Mission

Who We Are

Founded in 1971, the Women’s Building is a woman-owned and operated community center located in San Francisco’s dynamic Mission District. Our mission is to provide women and girls with the tools and resources they need to achieve full and equal participation in society. The Women’s Building provides services and programs to empower women and girls, a home to a variety of non-profit organizations, and a community center with meeting spaces. Our facilities include an auditorium and three well-lighted, beautiful event rooms.

We are a vibrant multi-service community center that welcomes all women and girls and anyone who shares our mission. We offer a wide variety of programs and opportunities so that women and girls can follow their dreams.

We focus on services for women and girls because women and girls still face unique social, personal and political barriers as they strive to lead safe, healthy, economically secure, creative and joyous lives.

The Women’s Building is non-partisan and does not endorse any political candidates.

Our official name is San Francisco Women's Centers, Inc. Tax ID # 94-1730620
 

What We Do

We provide:

Services and programs to empower women and girls to become self-sufficient. Thousands of women and girls use our social services and those of our in-house organizations, attend our arts activities and learn and discuss issues at our political/social issues briefings.

A home to other nonprofits.
We share our building with other nonprofits serving women and girls.

A community center which facilitates and promotes education, advocacy and action. Community groups and individuals use our classrooms, auditorium and meetings rooms for activities such as political organizing meetings, celebrations, arts performances and exercise

What You Can Do

• $125 gift changes lives: 6 women get free personalized information and referrals.
• $250 gift changes lives: 12 Latinas can talk with our bi-lingual staff and get connected to services, many in our own building.
• $500 gift cares for our Building: 5 days of repairs and maintenance keeps this historic building safe and welcoming: over 10,000 people come thru our doors each year!
• $1,000 gift changes lives: 14 low-income women and their families get an average tax refund of $2,500, immediate economic relief that they are entitled to.