Images and reflections from our 2026 Grantee Gathering in Minnesota
We’re still filled with the energy of having a group of Mary’s Pence grantees with us in Minnesota. For three days, women leaders from across the United States came together to share stories, reflect on their work, and spend time in community with other change-makers. The Grantee Gathering is a rare opportunity for partners who […]
Summer Reading List 2023
We are all siblings in this wonderfully complex world. Yet each of us experiences it in a very different way. To create the loving world we all want, we need...
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Mary’s Pence Summer Reading List 2023
Making Change with the Use of Data Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo / 2011 / Nonfiction A...
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July – Inspiring Women
Concertación de Mujeres de Suchitoto Suchitoto, El Salvador Advocating for Women’s Rights for 35 Years Concertación de Mujeres de Suchitoto was founded in 1991, in the aftermath of El Salvador’s...
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Mary’s Pence Announces Spring 2023 Grantees
Mary’s Pence is honored to announce the 10 organizations awarded grants for our 2023 spring cycle. The following organizations were chosen because they embody our values of justice, dignity, and...
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September – Inspiring Women
Grupos Emprendedor Epifanía Tegucigalpa, Honduras Faith and Economic Development are at the Heart of Epifanía Grupo Emprendedor Epifanía economically empowers members of its Catholic community by supporting their small businesses,...
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Mary’s Pence Summer Reading List 2022
Mary's Pence 2022 Reading List Data Feminism Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein, 2020 Data Feminism offers strategies for data scientists seeking to learn how feminism can help them work...
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August – Inspiring Women
Kind Hearted Women’s Society Rapid City, South Dakota Fostering Pride in Cultural Heritage and Preserving the Lakota Ways of Life The Kind Hearted Women’s Society (Cante Waunsilpi Wi Ta Ominiciye)...
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35th Anniversary Celebration Invoked the Spirit of Saint Catherine of Siena
"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire!" Those are the words of Saint Catherine of Siena – a woman whose feast day...
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Mary’s Pence Releases New DEI Statement
In March 2022 Mary's Pence board members adopted a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statement. Based on a version drafter by a special DEI committee composed of Mary's Pence...
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2022 Calendar Request Form
The 2022 Mary's Pence Calendar of Women, which celebrates our 35th anniversary of funding women and changing lives, is only available upon request until our limited amount of calendars are...
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