About Us

We prioritize support for work led by survivors, Black, Indigenous, and womxn of color, queer, trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people of color, people of color with disabilities, and im/migrants, who are cultivating community, building impactful movements, and sustaining transformational work. Together, we envision a world of collective safety, healing, and liberation.

Our Team

Aleyamma Mathew, Director

Aleyamma Mathew is a nationally known expert on the intersection of gender and economic justice. With over 20 years of experience in the philanthropic and advocacy sectors at the local, state, and national levels, she has led advocacy, grantmaking, capacity-building, and campaigns for economic policies to protect women’s rights, safety, and economic security, with a focus on women of color, immigrant and refugee women, and low-wage women workers. 

Aleyamma is currently the executive director of Collective Future Fund (CFF), an organization that brings together social justice movements, survivors, and donors to heal, resource, and mobilize to shape a collective future free from sexual harassment and violence. With a priority on supporting and sustaining efforts that are led by survivors and women of color, the Fund envisions a world in which all women and girls––cisgender, transgender, and gender non-conforming––can live, learn, and work in safety and dignity.

Born in Kerala, South India, Aleyamma is based in Philadelphia where she serves on the Board of Directors for the Asian Arts Initiative. She is an alumni of the East West Center’s Asian Pacific American Leadership Program and received a Fulbright Award to study Malayalam in Kerala.

Alexandra Aquino-Fike, Director of Resource Mobilization

Alexandra Aquino-Fike is a highly experienced leader in resource development and program management. Most recently, she served as the Vice President of Development at the East Bay Community Foundation, where she oversaw the stewardship of individual and institutional donors. Alexandra was also responsible for the development of a deeper donor engagement program that organized donors around the root causes of inequity and invested in long-term systemic and policy changes.

Previously, Alexandra served as the Vice President of Development at Hispanics in, a national and transnational network of funders dedicated to investing in Latinx communities, and as an associate attorney with the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Alexandra holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College. She is a member of the State Bar of New York. She serves on the board of directors of the SHARE El Salvador Foundation and is the chairwoman of the board of directors of the Mauricio Aquino Chacón Foundation, nonprofit organizations based in the East Bay.

Ariel Jacobson, Special Advisor

Ariel Jacobson (she/her) works with organizations, networks, and foundations dedicated to advancing gender, racial, and economic justice. She is passionate about art, storytelling, and narrative as pathways to a future where violence is no longer the norm. In 2017-2018, she worked with NoVo Foundation spearheading the creation of its Radical Hope Fund, a global call for projects that culminated in $34 Million to support collaborative efforts rooted in bold experimentation, visionary feminist organizing, and transformative movement-building.

Previously, Ariel was a Movement Maker in Move to End Violence, a program of the NoVo Foundation, and served as Development and Communications Director at the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a national organization that builds power and voice for restaurant workers. She has two decades of experience with a range of social justice and human rights strategies from organizing to grantmaking, to policy advocacy, to youth-led governance, with organizations including the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, MADRE, the Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Autonomy and Development, Youth in Action, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. She lives with her family in Albany, NY.