The Leeway Foundation was established in 1993 to promote the welfare of women and benefit the arts. Its mission is to support individual women artists, arts programs and arts organizations, focusing on the Greater Philadelphia region, in order to help them achieve individual and community transformation. Leeway Foundation envisions a world where art is recognized as an essential part of the human experience; where it is employed and respected as a powerful catalyst for individual and social change; and where women artists are empowered, recognized and valued.

In 2006, Leeway unveiled new grantmaking programs - the Art and Change Grant and the Leeway Transformation Award - that celebrate the power and vision of women and trans artists creating social change in the Delaware Valley Region (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties).

Further details about The Leeway Foundation's grantmaking program and awards for individual women artists can be found on their Web site at: http://www.leeway.org/.