A Donation Guide for Honoring a Woman in Your Life
For a friend, sibling, parent, partner, mentor, or colleague you want to honor — a woman whose influence you hope will ripple outward, whether she is here to see it or you are marking her memory. These donation options were chosen for their ability to reflect the breadth of women’s lives: supporting girls’ education, women’s leadership, period equity, and grassroots justice, both locally and globally. Each is a chance to carry forward the values she embodied, in her name, in the world. Choose the one that most closely matches her story or her beliefs. You do not need to send them all.
TMM Editorial · May 2026
The Picks
Malala Fund
For an honoree who cared about girls getting to school. Malala Fund works for twelve years of free, safe, quality education for girls in places where that is still being fought for.
Girl Rising (now merged with She's the First)
For an honoree who believed in girls leading their own change. She's the First has merged with Girl Rising, so gifts now go through Girl Rising's donate page, which funds grassroots partners working for girls' education and safety. US gifts are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows.
Vital Voices
For the woman in your life who has herself become a leader: a mentor, a manager, a quiet matriarch. Vital Voices invests in women leaders globally. Give any amount online; for a milestone tribute, their donor team can arrange a Visionary Leaders Brick at their Washington, DC headquarters (contact them for details).
Global Fund for Women
For the honoree who values systemic change over a single cause. Funds women-led grassroots organizations worldwide working on gender justice, health, education, and human rights. Check how tax relief works where you live.
UN Women Australia Empowered Gifts
For an Australian honoree. UN Women Australia's Empowered Gifts are donations made in her name, from A$10, with an e-card that goes straight to her inbox. UN Women's programs span economic empowerment, ending violence against women, and leadership.
Women for Women International
For supporters who want their tribute to reach women survivors of war and conflict. Gifts fund Women for Women International's programs of training, support and community for women rebuilding their lives. Dedicate the gift at checkout and they receive an e-card, now or on a date you choose.
PERIOD Inc
A US period-equity nonprofit founded by two high-school students. It sends millions of period products to people in need and backs youth leaders working on menstrual-equity laws. For the honoree who would have wanted no girl missing school over a tampon.
Girls Who Code
For the woman in tech, in engineering, in science — or the woman who helped someone become one. Girls Who Code closes the gender gap in computer science education across the US, UK, and Canada; the gift lands in the right register for any honoree from those worlds.
Canadian Women's Foundation
For Canadian honorees and supporters who want the impact to stay in Canada. Funds programs across the country on leadership, women's safety, and economic justice. Dedicate the gift to her on the donation form; Canadian tax receipts are emailed for gifts of $20 or more.
Rosa UK
The UK counterpart for supporters who want their gift to fund women-and-girls organizations across Britain. Rosa is a grantmaker — the gift travels to grassroots groups doing the on-the-ground work the honoree would have wanted to support.
Oxfam Unwrapped (Australia)
For supporters who want the gift to feel like a present, not an invoice. Each card names a gift, such as Safe Refuge for Women (from A$28), and counts as a donation to Oxfam's work in her name. Send it as a printable, an e-card, or a posted card in Australia.
CARE Gifts
CARE, founded in 1945, puts much of its work behind women and girls. CARE Gifts are symbolic: CARE says the money goes to its most effective work and isn't necessarily used for the item shown. Each is eligible for a Canadian tax receipt.
ActionAid UK Gifts in Action
For UK supporters. ActionAid's charity gifts support women, girls and communities in some of the world's poorest places, from a water tap (£25) to a goat. Each comes with a greetings card and your message, sent to them or to you, with free delivery.