The Global Fund for Women is a left-of-center grantmaking organization that funds what it calls “gender justice movements.” Its grantmaking and financial support is not restricted to left-of-center women’s-interests groups, but also includes LGBT, immigration-liberalization, and climate-activist initiatives. ^{1 2 3}

Background

The Global Fund for Women is a left-of-center grantmaking organization that funds what it calls “gender justice movements.” It characterizes its “feminism” as “rooted in intersectionality” and argues that the women’s movement is connected to “struggles for racial justice, queer justice, immigration justice, climate justice, and so many more” social movements. ^{1 3}

The Global Fund for Women was granted tax-exempt satus by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 1987. ⁴

The Fund is affiliated with the United Kingdom-based Global Fund for Women UK. ⁵

The Global Fund for Women runs the Gender Justice Data Hub, a research database of nascent “gender justice” organizations to attract donors on their behalf. ⁶

Financials

In 2023, the Global Fund for Women reported revenues of $36,741,867, total expenses of $33,129,555, and net assets of $92,909,045. ⁷

Funding

In 2025, the Global Fund for Women received a grant from Yield Giving, MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropic initiative started in 2022. Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos and gave over $7 billion to various nonprofit organizations in 2025. ⁸

In 2024, the Global Fund for Women received $300,000 from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, part of the network of philanthropic organizations funded by George Soros. ⁹ In 2023, the Global Fund for Women received a total of $4 million from the Foundation to Promote Open Society. ¹⁰ In 2022, the Global Fund for Women received a total of $997,623 from the Foundation to Promote Open Society. ¹¹ In 2021, the Global Fund for Women received $277,377 from the Foundation to Promote Open Society. ¹² In 2020, the Global Fund for Women received $450,000 from the Foundation to Promote Open Society. ¹³

In 2023, the Global Fund for Women received $6,811,543 in government grants according to the organization’s tax return. ¹⁴

Grantmaking

In 2023, the Global Fund for Women provided grants to the African Diaspora Network ($10,000), How Women Lead ($28,500), the Lavender Rights Project ($40,000), Me Too International ($250,000), the Reimagination Lab ($150,000), the Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism ($100,000), We Can’t Breathe ($10,000), and the Women’s Funding Network ($50,000). ¹⁵

The Global Fund for Women has a page on its website dedicated to its funding for Me Too International and related initiatives, indicating that its support for the “global movement” strives to obtain “racial justice” and “gender justice.” ¹⁶

1. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Global Fund for Women. 2023. Part I, line 1.
2. “Global Fund for Women.” Global Fund for Women. Accessed January 5, 2026. https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/.
3. “What is Gender Justice?” Global Fund for Women. Accessed January 5, 2026. https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/what-we-do/gender-justice/.
4. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Global Fund for Women. 2023. Box L.
5. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Global Fund for Women. 2023. Schedule R. Part II – Identification of Related Tax-Exempt Organizations.
6. “Gender Justice Data Hub.” Global Fund for Women. Accessed January 5, 2026. https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/what-we-do/gender-justice-data-hub/.
7. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Global Fund for Women. 2023. Part I, lines 12, 18, 22.
8. Scott, MacKenzie. “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For.” Yield Giving, December 9, 2025. Accessed January 5, 2026. https://yieldgiving.com/essays/we-are-the-ones-we-ve-been-waiting-for/.
9. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF). Foundation to Promote Open Society. 2024. Part XIV, line 3 – Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment.
10. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF). Foundation to Promote Open Society. 2023. Part XIV, line 3 – Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment.
11. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF). Foundation to Promote Open Society. 2022. Part XIV, line 3 – Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment.
12. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF). Foundation to Promote Open Society. 2021. Part XIV, line 3 – Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment.
13. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF). Foundation to Promote Open Society. 2020. Part XV, line 3 – Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment.
14. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Global Fund for Women. 2023. Part VIII – Statement of Revenue, line e.
15. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Global Fund for Women. 2023. Schedule I. Part II – Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.
16. “’Me too.’ Global Movement.” Global Fund for Women. Accessed January 5, 2026. https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/movements/me-too/.