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Alliance for Girls

Overview
Headquarters: 
Oakland, CA, United States
Size: 
1-10 employees
Founded: 
2012
Annual Budget : 
$100-500,000
Populations Served: 
Women and Girls
About Us
Mission: 

Alliance for Girls’ mission is to ensure girl-serving organizations are more connected, more effective and better able to prepare the girls of today to be the leaders, agents of change and thriving women of tomorrow. This mission is achieved through research, capacity building, collaboration and policy advocacy.

Programs: 

As the nation’s largest regional alliance of girls’ organizations, AFG has a growing membership of more than 100 non-profit organizations serving more than 300,000 girls and young women annually in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Alliance is a collaborative and innovative network, building the necessary complexity and collective power to holistically meet girls’ needs and eliminate systemic barriers to their success.

Awards & Accolades: 
National Girls Initative (NGI) Innovation Awards
Equal Rights Advocates' 2017 Gender Justice Honoree
POWER's 6th Annual Delilah Beasley Tea Honoree
San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women - Resolution to Recognize Executive Director Emma Mayerson
Why Work For Us?: 

Alliance for Girls (AFG) is a small but mighty organization that catalyzes leaders and experts from across sectors to work together strategically and passionately to shift gender-specific realities. As the largest alliance of girls' organizations in the country, AFG provides a dynamic environment for employees and interns to gain deep, hands-on experience while growing personally and professionally with the organization. AFG also provides a unique opportunity to understand issues affecting girls and young women both nationally and locally. We are a learning organization staffed by a small, dedicated team, and guided by the following values: Inclusiveness, Collaboration, Fearlessness, Self-Care, and Participation. 

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industry: 
Nonprofit