LOAM
FundersCompareSupport
All funders

Funder

Equality Fund

The Equality Fund is an international feminist fund based in Canada, launched with a historic contribution from the Canadian government, aimed at sustainably resourcing feminist movements globally. It operates through a model that combines global grantmaking, 100% gender-lens investing, policy advocacy, and feminist philanthropy. It provides core, flexible, and multi-year funding directly to women's rights and feminist organizations, particularly in the Global South, ranging from grassroots groups to regional alliances. It supports distinct streams including direct local support, funding for feminist funds, movement-building spaces, and feminist crisis response, while explicitly excluding international non-governmental organizations (INGOs).

Publications2026 calendarMonday briefLanguage on the moveSearch their words
LOAM logo

LOAM · Locally Organised Ancestral Money

Language that moves money back to the roots.

Atlas

  • All funders
  • Compare funders
  • Fundermental
  • About
  • Support LOAM

Small print

  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Refunds
  • Legal
Fundermental · Get notified

Monday brief · week of 26 October 2026

Equality Fund sharpens its lens on journalism that surfaces local, gendered answers to global crises.

Written each Monday from this funder's own recent publications. Every point links to the sentence it rests on.

What they're leaning into

  • They are leaning into press freedom, journalist safety, and African women’s leadership in media through a new journalism fellowship that spotlights free expression and the elimination of violence in media.

    “CJFE has defended courageous reporting, championing free media and the role it plays in creating a just and equitable society.”🌍 Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship: Partner Spotlight 🌍 · 2026-10-27 ↗“CJFE is a volunteer-driven organization working to preserve the fundamental rights of freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and access to information for all citizens.”🌍 Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship: Partner Spotlight 🌍 · 2026-10-27 ↗

  • Climate, economic injustice, authoritarianism, and shrinking sexual and reproductive rights remain urgent themes, all viewed through a gender lens and rooted in local solutions.

    “We are seeking 5 global journalists to report stories of local solutions to global crises – climate, gender-based violence, authoritarianism, shrinking sexual and reproductive rights and health, economic injustice, war and conflict – with a focus on gender.”✏️Apply now to the Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship! ✏️ · 2026-09-24 ↗“We are seeking 5 global journalists to report stories of local solutions to global crises – climate, gender-based violence, authoritarianism, shrinking sexual and reproductive rights and health, economic injustice, war and conflict – with a focus on gender.”✏️Apply now to the Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship! ✏️ · 2026-09-24 ↗

  • Flexible funding for women’s and feminist funds continues as core infrastructure, connecting global resources to locally led development.

    “What’s the impact of flexible funding for gender equality?”What’s the impact of flexible funding for gender equality? Equality Fund committed $61 million CAD between 2020 and 2025 · 2026-09-23 ↗“Equality Fund committed $61 million CAD between 2020 and 2025 to 40 women’s and feminist funds across six regions.”What’s the impact of flexible funding for gender equality? Equality Fund committed $61 million CAD between 2020 and 2025 · 2026-09-23 ↗

Framing to consider

  • Grantseekers might frame their work as ‘local solutions to global crises’ that center gender, naming specific issues like climate or economic injustice and showing how the solution is designed and led by the community it serves.

    “We are seeking 5 global journalists to report stories of local solutions to global crises – climate, gender-based violence, authoritarianism, shrinking sexual and reproductive rights and health, economic injustice, war and conflict – with a focus on gender.”✏️Apply now to the Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship! ✏️ · 2026-09-24 ↗“Women’s and feminist funds are bridges. They are the essential infrastructure to flow crucial resources, from global funding to local solutions.”What’s the impact of flexible funding for gender equality? Equality Fund committed $61 million CAD between 2020 and 2025 · 2026-09-23 ↗

  • They could also highlight how their project strengthens free expression, press safety, or African women’s leadership in media, especially if it reduces violence or builds networks that shift power.

    “CJFE has defended courageous reporting, championing free media and the role it plays in creating a just and equitable society.”🌍 Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship: Partner Spotlight 🌍 · 2026-10-27 ↗“CJFE is a volunteer-driven organization working to preserve the fundamental rights of freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and access to information for all citizens.”🌍 Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship: Partner Spotlight 🌍 · 2026-10-27 ↗

Past briefs