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Announcements // Racial Equity // Statement

Statement from Our Board

// April 20, 2021

Black women and women of color cannot carry the burden of transformation alone.

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Child Care // Education // Guest Column // Racial Equity

Free Education as a Birthright for Black Coloradans

// March 25, 2021

Guest Blog: The Free Lifetime Education Initiative for Black Coloradans would help achieve sustainable racial and economic equity.

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

Meet Our First Rural Women & Girls of Color Fund Grantees

// March 17, 2021

We’re granting $192,000 in general operating support to 12 rural, BIPOC-led initiatives focused on building the economic power of women and girls of color.

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Donor Stories // Donor-Advised Fund // Impact Investing // Philanthropy // Racial Equity // Women's Philanthropy

Sisters Open Giving Fund Focused on Racial, Climate Justice

// December 15, 2020

Sisters Hazel and Lily Shapiro opened a giving fund at WFCO to create change at the intersection of racial and climate justice.

Women & Girls of Color Fund advisory council
Announcements // Women & Girls of Color Fund

Introducing Our Women & Girls of Color Fund Advisory Council & Timeline

// November 10, 2020

Meet the remarkable people who will lead the Women & Girls of Color Fund and learn more about our 2021 rural and Front Range grantmaking process.

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COVID-19 // Domestic Violence // Grantee Spotlight // Guest Column // Racial Equity

Unseen & Unheard: Domestic Violence in 2020

// October 28, 2020

Guest blog: Angela Ceseña, executive director of Latina SafeHouse, on the financial abuse, digital abuse, and more behaviors that can characterize domestic violence.

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Community // Philanthropy // Women & Girls of Color Fund

Women & Girls of Color Fund Advisory Council Applications Open

// September 9, 2020

What we’ve heard from the community, where we go from here, and how you can apply to the first Women & Girls of Color Fund advisory council.

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Black Philanthropy // Donor Stories // Gender Equity // Racial Equity

Black Philanthropy Month Donor Profile: Kim Desmond

// August 17, 2020

WFCO Trustee Kim Desmond joined the board to put a new face to philanthropy and undo the practice of putting an economic marker to it.

members of Denver's first all Black women's giving circle
Black Philanthropy // Giving Circles // Guest Column // Women's Philanthropy

Black Philanthropy Month: SPIN, A Black Women’s Giving Circle

// August 14, 2020

Guest Blog: SPIN enables the charitable activities of individual African-American women to be a powerful philanthropic collective within and outside of our communities.

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Black Philanthropy // Guest Column // Philanthropy // Racial Equity // Women's Philanthropy

Black Philanthropy Month: Investing in Women and Girls of Color

// August 12, 2020

Guest Blog: Women and Girls of Color are most often dismissed and rendered faceless while our consistent support continues to be felt well beyond our own households.

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