The Ms. Foundation’s 22nd Annual Gloria Awards are a tribute to grassroots women activists and philanthropists who ignite change on behalf of women, families and communities nationwide. Their courage, leadership and “outrageous acts in the cause of simple justice,” as Gloria Steinem says, move us toward the realization of a vision for a just and inclusive democracy.

The Ms. Foundation for Women, a social justice foundation, delivers strategic grants, capacity building and leadership development to over 150 grassroots and national advocacy organizations throughout the U.S. In 1972, Gloria Steinem founded the Ms. Foundation for Women with Patricia Carbine, Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Marlo Thomas to support women’s organizing for policy and culture change from the ground up. Since then, the Ms. Foundation has granted more that $50 million to organizations in urban and rural areas across the U.S.