YWCA Duluth

YGiveNOW: Create Lasting Change

When YWCA Duluth was founded in 1893, its aim was to uplift and support young women through the transitions they found themselves in. Our values haven't changed and the way we uplift our community has stayed dynamic. Over a century of being a catalyst for change for women and families in the Duluth area, we have consistently created programming that is relevant to the needs of our communities. In 2003, we opened the Spirit Valley Center where we operate a 52 child-capacity early learning center for children ages 6 weeks to Kindergarten entry and seven units of transitional housing and support services for homeless young mothers ages 16-21 and their children. With the generous support of our donors, both individual and corporate, and the dedicated work of our staff to ensure funding sources continue, we successfully ran the Spirit Valley Center for over 20 years.

YWCA Duluth is at a crucial point in time as we transition once again. We have decided to transfer the Spirit Valley Center to another entity and shrink to a small program development team that can create new, pertinent programming that implements our mission in today’s environment. We are asking you to help us preserve our 130+ year old organization that is led by women, for women. We are asking you to support our efforts to realign with the needs of women and families in our neighborhoods through a community assessment and development plan in 2025. We are asking you to give so that we can continue to uplift and grow the leaders of tomorrow who will continue to make change for women and families well into the future. We are asking you to Give to the Max!

We take our role as a catalyst for change for women and families seriously and will continue to create programming that is relevant and needed in the Duluth community. No matter what metamorphosis we go through, we will continue to be #OnAMission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all!

2023 IMPACT REPORT