Our History
National Girls Inc. is the longest-running girls’ leadership program.
Our Mission
Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.
Our Vision
Powerful girls in an equitable society.
Our Values
Respect the dignity of each human being.
Recognize and support the strength in every girl.
Appreciate, embrace, and advance diversity.
Drive for results anchored in accountability.
Operate collaboratively.
Girls Inc. of San Antonio was founded in 2004. More than 20 years of direct IMPACT, serving over 50,000 girls, offering thousands of hours of life-changing programs that addresses the unique challenges girls face.
Nationally, Girls Inc. was founded in 1864 to serve girls and young women who were experiencing upheaval in the aftermath of the Civil War. Across the decades, we adapted to meet the specific environmental challenges facing girls and young women, always working in partnership with schools and communities, and guided by our founders’ fundamental belief in the inherent potential of each girl. Woven into those early girls’ clubs are the same core values of Girls Inc. today: the importance of creating a safe gathering place for girls to learn and to share in a sisterhood and a strong premise that each girl can develop her own capacities, self- confidence, and grow up healthy, educated, and independent.
For 160 years, Girls Inc. has been evolving with girls.
We not only support girls, we also equip them and give them the opportunity to envision, and then create, a more equitable future.
Girls Inc. of San Antonio celebrates 20 years in 2024.
We’ve served thousands of girls in the Alamo Area. What we’ve learned is that girls are innately powerful, and they are the strong, smart, and bold leaders our communities need.
