Dear family, friends, and wider community,

I am fundraising to launch a pilot project called the Feminist Idea Lab, a philanthropic idea hub that seeks to invest in girls' and young women's ideas around the world.

The Feminist Idea Lab will provide grants to girls and young women to help them ideate, design and bring an idea to life. 5 girls and/or young women will be awarded $1000 USD to start a project, along with monthly cohort mentorship that will provide support during the building and launching stages of their projects. The mentorship will last 12 months and in the process the Feminist Idea Lab team will learn how to better support and resource girls’ and young women’s ideas.

Goal: In order to launch this project the Feminist Idea Lab seeks to raise $5000 USD by December 31, 2022, and will launch the application at the beginning of 2023. This project is open to girls and young women up to age 25.

What Ideas will get funded?

The Feminist Idea Lab wants to hear all kinds of ideas: social-justice ideas, scientific ideas, business ideas, activism ideas, etc. We want to hear them all!

Why girls and young women?

Too many young women and girls around the world are not given a chance to finish their education and are forced to live lives of subordination and servitude. But money is power, and when we give young women and girls resources, support, and a chance to create, they can change their own lives.

Why $1000?

$1000 can go a long way in many contexts around the world to launch a project.

How will the resources be awarded?

The Feminist Idea Lab will provide the resources to the girls/young women in any way they can receive them. This includes sending wires, utilizing western union, or even bringing cash in person.

Language: Given our limitations, applications will only be available in English and Spanish, which will invariably make it inaccessible to folks who speak other languages. We intend on finding mechanisms in the future to include folks that speak many different languages.