Girl (em)power(ment)

With enough funds to allow significant development, the Dallas Women’s Foundation backs organizations helping teenage parents, mothers in recovery and abused children

Story by Brittany Nunn Photos by Can Türkyilmaz

“We see women as the agents of social and economic change,” says Dallas Women’s Foundation president Roslyn Dawson Thompson.

“Our whole focus is that we are committed to the belief that when you invest in a woman, you benefit her family, you benefit the neighborhood, you benefit the community, and ultimately you benefit the world.”

The Dallas Women’s Foundation, which was founded in 1985, is a nonprofit community foundation that grants more than $2.5 million annually to more than 1,000 programs that focus on women and women’s issues.

The Dallas Women’s Foundation, or DWF, has poured more than $16.5 million into the Dallas community, a large portion of which has gone directly to helping East Dallas organizations.

Of course, they couldn’t do it without donors who believe in their vision and approach. Add that to the research DWF puts into women’s issues, and you have a recipe for success.

“We have grown since inception to become the largest women’s fund in the world, which is an exciting statement to make,” Thompson says.

“There are 160 women’s funds world- the

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