What fearless women does

Fearless Women Inc is a not-for-profit charity registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), founded in 2022 and headquartered in Canberra, ACT. Its mission is to provide free mental health and wellbeing support specifically to girls and young women aged 10-25 living in the ACT region, addressing what it identifies as a material gap in girls-only services relative to established boys' programs. The organization's Empowerment Program is delivered through three core service streams: Education (school and community sessions including Fearless Future and Let's Talk About... workshops for Years 3-10), Mentoring (a two-year structured pairing with female volunteer mentors), and Counselling (accredited one-on-one sessions), supplemented by the Fearless Together small group program. Programs are evidence-based, grounded in research from the Australian National University and Mission Australia's Youth Survey, and have been independently evaluated.

The organization employs approximately 8-10 core program staff supported by a volunteer mentor base and an 11-member Board of Directors providing governance across legal, finance, education, mental health research, and communications functions. Its go-to-market is community-led and referral-driven, accepting referrals from agencies, schools, medical practitioners and mental health professionals, and delivering services either on-site at partner schools or from its Canberra office. The technology footprint is minimal by design: no proprietary platform, app, or AI capabilities; the e-commerce merchandise shop and online donation/membership forms are the only digital service surfaces.

Revenue is sourced from a mix of government grants (notably $772,000 AUD from the ACT Government across 2025-26), tax-deductible individual and corporate donations (including via Good2Give workplace giving), merchandise sales (SKUs from $4.95 to $168.50), and event ticket revenue ($30 to $195 per ticket for events such as the International Women's Day Breakfast). In 2025 the organization reported 172 education sessions delivered, over 7,000 girls reached, 26 mentor program graduates, and 257 girls on the mentor waitlist, signaling demand materially exceeds current service capacity.

Name

fearless women

Legal name

Fearless Women Inc

Website

https://fearlesswomen.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Fearless Women is a Canberra-based not-for-profit charity delivering free mentoring, counselling, and education programs for girls and young women aged 10-25 in the ACT, funded through ACT Government grants, donations, merchandise sales, and fundraising events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Individual and Family Services (6241), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

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

Keywords

• Youth mentoring services
• Girls mental health programs
• School wellbeing education
• Community counselling services
• Charity empowerment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Canberra

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Fearless Women accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals, organizations, and businesses. All private donations over $2 are fully tax-deductible. The organization also partners with Good2Give for workplace giving programs.
2. Merchandise Sales: The organization operates an e-commerce shop selling branded merchandise including clothing, accessories, and gift items. Products range from $4.95 to $168.50.
3. Government Funding: ACT Government provided $772,000 over two years (2025-26) to support mental health and wellbeing programs.
4. Event Revenue: Revenue generated from ticketed events including International Women's Day Breakfast ($30-$195 tickets), Trivia Nights, and Cake O'Clock fundraising events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fearless Women is a not-for-profit charity in Canberra that delivers free girls-only programs focused on building confidence and resilience. Its core offering consists of three service streams: Education (school and community visits), Mentoring (a two-year mentor pairing program for ages 10-25), and Counselling (accredited professional counselling), supplemented by group programs such as Fearless Together and workshops including Fearless Future and Let's Talk About....

Product overview

Fearless Women is a not-for-profit charity offering a girls-only Empowerment Program focused on building confidence and resilience in young women in the ACT. The core offering consists of three main service streams: Education Program (school visits and community sessions on wellbeing and self-empowerment), Mentoring Program (a two-year mentor pairing service for ages 10-25), and Counselling (accredited professional counselling). Supporting these are group programs Fearless Together and Fearless Future education sessions, plus early intervention workshops called Let's Talk About.... The organisation also operates a merchandise shop selling branded apparel, accessories, drinkware, and gift bundles, and accepts tax-deductible donations including a unique penguin sponsorship program. Most services are provided free of charge to ensure accessibility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mentor Program: A two-year mentoring program that pairs girls and young women with a volunteer female mentor who listens, encourages, and helps them see possibilities and a future.
• Fearless Future
• Fearless Together
• Let's Talk About...

