Deadline: 31-Jul-21
The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa has announced a call for applications for the Women’s Fund Grant Program to educate, engage and inspire giving to improve the lives of women and girls in Black Hawk County.
Within these program areas, the Women’s Fund supports projects or programs addressing issues that lead to long-term change for Black Hawk County women and girls in the following focus areas: Education and Literacy, Poverty and Homelessness, Violence and Safety, and Health and Healthcare.
Funding Priorities
The Women’s Fund Committee prioritizes grant requests according to the following criteria:
- Projects that address a critical and urgent need by fostering a solution-based approach
- Effective programming focused on creating significant and direct impact to women and girls in Black Hawk County
- Projects that show innovative approaches to advancing women’s and girls’ growth and success
- Projects that show other funding and/or community support or that will use this grant to leverage additional funding support
- Proposals that include budgets that are clear and detailed
Funding Information
- Request minimum is $1,000 and maximum is $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must provide benefits to women and girls of Black Hawk County and must meet the following criteria in order to apply for a grant:
- Be classified as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or be a government entity. Tax-exempt organizations classified as other than 501(c)(3) are also eligible if, and only if, the project is deemed charitable; please contact their office to discuss the project’s eligibility prior to submitting a proposal.
- Be current with all state and federal reporting requirements.
- Must not have any past due grant reports for previous Women’s Fund grants.
- Public and private schools and school districts may apply, but the Foundation will not fund capital improvements, salaries or technology/equipment requests. Priority will be given to requests for innovative, replicable projects.
- Requests are for one year only.
- Organizations may only submit one proposal annually.
- If awarded, grants must be expended within Black Hawk County. Administrative or other fees paid to a parent organization are not eligible budget expenses.
- Inherently religious activities such as religious worship, instruction, or proselytization or activities that promote specific religious doctrine are not eligible.
- Requests for funds to be re-granted by the recipient organization are not eligible; programmatic scholarships are eligible.
- Requests for operational support from other foundations are not eligible.
- The Foundation will consider requests for capital campaigns but will not provide multiple grants (in subsequent years) for the same campaign.
- Late, incomplete, or hard copy applications will not be considered. Incomplete applications are those that are in DRAFT mode at the time of the application deadline.
For more information, visit https://www.cfneia.org/grants/grant-opportunities/27-womens-fund-grant
