GFWC Affiliate Organizations

GFWC is proud to partner with a number of dynamic and impactful organizations. Together, we work to improve our communities and better our world. Our affiliate organizations offer unique and customized services, including: materials, speakers, kits, and/or additional information specifically designed for GFWC clubs.

You can find a full list of GFWC Affiliate Organizations with contact information in our Affiliate Organization Information Guide in the GFWC Member Portal.

Platinum Level

  • Alzheimer's Association
    • The Alzheimer’s Association® is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research. Worldwide, more than 55 million people are living with dementia. In the United States alone, nearly 7 million are living with Alzheimer’s, and over 11 million are providing unpaid care. The Association addresses this crisis by providing education and support to the millions who face dementia every day, while advancing critical research toward methods of treatment, prevention, and ultimately, a cure.
  • Heifer International
    • The Alzheimer’s Association® is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research. Worldwide, more than 55 million people are living with dementia. In the United States alone, nearly 7 million are living with Alzheimer’s, and over 11 million are providing unpaid care. The Association addresses this crisis by providing education and support to the millions who face dementia every day, while advancing critical research toward methods of treatment, prevention, and ultimately, a cure.
  • Hope For Justice
    • Protecting women and girls in our community. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs has long stood at the forefront of protecting women and children. That legacy of civic leadership is deeply aligned with the work of Hope for Justice. Across the United States, trafficking continues to target women and girls often through online exploitation, housing instability, and hidden vulnerabilities within our own communities. This is not only a global issue. It is happening in neighborhoods that look safe and familiar.
  • Shot@Life, United Nations Foundation
    • The General Federation of Women’s Clubs has long stood at the forefront of protecting women and children. That legacy of civic leadership is deeply aligned with the work of Hope for Justice. Across the United States, trafficking continues to target women and girls often through online exploitation, housing instability, and hidden vulnerabilities within our own communities. This is not only a global issue. It is happening in neighborhoods that look safe and familiar.

      GFWC and Shot@Life have challenged clubwomen across the country to help protect children with lifesaving vaccines between 2026–2028 by raising funds for UNICEF and the World Health Organization. You can donate as an individual or fundraise by getting your club, friends, and family to donate. Instead of a $5 cup of coffee, you can help protect a child for life. Or, give $25 to help protect an entire family.

  • Safe Surfin'
    • Safe Surfin’ Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting children and families in an increasingly complex digital world. Founded in 1998, we operate at the intersection of child safety, technology, and law enforcement collaboration — promoting internet safety education, raising awareness of online dangers, and equipping officers with the tools and training needed to safeguard communities.

      As social media, gaming platforms, encrypted messaging apps, and artificial intelligence continue to evolve, so do the risks facing our youth. Safe Surfin’ Foundation focuses on proactive prevention — equipping communities before a crisis occurs rather than responding after harm has been done.

      We work alongside schools, parents, law enforcement, and community leaders to provide practical prevention tools that stop exploitation before it begins. By empowering families with knowledge, strengthening community partnerships, and supporting those on the front lines, Safe Surfin’ Foundation helps create safer digital environments for children and teens.

      Our mission reflects the General Federation of Women’s Clubs’ longstanding commitment to strengthening families and protecting communities through service. In collaboration with GFWC and its members, we further this shared purpose by expanding prevention efforts and building safer digital environments for youth.

  • St. Jude Children's Reserach Hospital
    • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats, and defeats childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude — for treatment, travel, housing, or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

      St. Jude is a world-class children’s hospital, a cutting-edge research institution, a degree-granting medical center, and a trusted nonprofit. The innovative and collaborative work that we are doing at St. Jude is actually helping to improve the standard of care for children EVERYWHERE.

      Our purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.

      We know what’s at stake, we’re in this together, and we are not going to give up until we a cure. Ask yourselves, IF NOT ST. JUDE, then WHO?

Gold Level

  • Canine Companions
    • For over 50 years, Canine Companions has been leading the service dog industry so that people with
      disabilities can live with greater independence.

      We provide expertly trained service dogs to adults, children, and veterans with disabilities, and facility dogs to professionals working in healthcare, criminal justice, and educational settings. Since our founding in 1975, our dogs and all follow up services have been provided at no cost to our clients. Independence should not be limited to those who look or live a certain way. Disability reaches across all races, classes, and backgrounds, and Canine Companions will too. Clients come to us because of our reputation, the quality of our dogs, the experience of our training staff, and the desire to lead life with greater independence.

      Through advanced training methods, industry leading canine health and research practices, and a
      focus on long term success, Canine Companions ensures every partnership is built to last.

      This life changing work is made possible by the generosity of supporters like GFWC, who help make
      independence possible every single day.

  • March of Dimes
    • March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We imagine a world where every mom and baby is healthy regardless of wealth, race, gender, or geography. Every family deserves the best possible start. But that’s just not the case. The U.S. remains among the most dangerous developed nations for childbirth — with COVID-19 only elevating the stakes and exacerbating persistent health disparities.

      Each year, one woman dies every 12 hours from pregnancy-related causes, and 1 in 10 babies is born
      too soon.

  • Operation Smile

Together, we can heal children’s smiles! We believe every child affected by cleft lip or cleft palate deserves exceptional surgical care.

Why worry about the smile? Children born with a cleft lip and/or palate face serious medical problems. The immediate concern for babies is if they are able to receive the proper nutrition to be healthy. Other issues facing children include speech development, hearing loss, and dental. Children often face serious cultural stigmas, too. In a safe surgical setting the defect can be easily corrected. However, for too many families in the world, safe surgery is not possible.

Each year, Operation Smile provides safe, effective, and well-timed surgery to more than 400,000 patients in 37 countries. For the last 45 years, Operation Smile has provided hundreds of thousands of free surgeries for children and young adults in developing countries who are born with cleft lip, cleft palate, or other facial deformities.

As one of the oldest and largest volunteer-based organizations dedicated to improving the health and lives of children worldwide through access to surgical care, we work to build self-sufficiency and sustainable health care infrastructures through training, capacity building, and engaging in publicprivate partnerships in the countries where we work.

  • UNICEF USA
    • FOR EVERY CHILD. Flexible funds are UNICEF’s most important, most effective and most valuable tool to help children worldwide, because they’re able to be deployed when and where they’re needed most. Flexible funds enable UNICEF to maintain its presence in 190 countries and territories. This flexible funding helps UNICEF country offices make informed, real-time decisions about how to best address the needs of the children in their care.