Our Work
WFS pairs capital with care — creating space for Southern women and gender-expansive leaders to rest, learn together, and keep building.
Healing Justice
WŌC @ Rest® is a healing justice and leadership support program for women and gender-expansive nonprofit leaders across the South, providing restorative summits, wellness funding, and community connection to sustain long-term impact on the communities they serve.
Peer Learning
Grapple & Grow is a monthly virtual session for leadership development, peer learning, and collective problem-solving that connects cohort leaders from across state lines
Grantmaking
WFS provides cohort participants with a customizable grant directed by each leader towards their own professional growth, sustainability, and well-being.
Ecosystem Work
WFS’s cohort model provides connection to women and gender-expansive leaders across the South to exchange strategy, access peer support, and build collaboration.
Preparing the Next Generation
In 2025, Daughters Beyond Incarceration (DBI) and the Women’s Foundation of the South (WFS) launched Louisiana’s first Young Women’s Advisory Council (YWAC). The Council empowers girls and young women ages 8–18, especially those impacted by parental incarceration, to develop leadership, advocate for change, and strengthen their communities.
Grapple & Grow
Leading through disagreements with respect and a plan
Leadership Development
In 2025, the Women’s Foundation of the South convened grantee partners across the region for a series of Grantee Partner Gatherings, creating intentional spaces for connection, reflection, and shared learning. The gatherings happened on the following dates and locations: • May 14 in New Orleans, Louisiana • June 10 in Dallas, Texas • September 16 in Jackson, Mississippi, • October 14, Pine Bluff, Arkansas • October 15, Springdale, Arkansas.
In 2026, the Women’s Foundation of the South (WFS) continued bringing together grantee partners across the region through its annual Grantee Partner Gatherings, creating intentional spaces for connection, collaboration, reflection, and shared learning. These gatherings were held or scheduled on the following dates and locations: • February 4 – Atlanta, Georgia • April 14 – New Orleans, Louisiana • August 18 – Dallas, Texas • September 17 – Jackson, Mississippi • October 27 – Little Rock, Arkansas