GIVING TUESDAY URGENT APPEAL: Footage Needs Your Support to Survive
This year, Footage—along with countless other feminist organizations—faces unprecedented financial hardship. One third of global groups working against gender-based violence have had to shut down or pause their work following drastic funding cuts, according to UN Women.
This year, Footage has faced the most significant contraction in nearly 20 years. Primary grant support from the U.S. Department of State was implicated in international cuts, and many philanthropies and funders have paused or reduced giving as their own resources were reduced. Like so many feminist and women-led organizations, we have felt the impact at the very core of our work: in how we staff, what we can plan, and the emotional and practical labor required just to keep the doors open. This has meant putting some of our essential work on hold at the very moment communities are asking for and needing more.
Yet the urgency of what people are living through has not lessened. In the places where we are present, women, queer communities, displaced people, and those unable to escape violence describe how much they need safe spaces where they can be seen and met with responsibility and care. This year, several partners told us they felt “more alone in this work than at any point before” as they tried to respond to violence, navigate online hatred, and sustain relationships with institutions under strain. When budgets tighten, compassionate, relationship-centered work is often treated as optional, even though it is precisely what keeps people connected, resilient, and able to act.
This year, Footage has faced the most significant contraction in nearly 20 years. Primary grant support from the U.S. Department of State was implicated in international cuts, and many philanthropies and funders have paused or reduced giving as their own resources were reduced. Like so many feminist and women-led organizations, we have felt the impact at the very core of our work: in how we staff, what we can plan, and the emotional and practical labor required just to keep the doors open. This has meant putting some of our essential work on hold at the very moment communities are asking for and needing more.
Yet the urgency of what people are living through has not lessened. In the places where we are present, women, queer communities, displaced people, and those unable to escape violence describe how much they need safe spaces where they can be seen and met with responsibility and care. This year, several partners told us they felt “more alone in this work than at any point before” as they tried to respond to violence, navigate online hatred, and sustain relationships with institutions under strain. When budgets tighten, compassionate, relationship-centered work is often treated as optional, even though it is precisely what keeps people connected, resilient, and able to act.
Giving Tuesday, at its best, is about more than resourcing organizations; it is about deciding what kind of world we are willing to sustain.You can support Footage’s mission by:
- Making a donation (monthly gifts offer crucial stability)
- Sharing our story—forward this post or share it on social media, bring Footage into conversations, and invite others to learn more
- Stay engaged with our updates; every act of solidarity strengthens our community.
We are at a critical moment: $125,000 is the threshold to keep our essential projects running in 2026. Your action today sustains spaces for survivors, supports staff in vulnerable regions, and ensures Footage can move beyond crisis toward systemic change.
Thank you for standing with us—your belief in our work keeps hope alive.
Thank you for standing with us—your belief in our work keeps hope alive.
“... violence towards women will never stop if we keep silence.” F., GTG Kazakhstan, 2022
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