TAKING FLIGHTGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN / ANNUAL REPORT 2011–2012

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HOW DO WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

One example is the Breakthrough Project: a three-year,

$2.2 million investment to catalyze strategic, breakthrough

actions to advance gender equality in Asia and the Pacific.

This year, an independent evaluation concluded that Global

Fund contributed to impact at three levels: on the individual

lives of over half a million women and girls, their families and

communities, on the strength of grantee organizations and

networks, and through concrete political and economic gains.

The success of the Breakthrough Project is why we

are examining 25 years of data, getting independent

assessments, and beginning to develop a set of metrics to

understand how change happens.

HOW DID GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN CATALYZE CHANGE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC?

Research tells us that it’s not just the money. A secret of

our success is that we seek grantees that are already well

connected and understand the various contexts in their

communities. We get the right resources to the right groups

for the best results.

Our grantee partners benefit from extensive Global Fund

networks that connect them with other donors, advocates

and expertise. This ever-evolving Global Fund community

incorporates diverse populations and perspectives that make

for robust feminist movements around the world.

Breakthrough is an important step in mapping our impact.

There will be many more. As we dig through the data and

study the stories, we’ll continue to share along the way.

GRANTMAKING•Over $2.2 million in

flexible funding

•Long-term partnerships

•Support for networking, knowledge sharing and collaboration

•58% of grants to rural communities

•Over ¹⁄³ of funding for adolescent girls

OUTCOMES•125 high-impact organizations

funded

•71% increased organizational capacity and/or sustainability

•71% expanded their networks

•66% increased public visibility and/or media coverage of their work

IMPACT•Benefitted 554,299 girls and women,

men and boys

•New laws against domestic violence passed in 3 countries

• Increased women’s participation in local government in Nepal and India

•Rural women increased access to land and financial services

•Domestic workers secured basic rights at the ILO

This is a tough question because social change doesn’t happen easily or overnight. Determining our impact can be a challenge, but it can be done.

“I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.” – Sadako Sasaki, 11-year old Japanese girl who

developed leukemia from the effects of radiation caused

by the Hiroshima bomb. She died in 1955.

The ancient art of origami gained worldwide recognition

with Sadako, who was told that if she folded 1,000

paper cranes, the gods would grant her wish. Her wish

was to be well. The 644 cranes she folded before

her death have inspired generations and are enduring

symbols of peace and renewal.

This Global Fund for Women annual report comes to you

as we enter our 25th anniversary year with a renewed

commitment to create a peaceful world where women’s

human rights are respected. We are just beginning to fly.

We reached a number of milestones over the past

year. We surpassed $100 million in grantmaking, took

a group of donors to Turkey to meet grantee partners,

and received some of the first definitive proof of the

difference $100+ million has made in the lives and

communities of women and girls around the world.

The latter point includes Breakthrough Project, an

independent examination of three years of grantmaking

in Asia and the Pacific. The report shows how Global

Fund grantmaking strategies and practices resulted in

new laws against domestic violence, increased women’s

participation in local government and access to land

and financial services. Stories in this annual report

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE CHAIR

demonstrate some of the other ways people, policy, and

community norms are changing because of our work and

that of our grantee partners.

Going forward, we are investing significant resources to

better measure the impact of our work. Our intention is

to use the data to help us: plan, measure, and evaluate

our social change philanthropy; enter into significant

partnerships that bring a variety of expertise to the table

for systemic change; and communicate the outcomes,

experiences, and opportunities using multiple platforms,

creating a network of catalysts. Each of us will have peace

on our wings.

We are just beginning to fly.

