The Dead Feminists Fund

Throughout the life of our series, we have donated a portion of our proceeds to nonprofits that align with the issues and causes we highlight with our broadsides. To celebrate the publication of our book, Dead Feminists: Historical Heroines in Living Color, we decided to give back on a higher level. In 2016 we inaugurated the Dead Feminists Fund. Thanks to the generous support of Sasquatch Books and Andrews McMeel Universal, a portion of our book and calendar sales will also be contributed.

In honor of the power of women’s work, the Dead Feminists Fund supports nonprofits that empower girls and women to create change in their own communities. Like our book, funding is organized under a series of Action Verbs (“Make,” “Grow,” “Lead,” “Tell,” etc.), which translate to micro grant categories. Each year the Fund supports nonprofits with micro grants in one of our Action categories.

The Dead Feminists Fund is a component fund of the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, which manages, administers and invests in over 400 charitable funds. This allows donations made directly to the Dead Feminists Fund to be tax-deductible, and provides the proper legal framework to protect both our donors and our grant recipients.

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
Every year we contribute a portion of our sales proceeds to the Dead Feminists Fund, and Sasquatch Books and Andrews McMeel continue to contribute book and calendar royalties—so by supporting our work, your purchases also support the Fund. In addition, we contribute 100% of our Amazon Affiliate earnings, 100% of the proceeds of our lemonade journals, and a portion of our speaking fees. If you would like to contribute directly to the Dead Feminists Fund, you can make your tax-deductible donation here.

GIRL POWER
Here is a list of the nonprofit organizations we have supported to date:

826CHI
9to5
About Face
ACLU
Anti-Defamation League
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Border Angels
Brennan Center for Justice
The Center for Reproductive Rights
Demand a Plan
Frances Perkins Center
Girl Up
Girls Boat Project
Green Belt Movement
Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting
Independent Publishing Resource Center
L’Arche Tahoma Hope
Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)
Metropolitan Development Council
National Indian Health Board
National Women’s Law Center
New Georgia Project
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Oasis Youth Center
Oceana
One Tree Planted
Peace Winds
Pierce County AIDS Foundation
Planned Parenthood
Rainbow Center
R.R. Moton Civil Rights Museum
She the People
Spread the Vote
Take Back the Night
University of Puget Sound Women’s League
Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
Washington State Library
Women’s Sports Foundation
Youth in Focus
YWCA