The Abortion Bridge Collaborative (ABC) Fund is dedicated to providing the resources needed to ensure that abortion access is available across the United States.
Donor Name: Women Donors Network
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/09/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This fund supports two outcomes: 1) Building capacity where abortion care will continue, and 2) working towards local access and protections in areas where it will not.
Housed at the Women Donors Network, grantmaking is guided by a Grantmaking Advisory Council, comprised of activists, leaders, and donors from the reproductive rights/health/justice movements (see link). The Grantmaking Advisory Council considers whether the:
- Project/organization is responsive to the moment – meeting immediate needs or critical gaps in the existing abortion access eco-system and/or builds foundational systems and structures required for the medium and long-term.
- Project/organization serves and is informed by key communities that are made more vulnerable by Roe’s reversal, centering BIPOC, immigrant, LGBTQIA+, low-income, disabled, young, and other communities.
- Leadership of the organization includes BIPOC women, LGBTQIA+ folks, or youth in key leadership positions (ED, senior staff, and board of directors).
- Approach prioritizes community determination and is informed by those with lived experiences.
- Activities contain elements that might preclude traditional/institutional funding.
- Organization is established and trusted within their local or regional movement and/or recommended by a member of the ABC Fund Nominations Network.
Funding Information
Awards have ranged from $15,000 to $300,000 with an average grant amount of approximately $100,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Abortion Bridge Collaborative grant funding is designed to support organizations specifically focused on abortion access that:
- Have 501c3 tax status or a fiscal sponsor
- Center reproductive justice in their mission, values, and work, and;
- Need support for existing and emerging programs or strategies that are explicitly focused on abortion rights, access and justice in a post-Dobbs context at the national state or local level that might include:
- Broad general operating support or that have budget shortfalls
- Support for the creation of new staff positions to fulfill an emergent need, particularly related to technology, infrastructure, or geographic expansion
- Short-term consulting expertise such as legal representation, organizational reincorporation, or accounting
- Creation of information sharing or organizational hubs that better facilitate patient/client care
- Capacity building support to meet unmet infrastructure needs within an organization or among organizations as they build partnerships.
ABC Fund grants are not designed, at this time, for:
- Funding larger or more well-resourced organizations in the reproductive health and rights space
- Government or State Agencies
- International work or work based outside of the United States and U.S. Occupied Territories
- For-profit Business, Social Enterprise, Capital-Raising campaigns
- Individuals.
For more information, visit Women Donors Network.