Photos of Musimbi Kanyoro and Leila Hessini © S. Smith Patrick

MUSIMBI KANYORO President and CEO

LEILA HESSINI Board Chair

ENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION

“Before our book, people in rural areas didn't know pesticide use was related to breast cancer.” – Ji Min, Director

of Eco-Women, a Global Fund for Women grantee partner

You wouldn’t think

a 160-page book

could change the way

Chinese communities

protect themselves

against pesticides. But

Pesticides & Breast

Cancer: A Wake Up

Call did. Translated by

grantee partner Eco-Women, it’s the first book published

in China linking pesticide use with breast cancer. The

unassuming, slim volume directly challenges agriculture

policies of the world’s biggest user, producer, and exporter

of pesticides.

“Before our book, people in rural areas didn’t know pesticide

use was related to breast cancer,” said Ji Min, Director of

Eco-Women.

A Global Fund grant helped Eco-Women pay the high

registration fee for an International Standard Book Number

(ISBN). They created educational material for rural women

farmers, many of whom are illiterate and rarely leave

their village.

“Global Fund funding isn’t just money,” said Ji Min. “At the

very beginning, Global Fund supported us with money and

encouragement to grow up, survive, and develop a systematic

working strategy.”

Since women make up 60 percent of China’s agricultural

labor force, you would think they would be major players in

agriculture policy. But they aren’t. And China isn’t the only

offender. Women and girls were nowhere on the agenda at the

Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil

last spring.

Yet Eco-Women has succeeded where others have failed.

They connected and established relationships with women

in government, professors, NGOs, and media to educate

and advocate. Now, some government officials reference the

Eco-Women book when considering pesticide free solutions

to crop control. Most tellingly, in 2010, when Eco-Women ran

out of books, the Yunnan government gave them money to

print 2,000 more.

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NOW GENERATION Forget the next generation,

meet the Now Generation.

Meet Sarah, a self-assured

20-year-old from Uganda.

Her confidence comes from

course work at grantee partner

MEMPROW (Mentoring and

Empowerment Programme

for Young Women). At

MEMPROW, Sarah talked about young women’s rights and

choices without fear of intimidation, stigma or discrimination.

Most importantly, she shared her knowledge with friends, and

became a role model.

For a complete list of grantees, please go to our website, at www.globalfundforwomen.org/annualreport11-12

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GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS

TURKEY

EMILY'S ADVENTURE

“I came on the trip with one overarching question: are things moving forward or backwards for women around the world?” – Emily, Global Fund for Women Donor

Hours of research could never prepare you for 10 days in

Turkey, Global Fund for Women style.

With a schedule packed with visits to some of the

most progressive women’s groups, and long nights

of philosophical conversations with Global Fund

supporters, there was barely time to digest all the dolmas.

“I had a desire to connect with the global women's movement

and find my place in it. I loved being on a trip with like-

minded women,” said Emily, who along with her mother,

Joyce, was one of 27 donors who joined us in Turkey.

Emily is a relatively new

philanthropist from the

Boston area who grew

up believing that girls

can do anything. She

is a mother, Girl Scout

leader, and grants with

a “gender-lens” through

her foundation, Imago

Dei Fund. Emily says that through her work in the anti-

trafficking movement, her eyes have been opened to the grim

realities of human rights violations that girls and women face.

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“I became something I wasn’t before,” said Sarah. “People

used to not take me seriously, but after my training, people at

school and at home started to take me seriously.”

Now, Sarah is enrolled in university, majoring in economics

and statistics. Young women from her secondary school still

call for advice.

When adolescent girls have equal rights and access to

education, they share knowledge in ways that can ultimately

transform communities. It is why so many of our grantee

partners’ strategies focus on adolescent girls.

Elvira is a 21-year-old

program leader at grantee

partner Women’s Resource

Center in Armenia. The girls

talk honestly about body

image and self-esteem, and

use new technologies and

video-editing skills Elvira

teaches to tell their stories.

“My happiness is my girls,” said Elvira. “They are clever and

enthusiastic. The power and energy they share energizes me.”

With support from the Nike Foundation, Elvira and

Sarah traveled to the Association for Women’s Rights in

Development conference in Istanbul to meet and learn from

activists of all ages. The two still stay in touch.

