Women's Pathway to Success

Women's Pathway to Success is a transformative program, resulting in job creation, reduction in poverty, and eliminating barriers to employment for women in metro Atlanta. This program has impacted over 20,000 women over 5-years. Investing in women achieves lasting returns for families and communities.

Over the past five years, the Women's Pathway to Success Program has supported local nonprofit organizations in providing the critical combination of services needed to move women to economic self-sufficiency. This combination of services includes access to: Workforce training and development, Microenterprise development, Childcare, Financial literacy, and Employment opportunities for women at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. AWF has awarded $2.3 million in grants to this initiative.

AWF applies a Collective Impact Approach to its grantmaking. Through this approach AWF brings together our grantees in order to do the most good for the largest number of women and girls. As the backbone organization, AWF guides the vision and strategy of the project, maintains communication, ensures all data is collected and measured in the same way, and provides supportive activities like annual convenings.

Program components include cohort multi-year funding; facilitated discussions to foster a safe environment for peer sharing; program evaluation technical assistance; individualized one-on-one consultation; workshops and trainings; and interactive convenings that allow nonprofits an opportunity to share their work and explore collaboration.