Deadline: 1-Mar-23
The Circle of Sisterhood Foundation is inviting applications for its Grant Program to support entities working worldwide to remove barriers to education for girls and women.
The Foundation aim 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
- The Circle of Sisterhood Foundation (CofS) 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 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.); and
- Improve the livelihood of girls and women (e.g., training to learn income-generating skills, business and vocational training, capacity-building, etc.).
Funding Information
The Foundation will consider requests up to $10,000 and
Granting Criteria
- Grants only to U.S.-based 501c3 non-profit organizations operating domestically and/or internationally.
- Circle of Sisterhood grantees must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- 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.
For more information, visit Circle of Sisterhood.