcome
Affordable Housing // Basic Needs // Elections // Gender Equity // Racial Equity // Tax reform // Women's Equality

2022 Election Results: Through A Gender, Racial, & Economic Lens

// November 10, 2022

The 2022 election results are a mixed bag for Colorado women with several key wins, but one significant loss.

Headline Gender-Lens Investment Strategies Announcement"
Gender Equity // Impact Investing // Racial Equity

WFCO’s Investable Assets 100% Gender-Lens Invested by 2023

// April 20, 2022

By December 31, 2023, The Women’s Foundation of Colorado will offer donors something that no other community foundation in Colorado can claim.

Women + Income = Women Thriving
Announcements // Gender Equity // Grantee Spotlight // Grantmaking // Press release // Racial Equity // Strategic Framework // WINcome

WFCO Announces 19 WINcome Grantees

// December 2, 2021

The Women’s Foundation of Colorado selected 19 grantee partners through our new community-informed grantmaking strategy, WINcome.

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Gender Equity // Racial Equity // Women's Equality

A Q&A With Colorado’s First Latina State Historian

// September 16, 2021

Nicki Gonzales is a Denver native and Colorado’s first Latina State Historian. She aims to elevate the stories and histories of marginalized populations.

graph of wages for women of different races
Equal Pay // Gender Equity // Guest Column // Native Women // Racial Equity // Women's Equality

251 Days Into The Year, Today Is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

// September 8, 2021

Guest blog by Marisa Page, she/her, Pawnee/Ponca/Comanche. Marisa is a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and descends from the Ponca and Comanche tribes.

Women & Girls of Color Fund Rural Grantee images
Gender Equity // Grantee Spotlight // Grantmaking // Impact // Racial Equity // Women & Girls of Color Fund

The Impact of Three Rural Women & Girls of Color Fund Grantees

// August 25, 2021

Applications closed for the Front Range cycle of the Women & Girls of Color Fund earlier this month. As the advisory council reviews proposals to select our next group of incredible grantees, we look back on the first round of funding in the rural cycle this spring and share some highlights of our partners’ work.

2021 Legislative Wrap-Up
Child Care // Early Care and Education Workforce // Gender Equity // Legislative Session // Racial Equity // Reproductive health // Tax reform

2021 Legislative Session A Win for Women on Many Fronts

// June 21, 2021

WFCO lobbyist Jennifer Miles summed up the 2021 Colorado General Assembly with one thought: “This was quite a session.”

a graphic that says employees and jobseekers: Make Colorado's new equal pay for equal work act work for you.
Equal Pay // Gender Equity // Women's Equality

5 Things to Know About CO’s New Law that Helps Close the Wage Gap

// February 8, 2021

5 things employees and job seekers need to know about salary negotiations, job postings, job interviews, job promotions, and wage transparency.

2020 Colorado Post-Election Results
Announcements // Family Leave // Gender Equity // Paid Family Leave // Public Policy Advocacy // Reproductive health // Tax reform // The Womanifesto

Post-Election Perspectives, Plans, and Promises

// November 3, 2020

Today, let’s celebrate with our community several statewide ballot measures that will help us achieve our goals for women.

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