The Iowa Women’s Foundation is seeking applications for its 2023 Core Grants Program to improve the lives of Iowa women and girls through economic self-sufficiency.
Donor Name: Iowa Women’s Foundation
State: Iowa
County: All Counties
Type of Grant:
Deadline: 04/29/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Economic self-sufficiency for all of Iowa’s women and girls is central to the mission of the Iowa Women’s Foundation and to their grants program. To be successful, proposed projects must focus primarily on serving the needs and aspirations of women and girls.
The IWF looks to communities across Iowa to help them better understand the barriers impacting women and girls’ economic security. To this end, six specific areas have been identified as the most critical barriers for Iowa women and girls, and all grant applications must address one of these barriers:
- Employment
- Child Care
- Housing
- Education/Training
- Transportation
- Mentoring
Funding Information
- IWF will be selecting one grant application from each of the 6 barriers and awarding a $25,000 grant for these programs for a total of $150,000 for the Core Grant Program.
- IWF grants run from January 1 to December 31. Projects must be completed within one year.
Eligible Projects
In addition to addressing one of the six previously stated barriers, projects funded by IWF grants typically embody one or more of the following characteristics:
- Advocate on issues that lead to long-term change for women and girls
- Employ strategies designed to address causes of systemic, societal issues
- Address activities that enable women and/or girls as a group to achieve economic self-sufficiency
- Offer strategies that develop positive self-images for young and adolescent girls
- Promote prevention, early intervention, and enrichment activities
- Are creative, innovative, and new to the community they serve
- Increase the range of choices and expand opportunities for women and girls
- Work toward the elimination of bias and discrimination
- Could provide a model for replication by other service providers addressing the same clients or similar needs
- Promote the interconnectedness of issues across states, regions, or countries between the women in Iowa and the global world.
- IWF places no restrictions on the number of years a program can be funded. However, to receive subsequent funding for the same program, IWF will want to see growth, expansion, and /or innovation to the original program.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit 501(C)3 tax-exempt organizations or grassroots groups serving women and girls in Iowa are encouraged to apply for IWF grants.
For more information, visit 2023 Core Grants.
