ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE
The National Philanthropic Collaborative of Young Women’s Initiatives (The Collaborative) is a dynamic effort by the nation’s leading women’s foundations that seeks to galvanize and invest resources to amplify the collective power of young women—particularly young women of color— to ensure that they are safe, healthy and economically prosperous in a world with gender and racial equity.
Our collective mission is to shift the narrative about young women of color and to address the core structural issues that have kept young women from reaching their fullest potential.
Why a National Collaborative?
The Collaborative provides each Women’s Foundation with a unique opportunity to: