Join us on Wednesday, October 21 at Cipriani Wall Street in NYC for a powerful evening celebrating the transformative power of sport, a force that builds the leaders of tomorrow and amplifies the profound societal and cultural impact created when girls and women play.
Purchase Your Tickets and Tables Today >>We’re thrilled to share our largest cohort yet of the WSF Tara VanDerveer Fund, a program that honors Coach VanDerveer’s legacy while investing in the future of women coaches in collegiate athletics. This year’s 12 grant recipients span eight sports plus strength and conditioning, reaching across all three NCAA divisions, 3C2A and the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. As the Fund continues to grow, WSF VanDerveer Fellows are elevating the influence of women’s leadership in sport and strengthening the coaching pathway, one coach at a time.
Meet This Year's Cohort >>For more than 50 years, the Women’s Sports Foundation has worked to expand access, advance opportunity, and strengthen the future of women’s sports. Explore our Impact Report to see how our research, advocacy, and community programs are creating change — from playgrounds to podiums to policy.
Sports are more than entertainment; they shape leaders. #PlayToLead shows how girls’ and women’s sports participation builds lifelong leadership skills, informed by cross-generational insights and the lasting impact of opportunity, access, and Title IX.
Learn MoreWe’re building a future where every girl and woman can play, be active, and reach her full potential. Through research that exposes barriers, advocacy that changes systems, community programs that fund access, and representation that breaks stigma — WSF is the through-line from the science of why sport matters to the change that makes it possible.
