Almost 300 new women’s associations emerged following the 2010-2011 Revolution in Tunisia. While many of them disappeared over time, some survived the political transition. How did new women’s associations survive after the political revolution in Tunisia? I draw on content analysis, fieldwork, 79 interviews conducted in Tunisia and Washington D.C. in 2018 and 2019 with members and leaders two associations, Tunisian officials, and foreign donors and implementers. The article develops a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics between foreign donors and local women’s associations during political transitions. More specifically, it shows how two local women’s associations—secular feminist Ligue Des Electrices Tunissiennes (LET) and Islamist Tounissiet—were not simply passive recipients of foreign aid. On the contrary, they judiciously used foreign donor assistance to (1) professionalize and (2) specialize, which helped them survive during the political transition. I suggest that more needs to be understood about the role of donor assistance when examining social movement survival, especially in political transitions.