In this essay, Tamanna, who has been fundraising for the feminist movement for almost a decade and co-leads a grassroots feminist organisation in India, articulates the challenges that grassroots feminist organisations face – not just with regards to lack of funding, but with how the funding works. She lays bare the struggles, the unhelpful patterns, and the blindspots of the philanthropic landscape currently funding the feminist movement, and also celebrates progressive shifts and rays of hope emerging in global philanthropy. The article aspires to provide very clear solutions – at the micro and macro levels – for philanthropy to truly enable and empower the feminist movement.

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