We don’t have to wait for young women to change their

communities. They’re doing it now.

“I became something I wasn't before.”

– Sarah, Uganda

DONOR HIGHLIGHTS

L to R: Emily, her mother, Joyce, and Global Fund for Women advisor in Turkey, Nurcan Baysal.

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of how incredible girls are, and feel deep empathy and

joy seeing them overcome obstacles to develop their full

potential,” said Emily.

Of the 15 grantee

partners visited,

Emily’s favorites

were groups working

to preserve Kurdish

culture and language,

despite government

condemnation.

“I saw the double burden of being Kurdish and being female.

I learned so much that day about how the burden of ethnic

conflicts fall disproportionately on women.”

After the trip, Emily decided to give to the Global Fund. She

said that after witnessing our due diligence and meeting

our local advisors, she knew she could not get resources to

women-led groups as effectively, on her own.

“We can’t change the underlying attitudes, they are the ones

who, in their cultural contexts, are really going to change

mindsets,” said Emily. “I’m convinced that these inspiring

women leaders are the ones who are going to change

the world.”

INVITED TWICE TO DANCE© Lisa Bottom 2012

Today in a dream, you reached for me with two small hands and drew me in to dance.

I do not know the steps, but like you, I have feet and if I watch your feet, I will learn.

And so we begin this circle dance, small fingers entwined that we might touch, yet move freely and easily in the space that remains between us.

What simple beauty is this moving together, entwined in instant community that is yours, yet somehow my own.

I cannot speak your language, yet we speak for all language with the universal greeting of a smile and the intimacy of this circle that moves.

Oh, to find a world that could hold the beauty of community in the simple trust of stepping three steps forward two steps back again and again in the unending movement of the dance.

Knowing that, together with the softest touch, we might yet breathe and move and live as one celebration of life.

Lisa Bottom is a long-time supporter who has traveled

to Turkey and South India with the Global Fund. She is

a principal and Design Director in the San Francisco

office for Gensler Global Design. Lisa spearheaded the

design for the Global Fund San Francisco office.

L to R: Diane Wexler, Maryann Casati, Lisa Bottom, and Stans Kleijnen watch children perform a traditional Kurdish dance with grantee partner, Umut Isigi Women's Cooperative.

Global Fund supporters dancing with the mayor of Diyarbakir.

Is the Global Fund for Women financially healthy?

Our financial health remains strong despite a challenging global

economic environment.

• Our net assets are at the highest level ever — over $20 million.

• We raised more than $17 million this fiscal year — surpassing

the previous fiscal year by 14 percent. These contributions came

from diverse sources, with 37 percent from individual donors,

30 percent from foundations, 29 percent from governmental

institutions and 2 percent from corporations.

• We continue to maintain our historically low administrative

expense ratios (8 percent).

We are committed to stewarding funds and resources to support our

priority activities and issues:

• 75 cents of every dollar raised spent directly on programmatic

activities.

• In addition to grantmaking, our key program activities include

connecting and convening grantees, supporting and building the

capacity of our grantees, and evaluating the impact of our grants.

• Our investment strategy is socially responsible and aligned with

our values.

Is the Global Fund’s style of grantmaking expensive?

Our grantmaking process is both thorough and complex:

• We receive over 3,000 applications annually in multiple languages

• All qualified applicants must complete a rigorous due diligence process

• We grant to over 600 organizations each year

• We monitor and evaluate the impact of our funding

Each of these key activities requires time and resources.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS & STEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES

TOTAL REVENUES

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

Corporations 2%

Fundraising16%

Grants Awarded53%

Grant Services & Fiscal Sponsorship

23%

Management / General 8%

Government / Multilateral 29%

Investment Income 1%

In-Kind & Other 1%

Individuals37%

Foundations / Other Organizations 30%

Five years of our audited financial statements and IRS reporting, including the year ended June 30, 2012, are posted on our website: www.globalfundforwomen.org/annualreport11-12

