Madam C. J. Walker's Philanthropy

• Donated to the National Association of Colored Women
• Helped purchase the Frederick Douglass home for preservation as a museum
• Donated to homes for the aged in St. Louis and Indianapolis, to the poor in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Indianapolis Young Men's Christian Association
• Funded scholarships for young women at Tuskegee Institute
• Contributed to Palmer Memorial Institute, a private secondary school for African Americans in Sedalia, North Carolina
• Organized her agents into Walker Clubs and gave cash prizes to the clubs that did the most community philanthropic work.
• Made large donations to other educational institutions, such as Mary McLeod Bethune's Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls
• Founded an academy for girls in West Africa