The Women’s Catalytic Fund is a giving circle that puts resources into the hands of people with bold visions working to end gender-based inequity and fundamentally change the systems that perpetuate it.
Donor Name: East Bay Community Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/21/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Foundation aims to put resources into the hands of people with bold visions who are working to end gender-based inequity and fundamentally change the systems that perpetuate it. They prioritize investing in female identifying, nonbinary and gender non-conforming leaders from BIPOC communities.
The Foundation will only consider initiatives, projects, actions or events that include all of the following:
- Are catalytic: have the potential to serve as a model or to have a ripple effect, accelerate change, be inventive or experimental
- Are intersectional and collaborative
- Address gender-based inequity, gender-based violence, patriarchy, or transphobia
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- Respond to the unique needs, challenges, and strengths of women and girls in targeted communities
- Develop the talents and leadership of women and girls in targeted communities
- Support women and girls to act on their own behalf, and on behalf of their families and communities, to improve their quality of life
- Prioritize low-income women, women of color, or immigrant women, inclusive of all those identifying as female
- Are led by and representative of the community being served.
Funding Information
These are one-time grants of up to $15,000.
Proposals should utilize one or more of the following strategies:
- Community organizing
- Leadership development
- Media and / or public education
- Policy advocacy
- Research
- Capacity building
- Convening / event
Uses of Funds
This fund may support:
- Project / initiative support
- Pilot or experimental programs
- Early stage or seed funding that catalyzes additional resources.
Who can apply?
- Organizations and proposed projects must be based in California.
- Organizations must have an annual budget under $1,000,000.
- Applicants must be registered as a 501(c)3, have a designated 501(c)3 willing to accept a grant on their behalf, or have a registered fiscal sponsor.
For more information, visit EBCF.
