Deadline: 18-Oct-21
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) is seeking Applications for its Women for Women Grant Program to improve the lives of women and girls in Western North Carolina through women’s collective giving.
Their vision is that Women for Women inspires hope and possibility, empowers women to take action and strengthens Western North Carolina. WFW works to create opportunities for women and girls of Western North Carolina through grantmaking, advocacy, and advancing women’s philanthropy. Since 2006, WFW has invested more than $4.4 million in high impact grants in WNC.
Women for Women uses an inclusive definition of women and girls. They seek to contribute to a region of shared prosperity and belonging where all women and girls, without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability, benefit from equitable opportunities and outcomes.
They will invest in programs that:
- Help economically disadvantaged women become more self-sufficient
- Promote access to quality health care and advance healthy lifestyles
- Ensure women and girls live free from intimidation and abuse
- Ensure educational opportunities that help women and girls reach their full potential
- Eliminate discrimination against women and disparate treatment based on gender
- Promote access for women to legal services and equity within the justice system
Funding Information
Women for Women will make grants between $15,000 and $100,000, which may be used over one or two years.
What they Do Not Fund?
Women for Women does not offer grants for:
- capital support for new buildings, major facility expansion or renovations
- individual scholarships
- endowment
- sectarian purposes which require adherence to a particular religious doctrine or belief
- veterans affairs
- deficit funding
- private schools and clubs
- partisan political purposes
Eligibility Criteria
- Tax-exempt organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code and governmental entities are eligible to apply for these grants.
- Organizations must be located in or serving one or more of these WNC counties: Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania or Yancey.
- Current WFW grant recipients may apply for funding; however, they may not apply for the same program WFW is currently funding.
- Faith-based applicants should clarify whether, and the extent to which, the organization’s religious beliefs are integrated into the project.
For more information, visit https://cfwnc.org/grants/women-for-women