Wyoming Women's Foundation

Our Women, Our State

The Wyoming Women’s Foundation is the leading funder of change for women and girls in our state. We raise money to build an endowment that provides a reliable, permanent source of grants to invest in economic self-sufficiency for women and brighter futures for girls.

Unlike other non-profit organizations, the Wyoming Women’s Foundation is an endowed, component fund of a statewide community foundation, building agency capacity to accomplish systemic change because when women and girls prosper, communities thrive.

Our Challenge

Statistics indicate that nationally, Wyoming ranks among the very bottom states for both per capita income and wages. The realities are these:

Wyoming’s wage gender gap is the worst in the nation. Women in Wyoming earn 66 cents to every dollar earned by men. (Status of Women in Wyoming – 2004)
Forty-seven percent of all infants in Wyoming are born to women on Medicaid. (Department of Family Services – 2003)

Overcoming these barriers and empowering women and girls to realize their potential is our challenge and our commitment. For more facts about women and girls in Wyoming click here.