The East Bay Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2022 Women’s Catalytic Fund (WCF).
Donor Name: East Bay Community Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/07/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Through its catalytic giving, the WCF is prepared to take risks, respond rapidly, and give directly to frontline organizers working to end gender-based inequity early, when resources are most needed.
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 the BIPOC community.
They 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
- 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
Note: Having a majority of girls or women participating in your program does not solely qualify as addressing gender-based inequity.
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
Eligibility Criteria
- 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 Women’s Catalytic Fund (WCF).
