Honoring Our Past. Empowering Her Future.

Join us as we celebrate 25 years of empowering women and girls of color across the Washington metropolitan region!

OUR PROGRAMS

Early Care and Education

Through our Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative, we work to increase the quality and capacity of, and access to, early care and education.

Young Women's Initiative

Through our Young Women’s Initiative, we work to improve life outcomes for young women and gender-expansive youth of color ages 12 – 24 in D.C.

Stand Together
Fund

Through our Stand Together Fund, we work to address the safety needs of women and girls of color in our community.

Igniting change in our community to advance gender, racial, & economic justice.

Since 1998, we have awarded more than $16 million in grants to more than 215 community-based organizations in the Washington metropolitan region.

READ OUR LATEST BLOGS

AskHer Series: Kristi Matthews-Jones, Director at DC Girls’ Coalition

#AskHer Q&A ft. Kristi Matthews-Jones, Director of DC Girls’ Coalition

AskHer Series: A Conversation With Our New President and CEO

#AskHer: A Conversation With Our New President and CEO featuring Dr. Tamara Wilds Lawson and Lesli Foster.

The Women’s Foundation’s 2023 Summer Recommendations List

Check out The Women’s Foundation’s 2023 Summer Recommendations List!

Help us support gender and racial equity and empower women and girls of color in the Washington metropolitan region.

Washington Area Women’s Foundation mobilizes our community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls of color in the Washington, D.C. region have the resources they need to thrive. Since 1998, The Women’s Foundation has worked to transform the lives of women and girls in our region and across the world.