Products and services

• Mentoring Program A two-year free program that pairs girls and young women aged 10-25 in the ACT with female volunteer mentors who provide friendship, support, guidance, and active listening through shared lived experience.
• Counselling Short-term professional counselling provided by fully accredited counsellors offering a safe, confidential space for girls and young women to discuss issues and develop independence and resilience.
• Education Program School and community organisation visits throughout Canberra and surrounding areas delivering wellbeing, self-empowerment, and self-value sessions to girls and young women.
• Fearless Together Small group empowerment program encouraging girls and young women to find their voice, understand who they are, and develop emotional awareness and healthy friendships.
• Fearless Future Mental health and wellbeing school education program providing girls with understanding of emotions, themselves, and the world around them, delivered to ACT schools in Years 3-10.
• Let's Talk About... Early intervention workshop delivered to school groups, focusing on friendship themes, emotional awareness, confidence building, and boundary setting.
• Merchandise Shop Online store selling branded merchandise including apparel, accessories, stationery, drinkware, and gift bundles, available for purchase to support the organisation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 172 education sessions delivered and over 7,000 girls reached in 2025 alone
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Parker Coles CurtiscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 March 2026Parker Coles Curtis partnered with Fearless Women for the International Women's Day Breakfast 2026. The law firm co-hosted the event featuring keynote speaker Cherelle Murphy (EY Oceania Chief Economist) and a panel on balancing scales for women.
• Good2GivecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFearless Women partners with Good2Give, a workplace giving platform, to enable employees to make tax-deductible donations to the organization through their workplace giving programs. If an organization is already a Good2Give corporate client, employees can easily donate to Fearless Women through their payroll system.
• Australian National UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFearless Women is backed by research conducted by the Australian National University. Professor Alison Calear (ANU) serves on the Board, bringing expertise in youth mental health, eHealth, and prevention of anxiety, depression, and suicide.
• Mission AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFearless Women's programs are based on research from Mission Australia's Youth Survey, which documents the challenges facing young women in the ACT including stress, mental health concerns, and body image issues.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• YWCA Australia: Australia's largest women's advocacy and empowerment nonprofit, providing similar mentoring, education, and wellbeing programs for women and girls nationally. Directly comparable in mission and target demographic, but significantly larger and broader in scope than Fearless Women's ACT-only focus.
• headspace (National Youth Mental Health Foundation): Australia's primary youth mental health service provider for ages 12-25, offering counselling, education, and early intervention. Highly comparable in mental health and wellbeing mission for young people, but co-ed and operating from physical centres nationwide rather than volunteer-based mentoring.
• The Smith Family: Large Australian nonprofit providing education, mentoring (Learning for Life), and family support for disadvantaged children and young people. Comparable on youth mentoring and education delivery model, though broader demographic and education-outcomes rather than mental-health focus.
• Mission Australia: Major Australian social services nonprofit conducting the Youth Survey that underpins Fearless Women's research base. Comparable as a youth-serving and youth-research organization, though much broader in scope (housing, employment, disability services) and a research/advocacy partner rather than a pure program peer.
• Relationships Australia (ACT & NSW): Federally funded nonprofit providing counselling, family support, and education programs including youth and family services. Comparable on accredited counselling and family/youth service delivery, though relationship- and family-focused rather than girls-only.

Direct peers

• Girl Guides Australia: Long-established national organization delivering girls-only personal development, leadership, and empowerment programs for girls aged 5-18. Highly comparable as a girls-only youth development nonprofit operating school-linked programs and volunteer-led delivery, though with a heritage/scouting rather than mental health focus.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia: Volunteer-based youth mentoring nonprofit pairing young people with adult mentors for sustained relationships. Directly comparable on mentoring model and volunteer-led structure, though co-ed and historically focused on at-risk youth rather than exclusively girls and young women.
• Canberra Rape Crisis Centre: ACT-based specialist counselling service for victim/survivors of sexual assault, employing one of Fearless Women's counsellors (Jessica Lee). Directly comparable on professional counselling for women in the ACT and overlapping referral pathways, though narrower trauma-focused scope.

Regional players

• YWCA Canberra: ACT-based women's services nonprofit operating in the same geographic market as Fearless Women, offering women's housing, childcare, and community programs. Comparable as a regional women's empowerment peer; partially overlapping in mission but different service mix (housing/childcare vs. mentoring/counselling).

Emerging players

• Brave Foundation: Australian nonprofit supporting teenage parents and at-risk young women through education, mentoring, and advocacy. Comparable on mission targeting vulnerable young women with mentoring and education programs, though narrower demographic focus on young parents.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FearlessWomenInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fearlesswomen
• Instagraminstagram.com/fearlesswomeninc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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