The Women’s Philanthropy Board provides yearly educational programs to inspire and enable attendees regarding financial responsibility and philanthropic engagement. Each year, WPB hosts more than 1,000 attendees ranging in age from 18-90. Since it's inception, WPB has presented more than 150 programs featuring more than 250 unique speakers. WPB provides diverse topics and speakers to engage a broad spectrum of constituents. Keynote speakers are often nationally and internationally renowned financial, philanthropic or nonprofit leaders. Former featured speakers include: Laura Bush, Former First Lady; Knight Kiplinger, Editor in Chief of The Kiplinger Letter; Marlo Thomas, Actor and Activist, National Outreach Director for St. Jude; Dr. Jane Goodall, International Nonprofit Leader and Conservationist; Dominique Dawes, Olympic Gold Medalist; Charles Best, Founder of DonorsChoose.org; and Jean Chatzky, Financial Journalist.

The Women’s Philanthropy Board sponsors mentoring initiatives to inspire and educate the next generation of philanthropists. Mentoring initiatives are open to any Auburn University student who has a desire to learn more about financial responsibility, philanthropic engagement and nonprofit leadership.

As part of its mission, each year WPB practices collective philanthropy by passing through philanthropic funding to the College of Human Sciences through the awarding of student scholarships and programmatic support. Since its 2002 inception, WPB has provided a cumulative total of $1,000,000 in scholarships and grants.