DFN’s Mission

Mission

The Disability Funders Network (DFN) is a grantmakers’ affinity group whose mission is to promote awareness, support and inclusion of people with disabilities and disability issues in grantmaking programs and organizations. In carrying out its mission, DFN:

• Works to increase the extent and effectiveness of grantmaking that benefits people with disabilities by
  • increasing grantmakers’ understanding that issues affecting people with disabilities extend beyond medical issues;
  • increasing the availability of quality information on disability as it relates to grantmaking; and
  • enhancing the ability of grantseeking organizations to communicate their current and proposed efforts to benefit people with disabilities to grantmaking organizations.
• Educates grantmakers on the important role people with disabilities can play in effective philanthropy by
  • increasing awareness and interest in how to include people with disabilities in grantmaking organizations; and
  • providing funders with information on people with disabilities who can assist or become part of grantmaking organizations.

DFN’s mission, goals, objectives, activities and processes are informed by the following values:

• The importance of inclusion
• Awareness of the full range of the potential of all individuals
• Appreciation of and respect for differences
• Equality of voice and viewpoints