Girl Programs Resource List

Empowering girls of color through travel and cultural exchange to become creators and leaders of the world.

High school girl mentors are paired with middle school mentees to support them through their adolescent years. Younger girls get support that they need and older girls gain mentorship and leadership skills.

Creative writing and mentoring organization that promotes creativity, critical thinking and leadership skills to empower teen girls.

Empowering Black girls and other girls of color in Central Virginia to visualize their bright futures and potential through discovery, development, innovation, and social change in their communities.

Focuses on providing technology education for African-American girls.

Helps girls access their inner power to advance the skills, rights, and opportunities of girls everywhere.

An online community powered by girls for girls.

Strengthening the selfesteem of at-risk girls while extending support to underserved families in Philadelphia.

Building the self-confidence and leadership skills of Black girls by investing in their intellectual potential, broadening their cultural horizons, and helping them to empower themselves and others.

Educating and empowering Black Girls to uplift and advocate for one another, those empowered Black Girls can go on to becoming champions for the World.

A community of support for young immigrant and refugee women and gender-expansive youth, ages 16-24, in New York City, with a focus on survivors of gender-based violence. They provide free legal aid, community events, and holistic services, including leadership training, one-on-one advocacy, mental health support, job and school assistance, support for new and expecting moms, and much more.

Contemporary community-based dance organization, that supports the hidden talents in youth and adult artists of color in the Philadelphia region.

Helps increase participation of underrepresented populations in ballet programs through organizing and arranging ballet performances, photo exhibitions, and providing resources and scholarships to assist young girls in their ballet development and training.

Encourages girls of color to recognize and embrace their ability to have careers in STEM through their participation in exploration activities and engagement with STEAM professionals,

Empowering Black and Brown girls while encouraging self-acceptance by cultivating social, emotional & intellectual well-being.

Delivers empowerment programs that help girls to envision a future devoid of disadvantages and filled with possibilities

Supporting a community of women and girls of color who share a passion for biking.

Uses storytelling and visual arts to advance the healing and representational justice of Black girls, gender expansive youth, and women in Durham, NC. They engage mutual care as a strategy for our full recognition and collectively wield pens and lenses to boldly add to the stories too often told about us, without us.

Empowering and celebrating Black girls and women through programs focused on leadership, education and cultural enrichment, fostering self-worth, pride and empowerment.

Promotes and defends a more balanced representation of BIPOC women in entertainment and across industries, the organization birthed its signature program, The WEEN Academy, in 2011. Over a decade later, the WEEN Academy is established as a world-renowned leadership course that affords its students the opportunity to learn from and connect with top executives and celebrities in entertainment, business and tech.

Leadership development for Black girls and women. Addressing the whole person—physical, emotional, spiritual and social wellbeing–all supported by an affirming sociopolitical structure.

Founded by Black women leaders from various states and professional backgrounds, who all shared a common goal: to empower young Black girls and women.

Offers year-round programs and events for both parents and young girls to look at every possible career choice the STEAM field has to offer. We take into account their civic and educational background with their natural talents and interest to ensure we are holistically meeting their needs.

Advocacy on behalf of Black women and girls

Placing Black girls at promise by serving as a catalyst for change that improves outcomes for African American girls and their families

Works to encourage the development of self-respect and healthy lifestyles in pre-teen girls

Champion the power of stories to make complex issues relevant and inspire action.

Community-based arts organization in Durham, North Carolina that uses storytelling and visual arts to advance the healing and representational justice of Black girls, gender-expansive youth, and women.

Create safe-brave spaces where young people who identify as Black and girl are visible, and their strengths, needs, voices, and stories are centered as they define themselves, practice living unapologetically, and develop the skills needed to become change agents in their own lives and communities.

​Digital online career Providing exploration and readiness content and
in-person school-based Career Girls Clubs

Championing the empowerment of Black women and girls through a multifaceted approach encompassing education, literacy, arts, community, and advocacy. Our mission is to provide holistic services that address their diverse needs, cultivate a lifelong network of support, and dismantle barriers to equity and opportunity.

Shaping the next generation of Gyrl Leaders through social impact & career exploration. We are dedicated to bridging the gap between young women of color and the careers they aspire to in media and entertainment.

Captures the essence that Black girls everywhere have dreams—and those dreams are being realized every day thanks to the commitment Ladies of Virtue makes to mentoring young Black women and investing in their future.
The goal of the campaign is to amplify the success of amazing LOV alumni who have excelled despite the barriers against them in and outside of school.

Supports nonprofit organizations or projects in education, health and wellness, economic opportunity, social justice, and leadership and empowerment.

Brings young women and gender expansive activists together with researchers and other partners to increase young activists’ individual and collective power. By celebrating their strengths and sharing their stories and visions for justice, young people lead the way to policies, practices and programs that work.

Guides programs that introduce girls to the world of computer science.

Encourages people, including girls!, to learn computer science.

Cultivates the power of diverse young women to be creative leaders and courageous changemakers through transformative programs within a collaborative community of belonging. Offers programs for teens ages 13-19 in the Greater Seattle area.

Professionally trained staff and volunteers provide mentorship, safe spaces, and programming that address the unique challenges girls face and are proven to help girls succeed.

A collective for Black women, femmes and girls to actualize their full potential to authentically be, through autonomy, abundance and liberation.

Seeking, inspiring, and mentoring the next generation of black women designers through art excellence.

National organization dedicated to addressing the pathway and retention issue in the climate movement for Black girls, women, and gender-expansive people

Organizes and provides programming to address the conditions leading to BlackGirls being pushed out of schools and becoming at risk for arrest, confinement and incarceration.

Provides gender-responsive and culturally-affirming mental wellness education, resources, and support geared toward Black women and girls.

Advancing the lives of girls through sports, helping them grow physically, emotionally and academically stronger.

Mentorship program for girls whose mothers are incarcerated

We build women’s collective power in the U.S. by investing in, and strengthening, the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural, and economic change.

Provides grantmaking, leadership development, and capacity building resources to support the advocacy and movement building of girls of color in the U.S. and its territories.