Deadline: 7-Feb-22
The AIDS Institute’s Women Informing Now (WIN) Micro-Grant and Innovator Leaders’ Program will be a three-year initiative designed to support grassroots community-based organizations and emerging cis and transgender women leaders conducting innovative approaches that breakdown isolation and stigma for women of color with HIV across the gender spectrum.
Funding Information
- Funding will be provided through two categories: WIN Micro-Grants and Innovator Leaders’ Awards in the amount of $3,000 to $7,500 per award per year.
- Up to 20 Micro-Grants and 5 Innovator Leaders’ Awards will be funded.
Eligible Areas
- Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,Nebraska,North Dakota,Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
- South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, DC, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,Washington,and Wyoming.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants applying for a Micro-Grant must be a non-profit, tax exempt organizations as set forth in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Applicants that do not hold 501 (c) (3) status must have a fiscal sponsor and a letter/agreement from the fiscal sponsor agreeing to manage funds if awarded. Please have qualifying document ready to upload when submitting application. Applicants applying for an Innovator Leaders’ Award and not affiliated with a non-profit entity will be required to complete a IRS W-9.
- The W-9 form is an informational reporting tax form, meaning that it provides information to the IRS about taxable entities. Those individuals issued checks directly will be given a 1099-MISC form for the year and will be responsible for reporting the amount to IRS. As such, it’s the individual’s responsibility to pay taxes on those funds received and reported on the 1099-MISC form.
For more information, visit https://aidsinstitute.net/documents/Women-Informing-Now-(WIN)-Micro-Grant-Funding-Opportunity—FINAL-V1.6.2022.pdf