Nonprofits Advocating for Female Empowerment (Women's History Month 2021)
This Women’s History Month, my team at The Collective Rising and I are proud to highlight the innovative and impactful work of the nonprofits listed below. While their missions are varied—from tackling issues surrounding gender equity in the music industry to helping those affected by incarceration and addiction—all heir causes are all worthy of your time and support.
On this page, you’ll find their missions, the areas of impact they serve, and ways to support their important work. It is my hope this resource will inspire you to take action and share it with others who also are passionate about championing female empowerment initiatives.
Women’s History Month: Nonprofits Advocating for Female Empowerment
Boulanger Initiative
Mission: Boulanger Initiative’s mission is to promote music composed by womxn through performance, education, and commissions. To work toward greater inclusivity, and to enrich our collective understanding of what music is, has been, and can be.
Impacting: Gender equity in the music industry
Headquarters in: Washington, D.C.
How To Support Boulanger Initiative
500 Women Scientists
Mission: Their mission is to serve society by making science open, inclusive, and accessible by fighting racism, patriarchy, and oppressive societal norms.
Impacting: Science
Headquarters in: Boulder, CO
How To Support 500 Women Scientists
Crossroads for Women
Mission: The mission of Crossroads for Women is to provide comprehensive, integrated services to empower women emerging from incarceration to achieve safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives in the community, for themselves and their children.
Impacting: Incarceration and addiction
Headquarters in: Albuquerque, NM
How To Support Crossroads for Women
Helping Women Period
Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income.
Impacting: Menstrual health
Headquarters in: East Lansing, MI
How To Support Helping Women Period
Rejuvenating Women
Mission: Rejuvenating Women is a nonprofit organization committed to providing hope and restoration to individuals who have been trafficked and sexually exploited in Nebraska and throughout the country.
Impacting: Human trafficking
Headquarters in: Boys Town, NE
How To Support Rejuvenating Women
Thrive Women’s Clinic
Mission: Thrive Women’s Clinic is dedicated to providing resources needed to navigate pregnancy decisions.
Impacting: Women’s health
Headquarters in: Dallas, TX
How To Support Thrive Women’s Clinic
Women In Need Society
Mission: WINS (Women In Need Society) is Calgary’s homegrown thrift charity founded in 1992 to provide basic needs to women in poverty and their families.
Impacting: Poverty
Headquarters in: Calgary (Alberta, Canada)
How To Support Women In Need Society
WomenRising
Mission: WomenRising’s mission is to assist women and their families to achieve self-sufficiency and live safe, productive, and fulfilling lives, through social services, economic development, and advocacy services.
Impacting: Social services
Headquarters in: Jersey City, NJ
How To Support WomenRising
Omaha Girls Rock
Mission: Omaha Girls Rock’s mission is to empower youth to find their unique voice through music education, performance, and creativity. Their goal is to cultivate strong, contributing members of their community.
Impacting: Music education
Headquarters in: Omaha, NE
How To Support Omaha Girls Rock
Girls Write Nashville
Mission: Girls Write Nashville is a nonprofit songwriting mentorship program based in Nashville, TN, that cultivates empowered expression and positive community for teen girls.
Impacting: Empowerment through music education
Headquarters in: Nashville, TN
How To Support Girls Write Nashville
Girls On The Run
Mission: Girls On The Run reaches girls at a critical stage, strengthening their confidence at a time when society begins to tell them they can’t. Underscoring the important connection between physical and emotional health, their program addresses the whole girl when she needs it the most.
Impacting: Physical and mental wellbeing
Headquarters in: Charlotte, NC
How To Support Girls On The Run