The Gender Equity Action Fund (GEAF) is a community of funders committed to the advancement of gender, reproductive, and racial equity through investments that build the political power necessary for transformative policy wins. GEAF’s approach involves a commitment to funding not only work that centers reproductive rights, but also the work that advances gender and racial equity.
Winning Today, Building Power for Tomorrow
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was not an anomalous event, but rather a crescendo of years of growing attacks on bodily autonomy. GEAF preemptively understood this wide-ranging threat, and recognized that the states would be the best channel to fight back if Roe was overturned.
That is why, since 2020, GEAF has supported state organizations as they develop the power to move people to action, the power to shape hearts and minds, the power in the courts, and the power to govern.
In the years since the Dobbs decision, we have expanded and escalated our work in the face of constant attacks and attempted restrictions. The groundwork we have laid will be even more critical as rights at the federal level continue to erode. GEAF was formed to:
- Protect and grow pro-gender and reproductive rights majorities at the state level, where races are more dynamic and where the policy process is more responsive.
- Defend against attacks on direct democracy by preventing opponents from changing the rules on how judges are elected, to protect and expand nonpartisan state courts that uphold gender and reproductive rights.
- Spur and strengthen cross-issue alliances among 501(c)(4) organizations to build intersectional power.
- Strengthen the 501(c)(4) capacity and organizational stability of state-based organizations so that they can fight and win in the years ahead.
In this critical moment, GEAF and our partners are fighting back to protect democracy, mobilizing the communities who are most affected to secure their rights, and advancing a long-term vision for a country in which gender equity and reproductive justice are fully protected.
Each time our partners win, they send a powerful message that these attacks are an electoral dead-end, and build momentum towards future victories.