Women In The World

Name

Women In The World

Legal name

Women in the World Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://womenintheworld.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Advocacy and Empowerment Media

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

Keywords

• Women's empowerment media
• Nonprofit advocacy platform
• Gender equality content
• Women leadership programs
• Social impact storytelling

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The foundation raises funds from individual donors and institutional supporters. A donation page allows recurring contributions and one-time gifts via credit card or check. Donations are tax-deductible as the organization is a 501(c)(3) public charity.
2. Institutional Grants: The organization receives funding from founding partners including The Ford Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation, as well as Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors as its fiscal sponsor, indicating institutional grant-based revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Women in the World Foundation is a nonprofit media and advocacy organization that publishes stories, profiles, and editorial content about women leaders and global women's issues. It operates a solutions database of hundreds of nonprofits advancing women and girls, an interactive mapping tool, awards programming (Women of Impact Award Series), campus-based leadership development (Next Generation Leadership Academy), and convenes events and conferences worldwide.

Product overview

Women in the World Foundation is a nonprofit media platform and global solutions destination focused on advancing women and girls worldwide. The organization operates a unified digital platform consisting of multiple interconnected offerings: a comprehensive Solutions Database showcasing hundreds of nonprofit organizations, the Get on the Map! interactive mapping tool (developed with Harvard's Center for Geographic Analysis), the Women of Impact Award Series recognizing outstanding leaders, and the Women in the World on Campus/Next Generation Leadership Academy program for developing young leaders. Additional offerings include the Woman of the Week profiling series, the Cheat Sheet curated content aggregator, social sharing tools, and an Events Platform for listing relevant conferences and forums. The organization functions as a media/publishing platform rather than a traditional software-as-a-service product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solutions Database
• Get on the Map! for Women and Girls
• Women of Impact Award Series
• Women in the World on Campus (Next Generation Leadership Academy)
• Events Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of organizations showcased in the solutions database covering issue areas including culture and media, economic opportunity, education, environment, health, innovation, law and justice, politics and leadership, science and technology, violence against women, and war and peace.

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Virtue FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 March 2012Virtue Foundation is a partner in the 'Get on the Map! for Women and Girls' initiative launched on International Women's Day, March 8, 2012, in collaboration with the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard. Virtue Foundation provides expertise and resources for the interactive mapping tool that showcases projects supporting women and girls worldwide.
• Vital Voices Global PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn an expanded collaboration, Vital Voices Global Partnership now houses the Women in the World Foundation's major initiatives including the Women of Impact Awards, Women in the World on Campus, and the solutions database. Vital Voices was founded by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 1997 and has a global leadership network spanning 10,000 leaders across 144 countries.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Girl Rising: A global nonprofit using storytelling, film, and education advocacy to advance girls' empowerment and education. Highly comparable media-and-storytelling-led model targeting the same audiences and donor pool as Women in the World.
• Women Deliver: A leading global advocacy organization focused on gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women. Comparable as a donor-funded nonprofit combining global conferences, advocacy campaigns, and content publishing in the women's-empowerment space.
• International Women's Forum: A membership-based organization of women leaders across industries and countries. Comparable as a donor- and dues-supported network convening women leaders through events, content, and recognition programs similar to Women in the World's Women of Impact Awards.
• Vital Voices Global Partnership: The most directly comparable peer: Vital Voices now houses Women in the World's flagship programs and operates the same global women's-leadership model with a network of 10,000+ leaders across 144 countries. Both are media-led, donor-funded advocacy organizations targeting women leaders and gender equality.
• Catalyst: A global nonprofit working to advance women in workplace leadership through research, advisory services, and events. Comparable as a donor-funded advocacy organization producing research-driven content and recognition programs targeting women leaders, though more focused on corporate/workplace settings.
• Women for Women International: A nonprofit working with women survivors of war and conflict to achieve economic independence and social change. Listed as a partner organization in Women in the World's solutions database and operates the same donor-funded, story-driven advocacy model across multiple countries.
• Malala Fund: A nonprofit founded by Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai advocating for girls' education globally. Comparable as a high-profile, donor-funded, storytelling-centered advocacy organization targeting overlapping donors, content audiences, and issue areas (girls' education, women's leadership).
• Cherie Blair Foundation for Women: A foundation supporting women entrepreneurs in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East through business skills, technology, and networks. Listed as a partner in Women in the World's solutions database and operates the same donor-funded, women-empowerment model with geographic overlap.

Emerging players

• WomenLift Health: A global nonprofit advancing women in health leadership through leadership programs, convenings, and content. Comparable as a newer-generation donor-funded nonprofit combining leadership development, content publishing, and a global network targeting women leaders in a specific domain.

Broad incumbents

• UN Women: The leading global intergovernmental body dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. Comparable as the dominant institutional voice in the same advocacy category, though it operates at vastly greater scale through UN member-state funding rather than donations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WomenintheWorld
• Facebookfacebook.com/WOMENinWORLD

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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