Women's Fund Grant Guidelines
Questionnaire Deadline: November 1, 2006
Grant Notification: April 1, 2007
Grant Range : $1,000-$5,000 (for up to 3 years, $15,000 total)
Program Interests and Priorities
The Women's Fund seeks to identify existing programs or projects which offer the most significant impact for the grant dollar. To this end, the focus will be to identify programs or projects that serve women and girls in three major Field of Funding interests:
Leadership & Empowerment (2004, 2007)
Leadership skills for girls, teens and women
Gender barriers
Mentoring
Engaging women and girls in leadership roles
Economic Self-Sufficiency & Security (2006)
Career/Employment readiness
Access to employment opportunities
Financial planning
Promoting women and girls philanthropy
Health & Well-Being (2005)
Safety and security
Gender barriers
Self esteem
Health promotion
Priority will be given to organizations that involve women and/or girls in program development and organizational leadership.
Areas Not Funded
Generally, funds will not be awarded:
For political purposes
For debt or deficit reduction
To individuals
For sectarian or religious purposes
To state and local government agencies
For endowment or capital campaigns
For research
For feasibility studies
To agencies with pending 501(c)3 status or using fiscal sponsors
Grantmaking Process
The Women's Fund Advisory Board will select one Field of Funding Interest per year and proactively identify a pool of agencies to be considered for funding. No RFPs (request for proposals) will be distributed and no proposals accepted. Agencies are encouraged to complete a Women’s Fund 2007 Nonprofit Organization Questionnaire. All Questionnaires are due to ECCF by November 1, 2006 and must be submitted electronically.
Annually, (by April 1) the Women's Fund will make grants with a 1-3 year commitment to agencies within that year's Field of Funding Interest. Grants will be awarded up to $15,000.
All multi-year grants will be contingent on satisfactory completion of the program or associated progress. Agencies with multi-year grants will be required to submit an interim report eleven months (by March 1st) after receiving their initial grant and each twelve months thereafter for the term of the grant. Final reports for one-year grants must be submitted within thirteen months of receipt of funds.
The Women's Fund is administered by the Essex County Community Foundation. Decisions are made by the Women's Fund Grants Allocations committee, approved by the Women's Fund Advisory Board and ultimately by the Essex County Community Foundation's Board of Trustees.
For More Information
For more in formation or to discuss a specific program, please contact Julie Bishop, Coordinator of Grants and Nonprofit Services at Essex County Community Foundation at 978-777-8876 or email j.bishop@eccf.org.
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