The Women & Girls Index (WGI) is the only systematically generated, comprehensive index that measures charitable giving to organizations dedicated to women and girls in the United States, including the amount of philanthropic support they receive from individuals, foundations and corporations.
The 2025 WGI adds data for 57,165 charitable organizations from 2022 and 2023—the most recent years for which finalized IRS data on charitable organizations are available. For the first time since the Index was created in 2019, giving to women’s and girls’ organizations surpassed 2% of overall U.S. charitable giving—peaking at 2.18% in 2022 before settling back to 2.04% in 2023. This translates to more than $11 billion annually directed to these organizations.
The report notes extraordinary turbulence and activity across women’s and girls’ issues during 2022 and 2023. In June 2022, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, which appears to have spurred donations to reproductive rights and advocacy organizations. The period also saw unusually large-scale giving by major donors, including MacKenzie Scott’s $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood in 2022 and her $640 million open call to 361 community-based organizations in 2023, many aligned with gender fairness causes.
Fundraisers, advisors and philanthropists across the sector can use the Women & GIrls Index, along with our other research reports and practical briefs, to evolve their strategies and advance bold, transformative philanthropy.
The WGI is one part of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s Equitable Giving Lab, an initiative of the school funded by Google.org to better understand charitable giving to under-resourced groups.
