Deadline: 7-Sep-22
The Community Foundation of Central Illinois (CFCI) has launched the Women’s Fund Success Grant Program to support programs that positively benefit women and/or girls in achieving their full potential.
Through 2020, the Women's Fund endowment has awarded more than 130 grants adding up to more than $440,000 to benefit programs focusing on women and girls. The Women's Fund continues to bring women's issues to the forefront in Central Illinois.
Since 1996, the Women's Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Illinois has been working to change the lives of women and children in central Illinois. The Women's Fund endowment strengthens families and communities by providing grants to organizations whose programs help empower women and girls. Surprisingly, less than five percent of charitable contributions go towards funding women's programs.
Funding Information
- Organizations can apply for up to $5,000.
- Funds must be used from October 2022 to September 2023.
CFCI does not fund
- Annual / Capital campaigns
- Individuals
- Endowments
- Sectarian religious purposes: Faith based organizations and churches are eligible if program serves the community.
- Grants will be made to organizations with programs serving individuals within CFCI's service area of a 50 mile radius surrounding Peoria, IL excluding Knox and McLean Counties.
Eligibility Criteria
- Open to all organizations with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, those that operate under a fiscal agent that is a 501(c)(3) organization, and to local units of local, county, state or federal government.
- Grant funding may support new or existing programs that positively benefit central Illinois. Primary participants or beneficiaries must be women and/or girls.
- Program must be operated and organized in such a manner that no applicable anti-discrimination laws are violated.
- Organization must be current on all CFCI grant evaluations.
For more information, visit CFCI.
For more information, visit https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/82342