Women's Foundation of Alabama

Women's Foundation of Alabama Women’s Foundation of Alabama accelerates economic opportunity for women of Alabama. Finding needs, funding change.

The announcement you’ve been waiting for! Together, on October 8, we are UNLEASHED! ✨For 30 years, the Women’s Foundatio...
06/12/2026

The announcement you’ve been waiting for! Together, on October 8, we are UNLEASHED! ✨

For 30 years, the Women’s Foundation of Alabama has invested in the power, potential, and promise of women across our state. Now, we invite you to join us for a milestone evening as we celebrate three decades of impact and look boldly toward the future.

🎟️ A limited number of Early Bird tickets are available now, and they will go fast. Secure your seat today and be part of a night honoring the women, partners, advocates, and supporters who have shaped this legacy while investing in the work still ahead.

🔗 Get your tickets: https://unleashed.swell.gives

06/08/2026

For 30 years, the Women’s Foundation of Alabama has been a catalyst for change, investing in women, strengthening families, and helping communities thrive across our state.

This milestone celebrates the donors, partners, and champions whose generosity and commitment have made this work possible. Today, we honor our past and lift up three decades of advancing opportunities for women and girls while looking boldly toward the future. We invite you to join us in helping to shape a brighter future for the next generation of Alabama.

🔗: Click here to make a gift in honor of our 30th, learn more about our legacy, and explore ways to get engaged: https://wfalabama.org/donate-today/

Check her out! Please join us in congratulating our very own Sarah Wilson, VP of External & Internal Affairs, on being n...
05/21/2026

Check her out! Please join us in congratulating our very own Sarah Wilson, VP of External & Internal Affairs, on being named one of the Birmingham Business Journal’s Emerging Influencers for 2026. We’re proud to see her recognized for the leadership, energy, and impact she brings to our team and community every day!

This Mother’s Day, we’re honoring the women who helped shape the women behind the work. Motherhood takes many forms, and...
05/10/2026

This Mother’s Day, we’re honoring the women who helped shape the women behind the work. Motherhood takes many forms, and no two journeys look the same. From dinner tables to waiting rooms, from quiet sacrifices to everyday acts of love, mothers and mother figures show up in ways that hold families and communities together.

At the Women’s Foundation of Alabama, we know this work is deeply meaningful and rooted in purpose. Today, we celebrate the mothers, grandmothers, aunties, bonus moms, and mother figures who mother our courage, our care, and our commitment to building a better Alabama. 

Tag a mother or mother figure who helped shape you!

We’re proud to share that our President & CEO, Kimberly Jackson, will deliver the keynote at the Birmingham Small Busine...
05/06/2026

We’re proud to share that our President & CEO, Kimberly Jackson, will deliver the keynote at the Birmingham Small Business Week event, Build Big. Scale Impact: Advancing Nonprofit Success.

This gathering will focus on funding opportunities, sustainability, and practical strategies to help nonprofits grow while staying aligned with their mission. Attendees can expect thoughtful discussion, sector insights, and perspectives from leaders actively working to advance impact across the community.

Our team is growing! We are proud to welcome Margaret L. Ritchie as the Women’s Foundation of Alabama’s new Vice Preside...
04/28/2026

Our team is growing! We are proud to welcome Margaret L. Ritchie as the Women’s Foundation of Alabama’s new Vice President of Development.

In this role, Margaret will lead the charge of strengthening our fundraising strategy, deepening donor and partner engagement, and building the support necessary to expand our impact in communities across the state. Margaret brings nearly three decades of experience in fundraising and nonprofit operations, along with a strong understanding that meaningful impact is built through trusted relationships, shared vision, and sustained investment.  

She joins the Foundation at a powerful moment as we enter our 30th year of funding generational change for women and families across Alabama. 

🔗: Learn more: https://wfalabama.org/news/ritchie/

Another one! The Clearing the Path conversation continued in North Alabama. 📍 Last month in Huntsville, we brought toget...
04/23/2026

Another one! The Clearing the Path conversation continued in North Alabama. 📍 Last month in Huntsville, we brought together leaders, employers, and community members to keep “Clearing the Path” moving forward, this time with a focus on listening and learning from the unique opportunities and challenges shaping the region.

Across the discussion, one theme stood out: North Alabama’s growth depends on whether women can fully participate in it. From access to affordable childcare to career pathways in high-demand industries, participants shared what is working and where systems still fall short.

These conversations are helping us better understand how economic mobility takes shape at the local level. They also reinforce that solutions are strongest when they are informed by the women and communities most impacted.

As our listening tour continues, we remain committed to turning these insights into action, working alongside partners across the state to build an Alabama where more women can thrive.

In February, West Alabama came together to Clear the Path for Alabama women. As part of our mission to take research and...
04/23/2026

In February, West Alabama came together to Clear the Path for Alabama women. As part of our mission to take research and power-building work on the road, we gathered leaders, partners, and community members to celebrate solutions that help women thrive, because when women succeed, families, businesses, and communities succeed. 

Clearing the Path Tuscaloosa highlighted research-backed solutions like childcare, paid leave, and workforce development, all aligned with our bold goal of moving 10,000 Alabama women onto the path of economic mobility. 

The discussion made one thing clear: women are not a secondary part of Alabama’s workforce; they are central to it. When women and caregivers are supported, businesses see higher retention, communities gain stability, and economic growth becomes more sustainable. 

Clearing the Path is about aligning our systems with that reality. In 2026, we strategically transitioned Clearing the Path to a listening tour, elevating communities across the state and centering community- and women-driven grounded in lived experiences. It provides an opportunity to listen, build partnerships, and collaboratively develop solutions that better align and strengthen systems. 

The wage gap is not just a statistic—it is a reality that shapes how women live, work, and plan for their future. It sho...
03/27/2026

The wage gap is not just a statistic—it is a reality that shapes how women live, work, and plan for their future. It shows up in everyday life through missed opportunities, added financial pressure, and hard choices for families - like choosing between paying for childcare or staying in the workforce, or taking unpaid leave to care for a loved one and falling behind financially.

March 26th marks Equal Pay Day. The annual observance highlights how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, the date falls a day later than it did in 2025—because for the second year in a row, the gender pay gap in the U.S. has widened.

At its core, this is about dignity and the opportunity to build a future without barriers. At the Women’s Foundation of Alabama, we are working to ensure women have what they need to thrive—in the workforce, with their families, and beyond.

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