Marys Pence

Mary's pence funds women's organizations in the us that are working within their local community to create long-term systemic change. The organizations we fund are all small, with budgets under $250,000. Each organization organizes and creates healthy communities, advocates to change unjust policies, and educates to build skills and increase capacity. Our grants act as seed money for organizations that are newly created, and as support for organizations that have been working on the grassroots level for years. In addition to providing financial support, mary's pence connects our grantees with other like-minded organizations and helpful resources. This year we gave grants to 23 organizations from across the country. We hosted a 3 day workshop for our grantees where they connected and created community, and participated in workshops critical to small nonprofit success.

Our education and outreach efforts are based on catholic social teaching principles. Mary's pence shares information on the issues of justice, women's rights and human rights and other issues faced by women and families in poverty - here in the u.s. As well as in latin america. Our education and outreach efforts include our newsletters, emails, and letters to donors and interested parties, participation in conferences and workshops, our calendar of women and other ways we interact with our communities.