491 GRANTS IN 106 COUNTRIES

$7,775,761

GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN / 222 Sutter Street, Suite 500 / San Francisco, California 94108 USA / Phone 415.248.4800 / Fax 415.248.4801 / www.globalfundforwomen.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORSPRESIDENT AND CEO

Musimbi Kanyoro, Kenya/USA

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD

Leila Hessini, Chair, Algeria/USAMarissa Wesely, Treasurer, USADina Dublon, Secretary, USA

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Kozue Akibayashi, JapanJulie Parker Benello, USACharlotte Bunch, USAMyrna Cunningham, NicaraguaAbigail Disney, USANurgul Djanaeva, KyrgyzstanLydia Alpízar Durán, Costa Rica/MexicoHoda Elsadda, EgyptLinda Gruber, USALeila Hessini, Algeria/USABoriana Jonsson, Bulgaria/SwedenStans Kleijnen, The Netherlands/USAGay McDougall, USAPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,

South AfricaSupriya Pillai, USAZenebeworke Tadesse, EthiopiaSakena Yacoobi, Afghanistan

FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Anne Firth Murray, Founding President, New Zealand

Frances Kissling, Co-Founder, USALaura J. Lederer, Co-Founder, USADame Nita Barrow,* BarbadosLin Chew, Hong Kong/ChinaHope Chigudu, ZimbabweJohnetta B. Cole, USAConnie Evans, USASumaya Farhat-Naser, PalestineKaval Gulhati, IndiaEsther Hewlett, USALaurene Powell Jobs, USAStina Katchadourian, FinlandJune Hope Kingsley,* USAIdelisse Malavé, Puerto Rico/USAAmina Mama, Nigeria/South Africa/UKMarysa Navarro, USAJacqueline Pitanguy, BrazilKavita N. Ramdas, India/USAWu Qing, ChinaMarjan Sax, The NetherlandsMargaret K. Schink, USAAdele Simmons, USAMu Sochua, CambodiaMary Ann Stein, USA

ADVISORSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, GhanaKatana Gégé Bukuru, Congo (DR)Dorcas Coker-Appiah, GhanaHonorine Honkou, TogoSètchémè Jérônime, BeninDeborah Kaddu-Serwadda, UgandaBilkisu Yusuf Kaduna, NigeriaAimée Mwadi Kady, Congo (DR)Fatimata Lankoande, Burkina FasoNkandu Luo, ZambiaEvelyn Akem Mafeni, CameroonSalma Maoulidi, TanzaniaRose Mensah-Kutin, GhanaTheresa Michael, NigeriaTabara Ndiaye, SenegalSylvie Ngoueme Niombo, CongoTheodora (Oby) Obiageli Nwankwo,

NigeriaSusan Sesay, Sierra LeoneCoumba Touré, MaliDzodzi Tsikata, GhanaShamillah Wilson, South Africa

AMERICAS

Marta Alicia Alanis, ArgentinaJenny Kalindy Bolivar, EcuadorCarla López Cabrera, NicaraguaDeysi del Carmen Roque, El SalvadorCecilia Cardenas, BoliviaTatiana Cordero, EcuadorMonica Aleman Cunningham, USAAlda Facio, Costa RicaDaysi Flores, HondurasSergia Galvan, Dominican RepublicPatricia Guerrero, ColombiaMadalena Guilhon, BrazilMarie Agathe Jean Baptiste, HaitiMarusia Lopez, MexicoAlejandra Lopez, UruguayMarie Nikette Lorméus, HaitiSara Mandujano, ChileLuz Mendez, GuatemalaYamilet Mejia Palma, NicaraguaRhoda Reddock, Trinidad and TobagoVeronica Cruz Sánchez, MexicoLúcia Maria Xavier de Castro, BrazilTarcila Rivera Zea, Peru

