Our theme this year was “Enrich Your Strengths!” and our grant recipients beautifully reflect that. This exceptional cohort champions incredibly diverse pathways to empowerment. They range from cultivating workforce development for Congolese immigrants and Guilford County residents to nurturing powerful leadership in underserved girls, offering refuge and strength to survivors of domestic violence, and igniting a passion for STEM in the next generation of female innovators. These are precisely the kind of transformative and empowering programs we are dedicated to supporting with our grants.

Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro – $10,000

The Women to Work program at the Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro is a transformative initiative that aligns with WPFF’s mission of supporting women’s professional and personal development. By providing hands-on job readiness training, financial literacy education, and career coaching, this program removes barriers that many women—especially single mothers—face when striving for economic stability. With strong mentorship and wraparound support, Women to Work is not just about job placement—it’s about equipping women with confidence, leadership skills, and financial independence. WPFF’s funding will help sustain this critical program, ensuring that more women can build thriving careers and secure a better future for themselves and their families.

Congolese Community of the Triad – $6,500

The Culturally Sensitive Computer Literacy (CSCL) Program is a powerful example of how education and access create opportunities for women—a core value of WPFF. This program provides Congolese immigrant women in Guilford County with essential digital skills, helping them bridge the technology gap that often limits career and educational growth. By offering classes in English, French, and Swahili, and ensuring graduates receive a free laptop, this initiative directly contributes to economic empowerment, workforce readiness, and self-sufficiency. With last year’s program serving over 40 women, WPFF’s funding will extend this impact, ensuring that even more women can confidently engage in the digital world and pursue greater opportunities.

The Sister Circle International – $5,500

The G.L.O.W. Club – Girls Leading Our World embodies WPFF’s commitment to mentorship, leadership, and the empowerment of the next generation of women leaders. This six-month mentorship program provides underserved girls in Guilford County with the tools, role models, and experiences they need to develop confidence, leadership skills, and future career aspirations. With career exploration field trips, personal care education, and self-confidence workshops, G.L.O.W. Club fosters a sisterhood of support and ambition, helping young girls recognize their potential and dream big. WPFF’s funding will expand this impactful initiative, ensuring that more girls gain the guidance and encouragement they need to excel in school, career, and life.

Marva’s Outreach Mission – $5,000

Marva’s Outreach Mission (MOM) is taking a bold step in creating a stronger support network for women facing domestic violence, a cause that deeply aligns with WPFF’s focus on women’s safety, well-being, and long-term empowerment. By training Peer Support Specialists—women who have survived and overcome domestic violence themselves—MOM is building a community of trusted advocates who provide guidance, emotional support, and career training to help survivors rebuild their lives. With domestic violence rates on the rise, this program ensures that women have the resources, skills, and network needed to escape cycles of abuse and regain control of their futures. WPFF’s funding will directly support training scholarships, expanding this life-changing initiative and making a tangible difference in the lives of women in crisis.

AAUW North Carolina – $3,500

The Teen Near Peer Mentor Program by AAUW Greensboro reflects WPFF’s dedication to fostering leadership, confidence, and career exploration for women and girls. By connecting high school girls with younger students through hands-on STEM experiences, this program creates a mentorship pipeline that inspires girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math—fields where women remain underrepresented. From robotics workshops to interactive college-level science labs, the program provides practical exposure and peer encouragement, helping girls develop a passion for STEM. WPFF’s funding will modernize materials, enhance learning experiences, and ensure financial accessibility, making it possible for even more young women to break barriers and reach new heights in STEM education and careers.

The Women’s Resource – $9625

The Women to Work program is a core service of the WRC. It offers job readiness, training, and placement support services designed to address women’s unique needs— primarily single mothers. It provides employment skills, retention, and financial literacy education—including career assessment, resume writing, budgeting, communication, and time management.

Sister Circle International – $9625

The She Works & Wins program will support 100 underserved women’s employment in the Greensboro and High Point areas. Its goal is to provide underserved women the opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency, insight, knowledge, and resources to empower them to function at their full potential.

I Am A Queen – $4,500

Queen Arise Leadership Program inspires young women to reach their fullest potential, resulting in confident, successful girls who are servant leaders in society. It provides self-esteem and leadership training that targets key areas such as money management, healthy relationships, health and fitness, and etiquette to ask-risk girls ages 10-18. It mentors about 150 girls and provides the Girl Boss Academy and Queens Who Code Boot Camp.

Greensboro History Museum – $4,250

The Greensboro History Museum will: (1) host a public program with a noted historian on the topic of women, civil rights, and the vote; (2) organize a youth leadership summit for female student government leaders in Guilford County; and (3) develop curriculum around Bennett College students’ 1960 Operation Doorknock voter registration campaign as part of a set of traveling trunks for use by Guilford County educators and civic groups.