The Sister Fund is a private foundation that supports and gives voice to women working for justice from a religious framework. We call these women the Healers of Our Time, because we believe that the healing work of progressive religious women plays a crucial role in the development of a society in which all people can be socially, economically, politically and spiritually empowered.

All living things must evolve if they are to endure. The Sister Fund's own continuing evolution, the natural development of its mission, its action and its role as a foundation, began a decade and a half ago. The foundation's inspired beginnings in 1993 were shaped by a diverse board of directors program, an eight-pronged funding strategy and a broad spectrum of woman-focused grantee partners working in the five boroughs of New York City and across the nation.

Welcome to The Sister Fund’s Web site. We are committed to lifting up the passionate voices of progressive women of faith and funding their visionary activism.

While a student in seminary, I accepted the invitation of a male colleague to serve in the church he had recently been hired to pastor. Excited about the formal opportunity to minister to a congregation, I agreed to come aboard without a conversation about terms, timelines or compensation.