Organizational & Membership Structure

GFWC is a community service organization with many levels of membership. Specifically, GFWC is comprised of six membership levels: national, regional, state, county, district, and local.

The first level of GFWC membership is national. The Executive Committee and Board of Directors are considered members on a national scale. GFWC members involved with these directorial committees are chosen by the GFWC International President at the beginning of her two year administration. During her administration, the GFWC International President is required to live at GFWC International Headquarters, located in Washington DC. All national members of GFWC have leadership responsibilities and are expected to attend the GFWC Annual International Convention in the summer.  

Following the national level is the regional level. GFWC consists of eight Regions:

• Great Lakes Region
  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
  
• Middle Atlantic Region
  Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
  
• Mississippi Valley Region
  Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
  
• New England Region
  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
  
• South Central Region
  Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
  
• Southeastern Region
  Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
  
• Southern Region
  Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina
  
• Western States Region
  Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming

Each region holds an annual conference in the fall. This conference is separate from the GFWC Annual International Convention.

The next organizational level is state. GFWC has members in each of the 50 states. State federations host individual conferences each spring.

County and district levels follow the state level. These two Federation categories vary from state to state; some states choose not to have county and district levels, whereas other states contain multiple counties and districts.

The sixth organizational level of GFWC is local. GFWC is comprised of thousands of local clubs; each club elects officers and works independently on various projects in their community. It is the local level which most embodies the GFWC motto Unity in Diversity.