While only 4.2% of women-owned businesses in the U.S. surpass $1 million in annual revenue, a striking 42% of those supported by the Tory Burch Foundation achieve this milestone. The tenfold difference between 4.2% and 42% reveals the foundation's effective model for scaling women-led businesses. Women entrepreneurs historically struggle to secure adequate funding and scale; however, targeted programs like the Tory Burch Foundation prove exponential growth is possible. The foundation's founders contributed $470 million to the economy last year, according to Fortune.

Investing in structured support for women-led businesses is not just social good. It is a powerful, underutilized engine for economic expansion that mainstream capital often overlooks. Tory Burch has pledged to generate over $1 billion in economic impact through women entrepreneurs by 2030, according to Forbes.

A Track Record of Transformative Individual Growth

  • Pilar Guzmán's Half Moon Empanadas saw sales increase tenfold since joining the program in 2020, growing from $3 million to $30 million (as of 2020), according to Fortune.
  • Denise Woodard's Partake Foods grew from $400,000 in revenue to $17.5 million after completing the Tory Burch Foundation program (as of an unspecified year after 2020), according to Forbes.
  • Christa Cotton's El Guapo cocktail mixer company scaled from $180,000 to $3 million after completing the program (as of an unspecified year after 2020), according to Forbes.

These stories confirm the foundation's direct impact, enabling rapid, multi-million dollar expansion for participants. The rapid, multi-million dollar expansion for participants suggests a repeatable formula for scaling diverse businesses, not just a series of isolated successes.

Outperforming National Benchmarks for Women Entrepreneurs

Among Tory Burch Foundation fellows, 42% of women-owned businesses surpass $1 million in annual revenue, compared to only 4.2% of women-owned businesses in the U.S. according to Forbes. The tenfold difference between 42% and 4.2% proves the program's efficacy. These 385 businesses, which collectively contributed $470 million to the economy, also support approximately 2,000 jobs, according to Fortune.