Power the Work
Support the people and purpose behind the movement.
Women of Colour do the work.
They show up, hold space, carry knowledge, drive change. Often without recognition, often without pay.
Women of Colour Australia (WoCA) exists for and by Women of Colour across Australia. Since 2020, we have co-created programs that empower communities, shifted systems through research, and advocated for truth, dignity and justice.
But all of that rests on something less visible. The people behind it.
Power the Work is our operational fund and our commitment to practising what we preach. For our first five years, WoCA was powered by volunteers. Now we're moving into the next chapter, which means resourcing the whole organisation. The people, the relationships, the knowledge, the capacity to keep showing up. So none of it has to start from scratch every time.
This is the work behind the work. We're inviting our community to grow and evolve with us, so we can stay, keep showing up, and go deeper together.
Paying people is not a cost. It is the work. It is the purpose.
Operational funding is rare in the not-for-profit sector. We want to be part of changing that.
Your donation helps us
Pay the Women of Colour who show up with skill and care. Plan and evaluate with purpose. Communicate with integrity. Build the capacity to keep doing this work sustainably.
How you can help
Whether you're an individual donor, a philanthropic funder, part of a workplace giving program, or considering a bequest, we'd love you to be part of this.
WoCA is listed on Benevity — check if your employer matches donations.
Want to give at a higher level? Join WoCImpact1000, our community-powered philanthropy.
Since we soft-launched in June 2025, a small and faithful community has been funding this work. Quietly, steadily, without a big push.
People who believe Women of Colour deserve to be paid for their labour.
Now we're actively inviting you in.
If you've ever felt the impact of what WoCA does, this is your chance to sustain how we do it.
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Power the Work was seeded by Brenda Gaddi, our founder, with $500 of her own money, because she believed in it enough to begin it herself. She remains a recurring donor to both this fund and WoCImpact1000, WoCA's community-powered philanthropy. We're still here. We hope you'll join us.
Brenda Gaddi — Founder and Executive Director, Women of Colour Australia
Last updated April 2026.
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We acknowledge the Wallumattagal clan of the Darug nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which Women of Colour Australia is situated. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with whom we stand in solidarity. We acknowledge that as settlers on this stolen Aboriginal land, we are beneficiaries of the dispossession, genocide, and ongoing colonial violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We believe that it is our collective responsibility and moral imperative to help dismantle the systemic barriers and structural inequities oppressing the original inhabitants of this land. We are also painfully aware that this land was taken forcibly, without a Treaty or reparations made. We have taken a practical step towards honouring sovereignty by paying the rent – and we invite you to do so too. This land is and always will be Aboriginal land. Sovereignty was never ceded.
Power the Work
Support the people and purpose behind the movement.
Women of Colour do the work.
They show up, hold space, carry knowledge, drive change. Often without recognition, often without pay.
Women of Colour Australia (WoCA) exists for and by Women of Colour across Australia. Since 2020, we have co-created programs that empower communities, shifted systems through research, and advocated for truth, dignity and justice.
But all of that rests on something less visible. The people behind it.
Power the Work is our operational fund and our commitment to practising what we preach. For our first five years, WoCA was powered by volunteers. Now we're moving into the next chapter, which means resourcing the whole organisation. The people, the relationships, the knowledge, the capacity to keep showing up. So none of it has to start from scratch every time.
This is the work behind the work. We're inviting our community to grow and evolve with us, so we can stay, keep showing up, and go deeper together.
Paying people is not a cost. It is the work. It is the purpose.
Operational funding is rare in the not-for-profit sector. We want to be part of changing that.
Your donation helps us
Pay the Women of Colour who show up with skill and care. Plan and evaluate with purpose. Communicate with integrity. Build the capacity to keep doing this work sustainably.
How you can help
Whether you're an individual donor, a philanthropic funder, part of a workplace giving program, or considering a bequest, we'd love you to be part of this.
WoCA is listed on Benevity — check if your employer matches donations.
Want to give at a higher level? Join WoCImpact1000, our community-powered philanthropy.
Since we soft-launched in June 2025, a small and faithful community has been funding this work. Quietly, steadily, without a big push.
People who believe Women of Colour deserve to be paid for their labour.
Now we're actively inviting you in.
If you've ever felt the impact of what WoCA does, this is your chance to sustain how we do it.
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Power the Work was seeded by Brenda Gaddi, our founder, with $500 of her own money, because she believed in it enough to begin it herself. She remains a recurring donor to both this fund and WoCImpact1000, WoCA's community-powered philanthropy. We're still here. We hope you'll join us.
Brenda Gaddi — Founder and Executive Director, Women of Colour Australia
Last updated April 2026.
Yes
Yes, as soon as your donation is processed.
We acknowledge the Wallumattagal clan of the Darug nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which Women of Colour Australia is situated. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with whom we stand in solidarity. We acknowledge that as settlers on this stolen Aboriginal land, we are beneficiaries of the dispossession, genocide, and ongoing colonial violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We believe that it is our collective responsibility and moral imperative to help dismantle the systemic barriers and structural inequities oppressing the original inhabitants of this land. We are also painfully aware that this land was taken forcibly, without a Treaty or reparations made. We have taken a practical step towards honouring sovereignty by paying the rent – and we invite you to do so too. This land is and always will be Aboriginal land. Sovereignty was never ceded.
