Established in 1995, the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women start and grow their own businesses. CWE is a national leader among women's business development agencies.

CWE's mission is to empower women to become economically self-sufficient and prosperous through entrepreneurship.

CWE has served over 15,000 entrepreneurs. CWE offers education, training, technical assistance, women's business enterprise certification and access to both debt and equity capital to entrepreneurs at every stage of business development. Their clients are drawn from a wide variety of racial, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, spanning the range from women living in public housing who may want to start home-based or small retail businesses to women running fast growth, multi-million dollar technology businesses. As a non-profit, charitable organization, CWE provides scholarships for its services in order to serve all women, regardless of their ability to pay.

Our Clients

• 50% are low-income
• 30% are single mothers
• 30% are minorities
• 25% are unemployed
• 60% are start ups
• 82% are retail or service businesses

Our Track Record

Since 1995, in Massachusetts and Rhode Island CWE has helped over 15,000 women (and men) to:

• Realize their dreams of starting a business
• Grow and strengthen their existing businesses
• Learn to manage their finances, reduce their debt, and increase their savings
• Achieve economic stability and prosperity for themselves and their families