General Federation of Women's Clubs

General Federation of Women's Clubs

Founded	1890
Headquarters	General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters 1734 N Street NW Washington, D.C.
Website	gfwc.org

The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of approximately 2,300 women's clubs in the United States which promote civic improvements through volunteer service. Community Service Projects (CSP) are organized by local clubs for the benefit of their communities or GFWC's Affiliate Organization (AO) partnerships. GFWC maintains nearly 60,000 members^[1] throughout the United States and internationally. GFWC is one of the world's largest and oldest nonpartisan, nondenominational, women's volunteer service organizations.^[2] The GFWC headquarters is located in Washington, D.C.