The Women’s and Girls’ Fund, a Leadership Initiative of Kern Community Foundation has announced its Grant Cycle for 2022-2023.
Donor Name: Kern Community Foundation
State: California
County: Kern County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/14/2022
Grant Size: $25,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Women’s and Girls’ Fund was launched in 2005 as a leadership initiative of Kern Community Foundation. It is primarily a volunteer effort guided by the leadership of the Vision Committee and Community Advisors. The assets of the Fund are professionally managed and invested by Kern Community Foundation, which also provides oversight of Fund grant decisions.
The Women’s and Girls’ Fund is a leadership initiative of Kern Community Foundation. They seek to transform the lives of women and girls in Kern County by mobilizing the power and passion of women working together. In particular, they EDUCATE to create awareness of women’s and girls’ needs unmet by current strategies; they ENDOW a permanent fund whose annual yield supports programs benefiting women and girls; and they EMPOWER one another and their girls to become philanthropists and advocates of positive social change.
Their focus for 2021-2025 grants – Education
The Women’s and Girls’ Fund prioritizes requests designed to increase passion and enthusiasm for learning while addressing issues pertaining to Educational Attainment:
- Grades K-8
- Increase the percentage of girls scoring in the “advance/proficient” level on the California Standardized Test or equivalent test.
- Increase literacy including educational success for English learners.
- Encourage interest in STEM fields of study.
- Grades 9-12
- Increase the percentage of girls scoring in the “advance/proficient” level on the California Standardized Test or equivalent test.
- Decrease need for remediation in math, English, and reading in college.
- Improve success in A-G course requirements for college readiness.
- Increase the graduation rate from high school.
- Increase literacy including educational success for English learners.
- Provide vocational training with an emphasis on living-wage occupations.
- Provide opportunity for success in STEM fields of study.
- Post-high school/adult education
- Increase the graduation rate from college.
- Provide opportunity for success in STEM fields of study.
- Provide vocational training with an emphasis on living-wage occupations.
- Increase literacy
Funding Information
Approximately $80,000 will be awarded in Spring 2023 to nonprofits delivering education and training programs/services to women or girls in Kern County. The Maximum Award is $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- As a field of interest fund of the Kern Community Foundation, they comply with the Foundation’s grantmaking guidelines. Organizations should have a 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation or fiscal agent and be registered with Kern Community Foundation. All must have a presence in Kern County and all programs must benefit women or girls within Kern County.
- Funding is typically for one year only. Multi-year grant requests may be considered, but applicant should also be prepared to accept one year’s funding only. All requested follow-up reports for previous grants from the Foundation
(including The Women’s and Girls’ Fund) must be on file before an agency can apply for additional funding. - Nonprofits submitting full applications should have their organizational profile online at Kern Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Search. Contact the Foundation for more information and assistance.
- The Women’s and Girls’ Fund WILL NOT provide grants to: individuals, political campaigns, one-time events, capital fund drives, litigation, programs inconsistent with non-discrimination statutes, religious causes, endowments, reimbursements, scholarships, businesses or for-profit organizations, government agencies except public school districts (although they prefer to grant to a foundation associated with the district), programs that do not specifically address the needs of Kern County women or girls, or any organization that limits options. While they do not fund religious causes—religious education—they happily fund faith-based organizations doing social change work.
For more information, visit Kern Community Foundation.
