ADVOCACY
IGNITE is a national non-partisan movement of young women, ready and eager to become the next generation of civic, political, and community leaders. They are the largest, most diverse civic/political leadership organization in the nation mobilizing young women via sustained community-based education, training, and support, to prepare them to step into leadership roles.
PowHer New York is an inclusive statewide network of 100+ gender and racial justice organizations committed to securing economic equality for all New York women. Their mission is to achieve women’s economic equity and well-being.
Women Creating Change is an inclusive community that partners with underserved women to develop and strengthen the skills and resources needed to effectively advocate for New York’s diverse communities.
Equitable Representation
Full STEAM Forward provides free, after-school Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) programming to young girls of color from underserved communities. They are committed to creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive STEM workforce. At the heart of Full Steam Forward's mission is their belief that the underrepresentation of women of color in STEM begins with a lack of access to after-school science enrichment programs.
Girls Who Invest is a woman-founded, women-led economic empowerment organization, with a mission to positively disrupt the investment management industry. Their vision is to have 30% of the world’s investable capital managed by women and gender nonbinary individuals by 2030.
The Legally BLK Fund is dedicated to supporting aspiring Black women attorneys, by providing Black women with the tools, knowledge and confidence to achieve their legal aspirations. The EmpowerHER Pre-Law Institute is a comprehensive and empowering program designed to support young women of color in New York City who aspire to become future attorneys and learn more about the legal profession.
Moonshot Initiative, formerly known as the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge, promotes gender equity by creating opportunities for women and non-binary people to bring their leadership, talents, and stories to the forefront of the film and television industry.
Women’s Entrepreneurship
Custom Collaborative trains, mentors, and advocates for and with no/low-income and immigrant women to build the skills necessary to achieve economic success in the sustainable fashion industry and broader society. Their Training Institute, Business Incubator, and Worker-Owned Cooperative Development programs equip women with tangible skills, from garment design and production to business management, fostering their expertise and confidence to excel in various fields, especially within the fashion industry.
Hot Bread Kitchen’s mission is to create economic opportunity for women and gender-expansive people, immigrants, and people of color through job skills training, food entrepreneurship programs, and an ecosystem of support in New York City. Funding will support HBK Incubates, a food entrepreneurship program that supports the leadership development of women of color in New York City by advancing their small businesses.
Welcome to Chinatown’s mission is to amplify and address the critical needs of the Chinatown community and its API entrepreneurs, through a robust offering of community and capacity building initiatives, grants, and resources. Their Coach, Connect, Invest, Innovate program will provide curated programming to women small business owners and entrepreneurs in Manhattan’s Chinatown community.
Women’s Leadership
Bottomless Closet’s mission is to be the connection that inspires and guides disadvantaged New York City women to enter the workforce and achieve success. They pursue their mission through a range of high-touch, one-on-one interview and career readiness programs, and a broad workshop curriculum that is designed to support each client as they move towards self-sufficiency.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. They emphatically believe that every woman and girl has a fundamental right to live a life free from discrimination, sexual exploitation, and violence. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, they advocate for strong laws and policies, raise public awareness and support survivor leadership.
New Women New Yorkers provides workforce development and other programs to empower immigrant women to obtain meaningful employment or pursue higher education in New York City. They offer a safe, inclusive space where immigrant women can build community and share their stories.
92NY is a cultural and community center where people all over the world connect through culture, arts, entertainment and conversation. Their Women InPower program is a dynamic, cross-sector fellowship program designed to advance high-potential women to the highest levels of leadership in their fields by providing them with mentorship, coaching, leadership training, and membership in an active community of their peers.
Girls’ Leadership
Girls Inc. of New York City delivers life-transforming programs that inspire girl-identifying youth to be strong, smart, and bold.
Girl Scouts of Greater New York’s mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Latinas On the Verge of Excellence (“L.O.V.E.”) empowers young women to identify their innate strength to fulfill their personal and professional goals through mentorship and health education targeted at mental, reproductive and physical health, as well as college and career readiness.
The Lower Eastside Girls Club connects young women and gender-expansive youth of color throughout New York City to healthy and successful futures through free, innovative year-round programming and mentoring.
The mission of the Sadie Nash Leadership Project is to strengthen, empower, and equip young women and youth of color as agents for change in their lives and in the world. They use popular education to build community, critical consciousness, and college and career readiness among participants. The Sadie Nash Leadership Project offers an array of inter-related programs that serve different needs, and reach young people in various circumstances and stages of their development.
Seeds of Fortune is the largest, non-profit EdTech platform dedicated to matching young women of color to education, finance and career opportunities to support them on their first steps toward economic security. Their three impact areas of focus are access to an affordable college education and economic information, scalable and accessible career opportunities, as well as access to social capital that leads to closing the gender and racial wealth and education gap.
South Asian Youth Action works toward educational equity by providing opportunities and resources to underserved New York City youth, ensuring they are empowered academically, emotionally, and socially to become engaged community members. The Young Women’s Leadership Program, is a gender-based, youth leadership program designed to provide a culturally-affirming third space for female-identifying and gender expansive youth from underserved communities in Queens.
The Student Leadership Network was founded in 1996 when The Young Women’s Leadership School of East Harlem opened. At the time, it was the first public all-girls school to open in the United States in 30 years. Since their establishment, the Young Women's Leadership Schools (TYWLS) have stood at the forefront of advancing girls' education in New York City. The success of the New York City TYWLS have since inspired dozens of single-gender Young Women’s Leadership Network schools to open nationwide.
YWCA Brooklyn is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. YWCA Brooklyn focuses its work primarily on the economic empowerment of women and girls of color whose opportunities for prosperity have been limited by systemic racism and gender bias.