The New York Women’s Foundation creates an equitable and just future for women and families.
The New York Women’s Foundation creates an equitable and just future for women and families by uniting a cross-cultural alliance that ignites action and invests in bold, community-led solutions across the city.
06/23/2026
It’s Primary Election Day in New York City ☑️
New Yorkers are heading to the polls for the 2026 primary election on Tuesday, June 23. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Your vote helps shape the future of our city. Make a plan to cast your ballot today.
Find your polling place and election information here: https://vote.nyc/
06/21/2026
$13.7M secured for trans rights in NYC. A landmark maternal health bill advanced in Albany. Neither happened by accident.
Caribbean Equality Project and the Informed Consent Coalition built these wins through sustained organizing, with The New York Women's Foundation alongside them from the start.
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4ew5UnS
06/19/2026
How an 89-year-old woman became the Grandmother of Juneteenth: Opal Lee's story shows how one person can seed lasting impact through persistence and action.
At The New York Women's Foundation, we see that same spirit in the women, girls, and gender-expansive people who are leading change in their communities every day.
Read more in our latest blog post: https://bit.ly/4xAVuMi
06/18/2026
Five years. $375,000+. 23,000 vendors with a legal path forward.
The New York Women's Foundation invested early in the Street Vendor Project and stayed. In 2025, NYC passed landmark legislation opening a legal path for an estimated 23,000 vendors citywide. The organization's Co-Executive Director now leads the City's new Office of Street Vendor Services.
This is what sustained investment looks like. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/3QSTq1L
Pride Month is a reminder that progress happens when we choose courage over caution.
At our 2026 Celebrating Women® Breakfast, The Foundation's Board Member Imara Jones shared the story of building TransLash, an independent news organization dedicated to telling trans stories to save trans lives.
In the early days of TransLash, Imara received countless rejections from potential funders. Then she came to The New York Women's Foundation. We said yes, becoming TransLash's first institutional funder.
Today, TransLash is a leading voice in independent media, demonstrating the transformative impact of investing in emerging, community-led solutions. As we celebrate Pride Month, we're reminded that meaningful change begins when we support leaders whose vision drives us to build a more inclusive future.
Join us in continuing to say yes. Support our work at https://bit.ly/4axMihU
06/15/2026
The numbers tell the story.
$8M+ invested. 138 community partners. 131,000+ people reached. 52 policy wins. 70% of our partners unlocked $21.2M in additional funding. 85% grew, including 119 new hires.
This is what sustained investment produces. Read The New York Women's Foundation's 2025 Impact Report: https://bit.ly/4vP7TdZ
“We must prepare the future for now.” We honored The National Philanthropic Collaborative of Young Women’s Initiatives at the 2026 Celebrating Women® Breakfast this May. As Ruby Bright, retired President of the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis and a member of The Collaborative, reflected, lasting change grows from building a cohort of people committed to shaping the future in the present.
Members of The Collaborative have championed collective action and community-driven investment as essential to advancing opportunity for women and girls.
Join us and support the communities driving change forward: https://bit.ly/4opWTB6
"It’s a powerful and beautiful thing to watch as people realize they are the leaders they’ve been waiting for.”
Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co-Executive Director of Indivisible Guide, took to the stage as 2026 Celebrating Women® Award Honoree and reflected how transformative change happens when people recognize the power they already hold to lead, organize, and strengthen their communities.
Through her work, Leah has helped inspire countless women to step into leadership, proving that the skills, relationships, and courage to create change often begin within.
Join us in investing in women, girls, and gender-expansive people building a more equitable future. Give today at https://bit.ly/3Si8Fla
06/11/2026
Climate justice starts with visibility. 💙
Commissioned by The Foundation, The Invisible Womxn is a landscape analysis that centers the stories, labor, and expertise of New Yorkers whose frontline climate work often goes unrecognized in official data and funding decisions. As a first step toward change, this report makes visible what has too often been overlooked.
Today we gathered to share this report and continue the conversation. Thank you to our panelists Tiasia Obrien-Shah (Report Author), Allyson Martinez (Brooklyn Level Up), and Elizabeth Yeampierre (UPROSE and Climate Justice Alliance). The Foundation's very own Cecilia Cortes Vila, Associate Director of Programs, moderated the discussion, which reinforced a key message of the report: those most affected by the climate crisis must be at the center of shaping the response.
🔗Read and share the report: https://bit.ly/3PVHbBh
“Luck isn’t just.”
Jeannie Park, 2026 Celebrating Women® Breakfast Vision Award Honoree and Board Chair of the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF), shared how opportunity is often shaped by intention and by creating opportunities for others.
Through her leadership and commitment, Jeannie continues to champion pathways for women, families, and communities to succeed.
Join us in investing in a future where opportunity is accessible to all. Support The New York Women's Foundation and the women, girls, and gender-expansive people creating lasting change. Give today at https://bit.ly/4usq4oI
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