As 2025 comes to a close, the Women Veterans Interactive Foundation stands at a defining moment. This moment is shaped by national visibility, powerful community engagement, and meaningful corporate collaboration. In just the last three months of the year, our efforts to amplify Women Veterans’ voices on a national scale reached new heights. From a major and meaningful award to national media representation to an unforgettable year-end fundraising event, WVIF continues to advocate for Women Veterans’ issues – and get results.
This progress is not accidental. It is the result of deliberate effort, strategic partnerships, and a community united by a shared commitment to Women Veterans.
Year-End Activities at WVIF
Even as the government shutdown required WVIF to postpone our annual conference, we rallied together, adapted, and pivoted. Serving Women Veterans remained our top priority. While working with our amazing sponsors to adapt plans for our year-end conference, we ramped up our internal efforts to advocate on a national level – and the results exceeded our expectations.
NVC Distinguished Service Award
In September, WVIF was honored with NVC’s Distinguished Service Award for Veteran Service Organization of the Year (in the category for organizations with annual budgets under $1 million). This prestigious award recognizes a nonprofit that has demonstrated exemplary impact in service to Veterans, their families, and Veteran-owned businesses across the National Capital Region.
Receiving this distinction affirms what our community already knows: WVIF is a national leader!
We are committed to amplifying Women Veterans’ voices and empowering these heroes through comprehensive, targeted programming. The award reinforces the importance of WVIF’s work and highlights the measurable difference being made in the lives of Women Veterans through crisis assistance, workforce development, healthcare navigation, advocacy, and community engagement.
A National Spotlight on the Today Show
On Veterans Day, WVIF President and CEO Ginger Miller represented the organization (and Women Veterans nationwide) on the Today Show.
For millions of viewers, this offered a reminder that Women Veterans are the fastest-growing veteran population in the nation, yet remain critically underserved. Ginger spoke candidly about her own struggles as a homeless Woman Veteran and discussed WVIF’s mission to eradicate homelessness, employment barriers, and transition challenges in the Women Veterans community. She brought to light the lived experiences of Women Veterans whose stories are rarely shared on mainstream media.
WVIF received incredible feedback, reminding us that amplifying Women Veterans’ voices serves a critical need and fulfills a moral obligation to uplift and empower the women who served and sacrificed for our country.
WVIF in the NYC Veterans Day Parade
Also on Veterans Day, WVIF members marched proudly in the New York City Veterans Day Parade, one of the largest and most widely watched tributes in the nation. Being part of this historic march represented visibility, validation, and unity.
Women Veterans often describe feeling overlooked on patriotic holidays, despite their service and sacrifice. But this year, WVIF brought Women Veterans front and center. As WVIF members walked through the streets of New York City, they demonstrated what collective strength looks like. They joined with other organizations, corporations, advocates and allies to represent generations of veterans who shaped military history and who inspire future generations to do the same.
Champagne, Courage & A Cause: A Pink & White Affair
Rounding out the year was WVIF’s year-end fundraiser, Champagne, Courage & A Cause: A Pink & White Affair. Hosted by WVIF’s Board of Directors, the fundraiser took place at the prestigious Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. This elegant gathering of corporate leaders, philanthropists, and supporters served not only as a celebration, but as a call to action.
Guests experienced an afternoon filled with thought-provoking conversation, powerful storytelling, inspiring testimonies from Women Veterans, and opportunities to connect directly with the heart of WVIF’s mission. The event showcased what happens when corporate influence aligns with nonprofit purpose.
$25,000 Grant from the Kahlert Foundation
In addition to the tremendous outpouring of support and nearly $10,000 in donations, our year-end fundraiser also announced that the Kahlert Foundation has awarded WVIF a $25,000 grant! This contribution directly strengthens Operation Safety Net, WVIF’s crisis relief and rapid intervention program that provides emergency assistance to Women Veterans facing housing insecurity.
The Kahlert Foundation’s financial support of WVIF makes an important statement that Women Veterans deserve stability, dignity, and targeted support. Their grant fuels our capacity to increase outreach, deliver timely support, and ensure that Women Veterans do not slip through the cracks.
Celebrating Corporate Partners Who Lead With Purpose
This year, WVIF proudly partnered with organizations that share our commitment to driving real, sustainable change.
Special recognition in 2025
We are incredibly thankful to these corporations for supporting WVIF in various ways during 2025:
Fiserv
Windsor Group, LLC
USAA
Protiviti
PMI International
FTD
Northwest Federal Credit Union
American Diabetes Association
Continuing to Serve Foundation
Amazon
Aalis Management Consulting
Flyte
Direct Employers Association
Yes& Agency
Their partnership demonstrates what it looks like when corporate leadership recognizes the vital importance of empowering Women Veterans. Their engagement strengthens WVIF’s programming and sends a message to the nation that Women Veterans matter, and that the private sector has a crucial role in ensuring their success.
Sponsors, THANK YOU for your generous support!
Why Corporate Partnership Matters Now More Than Ever
Today, more than 2 million Women Veterans live in the United States. They are leaders, innovators, caregivers, entrepreneurs, and change-makers. Yet they continue to face disproportionate barriers across healthcare, employment, housing, and transition support.
Here is the reality:
- Women Veterans are twice as likely to face homelessness compared to their male counterparts.
- Women Veterans are more likely than male Veterans to be homeless with children.
- Women Veterans are 1.8x more likely than civilian women to commit suicide.
- 25% of Women Veterans report experiencing Military Sexual Trauma (MST).
- 25% of Women Veterans have been diagnosed with depression.
- 20% of Women Veterans have experienced PTSD.
- Only 27% of Women Veterans had found a job before they transitioned from the military.
- The underemployment rate of Women Veterans is 18% higher than of civilian women, and 22% higher than the Veterans population as a whole.
- 37% of Women Veterans take a pay cut when they accept a civilian job, as compared to 23% of male Veterans.
WVIF is addressing these challenges head-on. But we cannot do it alone. Corporate supporters are critical to expanding our programs and services, which include:
- Workforce development programs
- Leadership and professional advancement opportunities
- Crisis intervention and emergency financial assistance
- Wellness, healthcare, and resilience resources
- Customized transition support for Women Veterans
When corporations invest in Women Veterans, they strengthen communities, workplaces, and the entire national economy. Supporting Women Veterans is an investment in proven leaders whose resilience and talent elevate every organization they enter.
Partner With WVIF in 2026
WVIF is entering 2026 with incredible momentum! We welcome corporate partners who are ready to help us expand our impact, innovate our programming, and continue amplifying Women Veterans’s voices nationwide.
We invite you to learn about our sponsorship opportunities, meet with our leadership team, and learn how your investment can drive meaningful, measurable change for Women Veterans in 2026.