Get support from more than 120 organizations that serve girls and gender-expansive youth across California

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comprised of some organizations

that provide programming and/or services for girls and/or gender expansive youth in California, with a focus on the Bay Area and Los Angeles County.

Please note that the following is not a comprehensive directory of all girl and/or gender-expansive youth-serving organizations in California. In order to be included on AFG’s Girls Resource Hub, an organization must complete this form sharing the name of their organization, the ages of girls and/or gender-expansive youth they serve, the cost of their services, their contact information and website, and a brief description of the services that they provide to girls and/or gender-expansive youth.

AFG encourages all users to do more research about the organizations on this list if they are interested in accessing their services and/or programming to ensure it is a good fit for them. The list is intended only as a resource and inclusion on the list does not indicate endorsement of the organization by AFG’s Girls Resources Hub. 

If you have any questions or concerns about the Girls Resource Hub or any of the organizations listed, please email us at kennedy@alliance4girls.org.

 
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Girls Unite

  1. 3-5, 6-10, 11-14, 14-18

  2. n/a

Since 2015, Girls Unite has been creating a positive and rigorous environment to help shape young girls on and off the soccer pitch.

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What They Offer

Advocacy Training, Body Image, Camp, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring, Outdoor Experience, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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We see each of our players through a holistic lens and value their ability to learn and grow. We aim to build soccer skills, character, and community.

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Girls on the Run of the Bay Area

  1. 3-5, 6-10

  2. n/a

Girls on the Run of the Bay Area (GOTR) inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, hands-on curriculum which creatively integrates running.

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What They Offer

Body Image, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Outdoor Experience

Languages

English

Identities served

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Girls on the Run of the Bay Area (GOTR) inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, hands-on curriculum which creatively integrates running. Girls' empowerment is central to our mission which we reach via three key pillars in our program: goal-setting, emotional and social curriculum, and athletic achievement. We aim to ensure that every girl, no matter her activity level, ethnicity, race or economic status, benefits from our program.

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Wheel Kids Bicycle Club, Inc.

  1. 3-5, 6-10, 11-14, 14-18

  2. n/a

Wheel Kids is an adventure and exploration destination for kids, using bicycling as our means of understanding the world. We provide day camps, classes, special events, and school-based safe cycling skills instruction.

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What they offer

Camp, Individual Athletics, Mentoring/Tutoring, Outdoor Experience, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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We have three Bay Area locations (San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Walnut Creek). All of our events are designed to provide a mix of bike-specific activities (from skills development to simply riding for its own sake) to off-the-bike programs and activities. Our emphasis is on having fun, from which all other good things flow. When possible we run girls-only programs during our summer camp seasons.

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Gaia Passages

  1. 6-10, 11-14, 14-18

  2. n/a

Gaia Girls Passages offers earth based girls groups and summer camp supporting girls grades K-12 for the journey from childhood to adolescence.

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What they offer

Crafts, Music, Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring, Camp, Outdoor Experience

Languages

English

Identities served

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Our focuses include nature connection, crafts, and skills, emotional intelligence, improvisational theatre, an intergenerational female community, and a supported rite of passage all helping to raise your daughter into a confident and thriving young woman. The number one thing girls and parents say about their time at Gaia Girls, is that it is a place where girls can truly be themselves!

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Coaching Corps

  1. 3-5, 6-10, 11-14, 14-18

  2. n/a

Coaching Corps is committed to recruiting, training and supporting coaches so that they may guide youth in under-resourced communities to ensure kids can benefit from the positive impact sports and coaches can have on their lives.

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What they offer

Individual Athletics, Legal Advocacy, Life Skills, Outdoor Experience, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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Coaching Corps recruits, trains and supports energetic community members to use sport to teach kids living in under-resourced communities valuable life lessons and inspire them to reach their full potential.

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Skate Like a Girl

  1. 6-10, 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

  2. n/a

Skate Like a Girl (501c3) is a unique organization providing an innovative approach to empowerment, hosting regular skateboarding clinics, sessions and volunteer opportunities, to especially support the growth of women, girls, queer, trans, non-binary, and other non-traditional skaters.

