A briefing for founding partners
Invest in Bahamian women.
Investing in women is among the highest-return investments a society can make. Bahamian women generate more sales per dollar of funding and are approved for financing at higher rates than men, yet they access 42% less capital. The Women Dem Foundation exists to close that gap.
Skin in the game
The founder personally funds the entire inaugural cycle of $21,000. Partners are not covering a shortfall. They are multiplying impact.
Every dollar creates an award
Partner contributions fund additional grants and scholarships, one Bahamian at a time, on top of the inaugural cycle.
Accountable by design
Governance standards larger than our size requires, public accounting for every dollar, and due diligence before any funds are disbursed.
What a partner dollar buys
Outcome pricing, benchmarked against programmes donors already trust.
$1,000
launches a Bahamian business
In an economy where every funding dollar to a Bahamian woman returns $1.74 in sales. Capital plus mentorship, the combination the evidence supports.
$5,000
funds a year of university study
Roughly a full year of lower-division tuition at the University of The Bahamas. A completion enabler, not a gesture.
100% of the grant fund reaches recipients. Partner funding expands the number of awards before it ever touches overhead.
Three ways in
Every tier carries your name on a life changed.
Named Grant Partner
$1,000
- Name a business grant after your company
- Present the award at the annual ceremony
- Recognition in the public annual report
Named Scholarship Partner
$5,000
- Name a scholarship and meet your scholar
- Logo on Foundation materials and ceremony
- Annual impact report on your recipient
Founding Patron
$10,000+
- Permanent founding recognition, multi-award naming
- Nominate staff as reviewers and mentors
- Featured partner at the Leadership Summit
Modelled on the donor recognition ladders Bahamian corporate givers already use and trust.
Under promise. Over deliver.
The founder funds Year One in full.
Partners decide how far we go from there. Award sizes hold steady until partner funding is secured, so the over-deliver promise is never at risk.
Year One allocation
$21,000
Three awards of $5,000 · 71%
Six awards of $1,000 · 29%
Illustrative growth path
Founder commitment holds steady; partner funding is the goal on top.
Every partner dollar converts directly into additional named awards, never into overhead first.
The first nine awards are already funded.
The question is not whether this happens. It is how many lives we change together. Join us as a founding partner.