Deadline: 23-Feb-23
The Community Foundation is pleased to announce an open call for the Women and Girls Fund.
The Women and Girls Fund is both a component fund of The Community Foundation and a local movement to involve women in philanthropy. Initially established as a field of interest fund by the 2008-2009 Community Foundation Board of Governors, this fund enriches their community by addressing the needs of area women and girls. The founding vision is a fund made up 1,000 women, each willing to pledge $1,000. The long range goal, then, is a $1 million endowment.
Purpose
- The Women and Girls Fund allocates money, time, and talent to address the critical needs of women and girls in their community. They wish to address persistent and systematic gender inequalities that not only dampen the lives of women and girls, but negatively impacts families, economies, and communities. Areas of focus include health, education, employment, safety and wellness of women.
Funding Information
- Available funding: one-time award $50,000.
What they Fund?
Examples of program areas that the Women and Girls Fund does fund (by no means is this list exhaustive):
- Early education and childcare economic mobility
- Physical, mental and emotional health, safety and wellbeing
- Public safety nets and wraparound services
- Holisitic programming for girls
What they don’t Fund?
- The Women and Girls Fund grant opportunity does not fund:
- Co-educational programs that do not clearly communicate the specific and unique aspects of women and girls
- Advancement of capital or endowment campaign
- Event sponsorship
- Political campaigns or promotion of candidates for public office
- Promotion of religious beliefs
- Scholarships that fund individual students
- The Community Foundation will not award grant support to organizations that, in their constitution, bylaws or practices, discriminate against a person or group because of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
- Grantees, however, may target services to a particular population when the targeted groups require specialized programs to meet specific needs not shared by the general population.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Community Foundation awards grants to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, schools, governmental or religious organizations.
- Please include your fiscal sponsor’s 501(c)(3) documentation when submitting your application as well as submit a letter from the fiscal agent indicating that the organization has agreed to serve in that capacity.
Evaluation Criteria
The Women and Girls Fund will evaluate grant applications using the following criteria:
- Project narrative:
- Connection to the mission and funding priorities of the Women and Girls Fund Service to women and girls is clearly specified, defined and articulate. Narrative provides a clear picture of all proposed actions and activities.
- Project/program dates and locations are clearly addressed and anticipated.
- Roles and responsibilities are defined and work to strengthen/enhance the project.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Project demonstrates how it will be inclusive/accessible to all applicable audiences.
- Funding Sources: Project has an achievable funding plan and is not 100% dependent upon grant award.
- Budget: Budget clearly defines where awarded funds will be applied
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