Women's Impact Alliance

What Women's Impact Alliance does

Women's Impact Alliance (WIA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in January 2014 by Jane Finette and headquartered at 77 Terrace Ave, San Rafael, California. Originally launched as The Coaching Fellowship and rebranded to its current name in 2022, WIA delivers a leadership development platform that combines one-on-one executive coaching, peer forums, and Leader Lab workshop content delivered through virtual sessions. Its core offering is the 9-month Empowered Leader Program, structured around six 90-minute Leader Lab workshops (Inner Leadership, Core Values, Inner Critic/Limiting Beliefs, Resilient Leadership, Courage/Vulnerability, Leadership Integration), individual coaching, Ally Pod peer groups, and Community Learning Sessions; this is complemented by The Apex Collective, a six-month executive program for senior women leaders with 15+ years of experience delivered via an invitation/nomination model.

WIA serves women leaders in social and environmental change — nonprofit leaders, social impact entrepreneurs, activists, scientists, and artists — through tiered, subsidized pricing for the Empowered Leader Program (USD 995 to USD 2,950 with a USD 495 partial scholarship, billable over six months), supplemented by donations and grants processed through Givelively, book proceeds from Jane Finette's 'Unlocked: How Empowered Women Empower Women,' and pro-bono coaching from a network of 220-250+ volunteer executive coaches across 30+ countries. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: prospective participants apply during open application periods (next deadline August 7, 2026 for Fall 2026), supported by website content, newsletter, social media, info sessions, alumnae panels, and a referral network of impact partners including Cartier Women's Initiative, Co-Active Training Institute, Rippleworks, Boundless Futures Foundation, Box of Crayons, and Dimagi.

WIA operates with a small core staff of 10-15 people (Founder, Executive Director, Head of Systems and Innovation, Program Manager, Coach Manager, Leadership Development Manager, Communications & Fundraising Manager, Graphic Designer, Director of Digital) and is governed by a Board of Directors that includes Board Chair Joanna Cotton, Treasurer Rocco Capobianco, Karen Kimsey-House (CTI co-founder), Athena Katsaros, Mary Ellen Muckerman, and Charlotte Obidairo. Since 2014, WIA reports that nearly 2,000 women leaders from 90+ countries have graduated from the program, and the organization partners with the University of Southern California on a debiased application and selection process. WIA holds 501(c)(3) status (EIN 81-2582448), is not publicly traded, and discloses no revenue or funding rounds.

Name

Women's Impact Alliance

Legal name

The Women's Impact Alliance

Website

https://thewia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Women's Impact Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2014 that provides leadership development, executive coaching, and peer network programs for women leaders in social and environmental change, serving nearly 2,000 graduates across 90+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF), Organizational Culture & Values-Based Leadership (EDABAAAE), Community Development & Social Impact Programs (EDAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Women's leadership development
• Executive coaching programs
• Nonprofit leadership training
• Peer coaching forums
• Social impact leadership

Headquarters

HQ city

San Rafael

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Program Fees: Revenue generated from tiered program fees for the Empowered Leader Program (USD 995-2,950 depending on tier) and partial scholarships at $495. Fees are spread over 6 months.
2. Donations and Grants: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization accepting tax-deductible donations through Givelively platform and from impact partners who subsidize program tiers.
3. Book Sales: Proceeds from Jane Finette's book 'Unlocked: How Empowered Women Empower Women' sold through Amazon and Barnes & Noble go directly to WIA.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Women's Impact Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that delivers leadership development programs combining one-on-one coaching, peer support forums, and immersive workshops for women leaders working in social and environmental change sectors. The organization focuses on building the capacity, networks, and resilience of female leaders across mission-driven organizations.

Product overview

The Women's Impact Alliance operates a unified ecosystem of leadership development offerings for women in social and environmental change. The core offerings consist of two programs: the Empowered Leader Program (a 9-month experience combining one-on-one executive coaching, Ally Pod peer groups, and six Leader Lab workshops) and The Apex Collective (a six-month executive program for senior leaders). These programs are supplemented by the Executive Coach Network (250+ volunteer coaches), Community Learning Sessions, and the published book 'Unlocked.' The organization utilizes Slack for community engagement and operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leadership Development Program
• Executive Coaching
• Peer Coaching Forums
• Leadership Workshops

Quantifiable outcome

• 95+ countries represented by catalysts and alumnae
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Box of CrayonsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Partner creating lasting change by investing in WIA's work and programs. Box of Crayons is a coaching and consulting organization.
• Cartier Women's InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Partner supporting WIA's mission to advance women leaders in social and environmental change. Cartier Women's Initiative is a prestigious program supporting women entrepreneurs.
• Co-Active Training Institute (CTI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Partner and one of the world's largest coach training schools. Karen Kimsey-House, co-founder of CTI, serves on WIA's Board of Directors. CTI provides faculty and philosophical framework for coaching programs.
• DimagiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Partner supporting WIA programs. Dimagi is a social enterprise that develops technology for underserved populations.
• CorientminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Partner investing in WIA's work and programs.
• RippleworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Partner supporting WIA. Rippleworks connects social enterprises with talent and expertise to accelerate their impact.
• Boundless Futures FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Partner investing in WIA's work and programs to advance women leaders in social change.
• University of Southern CaliforniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with USC to debias WIA's application and selection process, ensuring equity and fairness in candidate evaluation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• International Women's Forum: IWF is a global membership network of senior women leaders across sectors. It is comparable to WIA's Apex Collective tier — connecting accomplished women through peer forums and leadership programming — though IWF is not restricted to social/environmental impact.
• Echoing Green: Echoing Green identifies and invests in emerging social-impact leaders, including via fellowship cohorts. It is comparable to WIA in mission (leadership development for social-impact talent) and cohort-based program design.
• Lean In: Lean In provides women's leadership circles, education, and community resources. It is directly comparable to WIA as a community-driven women's leadership development organization with peer-group programming, though broader in audience scope than WIA's social-impact focus.
• Co-Active Training Institute: CTI is a major coach-training organization whose co-founder Karen Kimsey-House sits on WIA's board. CTI shares WIA's coaching-based leadership development methodology and supplies faculty and the Co-Active philosophy underlying WIA's programs.
• Box of Crayons: Box of Crayons is a coaching and consulting firm and a named WIA Impact Partner. It is comparable as a coaching-based leadership development provider serving similar enterprise and nonprofit clients.

Emerging players

• Forté Foundation: Forté Foundation advances women in business through MBA-access and leadership programs. It shares WIA's women's-leadership development mission but targets a different (business-school) audience and is therefore an adjacent emerging player.
• Cartier Women's Initiative: CWI supports women social entrepreneurs through fellowship programming and impact funding. It is comparable to WIA as both serve women leaders driving social/environmental change and are connected through a Core Impact Partnership.

Regional players

• New America: New America runs policy and leadership programs including work on women and gender. It overlaps with WIA's leadership-capacity-building mission for social-change professionals but is primarily U.S.-policy-focused.

Broad incumbents

• AAUW: AAUW is a long-standing nonprofit advancing women and girls through leadership programs, fellowships, and advocacy. It is comparable to WIA in mission and women's-leadership programming, though operating at much broader scale across many decades.
• Catalyst: Catalyst is a long-established nonprofit advancing women in business leadership through research, consulting, and leadership development programs. It overlaps with WIA in leadership development for women but operates at a broader corporate scale rather than the social-impact niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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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