Together we can.

Josie Stanton founded Empowerment Bridge in 2022 to address global inequality among women entrepreneurs in developing countries.  

Josie is a junior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, majoring in Earth, Society, and Environmental Sustainability and Political Science. She is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, the Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma academic honor societies, and the Women’s Undergraduate Law Society.

Empowerment Bridge is a charitable woman-led microfinance investment fund focused on connecting women around the world with financial means to help lift them out of poverty.

Empowerment Bridge's journey began in 2018 with the idea that all women should have access to resources that will help them reach their full potential.  This idea became a reality with the first 100 investments via Kiva in 2022.

Empowerment Bridge is obsessed with impacting as many women-led businesses in as many countries across as many industry sectors as possible.  

To date, Empowerment Bridge has invested in 67 countries spanning 8 major geographies and have empowered 480+ different women (or women-led groups) in 19 different industry sectors.