About Womens Way
WOMEN'S WAY achieves gender equity by building collective power to disrupt oppressive systems and strengthen alternative models centered in love, dignity, and liberation.
Focus Areas
economic security / economic self-sufficiency & justiceleadership developmentreproductive justice and sexual healthsafety / gender-based violence preventioncare economy strengtheningfinancial wellness and gender wealth researchgrantmaking and capacity building
Funding Style
general operating supportprogrammatic/project-specific fundingoperational supportrestricted vs. core funding distinction
About Womens Way
Womens Way’s grantmaking includes a $235,000 multi-year general operating program for organizations in the care sector, alongside smaller rapid-response and operating grants across Greater Philadelphia. That mix points to a funder using both long-horizon support and flexible short-term aid to back work on gender equity, economic security, reproductive justice, safety, and leadership development. The foundation’s recent grants show that approach in practice. Urban Affairs Coalition received $10,000 for general operating support in 2025, while The Everywhere Project received operating support in 2025 as well. Other grants have backed organizations such as Mom Your Business with a $70,000 programmatic award and Abortion Liberation Fund with $20,000 for programmatic work in 2023. Womens Way also funds pooled and rapid-response vehicles, which fits its broader emphasis on grantmaking and capacity building rather than a single program model. Across the portfolio, the foundation supports organizations serving women, girls, and gender-expansive communities, as well as work connected to immigrants and refugees, LGBTQIA+ communities, BIPOC communities, and low-income populations. Its activity combines core support, restricted project funding, and rapid-response grants within a local giving scope.
What Womens Way Funds
In economic security and self-sufficiency, Womens Way gave $70,000 to Mom Your Business for programmatic work in 2023. That grant sits alongside smaller support for community-based organizations working on related issues. Reproductive justice and sexual health appear through $20,000 to Abortion Liberation Fund for programmatic work in 2023, and through rapid-response funding vehicles that are designed for urgent needs affecting reproductive healthcare access. For safety and gender-based violence prevention, the foundation awarded $10,000 to Women in Transition for programmatic work in 2025 and $10,000 to Lutheran Settlement House for programmatic work in 2024. It also supported PhilaPOSH with general operating grants in 2023 and 2024, showing repeated attention to workplace and community safety. Leadership development is reflected in grants to Girls Justice League and Girls on the Run Philadelphia, both in Philadelphia, through general operating support.
How Womens Way Gives
Womens Way’s typical grant size is tightly clustered at $10,000, with p25, median, and p75 all at that level. The portfolio also includes larger multi-year support, including a $235,000 grant program for care-sector organizations and a $70,000 programmatic award. The foundation uses both general operating and project-specific support, and it also runs pooled and rapid-response funds. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including National Domestic Workers All, PhilaPOSH, Along the Way, Ardellas House, The Everywhere Project, and Women in Transition, which suggests repeat support rather than one-off giving in some cases. Womens Way is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$634K
Total Assets
$4.6M
Total Revenue
$2.9M
Total Expenses
$1.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Local5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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