Understand
Research with communities.
We fund research that listens to women's experiences, recognizes local expertise, and clarifies what helps—and what gets in the way.
Women at the center. Community at the heart.
When women are supported, communities grow.
The Krigsman invests in expanding opportunity for underserved women—and in strengthening the organizations they turn to.
Our purpose
Knowledge rooted in lived experience.
Support built around real lives.
Opportunity shaped together.
Our areas of focus
More support. Fewer barriers.
Our work connects community-led research, respectful access, and practical investment in women-focused organizations.
Open access
Support that respects the person.
We partner with organizations to design services grounded in dignity, choice, privacy, and the practical realities of women's lives.
Build capacity
Stronger organizations. Lasting connections.
We convene leaders around practical learning, shared expertise, and trusted relationships that help their work thrive.
Dignity by design
Access begins with trust.
How support is offered matters. We back partners who build safety, transparency, and personal choice into everyday interactions—from the first form to the next conversation.
Choice in what is shared
Access to support should never depend on repeatedly recounting difficult experiences.
Clarity at every step
Partners we fund make processes, expectations, and next steps easy to understand.
Designed for real lives
Services built around time, transport, caregiving, and the realities people actually face.
Built with, not just for
Women and community organizations help shape the programs that serve them.
Community-led research
Listen closely. Learn together. Put it to work.
Our research begins with the questions communities want answered—and ends with learning they can use.
Understand the experience
Listening sessions, interviews, and collaborative inquiry explore unmet needs, trusted support, and barriers to access.
Shape a better response
Local organizations turn insights into practical changes, and we learn together how those changes affect people's experience.
Return the knowledge
Clear findings go back to participating communities as useful resources, and women's priorities enter wider conversations.
Founders
Built by its founders.
The people who set Krigsman’s direction and carry its purpose forward.
Meet the foundersPhoto to come
Holly Custard, Ph.D.
Founder
Biography to come.
Photo to come
Christeen Joy
Founder
Biography to come.
Photo to come
Kevin Koym
Founder
Biography to come.
Build with us
There is a place for your perspective.
We are shaping a foundation alongside the women, organizations, researchers, and supporters who share this purpose.
Community organizations
Bring your local knowledge, share what you need, and explore ways to strengthen your work.
Explore collaborationResearchers & practitioners
Help turn lived experience and evidence into more accessible, responsive support.
Contribute your expertiseFunders & supporters
Help make practical resources, meaningful research, and shared learning possible.
Support the visionStronger women. Stronger organizations. Stronger communities.