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

Danijela Almesberger, CroatiaLibkan Bazaeva, RussiaSvetlana Durkovic, Bosnia and

HerzegovinaLudmila Ermakova, RussiaDelina Fico, AlbaniaZoe Gudovic, SerbiaStanimira Hadjimitova, BulgariaTaida Horozovic, Bosnia and

HerzegovinaTamara Hovnatanyan, ArmeniaMarketa Hronkova, Czech RepublicShahla Ismailova, AzerbaijanNatalia Karbowska, UkraineBiljana Kasic, CroatiaIrina Khaldeeva, RussiaViera Klementova, SlovakiaAngéla Kóczé, HungaryYevgenia Kozyreva, KazakhstanMaja Mamula, CroatiaJivka Marinova, BulgariaLepa Mladjenovic, SerbiaGjuner Nebiu, MacedoniaElvira Nikitina, RussiaNana Pantsulaia, GeorgiaIgballe Rogova, KosovaHelen Rusetskaia, GeorgiaMarina Safarova, TajikistanGohar Shahnazaryan, ArmeniaMalgorzata Tarasiewicz, Poland

ASIA AND OCEANIA

Sunila Abeyesekara, Sri LankaZainah Anwar, MalaysiaVirisila Buadromo, FijiLin Chew, ChinaRosanna Flamer-Caldera, Sri LankaSarah Garap, Papua New GuineaNandita Gandhi, IndiaPalwasha Hassan, AfghanistanElli Nur Hayati, IndonesiaZanaa Jurmed, MongoliaPreeti Kirbat, IndiaDaniel Lee, USAPramada Menon, IndiaChinchuluun Naidandorj, MongoliaBandana Pattanaik, ThailandSharon Bhagwan Rolls, FijiTive Sarayeth, CambodiaAnjana Shakya, NepalAnnie Serrano, Timor-LesteSelvy Thiruchandran, Sri LankaNang Lao Liang Won, ThailandWan Yanhai, China

*deceased

To see photos and bios of the board members, please go to http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

Rym Hadir Abdou, FranceSuzan Aref, IraqMajeda Azmi, PalestineNurcan Baysal, TurkeySamira Bikarden, MoroccoSuad Al Gedsi, YemenLina Abou Habib, LebanonMozn Hassan, EgyptAreen Hawari, Palestinian citizen

of IsraelEileen Kuttab, PalestineRela Mazali, IsraelNadine Moawad, LebanonYanar Mohammed, IraqAminetou Mint El Mokhtar,

MauritaniaZeinebou mint Taleb Moussa,

MauritaniaLayla Naffa, JordanHalima Oulami, MoroccoNevin Oztop, TurkeyCaroline Sakina Brac de la Perriere,

FranceSamah Helmy Said, EgyptAysun Sayin, Turkey

FINANCE AND LEGAL ADVISORS

Ian AltmanTasmia AlamHope CaseHoward ClowesLilly FuLaurita HernandezCamelo LamVictoria LeeElizabeth PearceStacy SnowmanAsher Waldfogel

PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL

Julie Parker BenelloClaire Bernard Lisa Bottom Abigail Disney Dina Dublon Laurie Emrich Linda Gruber Crystal Hayling Leila Hessini Letitia MomirovMaria E. NunezSusan Pritzker Pamela Rosekrans Laura Scher Anneka Scranton

Sheri Sobrato Cristina Spencer Electra Toub Nina Weissberg Wesley Weissberg Diane WexlerKatrin Wilde Sarah M. Williams

CORPORATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Shoma ChatterjeeLaMae Allen DeJongh Leslie Dukker DotyIngrid Clark DurfyValarie GelbMelody JusticeKathryn KomsaCynthia McCagueChris McConnellLisa ShallettSheryl SleevaCathinka WahlstromMarissa Wesely

Olena Suslova, UkraineRita Thapa, Nepalluchie pavia ticzon, The PhilippinesWalteen Grady Truely, USAMayan Villalba, The PhilippinesDiane Jordan Wexler, USA

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