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WGCF grantee The Learning Council partners with the Southern Ute Powwow Committee building relations and working together to bring the Powwow back to Delta County
Announcements // Grantmaking // Women & Girls of Color Fund

Increasing Our Investment in Rural Women of Color

// May 9, 2022

Meet the 2022 rural Women & Girls of Color Fund grantees and learn about our increased grantmaking.

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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.

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Black Philanthropy // Board of Trustees // Profiles in Philanthropy

Profile in Philanthropy: WFCO Board Chair, Faye Tate

// March 23, 2022

Faye Tate is the vice president for inclusion and diversity at CoBank. She is The Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s board chair beginning April 1, 2022.

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Grantee Spotlight // Grantmaking // Women & Girls of Color Fund

Reflections on the Inaugural Year of the Women & Girls of Color Fund

// January 14, 2022

In 2022, we will open two new Women & Girls of Color Fund grantmaking cycles and spend time deepening our relationships with our 2021 grantee partners.

Letter from Lauren with Lauren Y. Casteel headshot
Lauren Y. Casteel // Racial Equity

Letter from Lauren: On MLK, Jr. Day, Condemn Misogynistic & Racist Violence

// January 14, 2022

In the face of the horrific mass shooting in Denver and Lakewood, let’s look for Community, Witnessing, Learning, and Healing in the places we call home.

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.

Women & Girls of Color Fund 2021 Front Range Grantees Collage
Announcements // Grantee Spotlight // Grantmaking // Women & Girls of Color Fund

Introducing Our 2021 Front Range Women & Girls of Color Fund Grantees

// September 27, 2021

Twenty-one Front Range initiatives will receive $255,000 in funding from the Women & Girls of Color Fund. Meet our grantee partners.

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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.

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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.

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Black Philanthropy // Donor Stories // Women & Girls of Color Fund // Women's Philanthropy

Black Philanthropy Month Donor Profile: Maude Lofton, MD

// August 26, 2021

For Dr. Lofton, supporting education, health, and women and girls of color through her philanthropy is just instinctive.

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