Kota Alliance Inc.

The mission of the kota alliance for women in new york city is to equalize the social, political and economic standing of women and men globally by providing the physical and virtual spaces, tools, and services required by non profits working on womens empowerment. The kota alliance is a new not-for-profit organization, begun as the kota project an initiative of finland center foundation (fcf) to establish a world center for women in new york city as a hub for nonprofit organizations that work towards womens empowerment. The aim of the project is twofold: (1) to reduce our members overhead spending, thus channeling more resources into their actual programs and missions; and (2) to bring like-minded organizations together, fostering a physical proximity where an ideological one already exists. Kota will provide qualified organizations whose missions are directly related to womens empowerment with office, conference, event space and lodging at subsidized rates, all in one building locate

Kota s vision is to better societies all over the world by promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. We do this by creating a physical space in New York City to incubate small- to medium-size global and local civil society organizations, and startup womens enterprises, who work on these issues.We aim to reduce our members overhead spending, thus channeling more resources into their actual programs and missions; and bring like-minded organizations together for networking, fostering a physical proximity where an ideological one already exists.We conduct workshops and seminars on the issues of gender equality and women's empowerment; organize networking events and fundraisers; advocate for the issues our member and affiliate organizations work on via social media; and channel financial and human resources (interns, volunteers, and mentors) to them to strengthen and grow them.