Membership Guidelines

How to Select Membership:

The core group that Women in Funds caters to are those who work in a private fund, which makes up our base membership. Applicants should select the category that best corresponds to their employment status.

Private Fund (Full Access or Leader) Membership:

For individuals who currently hold a primary, full-time role at a manager of a Private Fund(s), they are eligible to join Women in Funds as a Private Funds Member ("Qualifying Member"). 

Applicants must have access to an active email account at the manager and be listed on the manager’s website as a current employee in order to confirm eligibility as a Qualifying Member. Eligibility will be determined at all times in the sole discretion of Women in Funds.

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“Private Funds” include: any private pooled investment vehicle, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, credit funds, real asset funds, crypto funds, fund of funds, family offices and allocators to the foregoing.

Private Funds are NOT:

mutual funds, investment/retail/commercial banks, technology firms, law firms, outsourced executives, solo practitioners, wealth management firms, consultants, fund administrators, software as a service companies, placement agents, finders/marketers, recruiters, vendors of any kind, private vehicles used only for personal investing, or any company whose business is the sale of services, goods or products to fund managers.

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Membership for Individuals who work outside a Private Fund:

For individuals who are not eligible to join as a Qualifying Member per the above, due to the fact that they do not work full-time in a Private Fund (either because they are in between jobs or they work at a company that does not qualify as a Private Fund), they are eligible to join as Community Sponsor Members or Champion Sponsors.

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Remaining in Good Standing:

To remain in good standing, members must remain in fully paid membership status (Qualifying Members, Community Sponsor or Champion Sponsor) at all times. In the event a member leaves a role at a Private Fund and is no longer a Qualifying Member as a result of the departure, the member shall be permitted to remain a member until the earlier of such member accepting a job at a firm that is not a Private Fund or membership annual expiration. The member may rejoin under the Community Sponsor Membership at the time of membership termination. No refunds will be issued if a member no longer qualifies. Members who are not in good standing have no right or claim to access Women in Funds member services or resources.

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Non-Discriminatory Policies:

Eligibility for membership is explicitly not dependent on gender identity or gender expression. Women in Funds does not discriminate on the basis of any protected category, including sex, gender, race, religion, military or veteran status, or sexual orientation. Membership is not contingent on a potential member’s gender identity. Women in Funds is not a political organization.

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General:

Membership terms are subject to change at any time. The determination of member eligibility is in the sole discretion of Women in Funds.​ Members agree to abide by Women in Funds’ terms and membership criteria and rules. Members agree that they will not circumvent the foregoing. Members agree that if they have registered as a Qualifying Member, they will not circumvent our policies by soliciting or marketing by proxy, on behalf of entities, services or individuals who are not paying members or sponsors of Women in Funds.