The Women and Girls Fund, a component fund of The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region, is seeking applications to provide grants to address the needs of area women and girls.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region
State: Virginia
County: Selected Counties
City: Fredericksburg
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/23/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
The Women and Girls Fund is both a component fund of The Community Foundation and a local movement to involve women in philanthropy. Initially established as a field of interest fund by the 2008-2009 Community Foundation Board of Governors, this fund enriches our community by addressing the needs of area women and girls. The founding vision is a fund made up 1,000 women, each willing to pledge $1,000. The long range goal, then, is a $1 million endowment. Specific strategies of the effort include empowering area women leaders to contribute “time, treasure and talent” on behalf of women and girls, as well as generating localized data to inform and guide charitable grant making. Grant funding recommendations are made at the direction of the fund’s membership of donors.
The Women and Girls Fund allocates money, time, and talent to address the critical needs of women and girls in their community. They wish to address persistent and systematic gender inequalities that not only dampen the lives of women and girls, but negatively impacts families, economies, and communities. Areas of focus include health, education, employment, safety and wellness of women.
It is important for applicants to demonstrate:
- Significant impact
- Fiscal responsibility
- Innovation/Creativity Collaboration
- Outreach to traditionally unappreciated populations
- Commitment to racial diversity and equity, and engagement for women and girls of color
Program Areas
Examples of program areas that the Women and Girls Fund does fund (by no means is this list exhaustive):
- Early education and childcare economic mobility
- Physical, mental and emotional health, safety and wellbeing
- Public safety nets and wraparound services
- Holistic programming for girls
Funding Information
Available funding: one-time award $50,000.
Evaluation Criteria
The Women and Girls Fund will evaluate grant applications using the following criteria:
- Project narrative:
- Connection to the mission and funding priorities of the Women and Girls Fund Service to women and girls is clearly specified, defined and articulate. Narrative provides a clear picture of all proposed actions and activities.
- Project/program dates and locations are clearly addressed and anticipated.
- Roles and responsibilities are defined and work to strengthen/enhance the project.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
- Project demonstrates how it will be inclusive/accessible to all applicable audiences.
- Funding Sources:
- Project has an achievable funding plan and is not 100% dependent upon grant award.
- Budget:
- Budget clearly defines where awarded funds will be applied.
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