Economically Empowering Women and Girls in Greater Boston
Who We Are
The Women’s Foundation of Boston economically empowers Greater Boston women and girls through the creation and funding of high impact leadership and economic programs in partnership with nonprofits serving solely women and girls.
Our Impact
Transformational Granting Event
- Hear from program participants and leaders from Economic Mobility Pathways - EMPath, DreamBig
- Boston and Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts talk about the impact WFBoston has had on them.
Committed to Boston-area Nonprofits for Funding
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- Education programs
- Leadership programs
- Career empowerment programs
Girls & Young Women
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- Attended after school STEM and other classes (both in person & virtually)
- Engaged in mentoring and leadership development programming
Teens & Young Women
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- Attended career empowerment seminars in STEM and Finance
- Acted as mentors for younger girls
- Received period products during the pandemic.
Women
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- Engaged in job training, financial literacy classes
- Attended conferences, info sessions, & networking events
- Acted as mentors for younger women, teens & girls
Corporate & Foundation Partners
We also want to thank the following organizations for providing matches for employee giving: Dell Technologies, Accenture, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Microsoft, Voya Financial, Liberty Mutual, Gulf Oil, Ballentine Partners, Morgan Stanley, and Ernst & Young
Why Women?
As of December 2018, only 1.9% of all US charitable giving is directed towards women and girls. Of that amount 40% is sent overseas - twice the rate of all other giving
Less than 2% of million dollar gifts support women's causes
70% of Boston families living in poverty are led by single women
Massachusetts is the 3rd most expensive state to live in the US
Massachusetts has the highest childcare costs of any state in the country
