PHILANTHROPY

Hunt Alternatives Fund
Through Hunt Alternatives Fund, she has committed more than $120 million to "provoking change for good." Programs of the foundation have focused on women’s empowerment, sex trafficking in the United States, women’s leadership in peace processes, reproductive rights, job creation in the inner city, race relations, the development of social movements, GLBT rights, arts as a vehicle for social change, and increasing philanthropy. In all these areas, she has been a consensus builder who moves fluidly among groups with disparate goals and orientations, a skill the Fund considers essential to success in the area of women’s concerns.

Women are changing the face of philanthropy
Women are realizing they can use their money and time strategically, often giving to organizations they have a long-standing connection with. It's a time of "engaged philanthropy," of women wanting to actively work where they donate.
by Laura Eggertson, The Toronto Star, October 3, 2010

The Canadians behind Women Moving Millions
Six Canadian women have donated $1 million or more to Women Moving Millions, a global initiative designed to create lasting social change by investing in projects and organizations to improve the lives of women and girls.
by Laura Eggertson, The Toronto Star, October 3, 2010

Swanee Hunt is among the 25 most effective philanthropists in the world
by Suzanne McGee, Barron's, November 30, 2009

Gloria Steinem speaks at Smith College
In the final two-and-a-half minutes of this nine-minute video, Gloria Steinem discusses Women Moving Millions
October 21, 2009

The Power of the Purse
Remember the concept of “sisterhood”? That quaint relic of an idea that women owed it to other women to crash through ceilings and navigate a male world? It just might be taking new root in a most unexpected place — among women with money....
Globally, more than 145 funds, with assets of nearly half a billion dollars, exist to improve the lives of women and girls. Many focus their efforts domestically; about a third work internationally. Not one existed in 1972 when the Ms. Foundation, the first national fund for and by women, was established. Collectively they now form the Women’s Funding Network and have plans to increase their joint coffers by another billion dollars by 2018, in concert with a drive called Women Moving Millions, which aims to encourage individuals, mostly women, to donate $1 million or more. The goal was to raise $150 million in three years, a target exceeded this spring by $30 million.
by Lisa Belkin, New York Times Magazine - Aug. 23, 2009

Recipient of the Changing the Face of Philanthropy Award
Women's Funding Network, May 2009

Recipient of the Vision Award
New York Women's Foundation, May 2009

An Historic Day for Women, and Well Worth a Ditty
May 14 was the final day of the first Women Moving Millions campaign, which
tracked $176 million in million-plus gifts, $26 million over its goal.
by Leah Hunt-Hendrix, May 19, 2009

Swanee Hunt on CNBC
Swanee Hunt is interviewed by Mark Haines about Women Moving Millions
CNBC - May 15, 2009

Swanee Hunt interview with Global Giving Matters
The most important role of philanthropy right now is to support those individuals, groups and institutions that are speaking out with the clearest voices, calling for and defining the change we need in our domestic and global policies and practice.
Global Giving Matters - October/November 2008

The Guts to Give
Swanee Hunt, sister Helen, and other women find empowerment through philanthropy
by Deborah Held Maslia, Pink Magazine - January/February 2008

Revolution Redux
Social change is now with women's rising influence in philanthropy.
by Joanna Krotz, Contribute Media - January/February 2008

Women's groups hitting their strides in giving arena
The trend of increased women's charitable giving is coming at a time when women's wealth is increasing in America, and more women are doing more to empower their peers to participate in the charitable realm.
by Naomi R. Kooker, Boston Business Journal - December 7, 2007

The million dollar sisters on a mission
Swanee Hunt and sister Helen launch Women Moving Millions
by Lauren Foster, Financial Times - November 13, 2007

First Person: Girl Power
Swanee Hunt is rallying female millionaires to support women's causes worldwide
Boston Globe Magazine - November 11, 2007

A new era in sisterly giving
Philanthropists describe the new era of women's giving.
by Lauren Foster, Financial Times - August 24, 2007

Mass. Philanthropist Receives Pinnacle Award
Swanee Hunt, president of Hunt Alternatives Fund, received the lifetime achievement award from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
January 25, 2007

Autobiography of a Philanthropist
by Anne W. Howard, The Chronicle of Philanthropy - November 23, 2006

A Donor's Alternative Energy
by Domenica Marchetti, The Chronicle of Philanthropy - March 8, 2001