Our Impact

Thanks to our members, foundation partners, and generous sponsors, our impact work continues to improve the lives of countless women and girls in Los Angeles as well as in crisis regions across the globe. Our grantmaking spans across four main funding areas of focus.

Our Grantmaking investments across funding areas of focus since 2015:

  • 45% Women + Social Services
  • 28% Women + Education
  • 11% Women + Economic Empowerment
  • 9% Women + The Arts
  • 5% Emergency Relief
  • 3% Misc.

$3,000,000+ of Impact – $3.02 million dollars granted since 2015

Since 2015 we’ve funded 233 nonprofit organizations across the globe, with a focus in Southern California=

2023
Impact Report

  • Upward Bound House

    Visionary Women’s grant has enabled Bright Futures to expand its support for pregnant and parenting youth, opening a third maternity group home, helping families secure permanent housing, and graduating the first class from their revamped life skills program.

  • Write Girl

    Visionary Women’s grant has helped WriteGirl support 400 BIPOC teen girls and young adults from underserved Los Angeles communities through creative writing workshops, mentoring, and public readings, leading to prestigious awards and college enrollments.

  • Hope in a Suitcase

    Children who have experienced violence or neglect often enter foster care with nothing but the clothes on their backs or carrying a few belongings in a trash bag. Hope in a Suitcase (“HIAS”) provides new essentials to make their transition and their circumstances easier and more dignified.

  • Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood

    Visionary Women’s grant has helped 114 girls in the Girls Empowerment program excel in robotics, explore careers in film, and gain insights from industry professionals

  • Acumen

  • After-School All-Stars

    After School All Stars
  • Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood

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  • Center For The Pacific Asian Family

    Center For The Pacific Asian Family logo
  • Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services

    Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services logo
  • DIY Girls

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  • Foster Nation

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  • Hope In A Suitcase

    Hope In A Suitcase logo
  • Jacandara Foundation

    Jacandara Foundation
  • Jenesse Center

    Jenesse Center
  • Upward Bound House

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  • Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission

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Grantee testimonial

“Our Girls Empowerment Program gives our girls a voice, a place, and a time to dream big. We are grateful to Visionary Women for partnering with us to promote girls empowerment. Together, we can impact future generations of female leaders.”

Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood