the foundation for girls and women
Change a girl's life for $1 a day!Chrysalis awards over $100,000 in grant funds to local nonprofits serving girls and women
The Chrysalis Foundation has announced its 2026 Chrysalis Community Partner Grant awards, distributing over $100,000 to local nonprofit organizations aligned with the foundation’s mission to transform the lives of girls and women through education and leadership, community engagement, and strategic grant investments. A breakfast reception is planned for Friday, February 6, 2026 from 8:30-10 am at Westfield Campus in West Des Moines and is open to all Chrysalis friends.
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we are chrysalis
When a girl learns, she is able to earn and give back to her community when she grows up. When a woman is given the necessary tools to support her success, everyone benefits. Chrysalis works to increase resources and opportunities for women and girls in the greater Des Moines area, and empower them to be all that they can be.
we are all about girls and women
No tool for development is more effective than empowering women. The World Bank calls investing in women “smart economics” because research shows economic growth for women has a critical multiplier effect. Women are more likely to share their personal economic gains with their families and communities; in fact, women reinvest 90% of their income in food, healthcare, home improvement, and schooling for themselves and their children. In short, “women’s progress” is “society progress.”
we can’t do it alone
Our work is about connections. Whether it's our community of nonprofit partners working to strengthen girls and women, our grant partners delivering our mission, or our school site leaders reaching girls through enriching after-school progrms, we don't work alone. And only with the support of friends, donors, volunteers, and community stakeholders does our work change lives.
issues and resources
Our education and fundraising events share information on the broad issues important to the success of girls and women, and our continuous learning keeps us relevant. Because you care about our community, we want to keep you informed, too.
if you could change a girl's life with $1 a day, would you?
You can when you join the Chrysalis 365 Donor Circle! Make a gift to Chrysalis of a dollar a day - $30 a month or $365 - and you support the education and enrichment of an adolescent girl for one year in a Chrysalis After-School program.