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In the Washington metropolitan region, nearly half a million women and girls are living in or near poverty. We all have a stake in building the economic security of our region’s women and girls. The Women’s Foundation works to mobilize our community and provide solutions to eliminate the persistent barriers that disproportionately hinder women and girls from achieving economic security.

Grantmaking through a giving circle: inspiring, intense, and lively!

Last Monday, I met with 12 other women for three hours and discussed our shared goal: improving the lives of young women in the

Nike says that if we invest in a girl, she will do the rest.

And then this amazing, inspiring video explains their logic, called The Girl Effect. Check it out. And, they’re backing up their idea with dollars.

Rainmakers giving circle inspired me to do more on behalf of LGBT youth.

I recently hosted a reception at my home to introduce my friends to the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), an organization I learned

Does a celeb's charitable gift count more than mine?

On Saturday afternoon, I was invited to join three of our board members–Deb Gandy, Donna Callejon, and Rachel Kronowitz–to see the Washington Mystics women’s

Call to action: Recycle your cell phone and support women and girls.

Got an old, unused cell phone around gathering dust? Do a good deed by keeping it from a landfill and helping generate funding for

How you can fuse fashion with compassion!

I’ve always had a passion for fashion, and a great concern for our community as well. And so it occurred to me, why not

FOGH: Advice for today's young women.

For some inspiration for your Friday, I can’t help but sharing a blog post I recently found on Friend of Guest House’s blog about

FAIR Fund: This award validates chances for girls to lead safer, healthier, happier lives.

The following is the speech Andrea Powell, FAIR Fund‘s executive director and co-founder, gave at the 2007 Leadership Awards celebration last night. FAIR Fund

Ascensions: If we can change lives with $100, imagine what we can do with $5,000. Vote today!

Ascensions Community Services provides psychological and community interventions to low-income families in Washington, D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8. We provide clients with the assistance

Wal-mart markets child trafficking?

Okay, this is almost too much. Evidently, you can go into a Wal-Mart store and purchase underwear for a pre-teen girl that says, "Who