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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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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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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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...
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Mary’s Pence Grantee Highlight: Fandom Forward’s Creative Approach to Civic Engagement
Fandom Forward leverages the power of pop culture fan communities —a collective of individuals who share a passion for a particular entity, whether a TV show, movie, book series, or...
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Strategies Mary’s Pence Grantees are Using to Create Social Change
At Mary’s Pence, we have vowed to address not just the symptoms of current issues but the root causes by funding grassroots organizations dedicated to changing unjust systems. Charities are...
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New Beginnings with Rockland Prison Justice Project
After reading the story of an incarcerated mother near her home, Jen Mancuso met and befriended her and learned some hard and painful truths. That friendship began a journey that...
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Learn How Heart of Courage is Transforming Mother’s Lives
Heart of Courage was born out of Dania Carter's profound concern for families navigating the challenges of the child welfare system. Witnessing the shortage of foster homes and recognizing the...
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How LitShop is Expanding Girls’ Horizons in St. Louis
LitShop is an organization that encourages building and making skills, literacy, and leadership to empower and cultivate confidence in girls and gender-inclusive youth. Founded by Kelli Best-Oliver, a seasoned educator...
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Ending The Silence Surrounding Vulvovaginal and Pelvic Pain
It all started with a podcast. When a couple of women with chronic vulvar, vaginal, and pelvic pain launched Tight Lipped, the idea was simple: to break the silence surrounding...
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