Deadline: 23-Sep-21
The City Federation of Women’s Organizations (CFWO) has launched its Women Building Community Grants Program to projects that improve the quality of life for women and girls in Tompkins County.
While the overall mission of the CFWO is to improve the lives of both women and girls, individual projects may focus on serving one group and/or the other.
Project areas considered for funding
In addition to addressing needs and opportunities that improve the quality of life for Tompkins County women and/or girls, projects to be funded must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Community Development and Engagement: Activities that increase participation of women and/or girls in developing programs that enhance community life and/or cooperation among neighbors
- Education, Youth Development, Career Development: Activities that promote or strengthen the education of women and/or girls, both in and out of the classroom
- Gender Equity: Activities that address gender-equity issues
- Health: Activities that improve the health access and outcomes of women and/or girls
- Human Services: Activities that support public safety, employment, food and nutrition, housing and shelter, disaster preparedness, and other relief for women and/or girls
- Administrative/operating costs directly related to a qualifying project
Funding Information
Women Building Community Grants are made to projects that improve the quality of life for women and girls in Tompkins County. While the overall mission of the CFWO is to improve the lives of both women and girls, individual projects may focus on serving one group and/or the other.
- WBC Unexpected Needs Grants (up to $1,000)
- A grant opportunity to help fund unexpected needs or emergencies or to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity. Applications may be submitted at any time; awards will be made following the next available Board Meeting.
- WBC Grants (up to $5,000, multiple grants)
- Full or partial funding is available for new or ongoing projects. Applications are accepted in September; the deadline will be posted on the website. Applicants will be notified in late November of the Board’s decisions. Projects must be completed by December 31, 2022.
- WBC Innovation Grant ($10,000, only one grant)
- This is a single, highly competitive grant awarded to a project that will have significant impact on the lives of those it serves in the community. Its target is a new project that is both innovative and resourceful. Consideration will be given to an existing project only if the additional funding will produce a major impact on that existing project. This application process was suspended in 2021 due to the corona virus crisis.
Eligibility Criteria
- The City Federation of Women’s Organizations (CFWO) welcomes grant applications from nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and from governmental agencies serving Tompkins County.
- Organizations without a 501(c)(3) designation are required to be sponsored by a nonprofit organization that does have a 501(c)(3) designation. Applications submitted by an entity under the auspices of another agency must include a written statement signed by the agency’s board president/executive director on behalf of the organization, agreeing to act as the entity’s fiscal sponsor, to receive grant monies if awarded, and to oversee the proposed project including the Final report.
For more information, visit https://womenbuildingcommunity.org/available/