Creating a World Where Women, Especially Women of Color, Succeed in Business

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A collage of Impact Seat fellows

Our Full Stack Philanthropy combines impact investing, grantmaking and advocacy.

Only 2-4% of women receive VC funding – that’s a lot of missed innovation created for women, by women. For women of color founders, the numbers are even worse (statistically close to 0% of VC funding). At The Impact Seat Foundation, our goal is to close the wealth and opportunity gap. Our Full Stack Philanthropy melds impact investing, grantmaking and advocacy to sustain an ecosystem and community for women leaders across the globe.  

Collage of Impact Seat fellows

Our Full Stack Ecosystem

Full Stack Philanthropy
  • Business Leader in Conference Room

    Grantmaking

    We provide grants to innovative startups that are early-stage, women-led, and diverse. Stay tuned for more info about our upcoming grants.

  • Tanya Van Court, member of The Impact Seat Foundation's Ecosystem

    Impact Investing

    Featured: Tanya Van Court, Founder & CEO of Goalsetter

    All profits from our investments in women-led organizations funnel back into the ecosystem to help provide rich resources to women business leaders.

  • Capitol Hill

    Advocacy

    From six-month paid maternity leave, to the childcare stimulus – everyone deserves to be protected. We work alongside organizations that advocate for policies that ensure women can be successful.

Meet Our Leaders

Barbara Clarke

Barbara Clarke

Founder and Board Chair

Cheryl Contee, CEO of The Impact Seat Foundation

Cheryl Contee

Chief Executive Officer

Recent Highlights

Here’s what our ecosystem has been up to here at The Impact Seat Foundation. You’ll find our latest articles, webinars, podcasts & more. 
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Events

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July 25th @1:30 pm PST / 4:30 pm EST

KQED

Beyond Profits: Leading Models in Social Impact Investing

Our CEO, Cheryl Contee, will be speaking at the 2024 New Media Ventures Summit in a panel titled " Beyond Profits: Leading Models in Social Impact Investing" alongside Gaurab Bansal, Maria C., Vondell J. Burns, and Sergio Marrero!

Register here

July 16th @ 9:00 am PST / 12:00 pm EST

In person

WICxINSPIRE 2024: AI-Fueled B2B GTM Summit

Our Founder and Board Chair, Barbara Clarke, will be the keynote speaker at the Women in Cloud xINSPIRE 2024: AI-Fueled B2B GTM Summit presented by EY and Microsoft!

Register Here
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