Weaving Voices For Health & Justice

What Weaving Voices For Health & Justice does

Weaving Voices for Health & Justice (formerly Women's Voices for the Earth) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1995 and headquartered at the Posner Center in Denver, Colorado. The organization conducts environmental health research, advocacy, and community organizing focused on toxic chemical exposure in consumer products, with particular attention to the impacts on Black and Latina women, salon workers, and other historically affected communities. Its core programmatic assets include the Water-Based Lubricant Safety Database (covering over 100 products with pH, osmolality, and ingredient data sourced from FDA 510(k) summaries), the Formaldehyde Consumer Safety Database (tracking hair straightening products containing formaldehyde since 2014), the Diaper Ingredient Transparency Project (a crowdsourced ingredient photo initiative), and advocacy campaigns including Beautiful Hair Without the Scare, Summer's Deceive, and Voices Behind the Crown. Additional programs include the Weavers Fellowship, Safe Salons, Safe Cleaning, Conscious Beauty & Fragrance, and Our Stories Our Flow workshops.

The organization's business model is donation-based: it accepts charitable contributions through its website and giving programs, and all resources—databases, fact sheets, toolkits, and educational materials—are provided free of charge to the public. The go-to-market motion is community-driven, combining digital outreach (website, social media across Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Bluesky, YouTube, and an email newsletter via EveryAction), earned media coverage, community workshops, and direct policy advocacy engagement with the FDA and state legislators. Customer segments are defined by health risk exposure rather than purchasing behavior, including Black and Latina women, salon workers, general consumers seeking product safety information, and families and caregivers. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and operates as an autonomous nonprofit with no parent company, no institutional investors, and no disclosed funding rounds. In 2025 it rebranded from Women's Voices for the Earth to Weaving Voices for Health & Justice to reflect an expanded mission centered on gender justice and health equity.

Name

Weaving Voices For Health & Justice

Legal name

Weaving Voices for Health & Justice

Website

https://weavingvoices.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Weaving Voices for Health & Justice is a Denver-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that researches, advocates against, and educates communities about toxic chemicals in consumer products. It serves Black and Latina women, salon workers, and families affected by formaldehyde, fragrance, and intimate care product exposures through free safety databases, campaigns, and the Weavers Fellowship.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Health Advocacy

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Justice & Community Environmental Health (BPAGAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Policy, Advocacy & Litigation (BPAGAGAG), Pollution Prevention & Toxics Reduction (BPAGAGAJ)

Keywords

• Environmental health advocacy
• Toxic chemical awareness
• Ingredient transparency
• Consumer safety databases
• Gender justice organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization accepts donations through its website and various giving programs to support its mission of environmental health advocacy and gender justice.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Weaving Voices for Health & Justice is a national nonprofit environmental health advocacy organization that conducts research, advocacy, and community organizing on toxic chemical exposure in consumer products. Its core offerings are free public safety databases (water-based lubricants, formaldehyde in hair straightening products, diaper ingredient transparency), campaigns driving regulatory bans on harmful chemicals, and educational programs and fellowships that mobilize affected communities—particularly Black and Latina women and salon workers—to demand ingredient transparency and policy change.

Product overview

Weaving Voices for Health & Justice is a nonprofit advocacy organization (formerly Women's Voices for the Earth) offering a portfolio of educational databases, campaigns, and community engagement programs focused on environmental health justice. The core products include the Water-Based Lubricant Safety Database (providing safety rankings for 100+ lubricants based on pH and osmolality), the Formaldehyde Consumer Safety Database (tracking hair straightening products with harmful chemicals), and the Diaper Ingredient Transparency Project (crowdsourcing ingredient documentation). Major campaigns include Beautiful Hair Without the Scare (advocating for formaldehyde bans), Summer's Deceive (targeting toxic intimate care products), and Voices Behind the Crown (celebrating Black hair culture). Additional offerings include the Weavers Fellowship program, Safe Salons and Safe Cleaning initiatives, Our Stories Our Flow menstruation workshops, and a resource library of fact sheets, reports, and a bill tracker. The organization operates as a advocacy and research nonprofit rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water-Based Lubricant Safety Database First-of-its-kind national database providing safety rankings for over 100 water-based lubricants based on pH and osmolality, with ingredients, pH, and osmolality data to help consumers make informed choices about vaginal and reproductive health.
• Formaldehyde Consumer Safety Database Consumer safety database of hair straightening products containing formaldehyde and/or formaldehyde-releasing agents.
• Diaper Ingredient Transparency Project Crowdsourcing initiative inviting consumers to submit photos of baby diaper and adult incontinence product packaging to document ingredient disclosure practices, supporting advocacy for stronger protections.
• Beautiful Hair Without the Scare Campaign Campaign advocating for a national ban on formaldehyde in hair straightening products, including a digital toolkit, consumer safety database, and advocacy resources for salon workers and consumers.
• Summer's Deceive Campaign Campaign targeting Summer's Eve and Prestige Consumer Healthcare to eliminate boric acid and other toxic chemicals from intimate care products and demand full ingredient disclosure.
• Weavers Fellowship Fellowship program engaging community members in research and advocacy work on environmental health issues affecting women and marginalized communities.
• Safe Salons Initiative focused on protecting salon workers from toxic chemical exposure, particularly formaldehyde in hair straightening products.
• Safe Cleaning Educational resources sharing non-toxic DIY cleaning recipes using simple ingredients like vinegar and baking soda to help consumers avoid harmful chemicals in cleaning products.
• Conscious Beauty & Fragrance Campaign exposing undisclosed fragrance chemicals of concern in beauty and personal care products, advocating for transparency and ingredient disclosure.
• Bill Tracker Resource tracking state and federal legislation related to toxic chemicals in cosmetics, environmental health, and consumer protection.

