The Metrowest Women’s Fund (MWF) seeks to support programs that meet the needs of women and girls living with low incomes in Metrowest.
Donor Name: Metrowest Women’s Fund
State: Massachusetts
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Impact Areas
There are three impact areas that will be considered for grant allocations:
- Educational Opportunity with a focus on needs of women and girls from low incomes.
- Girls: The Next Generation with a focus on particular needs of girls from low incomes.
- Safety From Violence with a focus on domestic violence, senior abuse, sexual assault, and survivors of the commercial sex trade for women and girls from low incomes.
New: The Spruce Fund Grant Opportunity
An Impact Grant for Girls and Their Safety from Violence.
Right now, girls are experiencing threats to their physical and mental health and general well-being at unprecedented levels.
- Gender-based violence is of significant concern. According to the CDC, 18% of girls experienced sexual violence. That is one in five girls.
- Domestic violence incidences rose 8% during the pandemic lockdown.
- Commercial exploitation, including sex trafficking, of girls is happening in the community of Metrowest.
- Organizations lack adequate funding to meet survivors’ needs. Family and gender-based violence organizations receive less than 1% of foundation grant making.
Funding Information
$5,000 – 20,000.
Geographic Limitations
MWF supports nonprofit organizations serving the residents of the following Metrowest, MA towns: Acton, Ashland, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Framingham, Harvard, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Marlborough, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Milford, Millis, Natick, Needham, Newton, Sherborn, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Walpole, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, Westborough, Weston and Westwood.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Metrowest Women’s Fund grants program is limited to nonsectarian programming for women and girls in Metrowest of all religious and ethnic backgrounds. Programs sponsored by religious organizations are eligible provided the enrollment is open to all qualified women and girls and the program is free of mandatory sectarian religious instruction.
- MWF welcomes applications from first time applicants, those who have applied before, and organizations that have received MWF grants previously.
For more information, visit MWF.
