ThrivHer Foundation
Investing In The Potential Of Women & Girls Globally
Welcome to the ThrivHer Foundation, where innovation meets impact. We are committed to creating sustainable solutions, providing vital resources and support, by addressing the challenges that matter most, and by empowering women and girls. We aim to uplift women and girls in disadvantaged and underrepresented situations worldwide to overcome systemic hindrance and build brighter futures for themselves and their communities."
ThrivHer Foundation
ThrivHer Foundation
Success Stories: Projects Funded
Aisha’s Tailoring Collective
Starting with a single sewing machine in Nairobi. Aisha was able to receive the support, resources and funding through the ThrivHer Foundation to create a tailoring collective that now employs 12 women and supplies uniforms to local schools.
Katie's artistic journey was a testament to raw talent overshadowed by practical hurdles. Lacking funds for marketing, a dedicated gallery space, and a connection to the right audience, her beautiful creations remained largely unseen. The struggle was real, but ThrivHer provided the vital support she needed. With their backing, Katie secured a marketing specialist in the art world, effectively promoting her unique pieces and independently hosting her triumphant first gallery opening. Now thriving, Katie not only gives back a portion of her sales to the ThrivHer foundation but also dedicates her time to mentor Belize's emerging artists, ensuring others can follow in her empowered footsteps.
Katie’s International Art Exhibition
Natalie’s Growing Impact
Natalie scaled her kitchen hydroponics with ThrivHer funding to a warehouse in Belize, hiring five workers. She produces fresh, quality vegetables, bolstering local food security and donating a portion of every harvest to the community kitchen.
Gin Q’s Children Book Publication Success
Gin Q, a natural storyteller since childhood, dreamt of publishing children's books that offered more than just colours and math; her tales instilled vital life lessons and nurtured creativity. Stories like "Hatari's Midday Swim" and "Exo's Travels" were ready to inspire, but financial barriers blocked their path to print. ThrivHer's funding became Gin Q’s turning point. Now, with twelve published books, including five bestsellers like "Jungle Babies," Gin Q brings joy, valuable lessons, and a spark of creativity to countless young readers, realising her cherished dream.
Maria’s Marine Innovation
Maria, funded by ThrivHer, deploys innovative, low-cost sensors to monitor the health of Belize’s Barrier Reef in real-time. Her project created a local team of four women scientists, generating critical data that informs proactive conservation and builds Belize’s Blue Economy knowledge
Nova Terra Group - Belize Waste-2- Energy Initiative
The Nova Terra Group, a pioneering branch of ThrivHer's sister companies, this group of women has revolutionised Belize's approach to environmental challenges. Nova Terra, dedicated to uniting women for cause-driven projects, conceived a brilliant strategy to address the country's persistent sargassum seaweed problem. They implemented an efficient collection system across Belize and its islands and, with ThrivHer's indispensable backing, developed a state-of-the-art Waste-to-Energy (W2E) instrument. This transformative initiative has not only converted an ecological burden into sustainable energy but has also proudly created over 200 jobs, demonstrating Nova Terra's profound impact on both the environment and local communities.
Our Vision and Mission
At the ThrivHer Foundation, we envision a world where every woman has the resources, opportunities, and support needed to achieve economic independence and reach her full potential, regardless of her circumstances. We see a future where gender and ethnic disparities are eliminated in high-growth fields, and where empowered women and girls, especially those systematically underrepresented in STEM, are the catalysts for prosperity, driving innovation and creating lasting generational change in their communities.
Vision
The ThrivHer Foundation is dedicated to providing disadvantaged women and girls worldwide with the funding, mentorship, tools, and resources they need to become self-sufficient. A core part of our mission is to actively champion and implement targeted STEM programs to address the significant underrepresentation of ethnic minority women and girls. By equipping them with specialised skills and confidence, we aim to dismantle systemic barriers, ensure their success in future-forward careers, and ultimately create powerful, lasting change in their lives and communities.
