2025 Year-End Recap
2025 Year-End Recap
In 2025,
Our global Community moved at the speed of trust, deploying creativity, innovation and over $1B in capital toward our vision of a world that works for all people and the planet. Thank you for all the ways you contributed to make a meaningful difference. We look forward to more progress in 2026—inspired by our collective spirit of action.
BY THE NUMBERS
DEPLOYED TO WOMEN’S POWER & INFLUENCE BY 74 MEMBERS TO 102 organisations
INITIATIVES LAUNCHED THROUGH OUR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
POTENTIALLY UNLOCKED BY 50+ FUNDERS FOR INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE
NEW MEMBERS
OF MEMBERS RENEWED
OF MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN 10 ACTION LABS
JOURNEYS…TO MOROCCO, GREENLAND AND GUATEMALA
MEMBERS JOINED OUR NEW MEMBER PORTAL
PARTNERS AND MEMBERS GATHERED AT OUR L.A. GLOBAL SUMMIT
MEMBERS JOINED AS LIFETIME MEMBERS IN HONOR OF OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED: 70% USA, 17% EUROPE & SOUTH AMERICA, 13% CANADA
A Global Impact Platform
Led Guatemala, Greenland and Morocco Journeys to help members get proximate and make new commitments to local organisations and integration of Indigenous leaders on all Forward Global Journeys moving forward
Connected 240+ members in our new Member Portal, where our global Community interacts virtually
Hosted New York City, the Bay Area, Vancouver, Toronto and London gatherings to connect, collaborate and learn
Convened 300+ members and partners at our 2025 Los Angeles Global Summit, where attendees committed millions to solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges
Mobilized $62M to 102 gender equity-advancing organisations through 160 member grants and Women’s Power & Influence matching funds via our partnership with Pivotal
Partnered with Press Forward on supporting local journalism models—
empowering members to engage, learn and leverage new institutional
funding
Supported 21 U.S. initiatives with $4M in project revenue through our
fiscal sponsorship programme, including Positive AI Labs, Earth Force, The Unforgettable Project and more
Welcomed new lifetime members as part of our 30th Anniversary year
Supported new member-led initiatives on climate change, Indigenous
leadership and AI
Launched a Consciousness & Healing group with members to cocreate a community of practice
FINANCIAL POSITION
As a nonprofit organisation, we rely on a balanced funding model: half of our annual $5.6M budget comes from membership contributions, with the remainder supported by grants and additional donations. Thank you to all members who include Forward Global in your year-end giving and to our eight brand-new Lifetime Members who have placed their trust in our team and our mission.
