Development

The Atlanta Women's Foundation is Georgia's only public foundation focused exclusively on the issues of women and girls. We serve five counties in the metropolitan Atlanta area and our donors, and grantee partners come from all walks of life and from all communities. We represent divergent views and experiences, but we all share one important belief: together, we can increase self-sufficiency among women and girls and accomplish positive social change.

The Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF) is the premier national and global research and educational organization supporting the socio-economic empowerment of African-American women and their families.

DREF was established by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation. A major component and program of DREF, The Center for Research for African  American Women serves as a comprehensive database and resource on Africa-American Women and honors their roles and contributions in building the United States.

Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.

The African-American Women’s Fund (AAWF) is a progressive, national, philanthropic initiative launched to support organizations and individuals working for the education and empowerment of women of the African Diaspora. Organized as a Field of Interest Fund, AAWF is a forward-thinking approach for mobilizing the untapped resources of the Black community to support Black women’s initiatives.

The AARP Foundation is AARP’s affiliated charity. We offer direct community services, education programs and information that provide security, protection and empowerment as people age.

The Fund for Women in Asia is determined to help bring about social change in how women and girls are valued in their communities.

We will do that by strengthening local women's groups, so they can more effectively speak for themselves. We aim to partner with local groups, to help leverage their resources effectively, bringing not only financial resources but also skills, such as management, marketing and fundraising.

NCGives is an emerging, statewide initiative which focuses on the generosity of women, communities of color and youth by celebrating, connecting, inspiring and growing these traditions of giving.

Consistent with the heritage and values of the company, the grant-making programs of Levi Strauss & Co. and the Levi Strauss Foundation seek to alleviate poverty on behalf of women and youth in communities around the world where our employees and our contractors' employees live and work.

For over 50 years the foundation’s grantmaking has supported innovative and risk-taking social change initiatives. Levi Strauss & Co.'s history of philanthropy dates back to the earliest days of the company – more than 150 years.

Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) provides resources that foundations need to address the challenges facing newcomers and their host communities and to strengthen society as a whole. Its mission is to influence the philanthropic field to advance the contributions and address the needs of the country's growing and increasingly diverse immigrant and refugee populations.

We feel that programs that understand and specifically serve the needs of women and girls have the best chance to improve communities. In addition, national studies have found that less than 7% of the philanthropic dollar goes to programs that are focused on women and girls.

For these reasons, we fund programs that:

• increase economic self-sufficiency for women and girls,
• effect public policy and advocacy in support of women and girls, and
• address the issues of human rights and equality of women in our communities.