Since 1998, The Women’s Foundation has made nearly $11 million in grants to over 170 leading community-based organizations.
We use data and research to support our innovative and multifaceted approach to philanthropic grantmaking. We ensure that our Grantee Partners are some of the most effective organizations working to build women’s economic security in the Washington, D.C. region.
3,603Women were served by grants
395Women completed job training
5,189Children were reached through the ECEFC
276Women participated in financial education
237Women obtained jobs and increased their total income by $659K
1,367Women enrolled in public benefit programs and increased their assets by $1.9 million as a result
1,212Women decreased their debt and increased their assets by over $1,078,343
Join us in building the collective power of our community to create opportunities for women and girls. Opportunities not just for today or tomorrow, but for years, and generations to come.
Through our Stepping Stones Initiative, Washington Area Women’s Foundation empowered Doorways for Women and Families to expand its critical services. Doorways creates pathways out of homelessness, domestic violence and sexual assault for women so that they can lead safe, stable and empowered lives.
The work to ensure the success of adult learners in our region is critical to ensuring a pathway out of poverty. Our Grantee Partner Academy of Hope, reminds us what can be achieved when we all work diligently towards this goal.
With tax season in full swing, many of us may be dreading the moment when we have to sit down with our piles of receipts and W-2s and fill out our tax returns. But for some women in our community, tax time could be the moment when life changes.