May – Inspiring Women
From isolation to unity: Anolee Sisters’ impactful initiatives. Anole Sisters works with women in the Oromo diaspora to acknowledge past trauma, embrace healing, and build connections to create change within...
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Mary’s Pence Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic
The work at Mary's Pence has shifted in the past few weeks in response to the global pandemic. The focus of our work, however, remains not only the same, but...
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Report Shows Women & Girls Causes Receive Limited Funding
The Women & Girls Index (WGI) released by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University in 2019, finds that charitable giving to women’s and girls’ causes makes up a small...
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GrantAdvisor Recognizes Mary’s Pence
February 26, 2020 Minneapolis, Minnesota GrantAdvisor — an online form that collects, shares, and quantifies anonymous feedback from grantees — published a list of the top 10 GreatFoundations in Minnesota...
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Mary’s Pence Garners Highest Rating on Grantmaker Forum
Mary’s Pence has a 100% rating on GrantAdvisor — an online forum that collects, shares and quantifies anonymous feedback from grantees about their experience of securing grant funding. In return,...
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December – Inspiring Women
About the featured image: La Casita Center Louisville, Kentucky Latina Teens Project Newly arrived immigrant families are some of the most vulnerable in society. La Casita Center works in solidarity...
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Mary’s Pence Shares Evaluation Experience at 2019 MINN Summit
November 1, 2019 Minneapolis, MN Mary’s Pence Executive Director Katherine Wojtan and ESPERA Team Lead Gilda Larios facilitated a morning breakout session at the annual Minnesota International NGO Network (MINN)...
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Mary’s Pence Named 2019 Grantmaker of the Year Award
November 7, 2019 Washington, D.C. Mary’s Pence has been named the 2019 Grantmaker of the Year in the private sector category by the Grant Professionals Association (GPA). Representatives from Mary's...
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Mary’s Pence Co-Facilitates Session at MCN Annual Conference
October 25, 2019 Rochester, Minnesota Mary's Pence Executive Director Katherine Wojtan and Grants Manager Robyn Browning, along with Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless Executive Director Jessica Mathias,...
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October- Inspiring Women
About the featured image: Lydia's House Uprooting Justice Together Cincinnati, Ohio The Cincinnati area has a critical defecit of 40,000 affordable housing units. Lydia's House addresses this need by offering...
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