New Response Fund Invests in Women & Girls Impacted by COVID-19

Deadline: 12 June 2020

Women’s Foundation of Minnesota (WFMN) invites Minnesota organizations and initiatives serving women and girls experiencing gender-based violence, older women, women and girls who need short-term financial support for everyday needs due to the effects of COVID-19 (childcare, eldercare, food, housing, transportation, health, and wellness) to apply for emergency grants of up to $10,000.

At the WFMN, a statewide community foundation, mission is to invest in innovation to drive gender and racial equity. Women and girls are distinctly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funding Information

Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded for general operating support to organizations and initiatives fulfilling the urgent needs of women and girls experiencing gender-based violence, older women, women and girls who need short-term financial support for everyday needs due to the effects of COVID-19 (childcare, eldercare, food, housing, transportation, health, and wellness.)

Eligibility Criteria

They apply an Intersectional Equity Framework™ inclusive of Gender, Race, Place, and Additional Identities (ethnicity, sovereignty, socioeconomic class, age, disability, LGBTQ+, immigration status) to grantmaking.
Intersectional equity considers how the intersecting identities of people and communities impact their systemic access to opportunity and well -being, or to equity. This analysis is required to create the conditions in which all people have what they need to survive this pandemic in the short term and thrive in the long term.
In order to be eligible for funding, organizations and initiatives must use an Intersectional Equity lens in their response and meet the following additional criteria:
- Organizations and initiatives responding to an urgent need related to COVID-19.
- Organizations and initiatives serving women and girls experiencing gender-based violence, and older women, women, and girls who need short-term financial support for everyday needs (childcare, eldercare, food, housing, transportation, health, and wellness.) Communities served must be in Minnesota.
- Eligible organizations include nonprofit organizations, American Indian Nations, schools, local government and law enforcement, and other tax-exempt organizations.
- Unincorporated organizations, groups, and initiatives may apply but must have a tax-exempt fiscal sponsor.
- Organizations and initiatives must align with the WFMN’s mission and vision.
The following are NOT eligible for responsive funding:
- Individuals
- Organizations and initiatives that may be deemed discriminatory on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligation, and marital status.
- Organizations and initiatives that limit or oppose a woman’s right to self-determination.
- Projects within religious institutions that do not align with the mission and values of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota.