Foundation for Women Warriors

We prevent homelessness and enhance personal and economic wellbeing of women veterans and their families by addressing women veterans self-reported top needs; housing, employment, education, and childcare. The goal of the Women Veterans Transition and Emergency Services program is to empower women veterans by providing the assistance and tools they need to prevent homelessness, achieve financial security, and attain the quality of life they fought for.

In particular, we provide:

• Emergency financial assistance stipends for rent, utilities and other emergency costs such as car repairs.
• Licensed childcare and camp stipends.
• Critical household goods and baby supplies through warehouse distributions.
• Personal, professional, and leadership development education to women veterans
• Connections o local resources to address other areas of need such as mental health support, legal services, and employment opportunities.

Additionally, for women veterans served through Financial Assistance or Childcare Assistance, we will:
• Provide the tools and assistance to help create a monthly budget and establish SMART goals to address self-sufficiency, employment, housing, financial, and personal wellbeing.
• Require participation in online financial literacy training.

Foundation for Women Warriors’ board and staff share extensive lived military and transition experience, which informs the cultural competency of the organization. The Foundation for Women Warriors team is comprised of veterans and/or veteran spouses each with formal education in their respective areas. This professional and lived experience informs the organization’s cultural competency of the women veteran community. Additionally, a majority of its board members are military veterans and hold diverse expertise in a variety of fields which contributes to Foundation for Women Warriors’ sustainable growth, success, and ambitious achievements.

Foundation for Women Warriors has successfully delivered high-impact services for women veterans and their families for more than 100 years and maintains a strong and healthy financial position. The organization also utilizes 200 individual volunteers annually.

Foundation for Women Warriors’ funding is a diverse mix of revenue allows the organization the ability to avoid dependence on any one source and encourage long-term sustainability.

Despite challenges related to the pandemic and inflation, Foundation for Women Warriors has been able to continue to meet the significantly increased demand for its services over the past three years. This is due in part to the strategic addition of program and development staff positions that have allowed the organization to keep pace with the increased needs of the growing women veteran community, generate innovative solutions, and further develop revenue streams aligned with its programmatic growth.

In the last five years, Foundation for Women Warriors has served a total of 6,468 women veterans and their children through the Women Veteran Emergency and Transition Services program.

Our subsequent impact is as follows:
• 94% of financial assistance clients remain housed for 12 months or more.
• 93% of childcare assistance clients remain employed or in school.
• 96% of professional development participants report an increase in confidence.
• 97% of warehouse distribution participants report positive financial impacts to monthly expenses.