Deadline: 31-Jan-22
The Austin Community Foundation is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2022 Women’s Fund.
Austin Community Foundation believes that maintaining the economic security of women and children is essential to closing the opportunity gap in Central Texas, and they know they cannot do this without addressing the racial wealth and health divide faced by women of color.
Areas
The Women’s Fund will award funding to organizations and programs that fit into one of the following strategic areas:
- Housing – provide affordable housing opportunities that include a network of support and/or opportunities for long-term wealth building.
- Child Care – increase access to affordable, convenient, culturally competent, and quality child care for families with low incomes.
- Education – provide access to an ecosystem of support – academic, emotional, and financial – for women pursuing educational dreams.
- Unintended Pregnancy Prevention – provide access to consumable, unbiased pregnancy prevention resources.
- Women’s Health – focus on reducing health disparities faced by women of color.
Funding Information
- In each strategy area, five grants will be distributed as follows:
- Winning finalist – $45,000 total; a multi-year grant over 2 years – $25,000 in 2022 and $20,000 in 2023
- Runner-up finalist – $25,000 total; a multi-year grant over 2 years – $15,000 in 2022 and $10,000 in 2023
- Three semifinalists – $10,000 in 2022
- In total, $500,000 in unrestricted, general operating support will be awarded to 25 different nonprofit organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants must be tax-exempt organizations or units of government serving the six-county Central Texas region; Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, or Williamson.
- Proposals will be considered from organizations that engage in non-lobbying advocacy work. Organizations doing systems change level work such as educating the public about issues, community organizing, policy research, and other non-lobbying advocacy activities may apply.
- Proposals will be considered from religious organizations that engage in non-religious programming. Religious organizations will need to demonstrate that their work aligns with the Women’s Fund strategies is secular in nature and does not discriminate against any employees or clients based on religion.
For more information, visit https://www.austincf.org/womens-fund-grantmaking/