Mission
Why Women and Girls Empowerment Matters
247 M - Women in Poverty
Live below the international poverty line despite contributing significantly to their households and communities. The majority of chronically hungry people globally, an estimated 60%, are women and girls who often form the backbone of the agricultural labour force. Compounding this, nearly 60% of women's employment is in the informal economy, offering low wages and little to no social protection. [1] [2]
2.3% - Venture Capital
Funding vocational training, leadership development, and digital skills programmes to equip women with marketable expertise.
This minimal 2.3% share of total venture funding went to all-female founding teams in 2024, yet these companies have been shown to deliver 2.5 times more revenue per dollar invested than all-male counterparts. Closing this funding gap and achieving parity could add $12 trillion to the global GDP by 2025. [3] [4] [5]
3x - Economic Impact
Studies show that women reinvest up to three more of their income into family well-being than men.
This translates to tangible gains: women often reinvest as much as 90% of their income back into their families, directly improving child nutrition, health, and education outcomes. Furthermore, for every £1 spent on women's health, an estimated £3 is returned as economic growth. [6] [7]
Source Links:
Facts & Figures|UN Women - Headquarters
Facts & Figures: Economic Empowerment| UN Women Headquarters
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/commission-on-the-status-of-women-2012/facts-and-figures
Our Programs and Grants
Changing the Landscape
We plan to make a difference by tackling systemic exclusion head-on, not just through funding, but by combining capital with targeted mentorship and community building. For example, the STEM program for ethnic girls specifically includes long-term professional guidance from women in the field, ensuring high retention and career progression beyond graduation. This holistic, long-term support is crucial to achieving equitable and sustainable change.
Providing capital to small women-led enterprises in over 52 countries, focusing on sustainable business models with community impact.
We prioritise funding in underserved regions and sectors, ensuring these women can scale their businesses, create local jobs, and build economic resilience that directly benefits their families and broader communities.
Direct Grant-making
Educational Scholarships
Funding vocational training, leadership development and digital skills programmes to equip women with marketable expertise.
This includes our dedicated STEM initiative to fully fund scholarships for ethnic minority girls, addressing historic underrepresentation and building a pipeline of future female innovators in science and technology fields.
Offering startup funding for social ventures led by marginalised women, with emphasis on sustainable community solutions.
Our approach involves hands-on mentorship and access to investor networks, dramatically increasing the chance of success for these founders whose lack of initial capital and professional connections has historically excluded them from mainstream financing.
Seed Capital
How We Work
At the ThrivHer Foundation, we believe in sustainable, locally driven change. Our approach combines rigorous selection processes with ongoing support to ensure lasting impact.
We work with local leaders to understand specific challenges facing women and girls in each community.
This step involves deep, participatory research, including focus groups and community surveys, to ensure our intervention strategies are perfectly aligned with the most pressing economic and social barriers identified by women themselves.
Identifying Needs
Partner Locally
We collaborate with trusted NGO’s and grassroots organisations who understand local contexts.
This decentralised model ensures funds and resources are deployed efficiently by partners with established trust and cultural knowledge, dramatically increasing the reach and relevance of every program we support.
Through a transparent process, we identify women with viable plans and commitment.
Our selection criteria move beyond financial need, actively seeking women who demonstrate strong leadership potential and a clear vision for using their grant or scholarship to drive positive change within their wider community.
Select Recipients
Measure Impact
We track outcomes and adjust our approach based on what truly works.
We employ both quantitative metrics (e.g., income growth, job creation) and qualitative assessments (e.g., empowerment indices, leadership roles gained) to ensure our work creates profound, equitable, and sustainable long-term transformation.
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Individual Giving
On-time donations starting at £10
Monthly recurring contributions
Dedicated project sponsorships
legacy giving options
Corporate Partnerships
Matched giving programmes
Corporate social responsibility initiatives
Employee engagement opportunities
Sponsorship of specific regional projects
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