Emerge Strong!

The CHRYSALIS EFFECT…it starts with you.

You...
    give the money
        to spread the knowledge
            to power the change
                to strengthen the future
                    for girls and women
                        in Greater Des Moines.

This is the CHRYSALIS EFFECT.  Your investment in girls and women through support of the Chrysalis Foundation begins the ripples of long-term change that pay back for years to come.

As Central Iowa’s only foundation dedicated to empowering girls and women, we make it our business to lead and fund the most effective and high-impact programs and organizations in our community. 

We know that when we develop leadership and economic empowerment in girls and women, we strengthen our community, because:

• girls have role models for better lives and relationships, opportunities for improved education and health, and bigger ideas about their role in the world
• women are educated, skilled, employed, and self-sufficient as contributing citizens in their community

The CHRYSALIS EFFECT is sustainable and multi-generational.  Like the first drops of rain on water, it starts the ripples of long-term change, not just in our community, but around the world.