Mary’s Pence Grant

Mary’s Pence funds projects in the US that increase the economic security of women and amplify women’s voices in their communities. Mary's Pence funds support efforts for systemic change that improves the status of women. 

Mary's Pence Funds Grassroots Organizations that are:

• Women led — Centered on issues women face or on gender justice issues, benefitting and primarily led by cis women, trans women, or non-binary people.
• Community centered — Emerging from a need identified within the impacted community, and collaboratively developed by and led by members of that community.
• Working to enact long term sustainable change at the community level — Shifting public opinion about justice issues; forming alliances and collaborations across diverse populations; creating change in unjust structure or policies; or building capacity by building leadership, organizing or other social justice skills.
• Focused on social justice actions — Human dignity, the common good, the right to economic security and dignified work, care for the earth, participation, subsidiarity (decisions are made at the most local level possible and involve those most impacted) and nonviolence.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)