Seventeen years after its founding campaign, Women Moving Millions has grown to become the largest philanthropic community dedicated to cultivating women’s bold, collaborative leadership and stands as a dynamic and influential force in shaping the landscape of gender-lens philanthropy.

Today, we are excited to share our inaugural report, Catalyzing Change: Powering the Movement through Community & Collaboration, a compilation of our learnings and insights from our community (see a few top-line findings below). 

This announcement culminates a two-year effort to build a robust Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning program at WMM. With the generous support and commitment from The David & Lura Lovell Foundation and former WMM Board Chair Ann Lovell, WMM embarked on this journey with the goal of better understanding our impact on our membership community, their gender-lens philanthropy, and the broader gender equity funding movement. 

During this time, with the expert guidance and advisory support of ORS Impact, we launched a baseline assessment, refined our theory of change, developed processes to better track our progress and impact over time, and designed an annual survey that was administered by our partners at Impact Mapper in late 2023.

We are pleased that the results of this survey not only confirmed the validity of our theory of change, but also provided us with a deeper understanding of how our work influences members’ personal growth, philanthropic leadership, advocacy, and grantmaking.

We hope this annual survey and report will build a body of knowledge, insights, and best practices to improve our core community-building work, expand our influence on the philanthropy sector, and further our mission to catalyze greater resources for a gender equal world. Additionally, we hope these learnings will shed light on the transformative power of women’s philanthropy to drive more equitable change and offer a better path forward.