Women's Initiative Information

For 25 years, Women’s Initiative for Self Employment has been providing high-potential, low-income women with the business training, funding and ongoing support to start their own businesses and become economically self sufficient. A national nonprofit, Women’s Initiative offers business management training, technical assistance, and financial services, in English and Spanish, in New York, Oakland and San Francisco. Our program helps improve the quality of life for the women we serve, their families and our communities. The women who go through our program significantly increase their income and assets while launching businesses, creating jobs and stimulating the local economy. In 2012, recent graduates of our program created and retained more than 5,300 jobs! For more information, please visit www.womensinitiative.org. Mission Our mission is to build the entrepreneurial capacity of women to overcome economic and social barriers and achieve self-sufficiency. Our vision is that every woman will have the tools she needs to build economic independence for herself and her family. We envision a future where women become the drivers of economic development and new job creation, and are leaders in their communities.