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Grantee Highlight: How LaunchCode’s CoderGirl Program is Empowering Women to Take on Tech

Grantee Highlight: How LaunchCode’s CoderGirl Program is Empowering Women to Take on Tech

Each year, the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis (WFSTL) provides grant funding of up to $15,000 to organizations serving women in the St. Louis region. Grant recipients show a commitment to increasing job and living wage access to women, increasing support for working families, and/or increasing family well-being by eliminating barriers to success for women. In 2020, we selected LaunchCode’s CoderGirl program as one of our grant recipients. LaunchCode is a national nonprofit headquartered in St. Louis on a mission to build a skilled workforce by creating pathways for driven people seeking careers in technology.

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Grantee Highlight: WEPOWER’s Innovative Elevate/Elevar Accelerator Program (and How You Can Get Involved!)

Grantee Highlight: WEPOWER’s Innovative Elevate/Elevar Accelerator Program (and How You Can Get Involved!)

In 2020, WFSTL funded a program called the Elevate/Elevar Accelerator, an initiative of WEPOWER. WEPOWER is a local nonprofit committed to solving our region’s biggest systemic challenges. They activate community power to re-design education, economic, health, and justice systems to be just and equitable for all. WEPOWER’s Elevate/Elevar Accelerator program is a 6-month program that provides for-profit companies the funding, training, and connections to support business growth. The program aims to spark economic development and work to develop living wage jobs in North St. Louis City through entrepreneurship. Elevate/Elevar is the only business accelerator exclusively for Black and Latinx founders in St. Louis.

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