Deadline: 31-Dec-21
Applications are now open for the Scherman Foundation’s Core Fund for Reproductive Rights and Justice to create a more just, equitable, democratic, and sustainable society.
The Foundation has been a long-time funder in the reproductive health and rights fields.
In 2012, the Foundation officially shifted its strategic direction to a more comprehensive reproductive justice framework that recognizes how race, class, gender, and sexual identity affect women’s reproductive health and autonomy, subsequently changing the name of the program from Reproductive Rights and Services to Reproductive Rights and Justice.
The Foundation acknowledges a critical and historically less-recognized battle—that of women of color and low-income women who have suffered terribly under deeply racialized reproductive politics.
Through this inter-sectional framework of Reproductive Justice, created by Black women activists in 1994, the Foundation’s grantmaking includes a mix of innovative national and state-based organizations using a wide range of strategies, such as base building, leadership development, public education, policy advocacy, voter engagement, and culture change to secure reproductive justice for all people.
The Foundation will also support organizations utilizing legal advocacy and litigation to protect the dignity and human and civil rights of all women, especially the most marginalized and including trans people.
Funding Information
- General operating and project grants considered. Grants average $45,000 over two-years.
Core Fund’s Reproductive Rights and Justice Program will not fund:
- Direct service
- Research and publications not directly linked to policy outcomes
- Projects outside the United States
- Medical research
- Scholarships or grants to individuals
- Conferences and travel stipends
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants must be exempt from income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
For more information, visit https://www.scherman.org/reproductive-rights-and-justice