Supporting and strengthening the movement.

Through grant-making, capacity strengthening, and awareness raising, we support progress toward gender equality for all.

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Why ?

Economic inequalities, pervasive gender-based violence, and coordinated attacks on human rights are holding Europe back from reaching its full potential.

Advancing progress starts with supporting the grassroots movement working courageously and ambitiously to address the underlying drivers of inequality. By improving the safety, health, and opportunities of women and marginalised people, they are powerful engines of positive change.

Despite their oursized impact, gender equality organisations remain drastically underfunded. With more philanthropic support, these frontline groups can expand their reach, and accelerate the progress Europe urgently needs.

Funding what matters

Grantmaking is at the core of what we do. We currently have three funding channels. We provide project and core support to increase the resilience and sustainability of grassroots gender equality organisations.

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Economic Opportunities

With economic opportunities, women and marginalised groups gain the power to shape their futures. This sub-fund supports efforts to remove barriers, create pathways, and expand choices so everyone can thrive.

JPMorgan Chase exclusively partners with the Alliance on the Economic Opportunities Fund.


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Movement Building

A strong feminist movement is key to building gender-equal societies. By fostering connection, collaboration, and solidarity, this sub-fund strengthens collective power to drive lasting change.

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Opportunities and Emergencies

When gender equality organisations are well-resourced, they can seize opportunities, withstand crises, and sustain progress. This sub-fund provides timely support where it’s needed most.

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Who we fund

We invest in organisations supporting marginalised women, trans and non-binary people that experience inequality. We understand that people are affected by gender inequality differently based on various aspects of their identity and background. Our intersectional approach to grant making uplifts women and marginalised people with diverse needs and addresses multiple challenges simultaneously. 

Our grantee partners

Where we fund

Our primary focus is the European Union and the United Kingdom. Recognising that no country in Europe has yet achieved full gender equality, we take a balanced approach, allocating resources across diverse contexts while acknowledging that challenges and opportunities vary between and within countries.

Our grantee partners
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Strengthening organisations to maximise impact​

The Alliance is more than a fund. We provide additional support for grantee partners – what we call Funding+. This support helps them grow stronger, achieve their missions, and contribute to a fairer, more inclusive, and gender equal future.

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Convenings

This is a yearly two-day gathering of grantee partners from across Europe to exchange on topics they consider a priority, deepen their expertise, and build connections and solidarity.

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Organisational development grants

This support is designed to strengthen organisations based on their specific needs. It can include developing strategic plans, building new partnerships, enhancing HR and financial management systems, offering wellbeing activities, or responding to external factors that impact their work.

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Feminist Leadership Hub

In partnership with Fair Share of Women Leaders and One Future Collective, we provide our grantee partners access to the Feminist Leadership Hub – a virtual platform for curious and experienced feminist leaders of all genders. This space allows them to collectively explore their ideas and share knowledge around feminist leadership. 

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Listening to the field

We do our homework by continuously expanding our understanding of the context in which grassroots gender equality organisations operate through meaningful connections with grantee partners, changemakers, and activists.

We adapt our own practices by actively seeking feedback on how we can do better from our grantee partners – and then implementing it. For this reason, we aim to deliver trust-based grantmaking with streamlined and flexible processes that align with the capacity of small organisations and minimise barriers to participation. 

We also foster peer-learning among our members and grantees, creating safe and brave spaces for them to share insights and strengthen their impact.

Mobilising the philanthropic community

We go beyond providing support. To accelerate progress toward an inclusive Europe, our approach includes inspiring the philanthropic sector to scale up its investment in grassroots gender equality movements by showcasing the transformative work of our grantee partners and highlighting the untapped potential to tackle major challenges.

We also foster a collaborative space for funders to pool resources, strengthen grant-making practices, and deepen their understanding of the most effective ways to support the gender equality movement

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