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What they offer

Camp, Individual Athletics, LGBTQ Services, Leadership Development, Mentoring/Tutoring, Outdoor Experience, Social Justice, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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Oakland Lacrosse Club

  1. 11-14, 14-18

  2. n/a

The Oakland Lacrosse Club uses the sport of lacrosse as a vehicle  to provide leadership development, academic counseling, and and wellness education to youth from Oakland Public Schools.

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What they offer

College Advising/Prep, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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We serve 250 youth in grades 6-12. 150 of our participants our girls.

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Bay Area Disc Association

  1. 6-10, 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

  2. n/a

Bay Area Disc’s mission is to serve, strengthen, and grow the Ultimate community by creating opportunities for athletes of all ages and backgrounds to interact, develop, and compete. In all aspects of our work and play, we embrace and promote Spirit of the Game.

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What they offer

Camp, Leadership Development, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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We envision a Bay Area full of healthy, thriving, compassionate, and skilled individuals who live in strong, inclusive, equitable, and interconnected communities. We use the unique sport of Ultimate to improve individuals and communities, creating the future we want to see.

BADA is centered on four core values: Fun ~ Respect ~ Community ~ Belonging

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GirlVentures

  1. 11-14, 14-18

  2. n/a

GirlVentures inspires girls to lead through outdoor adventure, inner discovery, and collective action.

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What they offer

Advocacy Action, Camp, Employment Training, Leadership Development, Mentoring/Tutoring, Outdoor Experience

Languages

English

Identities served

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We use immersion in nature as a catalyst for personal transformation, preparing girls and women to lead inclusive, resilient communities, and motivating them to protect the natural world. GirlVentures builds confidence, empathy, and life skills, enabling transformative change that lasts a lifetime. To date, GirlVentures has played a pivotal role in the lives of more than 4,500 girls.

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Girls Leading Girls

  1. 3-5, 6-10, 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

  2. n/a

Girls Leading Girls empowers girls through soccer and leadership training.

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What they offer

Advocacy, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

Coming soon

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Girls Leading Girls is building a system of training, motivation, team governance, and game strategy that fits girls’ needs – and differences.

In everything they do, they strive to promote the following core values:

Soccer: Fortify girls’ life skills through the lessons of sports and friendly competition.

Leadership: Empower girls to be leaders within their own communities.

Advocacy: Amplify the voices of the disadvantaged and teach allyship, self-advocacy, and empathy.

Community: We are stronger together as a collective group working for the same goals regardless of our backgrounds.

Communication: Teach girls and coaches the power of their voice as vital in building their confidence on and off the field.

Safety: Girls Leading Girls provide a safe space physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially for girls to thrive and be themselves.

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Athena Camps

  1. 11-14, 14-18 & 18-24

  2. Free

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Aby Ryan saw a need for a new environment where girls could navigate social pressures, build character, and support each other. She realized the time had come to implement her dream of creating a girls’ sports camp. So on June 11, 2011, she launched the first Athena Camp with 27 girls.

What they offer

Camp

Languages

English

Identities served

Coming soon

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Aby Ryan founded Athena Camps in 2011 after a successful career as a professional tennis player, collegiate coach, and non-profit executive. With over 30 years of experience coaching and developing programs for girl-serving organizations, Aby specializes in youth program development, curriculum design, and innovative strategies to grow strong, expressive, confident young women.

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    • General California 844-878-7801 (844-TRUST-01)

    • Alameda County 510-241-4011

    • Contra Costa County 925-900-5151

    • Marin County 415-991-4545

    • San Francisco 415-200-1548

    • San Mateo County 203-666-4472 (203-NOMIGRA)

    • Santa Clara County 408-290-1144

    • 510-251-2070

    • misssey.org

    MISSSEY works to prevent girls and gender-expansive youth from ever entering circumstances of sexual exploitation and violence. We also support young people who are experiencing exploitation to exit. Once they’ve exited, we partner with youth so that they may avoid re-entering sexually exploitative circumstances and live free of harmful transactional relationships.

Bay Area Hotlines

National Hotlines

    • 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)

    • 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)

    • www.ndvh.org

    • Disability rights: 1-877-350-5441

    • Girls in sports: 1-877-593-0074

    • Racial equality: 1-415-864-8848

    • Work & family: 1-415-593-0033

    • www.legalaidatwork.org

HOTLINES

for Immediate Help

If you are in immediate danger, call 911