Led by the Chrysalis Foundation, the Women's Alliance is a collaborative project working to measurably improve lives of women and girls and to strengthen nonprofit organizations in this work.

Since 2006, Chrysalis has convened and facilitated regular meetings of the Women’s Alliance, providing capacity-building educational programs to ensure that these organizations are strong, stable, and more effective in their important work.

GOALS - Women's Alliance partners will build the following assets in women and girls and improve community indicators related to their economic self-sufficiency:

• Financial assets: work income, savings, home ownership, investments, equity in a business, property, and assets of value
• Human assets: character capacity, healthy self-worth, life skills, health and wellness, and education
• Social assets: relationships, networks, trust between people and groups, social capital, and civic engagement

Member organizations of the Women’s Alliance include:

• AIDS Project of Central Iowa
• Beacon of Life
• Bernie Lorenz Recovery
• Broadlawns Medical Center
• Central Iowa Shelter and Services
• Children and Families of Iowa
• Children and Family Urban Ministries
• Citizens for Community Improvement
• Des Moines Neighbors
• Des Moines Area Religious Council
• Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
• Employee and Family Resources
• Family Directions of Iowa, Inc.
• Family Violence Center
• GEEZ! Louise
• Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
• Hawthorn Hill/New Directions Shelter
• Holy Family Inner City Youth Foundation
• House of Mercy
• Iowa Afterschool Alliance
• Iowa Caregivers Association
• Iowa Commission on the Status of Women
• Iowa Homeless Youth Centers
• Iowa Legal Aid
• Iowa State Historical Museum
• ISED Ventures
• L.U.N.A.
• Mitchellville Theater Project
• Monsoon United Asian Women of Iowa
• Oakridge Neighborhood Services
• Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa
• Polk County Health Department
• Polk County Victim Assistance Services
• Primary Health Care Outreach Program
• Proteus, Inc.
• State Public Policy Group
• United Way of Central Iowa
• Visiting Nurse Services
• WeLIFT (We Learn Independence for Tomorrow)
• Young Women’s Resource Center
• Youth Emergency Shelter and Services