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Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc
United States
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Chattanooga, TN
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Human Services
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Mercy Beyond Borders
United States
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Santa Clara, CA
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International
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Ywca Central Maine
United States
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Lewiston, ME
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Human Services
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Fresh Start Womens Foundation
United States
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Phoenix, AZ
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Human Services
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Global Fund for Women Inc
United States
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San Francisco, CA
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International
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Ywca Greenwich Connecticut Inc
United States
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Greenwich, CT
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Human Services
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Junior League of Salt Lake City Inc
United States
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Community Development
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Dad Guild Inc
United States
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Burlington, VT
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Community Development
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Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre
United States
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Bronx, NY
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Arts & Culture
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Austin Lifecare Inc
United States
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Austin, TX
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Health
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Dress for Success San Francisco
United States
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San Francisco, CA
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Social Services
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Let Them Live Action Corporation
United States
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Fort Wayne, IN
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Human Services
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Representwomen Inc
United States
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Silver Spring, MD
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Social Services
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Young Womens Christian Association
United States
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Saint Paul, MN
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Human Services
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Young Womens Christian Association
United States
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Hanover, PA
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Environment
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Young Womens Christian Assoc of Bellingham
United States
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Bellingham, WA
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Human Services
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Ywca Golden Gate Silicon Valley
United States
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San Jose, CA
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Human Services
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Share and Care Foundation for India
United States
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Rochelle Park, NJ
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International
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Young Women Christian Association of Greater Atlanta
United States
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Atlanta, GA
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Human Services
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Young Womens Christian Association of Mankato
United States
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Mankato, MN
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Human Services
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What is a women's charity?
Women's charities serve women and girls directly: crisis services, health programs, economic support, and community organizations run for and often by women. The organizations listed here range from local shelters and helplines to international bodies running maternal health and livelihood programs, and filters let you narrow by country and size. The women tag is assigned by GiveRadar from each organization's name, stated mission, and registry classification; no charity can choose or pay for it.
A women's charity is a nonprofit whose work centers on women and girls: keeping them safe, healthy, educated, and economically independent. The label covers two broad kinds of organizations. Service organizations run programs you can point to: a shelter, a clinic, a training center, a helpline. Membership and community organizations build networks: professional associations, mothers' groups, and local women's clubs that combine mutual support with charitable work. Both appear in the directory above, and their filings look different: a service organization spends on staff and facilities, a community organization often runs on volunteers and small budgets. Organizations whose main work is advocacy for equal rights sit closer to gender equality, and much of this field maps to UN SDG 5.
How do charities for women and girls help?
Charities for women and girls mostly deliver direct, practical services: a safe place to sleep, a nurse at a birth, a loan to start trading, a mentor through school. Typical work includes:
- Crisis accommodation and safe housing for women leaving dangerous situations, with helplines that answer around the clock
- Maternal health programs: prenatal checkups, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care where health systems are thin
- Livelihood support: vocational training, savings circles, and microloans that help women earn an independent income
- Menstrual health work: supplying products and building the facilities and knowledge that keep girls in school
- Mentoring and confidence programs pairing girls with women in study or work
- Support groups for widows, single mothers, and older women at risk of isolation and poverty
Some of this overlaps with neighboring causes: an organization schooling girls may be tagged to education, and a women's health charity to health. The tags describe activities, not exclusive territory.
Why a women's charity may not publish its address
A women's charity that keeps its shelter address confidential is protecting the people it serves, not hiding from you: withheld locations are standard safety practice for refuge and crisis services. So check these organizations on paper rather than on the map. Confirm the registration in its country, read the filings for a spending pattern that matches the mission (refuge work is staff-heavy, so high personnel costs are normal), and look at who governs it. Expect small numbers too: many organizations in this cause are local and volunteer-run, and a modest budget says nothing about the quality of the work, so compare organizations of similar size using the size filter above. Each profile here shows registration details, financials where filed, and an integrity assessment; the assessment measures how much an organization discloses, not the impact of its work. The full five-step check is in our guide for donors, and you can look up any specific name with the charity checker.
Common questions
What is a women's charity?
A women's charity is a nonprofit whose work centers on women and girls: crisis services and safe housing, maternal and reproductive health care, education support, and programs that help women earn an independent income. Some are service organizations with staff and facilities; others are volunteer-run community groups. Before you donate to a women's charity, check its registration, filings, and disclosure on its profile in the directory above.
What should I donate to a women's shelter?
Money is the most useful donation to a women's shelter: it pays for staff, safe housing, and whatever residents actually need that week. If you want to give goods, many shelters publish a current needs list (commonly unopened toiletries, new underwear and nightwear, and supermarket gift cards) and ask you to contact them first, because confidential addresses mean drop-offs are arranged, not walk-in. Either way, check the organization first: registered shelters appear in this directory with their registration details and filings where available.
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