Women’s Foundation opens new headquarters

The Women’s Foundation of Alabama — a philanthropy, research, and advocacy organization that aims to accelerate gender equity and economic opportunities for women — opened its new headquarters in Birmingham on Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house in the new space.

The roughly 5,000 square foot office at 2213 1st Avenue South, neighboring Birmingham’s Rotary Trail, is the next step in an expansion effort that, beginning in 2021, transformed the Women’s Fund of Alabama, a regional organization founded in 1996, into the now statewide Women’s Foundation.

“This expanding space and endless possibility renews our pledge to work relentlessly for fulfilling our mission,” Dawn Helms Sharff, the Women’s Foundation board chair, said. “Today, we not only open this new space officially, but we also open a new chapter of hope and empowerment for women across our state.”

The ribbon-cutting ceremony featured comments from Sharff, President and CEO Melanie…