Join us on Wednesday, October 21 at Cipriani Wall Street in NYC for a powerful evening celebrating the transformative power of sport, a force that builds the leaders of tomorrow and amplifies the profound societal and cultural impact created when girls and women play.
Purchase Your Tickets and Tables Today >>The inaugural WSF Sport Report™ 2026 is a new annual benchmark examining girls’ and women’s sports from a girl’s first opportunity to play through collegiate, professional and elite competition. The findings reveal where progress is taking hold, where it’s stalling and what demands attention next.
Read the 2026 Report >>For more than 50 years, the Women’s Sports Foundation has worked to expand access, advance opportunity, and strengthen the future of women’s sports. Explore our Impact Report to see how our research, advocacy, and community programs are creating change — from playgrounds to podiums to policy.
Sports are more than entertainment; they shape leaders. #PlayToLead shows how girls’ and women’s sports participation builds lifelong leadership skills, informed by cross-generational insights and the lasting impact of opportunity, access, and Title IX.
Learn MoreWe’re building a future where every girl and woman can play, be active, and reach her full potential. Through research that exposes barriers, advocacy that changes systems, community programs that fund access, and representation that breaks stigma — WSF is the through-line from the science of why sport matters to the change that makes it possible.
