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Girls Inc. of Greater Los Angeles is a youth serving organization inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Through a combination of supportive environments, mentoring relationships and research based, age appropriate curricula, girls in grades K-12 remain on an academic track, while acquiring the personal assets and life skills they need to lead healthy, educated, and independent lives.

The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington is to help boys and girls of all backgrounds, especially those who need us most, build confidence, develop character and acquire the skills needed to become productive, civic-minded, responsible adults.

The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) brings together organizations committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). NGCP connects, creates, and collaborates with advocates for transformative change to advance the agenda in gender equity and expand girls’ participation in STEM. For more than 20 years, we have been transforming STEM.

Alliance for Girls is the largest regional alliance of girls' organizations in the country. We represent 100+ organizations that collectively support 300,000 girls and young women across the San Francisco Bay Area. Our mission is to mobilize girls' champions to address barriers facing girls, create conditions for their success, and advance systemic change to achieve equity.

The mission of the Center for Girls is girls and young woman's empowerment through education, activism and creativity.

Girls Inc. Limestone provides life-skills group education and mentoring programs for girls, and is at the heart of girls' lives and the forefront of the girls' rights movement. With programs that are grounded in research and tested in the field, our organization celebrates and empowers girls and young women, and advocates for an equitable world. The compelling voices and perspectives of girls and women are woven throughout our work. Our ongoing programs include: ~ School Group Program - serving 700 girls and young women annually ~ Summer Day Camp Program ~ serving 100 girls annually ~ After School Program - serving 50 girls annually ~ Skills Link Employment Readiness Program - Serving 50 young women annually ~ Money Smart Moms Program - serving 100 young women annually ~ Ongoing support and information exchange for all girls and young women in our community

Girls Going Global empowers girls to be global citizens by providing the tools, mentorship, and educational experiences, to make their mark on the world.

RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE (RGI), ALONG WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, HAS DESIGNED A MODEL OF GIRLS SECONDARY BOARDING SCHOOL IN AN UNDERSERVED SECTOR OF THE COUNTRY. THIS SCHOOL DELIVERS HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION TO GIRLS GIVING THEM A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES UPON GRADUATION.

Girls Rock Athens is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering girls and women of all backgrounds and abilities through music education, creation, and performance. We provide leadership opportunities, build self-esteem, and provide girls with a safe place to express themselves.

To support girls as they design their futures for successful womanhood.

The Girls Justice League seeks to change the directional so that girls are directly impacting the systems that hold such enormous power over their futures. All too often, girls, young women and those who identify as female, particularly girls of color and those from low income communities, find the direction of their lives impacted and dictated by myriad systems and institutions, including juvenile justice, public education, workforce development, public health and human services, and child welfare. The Girls Justice League is a collective of young women and their allies working to build and reinforce a culture where girls are fully empowered and where gender, race, and other disparities are identified and confronted in the systems that affect their futures.

Global Girls mission is to equip girls of color with skills that nurture their individual growth and inspire them to use their talents for positive change in their communities and throughout the world. We provide a safe space where participants learn performance, communication and social/emotional skills. Our curriculum is grounded in positive youth development best practices stemming from research in child and adolescent development. The overwhelming consensus is that youth need the following key assets to thrive and become healthy productive adults: 1. Safe environment 2. Supportive environment 3. Interaction 4. Engagement 5. Youth-centered policies and practices 6. High expectations The lessons helps youth develop critical thinking skills as they investigate their issues and seek solutions. Each program participant acquires dance, acting and story crafting skills while also reinforcing essential habits such as resiliency, empathy, self-discipline and grit. The result is socially conscious, youth-driven theatre that gives voice to participant's issues and concerns.