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"The MFW grant is special in that it recognizes an aspect of my work that is at the core of who I am and what I am trying to accomplish."—a grantee

In addition to annual support from the estate of Barbara Deming, the Fund relies on general donations from those interested in sustaining women writers and artists.

Some donors are former grantees who have experienced firsthand the creative affirmation a grant bestows. Others are family and friends of grantees or of Deming herself. Still other donors simply care about women. They share Deming's feminist and social justice values and want to see them explored in the arts.  

Please consider donating. It's expensive to grow a creative vision, and even small gifts help. Grants from Money for Women have assisted creative women with the costs of supplies, studio rental, mailing expenses, research trips, relief from child- or eldercare responsibilities, and temporary leaves from jobs.

• Your gift of $100 will provide funds for contest fees, duplication costs, and postage for a writer sending out their work.
• $500 can help cover living expenses for an artist while they finish their work for a show.
• $1000 can secure a stretch of uninterrupted time for work on a project.
• $1500 can pay for a 2-3 week residency to complete a manuscript.
• $2000 wil support an artist or writer at our highest level of grant.
• Any amount helps!

Your donation makes a huge difference to us and to the artists and writers we fund. It assures that we can maintain our annual level of grant-giving and that we can award all the best work we receive. Thank you for sustaining Money for Women as we begin our sixth decade of supporting creative women.

"Just back from an early morning swim. There was a tiny dog there, diving for stones – which she’d carefully bring back, one after another, to the shore. Wish they were new contributions for MFW. Little dog, find us another angel!"

—Barbara Deming, in a letter to a friend, June 28, 1981.

Some of our grant recipients are:

Sachiko Akiyama, Zelda Alpern, Selena Anderson, Judith Arcana, Mira Bartok, Lory Bedikian, Beverly Bell, Mary Jo Bole, Gayle Brandeis, Lois Cremins, Angie Cruz, Edwidge Danticat, Pat De Caro, Debra Dean, Stella Pope Duarte, Denise Duhamel, Cynthia Gaver, Jewelle Gomez, Kelle Groom, Harmony Hammond, Ghida Hamze-Sinno, Joy Harjo, Yona Harvey, Kathleen Holmes, Adele Leibowitz, Jan Heller Levi, Marisol Martinez, Shara McCallum, Judith McDaniel, Farnoosh Moshiri, Eileen Myles, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Leslea Newman, Adrienne Oktenberg, Julia Older, Sharon Olinka, Emily Raboteau, Aleida Rodriguez, Evelyn Rogers, Willa Schneberg, Elena Schwolsky-Fitch, Laura Seftel, Faith Shearin, Erin Soros, Susan Stinson, Phyllis Stowell, Cheryl Strayed, Julija Sukys, Peggy Ann Tartt, Mary Ting, Natasha Trethewey, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Valerie Wallace, Holly Wong, and Fran Zell.