Deadline: 1-Mar-24
The Circle of Sisterhood Foundation is providing grants only to U.S.-based 501c3 non-profit organizations operating domestically and/or internationally.
Please note: If applying via fiscal sponsor, contact the foundation before submitting your application to discuss additional requirements.
The Circle of Sisterhood aims to fund entities regardless of location, but they are particularly interested in developing countries where girls are kept from school. They hope to help end oppressive brutality against women internationally by uplifting them from poverty through education.
Areas of Interest
- The Circle of Sisterhood Foundation will fund programs or projects that remove barriers to education for girls and women, thereby improving their lives and those of their families. They value requests that advance long-range plans to improve the well-being of the communities in sustainable ways. CofS will give preference to women-led organizations and to entities that involve the individuals and/or community impacted in leadership and decision-making.
- Through relationships with their Grantees, they seek to:
- Ensure opportunities for girls and women to achieve education, by focusing on readiness for, access to, and performing well/persisting in school (e.g., providing tuition/school fees and necessary materials to succeed in school, enrichment/study groups, innovative approaches to education, awareness of the importance of education, parent involvement, menstrual health and hygiene, improving infrastructure, funding teacher salaries, etc.)
- Improve the livelihood of girls and women (e.g., training to learn income-generating skills, business and vocational training, capacity-building, etc.).
- Please note that Circle of Sisterhood does not currently fund research.
Funding Information
- The Foundation will consider requests up to $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Foundation is offering grants only to U.S.-based 501c3 organizations operating domestically and/or internationally.
- Please note: If applying via fiscal sponsor, contact the foundation before submitting your application to discuss additional requirements.
- Operates exclusively for exempt purposes set forth in Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Code.
- Has financial systems and oversight in place and reasonable overhead costs.
- Is committed to providing the Circle of Sisterhood Foundation an interim report within six months of grant award and a final report at the conclusion of the grant year.
- Is able to present specific, feasible plans of action to accomplish well-defined objectives and measurable results.
- Demonstrates the positive impact of programs and/or services on girls and women.
- Integrates program into the local infrastructure and respects local culture and traditions.
- Demonstrates sustainability (i.e., provisions for ongoing funding).
- Plans to spend funds within one year of grant being awarded.
- In addition to the general criteria outlined above, applications will be reviewed for:
- Alignment of organization’s mission with Circle of Sisterhood’s mission of removing barriers to education for girls and women;
- The involvement of women in leadership and decision-making at the organizational and program/project levels;
- Applicant’s ability to define educational barriers and how they will be removed;
- How program/project funded will uplift girls and/or women from poverty and oppression;
- How the proposal centers local leadership and programs/projects that are co-designed with the individuals and/or community impacted;
- How program/project funded contributes to systemic change in the community/context in which it will be implemented;
- Documentation of identified community need; and
- Ability to demonstrate measurable outcomes.
For more information, visit Circle of Sisterhood Foundation.
