Across the Capital Region, women are creating spaces where resilience, creativity and community thrive through their leadership roles in nonprofit organizations. Often walking beside individuals during the most challenging times of their lives—from coping with miscarriages to escaping domestic violence to navigating life as a single mother—these organizations prove that when women come together to support one another, entire communities change.

For 15 years, inRegister has recognized some of the area’s most altruistic women who selflessly offer their time and talents to those in need. Get to know the powerhouse teams behind three female-founded organizations dedicated to uplifting and empowering women, children, families and ultimately, our community in this year’s roster of Women with a Cause.

For more on these inspiring women and their organizations, including Q&As that shed light on their impactful work, click the organization titles below.

YWCA Greater Baton Rouge

Maddie’s Footprints

The Life of a Single Mom