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.