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Girls Who Invest runs programs to increase women's representation in asset management through education, mentoring, internships, and career placement for university students. Its SIP and OIP programs combine coursework, hands-on investing experience, and a structured placement pipeline funded by partnerships and sponsorships. The organization differentiates itself by focusing specifically on women in asset management and operating as a nonprofit with a funding model tied to sponsorships rather than selling products. Its goal is to ensure that 30% of the world’s investable capital is managed by women by 2030 and to move the asset management industry toward greater gender equity.
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501-1,000
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$2M
Headquarters
New York City, United States
Founded
2015
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Girls Who Invest (GWI), a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the investment management industry by attracting and advancing women and non-binary investors, changemakers and leaders, is honored to announce a $2 million grant from the Apollo Opportunity Foundation (AOF), which recognizes the organization's achievements and impact on efforts to diversify the investment management industry. The annual $1 million commitment over the next two years will continue to power GWI’s momentum. AOF, which launched in 2022 with a $100 million commitment from Apollo Global Management, seeks to expand opportunity in communities around the globe by deploying capital and by engaging Apollo employees to invest in career education, workforce development and economic empowerment. The new $2 million grant will support the growth of existing GWI core programs as well as new initiatives focused on the retention and advancement of women and non-binary investors who are working full time in the industry. As part of AOF’s contribution to the GWI community, the Apollo Opportunity Foundation will join the GWI Leadership Circle, a group of leading investment firms and partners established in March 2023 who collectively pledged to invest in the long-term retention and advancement of women and non-binary individuals in investment management. “This significant commitment from the Apollo Opportunity Foundation underscores the firm’s belief in expanding opportunity to as many individuals as possible, and will meaningfully propel our Scholars, Alumni, and programs forward
Girls Who Invest receives monumental $2 million grant from the Apollo Opportunity Foundation.
Apollo Opportunity Foundation renews partnership with GWI to invest in the longevity and retention of underrepresented individuals in the investment industry
Building community has been the cornerstone of Katherine Colsher’s career, spanning from the launch of the “10,000 small businesses” program at Goldman Sachs to becoming the CEO at Girls Who Invest. Colsher, a judge at this year’s InvestmentNews Women to Watch Summit, is motivated by opportunities to build and scale incredible organizations.“I had tremendous sponsorship, mentorship, and I had the opportunity to work across all divisions,” she says. “The irony wasn’t lost on me that the industry is harder for women to advance. I had all these opportunities that weren’t necessarily consistent across the industry, regardless of Goldman Sachs, but just across the industry at large. “I felt I could contribute and that my experience should be the norm as opposed to people feeling like they didn’t have the same opportunities that I had.”. Nominations are now closed but a full list of the Women to Watch Awards can be found here, while to register for the event, click on this link
A platoon of leading investment firms just doubled down on the Girls Who Invest program with a combined $13 million commitment. The fresh infusion of money will support two initiatives: ongoing expansion of the summer immersion program for women college students who might consider careers in finance, including wealth management, if they knew what was involved; and a vertical expansion to support program alumnae as they forge ahead with finance careers.The program is proving its thesis that college women who don’t know what they don’t know about finance are often pleasantly surprised at the scope and longevity of career opportunities within the investing sphere, said Betty Hung, managing director in Austin at Vista Equity Partners. Vista was an early supporter and is an ongoing financial sponsor of the program. “It’s so hard to source women,” said Hung. “We’ve had 40 [Girls Who Invest] interns over the years and we want to hire as many as we can find. There’s enormous demand from all the partner firms” for the interns, who are initiated through the program into the perspective, mission and basics of investing
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About Girls Who Invest
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Industries
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$2M
Headquarters
New York City, United States
Founded
2015
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