The Community Fund for Women & Girls is Greater New Haven’s only endowment dedicated to promoting the social and economic advancement of women and girls.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/23/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s Community Fund for Women & Girls is providing nonprofits engaged in direct service, advocacy, and/or community organizing activities that are gender specific and support Greater New Haven women and girls.
Funding Priorities
- Economic Autonomy
- The Fund is seeking to support the economic security and mobility of women and girls in the region through the following core pathways:
- Access to safe & affordable housing.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Women’s participation in the workforce.
- Direct cash assistance.
- Childcare innovation, creative solutions and the support of family-friendly policies to support working families.
- Policy, systems change, and community organizing efforts supporting women and girls’ economic security.
- The Fund is seeking to support the economic security and mobility of women and girls in the region through the following core pathways:
- Leadership
- The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help women and girls hold key Leadership roles shaping equity-centered policy and decisions through the following core pathways.
- Leadership development programs for women and girls.
- Women’s leadership in business, government and the nonprofit sector that is equity-centered.
- Advocacy and organizing skill building for women and girls.
- The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help women and girls hold key Leadership roles shaping equity-centered policy and decisions through the following core pathways.
- Education
- The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help women and girls experience higher Educational achievement through the following core pathways:
- Support of women and girls in underrepresented fields.
- Opportunities for non-traditional and first-generation students.
- Access to childcare and family friendly policies for student parents.
- Policy, systems change, and community organizing efforts supporting women and girls’ education.
- The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help women and girls experience higher Educational achievement through the following core pathways:
- Health & Wellness
- The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help ensure that women and girls are healthy, confident and free from violence through the following core pathways:
- Access to reproductive health services and education.
- Maternal health and postpartum care.
- Prevention of violence against women and girls and support of survivors.
- Policy, systems change and community organizing efforts supporting women and girls’ health and wellness.
- The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help ensure that women and girls are healthy, confident and free from violence through the following core pathways:
Funding Information
Grants up to $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals must align with one or more of the four impact areas above.
- Applicants must have had a demonstrated impact and record of 18-24 months of continuous programming prior to applying.
- Applicants must be serving people within The Community Foundation’s 20 towns.
- Applicants who received a grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in the previous four years must be up to date with all reporting requirements.
For more information, visit The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
