Global Fund for Women
Sonya Alvarez has a diverse work experience spanning multiple sectors and roles. Sonya began their career in 2000 at TD Bank Group as an Associate in Mergers and Acquisitions. Sonya later transitioned to the nonprofit sector, working at St. John's University as the Associate Director of Research from 2001 to 2003. Following this, Sonya joined New York Presbyterian Hospital as the Campaign Research Coordinator until 2005 when they moved to WNYC Radio as a Research Manager. In 2007, they joined the ACLU as the Associate Director of Prospect Research and Strategy, a role they held until 2014. Sonya then worked at the ACLU of Southern California as the Associate Director of Philanthropy from 2015 to 2016 before joining Physicians for Human Rights as the Major Gifts Manager from 2016 to 2017. Sonya then worked at the International Rescue Committee as an Officer, Leadership Gifts - US Programs East from 2017 to 2021. Most recently, Sonya held the position of Associate Director of Individual Giving at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice from 2021 to 2023. Sonya currently serves as the Director of Individual Major Gifts at the Global Fund for Women.
Sonya Alvarez attended Fairfield University from 1996 to 2000, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mathematics. In addition to their degree, they have obtained multiple certifications in SQL from Codecademy in July 2022.
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Global Fund for Women
We advance the rights of women and girls worldwide by increasing the resources for and investing in women-led organizations and women’s collective leadership for change.We envision a just, equitable and sustainable world in which women and girls have resources, voice, choice and opportunities to realize their human rights.The Global Fundfor Women was founded in Palo Alto California by three bold women: Anne Firth Murray, Founding President, Frances Kissling, and Laura Lederer. The three were convinced that women’s human rights and dignity were essential to the advancement of global agendas for social, economic, and political change. Frustrated by traditional philanthropy’s lack of interest in funding women’s groups and human rights, they forged a new path, founding an organization that would fund women-led organizations directly.Musimbi Kanyoro joined the organization in 2011 – a pivotal time when we embarked on a new strategic direction to support women’s leadership and women-led solutions. In 2012 Global Fund surpassed the $100 million mark in grantmaking. In 2013, our 25th anniversary year, Global Fund refocused its programmatic emphasis by adding a stronger component of learning, monitoring and evaluation.In March 2014, Global Fund for Women and the International Museum of Women – IMOW – merged to create a bold force for women’s human rights. The merger brings together IMOW’s skills in awareness raising, online advocacy and digital story-telling with Global Fund on-the-ground relationships and grant-making activities with women leaders and women’s rights organizations around the world.