The Women & Girls Index

The Women & Girls Index (WGI) from the Women's Philanthropy Institute (WPI) is the only systematically generated, comprehensive index that measures charitable giving to organizations dedicated to women and girls in the United States, including the amount of philanthropic support they receive from individuals, foundations and corporations. The WGI data is accessible to researchers, practitioners, and the general public through this user-friendly website, which allows visitors to download the full list of WGI organizations, as well as search for organizations based on criteria like keyword, focus area, and geographic location.

The 2025 WGI adds data for 57,165 charitable organizations from 2022 and 2023—the most recent years for which finalized IRS data on charitable organizations are available. More recent data are provided thanks in part to improvements in IRS e-filing speed, data processing, and more timely access to nonprofit returns. While there remains a lag in the data, this installment of the WGI represents an improved ability to examine more recent trends and patterns than before.

For the first time since the Index was created in 2019, giving to women’s and girls’ organizations surpassed 2% of overall U.S. charitable giving—peaking at 2.18% in 2022 before settling back to 2.04% in 2023. This translates to more than $11 billion annually directed to these organizations.

The report notes extraordinary turbulence and activity across women’s and girls’ issues during 2022 and 2023. In June 2022, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, which appears to have spurred donations to reproductive rights and advocacy organizations. The period also saw unusually large-scale giving by major donors, including MacKenzie Scott’s $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood in 2022 and her $640 million open call to 361 community-based organizations in 2023, many aligned with gender fairness causes.

 

Fundraisers and nonprofit leaders can use the WGI to make a compelling case for supporting their organizations. Current and prospective donors can use the WGI to consider how their values align with their current giving–if women’s and girls’ causes are important to you, is this reflected in the organizations to which you contribute your financial and other resources?

For any questions about the WGI data, please contact WPIinfo@iu.edu.

The WGI is one part of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s Equitable Giving Lab, an initiative of the school funded by Google.org to better understand charitable giving to under-resourced groups.

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