Quantifiable outcome

• Water-based lubricant safety database covers over 100 products with detailed pH and osmolality data
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Environmental Working GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 April 2025Environmental and public health organization that co-filed lawsuit against FDA in 2016 demanding action on formaldehyde in hair straightening products. Continues to partner on advocacy efforts for chemical safety regulation.
• Girl Plus EnvironmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Diamond Spratling, advocates for environmental justice in beauty products. Joined coalition letter to FDA demanding formaldehyde ban, emphasizing impact on Black and Brown women.
• Black Women for Wellness/Action ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaKisha G. Camese, Policy Analyst, joined the coalition demanding FDA action on formaldehyde, emphasizing connection between environmental justice and beauty justice.
• Clean+HealthycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization collaborating on the Diaper Ingredient Transparency Project, working to document and analyze ingredients in baby diapers and incontinence products.
• Sierra Club Atlantic ChaptercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental organization partnering on the Diaper Ingredient Transparency Project to advocate for ingredient transparency and stronger protections for families.
• Natural Hairstyle & Braid Coalition (NHBC)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerNew York-based nonprofit founded in 2022, committed to advancing natural hair care through public education and legislative advocacy. Referenced as resource in Beautiful Hair Without the Scare campaign.
• Oh My Heavenly Hair (OMhh) SanctuaryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHolistic beauty and wellness space focused on natural hair care, scalp health, and self-care practices. Referenced as resource for natural hair care alternatives.
• Simplee BeautifulminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEducational branch of Simplee BEAUTIFUL brands offering virtual and in-person textured haircare training for individuals and professionals. Referenced as resource for natural hair education.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Black Women for Wellness: Coalition partner that joined Weaving Voices' 2025 FDA letter on formaldehyde. Operates at the intersection of Black women's health and environmental justice, making it one of the most directly comparable mission-aligned organizations.
• Clean+Healthy: Active partner of Weaving Voices on the Diaper Ingredient Transparency Project. Focuses on safer products and chemical transparency policy at state level, with closely overlapping issue advocacy and donor base.
• Breast Cancer Prevention Partners: Nonprofit that identifies and eliminates avoidable toxic exposures linked to breast cancer, with deep work on cosmetics and personal care product chemicals. Shares Weaving Voices' toxic-chemicals-in-beauty-products focus and advocates for similar federal and corporate reform.
• Center for Environmental Health: Nonprofit focused on eliminating toxic chemicals from consumer products, particularly in cosmetics and personal care. Directly comparable mission of pushing for chemical safety reform via advocacy and litigation affecting the same target communities.
• Environmental Working Group: National environmental health nonprofit that co-filed the 2016 lawsuit against the FDA with Weaving Voices (then Women's Voices for the Earth) over formaldehyde inaction. Operates comparable consumer-product chemical safety databases including Skin Deep, directly overlapping in mission and methodology.

Broad incumbents

• Sierra Club: Long-established environmental organization with Atlantic Chapter active as a Weaving Voices partner on the Diaper Ingredient Transparency Project. Much broader scope but shares advocacy infrastructure and overlapping toxic chemicals reform work.
• Environmental Defense Fund: Major environmental nonprofit combining scientific, economic, and policy expertise to address environmental and human health threats. Comparable in scientific research and policy advocacy methods but operates at significantly larger scale across climate, oceans, health, and energy.
• Natural Resources Defense Council: One of the largest U.S. environmental advocacy organizations with work that includes chemical safety and toxics reform. Overlaps with Weaving Voices on toxic chemical policy advocacy but with substantially broader issue portfolio and budget.
• Earthjustice: Large environmental law and advocacy nonprofit with broader scope spanning climate, wildlife, and pollution. Comparable in regulatory litigation approach but operates at significantly larger scale across a wider environmental portfolio.

Emerging players

• Made Safe: Nonprofit providing product certification for ingredients made without known toxic chemicals. Operates in adjacent chemical safety space with retail-facing certification, partially overlapping Weaving Voices' consumer-product advocacy but with a certification business model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@WeavingVoices
• Facebookfacebook.com/WeavingVoices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weavingvoices
• Instagraminstagram.com/weavevoices

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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