The Women's Funding Network and the Council on Foundations awarded Barbara Dobkin, the co-founder and funder of Ma'yan,  the LEAD Award, one of the highest honors in philanthropy.
 
The Leadership, Equity And Diversity Award is presented annually to a philanthropist recognized as an outstanding risk-taker and innovator in the philanthropic community who, through determination and leadership, has increased funding for programs that promote gender equity and diversity.  

The press release announcing their decision to honor Barbara with the LEAD Awards notes:

Barbara Dobkin has been a funder, activist and leader in the social justice arena for more than 25 years.  She served as founding chair of the Jewish Women’s Archive and Ma’yan, the Jewish Women’s Project of the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. Currently she serves as chair of American Jewish World Service, an organization she has long supported.
 
A longtime supporter of women’s foundations, including the Ms. Foundation and the Women’s Sports Foundation, Dobkin led in the creation of Women Moving Millions, a campaign originated by philanthropists Swanee and Helen LaKelly Hunt in partnership with the Women’s Funding Network, which has raised more than $180 million in gifts of $1 million or more for women’s foundations and women’s funds around the world.  
 
Mazel tov to Barbara on this well deserved honor and recognition! Yasher koach!