Though at its inception, The Girl Friends was to be a social organization, it expanded its mission quickly and included charitable, civic, and cultural activities to its agenda. In fact, because giving back to the community became such a great part of the organization’s spirit, in February 1988, The  Girl Friends Fund, Inc. was established as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization to facilitate charitable contributions. The Girl Friends wanted to assist young African Americans in pursuing their dreams of a college education. The GF Fund is supported through generous donations from members and chapters of The Girl Friends Inc. and the general public.  Since its formative years, the chain of friendship has grown to embrace a continent. Girl Friends are formidable and phenomenal women who have founded schools, led colleges, earned all levels of academia and professional degrees, written books, started and sustained their own businesses, saved lives, been elected to Congress, and served in the cabinet of the President of the United  States. They are devoted wives, sisters, aunts, mothers, and most importantly, friends. As the lyrics to the Girl Friend hymn state, “she must be quite a girl”.

To celebrate and renew bonds of friendship, each spring all Girl Friends are invited to come together at the annual Conclave. Since the first Conclave held in 1933 in New York City, where the organization's colors of emerald and/or apple green, and its flower, the Marshall Neal Rose, or,  now commonly called the Yellow Tea Rose, were adopted, each chapter in turn plays host to hundreds of Girl Friends in their city. In 2031, the Atlanta Chapter of Girl Friends, Inc. will host the Conclave.