Shop These 11 Products to Support Women-Run Nonprofits

After a close friend died from breast cancer, Shaney Jo Darden founded the Keep a Breast Foundation (KAB). With a creative background in design (in the skateboard industry), she saw an opportunity to educate and raise awareness through the arts in a way that would speak to younger audiences. Because of her artistic background, KAB's products (like this rose quartz bracelet) are definitely on the chic end of the nonprofit spectrum.

Lauren Conrad cofounded The Little Market to create dignified jobs for marginalized communities around the world. The nonprofit shop features fair-trade home goods, accessories, and gifts, and often collaborates with like-minded organizations. This limited-edition candle helps support the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, which works to advance HIV prevention, health, education, and community support for African youth.

Nadya Okamoto founded Period with her classmate in high school in 2014. The two wanted to erase the stigma surrounding menstruation and fight for systemic change toward menstrual equity. Volunteers deliver tampons, pads, and menstrual cups to women in need, and the organization has served more than 850,000 periods to-date. Access to these supplies is something many of us take for granted, so join the movement and wear it across your chest to help spread the word.

College friends Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison founded GirlTrek in 2010. Their mission is to “pioneer a health movement for African American women and girls grounded in civil rights history and principles through walking campaigns, community leadership, and health advocacy.” 

Right now they have more than 100,000 active walkers with a goal to reach 1 million. The bright blue color of their merch is purposeful, so that members stand out in their respective communities, and the “Harriet Hoodie” is in honor of Harriet Tubman. 

The day after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Shannon Watts (a mother of five) started the Facebook group that would grow into the grassroots movement fighting against gun violence and for sensible laws: Moms Demand Action. Now she has more than 6 million supporters, chapters in almost every state in the U.S., and joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns to create Everytown in 2013. 

Yeardley Love was just 22 when she died at the hands of an ex-boyfriend in a domestic violence incident. After her death, Love's family created One Love to help make sure the same thing doesn't happen to other young women. Current CEO Katie Hood leads the organization's work to educate young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships and empowering them through films, workshops, and honest discussions.

Experience Camps, founded by Sara Deren in 2009, is an organization that uses the power of camping to help grieving children who have lost a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. During the one-week (fully free) camp, volunteer counselors and professional clinicians help kids navigate their grief, while also enjoying the fun of being at camp and around other people who “get it.” Throw on a beanie next time you're going out for a run and know you're helping send one of those kids to what ex-campers like to call the “Best Week Ever!” 

She's the First, founded by Tammy Tibbetts and Christen Brandt, partners with local organizations in 11 countries (including the U.S., Ethiopia, and Nepal) to fund programs that help ensure girls can stay in school and forge the futures of their choosing. What better way to start your day than with a Trail Blazer mug that's helping to educate young women around the world? 

In 2015 both of Kristen Kaiser Gray's young daughters were diagnosed with an extremely rare neurological disease called Late Infantile-NCL Batten Disease CLN6, which strips away motor functions (like the ability to walk, talk, and eat) from once healthy children. Instead of burying her head in the sand, she (and husband Gordon) decided to create the Charlotte and Gwenyth Gray Foundation to Cure Batten Disease in order to fund genetic research to help fight Batten and other diseases that often don't receive the same money as more well-known causes.