Advancing Women’s Rights and Gender Justice Read select articles on the efforts of WGF and its allies to promote women’s rights and gender justice

A Progressive Vision Wallace Global Fund is inspired by the progressive vision of its initial founder, Henry A. Wallace, who championed what he called the “common man” in the struggle against the moneyed elites for control of the government and the planet’s precious resources. This phrase, coined in his most celebrated speech as Vice President of the United States in …

A minimum of five percent of WGF’s portfolio supports high impact investments focused on energy access and energy justice, community regeneration, and gender and racial justice. These high impact investments have the potential to advance transformative change for …

Grant Criteria We support people-powered solutions working on democracy, environment, corporate accountability, and women’s rights. We do not accept unsolicited proposals.

Jan 23, 2024 · In A Move that Directly Threatens the Future of Free and Fair Elections, Supreme Court Agrees To Consider Redistricting Case, Moore v. Harper

Dec 6, 2021 · At the intersection of our priorities on environmental justice and fighting corporate power, Wallace Global Fund has a special focus on energy access, energy justice, and a just transition for fossil fuel workers and their communities. WGF is working to support this through grants, impact investments, and direct advocacy.

A Life Dedicated to a Progressive Vision From his career at the height of national politics, to his legacy building a philanthropic foundation dedicated to his ideals, Henry A. Wallace lived a life dedicated to his progressive ideals. His work to further human rights, racial justice, and ecological preservation — and restrain corporate greed — lies at the heart of Wallace Global Fund’s ...

More than 200 million girls and women alive today have endured female genital mutilation (FGM). This dangerous and dehumanizing practice persists on every continent except Antarctica […]

Jan 23, 2024 · Robby’s leadership will elevate our work and ensure WGF’s solidarity with the most important movements of our time.” In additional news, Allison Barlow, WGF’s longstanding Director of Democracy and Media, will become Deputy Director of the foundation.

Under her leadership, WGF helped seed and grow the global fossil-fuel divestment movement and launch Divest-Invest Philanthropy, a group of 200 foundations committed to deploying their investments to address the climate crisis and accelerate the clean energy transition.