OUR GRANTEE PARTNERS

Since 1998, The Women’s Foundation has been fortunate to work with more than 215 community-based organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls across the Washington region. Below are are a list of our current grantee partners.

Child Resource Connect

Child Resource Connect helps create healthy and nurturing environments for children by supporting their families and educating their caregivers.

Children’s Opportunity Alliance

Children’s Opportunity Alliance connects communities to build an equitable, accessible, high-quality, and sustainable early childhood system that narrows disparities and puts all young children on a path to reach their greatest potential.

Community Youth Advance

Community Youth Advance (CYA) harnesses the power of community and transforms out-of-school time to Teach, Reach and Keep youth on the path to success.

DC Action

DC Action uses research, data, and a racial equity lens to break down barriers that stand in the way of all kids reaching their full potential. DC Action houses and provides backbone support for the Under 3DC coalition, which works toward a more equitable and just DC for families with young children to thrive.

DC Family Child Care Association

DC Family Child Care Association educates and provides advocacy efforts for family childcare educators by building strong professional connections and enhancing the lives of family childcare professionals and the families they serve.

DC Fiscal Policy Institute

DC Fiscal Policy Institute shapes racially just tax, budget, and policy decisions by centering Black and brown communities in its research and analysis, community partnerships, and advocacy efforts to advance an antiracist, equitable future.

DC Girls’ Coalition

DC Girls’ Coalition (DCGC) works to elevate and amplify the voices of young women, girls, femmes, non-conforming, and young women/girls of color of trans experience in the District of Columbia. DCGC, comprised of youth-serving and advocacy organizations, adopts and fights to implement policy recommendations that center their leadership and address their needs.

Educare D.C.

Educare D.C. works to eliminate the achievement gap for young children in poverty and give them the skills necessary for success in kindergarten and beyond.

Maryland Early Childhood Leadership Program (MECLP)

MECLP believes that developing and supporting strong leaders equipped to lead innovation and change in early childhood systems, policies, and legislation will catalyze positive change and significantly improve school readiness and related outcomes for early learners, particularly disadvantaged and vulnerable children and their families.

Maryland State Family Child Care Association

MSFCCA educates, unifies, and advocates to strengthen the profession of family child care, enriching the lives of providers, children, families, and communities.

Multicultural Spanish Speaking Providers Association

MSSPA identifies and addresses the systemic barriers that impact the providers of early childhood education of Latin American and Caribbean origin working in the District of Columbia.

SPACEs In Action

SPACEs In Action transforms the lives of families raising babies and toddlers in DC. The organization believes in reclaiming collective power and fighting for community-centered approaches.

Voices for Virginia’s Children

Voices for Virginia’s Children champions public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable
outcomes for young people.