Deadline: 9-Feb-22
The Women’s Foundation of Colorado is inviting applications for the 2022 Women & Girls Of Color Fund Grants Program.
The Women & Girls of Color Fund is a community-developed, community-led field-of-interest fund dedicated to investing in and partnering with women-of-color-led organizations that are working to advance the economic security of Colorado women and girls of color. Women and girls of color are assets to the communities. By collaborating with and investing in them, they are investing in their inherent gifts and invaluable contributions.
Funding Priorities
The funding priorities are grounded in increasing investments in Colorado women and girls of color, their leadership, their futures, and their economic security.
- Led by women and girls of color: Women of color have the experience and community knowledge to best lead the communities into an equitable future. Grantee organizations will be led by women of color executive directors.
- Focused on women and girls of color: Women and girls of color receive just. 5% of all foundation funding. Programs they fund will have a focus on the power and potential of women and girls of color.
- Colorado-based and Colorado-focused: Colorado is a large and diverse state. Grantees will take a range of approaches to advancing the economic security of women and girls of color based on their specific communities' needs.
- Liberatory leadership: Grantees will not only reject systems of racism, classism, homophobia, and patriarchy, they will also demonstrate radical practices of liberatory leadership such as self care and collective leadership, which undermine white supremacy culture.
- Advancing economic security: In alignment with The Women's Foundation of Colorado's mission, the fund will support programs that advance the economic security of women and girls of color.
- Those most underfunded: Following principles of intersectionality, the Women & Girls of Color Fund will prioritize those communities marginalized by multiple systems of oppression and most underfunded.
Funding Information
Grants will range from $10,000 to $20,000 depending on how many organizations are selected for funding. Applicants do not need to submit an application for a specific amount. Organizations will also receive a $750 for staff appreciation or professional or personal development.
Eligibility Criteria
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Applicants must meet all criteria.
- 501(c)(3) charitable organizations; tax-exempt educational institutions; tax-exempt state, tribal, local government entities; or initiatives working with a fiscal sponsor. Organizations without nonprofit status who are interested in this fund should contact Camisha Lashbrook, donor relations manager.
- Organization headquartered in rural Colorado (regardless of service area).
- Organizations based in Front Range counties and statewide organizations are eligible for funding in the June – September cycle.
- Organizations whose executive director or CEO is a woman of color, girl of color, or nonbinary person of color.
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Examples of exceptions that will be considered:
- After school programs or extra-curricular activities at K-12 schools led by women of color, girls of color, or nonbinary people of color
- Projects or departments at institutions of higher education that are led by women of color, girls of color, or nonbinary people of color
- Community organizing or direct service organizations that advance economic security for or build the economic power of women of color, girls of color, and/or nonbinary people of color along the continuum from birth through adulthood. (Excludes research- and public policy-exclusive organizations). Examples: Early childhood education & child care; job training; entrepreneurship; financial education; self-esteem; trauma and healing; health; food insecurity; safety; reproductive justice; legal services; housing; leadership development; refugee and immigrant rights/services; grassroots advocacy.
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For more information, visit https://www.wfco.org/impact/women-girls-of-color-fund
