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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

With consumer spending fueling 70% of our nation’s economic growth, the need to consume commercial products has forever been a staple in American culture. It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. Like this article?

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

We also found nearly 20% of respondents aged 45-64 did not have checking accounts, revealing that our older clients needed more financial literacy programming to avoid slipping into poverty. In November 2023, we received a grant from the Capital One Foundation to support our housing and financial empowerment programming.

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Cause Camp 2021 Speaker Line-Up

NonProfit Hub

Peter has defined the vision, strategy, and culture of 829 Studios since its founding in 2007. Her experience includes 8+ years of Marketing, Communication, and Program Management for organizations working on issues such as poverty, financial literacy, voter engagement, health research, and the public arts.

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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. We launched a global crowdsourcing campaign to collect homegrown solutions and ideas to spread digital empowerment. Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

This funder invests in and strengthens the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural, and economic change in women’s lives, specifically across three areas: Economic Justice, Safety, and Women’s Health. The post Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations appeared first on Bloomerang.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

This funder invests in and strengthens the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural, and economic change in women’s lives, specifically across three areas: Economic Justice, Safety, and Women’s Health. The post 2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations appeared first on Kindful.

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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

For funders, nonprofits, and institutions across industries to effectively participate in the global movement to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, they must first transform internal organizational culture and capacity to advance access, equity, and justice. Disrupt Power Imbalances.