Women's Initiative

What's New!

Women’s Initiative welcomes new CEO Lisa Christian.

Save the date for our 25th Anniversary Gala, May 16, 2013 at the Hilton San Francisco.

Women’s Initiative was recently featured on KALW radio.  Click here to listen to the segment.

Check out this segment about Women’s Initiative on TheStreet.com

Check out our new and improved Orange Pages directory of Women’s Initiative graduate business!

Check out new and improved directory of graduate businesses!

»Click here to find Women's Initiative Graduate businesses.

Women's Initiative for Self Employment provides high-potential, low-income women with the training, funding and ongoing support to start their own businesses and become financially self sufficient. The women who go through our program significantly increase their income and assets while launching businesses, creating jobs and stimulating the local economy. We have urban hubs in San Francisco and Oakland to serve women throughout the Bay Area and are now offering our business training services in New York City.

Our Results

Just one year after training, our client’s nearly double their average annual income.

Five years after training, 70% of graduates are still in business.

In 2012, our recent graduates created and retained 5,317 jobs.

For every $1 invested in Women’s Initiative, $30 is returned to the local economy as our clients pay taxes, hire others and leave the welfare system.

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