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Tides Foundation and WomenStrong International announce $10 million co-investment fund for women- and girl-led organizations

Tides Foundation announced that its Advancing Girls Fund and WomenStrong International launched the Abundance Collective for Girls & Women, described as a $10 million co-investment fund intended to help women- and girl-led organizations develop new financing models as traditional aid declines. The announcement invited additional philanthropists to participate.

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Donor relevance

Why this matters

A fund of this stated size could provide meaningful financing and organizational support to charities facing funding reductions, while giving donors a new pooled-funding vehicle focused on women and girls.

Attribution

Who reported or established this

The fund’s size, purpose and launch were announced by Tides Foundation and WomenStrong International in an official release.

Evidence limits

What remains unverified

No Halo has not independently verified how much of the announced $10 million was legally committed or received at launch, the identities and obligations of all participating investors, the grant-selection process, future disbursements or eventual outcomes.

Right of reply

Organization response

The organizations described the collective as a response to declining traditional aid and chronic underfunding of women’s and girls’ organizations. No independent evaluation or contrary response was located in the consulted material.

Classification

How No Halo records this event

Event type: Fundraising Event. Current state: Reported. No Halo preserves the current procedural state rather than treating every mention as a finding.

Published October 6, 2026 · Last verified October 7, 2026. See an error or a later outcome? Submit a correction or right of reply.