Women’s Fund of Omaha Joins Partnership to Demonstrate the Collective Power of Women’s Foundations in Effective Grantmaking

The Women’s Fund of Omaha, a member of Prosperity Together, a nonpartisan partnership of public U.S. women’s foundations, has announced a collective five-year, $100 million funding commitment by women’s foundations to create pathways to economic security for low-income women and their families in America. All Prosperity Together members belong to the Women’s Funding Network. The partnership will fund local programs with a proven track record in providing women with job training and child care, among other supports. Prosperity Together made the announcement at the White House Summit on Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color.

For more than 30 years, women’s foundations have invested in local solutions for low-income women and their families, community by community. The Women’s Fund of Omaha (www.OmahaWomensFund.org) has worked with local low-income women in Omaha for 25 years, focusing on the areas of economic self-sufficiency, sexual literacy, domestic violence, and women in leadership.  Prosperity Together will harness the collective power, leadership and proven effectiveness of women’s foundations working together to ensure women’s economic security in America. The partnership will also issue a call to policymakers, business leaders, the philanthropic community and the public to understand that economic prosperity for all is guaranteed only when economic security and equal opportunity are guaranteed for women.

Visit http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/initiatives/prosperity-together/ for more information on Prosperity Together, a list of all participating public U.S. women’s foundations and the five-year funding commitment.