Together Women Rise

“The finance committee reviews form 990 and forwards it to the board for review before submission.”

“Board of directors monitors the conflicts policy as needed.”

“The board conducts independent research on salary comparisons focusing on nonprofit organizations of comparable size and/or in the same geographic area for the president in connection with reviewing and approving the president compensation. In 2021, the organization engaged a search firm that prepared a comparable salary analysis for the president/ceo for the board's review.”

“The approval process for compensation adjustments related to officers or key employees, when applicable, is for the board of directors to approve adjustments recommended by the president based on market comparison information.”

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“Form 990 and financials are available at www.togetherwomenrise.org and governing documents are available upon request.”

“Through member education, engagement, and global collective giving circles, together women rise inspires, educates and engages people to invest in grassroots organizations and programs that make a meaningful difference to transform lives and promote gender equality for women and girls living in extreme poverty in developing countries.”

“Volunteers are needed to serve as chapter leaders and on various committees such as our grants & partnership committee, community building & learning committee, finance committee, governance committee, resource development committee, advocacy committee, and regional leaders committee.”

“Together women rise champions global gender equality because women's rights are human rights. When women and girls are treated equally, the world is healthier, safer, more peaceful, inclusive, and economically just for everyone. We have hundreds of local chapters across the u.s. Where members learn about and advocate for gender equality issues, give grants to organizations that empower women and girls in low-income countries, and build community to forge meaningful connections that increase our strength and collective impact. Together women rise consists of approximately 400 chapters with 5,300 members. Members gather monthly to learn about and advocate for gender equality issues and the organizations that empower women and girls in low- income countries that we collectively support. Current year projects include: authentique memorial empowerment foundation's mission is to ensure that the rights of children and other vulnerable groups are protected, support the development of children, youths and empower women through formal and non formal education, while improving the socio-economic wellbeing of local communities through a participatory approach. Our funding supported grow - girls' resilience, opportunities and wellbeing project focused on breaking the cycle of poverty through education, vocational and psychological support among young mothers and pregnant girls, focusing on those associated with armed groups, in southwest cameroon. Colors of connection's mission is to engage youth from conflict affected countries and their communities through collaborative artmaking to promote hope, well-being, and self determination in the pursuit of social justice. Our grant supported the girl awakening program. Funds will support program staff salaries, supplies and food for program activities for girl participants, community leaders and community members. Common threads project helps women heal from the enduring psychological effects of sexual and gender-based violence in the context of war and displacement. We build local capacity through training and supervision and support local specialists to establish women's circles and lead them through our transformative therapy process. Our grant funded sajha dhago/common threads project, an expansion of ctp's current pilot program in nepal to groups of teens and other survivors of sexual and gender based violence and training of local clinical staff in common threads trauma recovery methodology, so that a local center of excellence can be established to offer services into the future. Ek tara's mission is to educate, engage, and empower girls and women from marginalized urban slum communities to become agents of change. Our grant funded a project to support the education of marginalized girls from the largest and poorest slum community in east india. It builds a supportive community invested in the long-term academic goals of the girls. A transformation partner with together women rise, equimundo: center for masculinities and social justice (formerly promundo-us) works to promote gender equality and create a world free from violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women, girls, and individuals of all gender identities. Everfree's mission is to accelerate lasting freedom for survivors of human trafficking. Our grant supported everfree's anti-trafficking programs including the delivery and participatory evaluation of trafficking survivor aftercare, prevention, and legal programming in uganda; and pilot expansion of education and data collection in the philippines. A transformation partner with together women rise, international center for research on women advances gender equity, inclusion and shared prosperity. Icrw's youth-focused program explores, supports and develops programs and policies that work with and for adolescents and youth, including those that prevent early and forced marriage, improve access to quality sexual and reproductive health, promote girls' education, create”