The fourth round of the Women’s Collaborative Fund focused on helping both microenterprise organizations and the entrepreneurs they served to become more sustainable and grow.

The Ms. Foundation established CFWED in 1991 to support organizations helping low-income women start and grow microenterprise, community-based, and cooperative businesses.

Between 2001 and 2004, the Ms. Foundation provided funding and technical support to eight women-run organizations across the country that manage social purpose businesses to create jobs and promote women's economic empowerment.

Between 2001 and 2004, the Ms. Foundation for Women, through the Collaborative Fund for Women’s Economic Development (CFWED), provided funding and technical support to nine organizations across the country that help low-income women to start and expand microenterprises.

This report provides insight into the employment outcomes and business performance of nine firms.

This third and final report on FIELD’s Welfare to Work Learning Assessment describes outcomes experienced two years after TANF clients enrolled in microenterprise programs.

This paper presents the findings at the mid-point of FIELD's Welfare to Work Learning Assessment one year after TANF clients enrolled in microenterprise programs.

This research brief presents the findings from one-year outcomes experienced by TANF recipients who pursued self-employment and highlights the policy context and issues they confronted when preparing for and engaging in self-employment.

This report on FIELD's Welfare to Work Learning Assessment summarizes findings from the first wave of TANF clients enrolled in microenterprise programs.