Your Grassroots Dollars Support Organizations Addressing Many Issues
In the past few years, our Grants Program in the United States has experienced a notable increase in funding applications. The rising number of requests reflects the growing need among women-led grassroots organizations. This increase and our expanding visibility highlight the trust organizations place in us and the urgent need for greater investment in women-focused […]
Learn How Mary’s Pence is Connecting Women Leaders to Drive Social Change
By Magdalena and Wed We began our internship at WATER, the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual, in Silver Spring, Maryland, in October 2024, traveling all the way from...
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ESPERA Program on the Global Stage
In March 2025, Mabel, the ESPERA Program Lead at Mary’s Pence, and Katherine, our Executive Director, traveled to New York to participate in several UN activities to celebrate International Women’s...
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Accountability Is Love. Messages From the Hospitality Industry.
What does a “delicious life” mean to you? For CHAAD —the Chicago Hospitality Accountability & Advocacy Database—, it is a life where hospitality workers have their basic needs met and...
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Mary’s Pence is an Inclusive Space for All Voices
I am incredibly honored to have joined Mary’s Pence board this year. Mary’s Pence’s legacy of empowering women resonates deeply with me, as I have long been committed to supporting...
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How ESPERA Group Leaders Are Redefining Leadership in El Salvador
Follow up committee going over evaluations in 2023. Guadalupe (also known as Lupita by her colleagues) loves to take advantage of any karaoke sessions as the rest of the...
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Extra Dollars: Building Capacity with Mary’s Pence
By Anna Becker Mary’s Pence grants are known for flexible funding, nearly every grant is unrestricted funding. A little known element of the grant cycle is a smaller, secondary grant...
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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both
With some creative thinking, a nonprofit’s board member was able to forge a nonprofit partnership that advanced two causes that she cared deeply about. Written by Brianna Olson-Carr and published...
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Cultivating Community and Knowledge: Concertación de Mujeres de Suchitoto Annual Report
We are pleased to share with our Mary's Pence community the annual report of Concertación de Mujeres de Suchitoto. Concertación de Mujeres de Suchitoto is the largest of our ESPERA...
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Your Grassroots Dollars Support Organizations Addressing Many Issues
In the past few years, our Grants Program in the United States has experienced a notable increase in funding applications. The rising number of requests reflects the growing need among...
Read More »