The Women’s Foundation of Alabama is seeking applications for its 2023 Competitive Grant.
Donor Name: Women’s Foundation of Alabama
State: Alabama
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/25/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $75,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
For over two decades, Women’s Foundation of Alabama has been a catalyst for change and an engine for women’s philanthropy in the Greater Birmingham area, granting over $8 million dollars to local community partners focused on moving women forward. In recent years, the organization has strategically expanded its power and influence both geographically, beyond the five-county radius, and programmatically, by leveraging legislative advocacy and groundbreaking research alongside its powerful philanthropy to create systemic change for women and the communities they call home.
Through this process, Women’s Foundation of Alabama aims to support high-impact organizations and projects working to usher women and girls along the path of greater economic opportunity and to remove the complex, interconnected barriers women face along that same path.
Organizations will select one of three categories under which to apply: Women + Work, Women + Leadership, Women + Wellbeing – reflecting the foundation’s interest in holistic, innovative approaches to women’s economic opportunity.
Funding Information
- Grant Amounts: Applicants may request funding up to $75,000. That total cost and scale of the project should be reasonable, feasible, and sustainable in relation to the applicant’s overall budget and activities.
- Grant Terms: Funds may be requested over a one, two, or three year period based on the scale and schedule of the proposal.
Geographical Area
Applicants must provide services in Alabama.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be currently designated a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization by the IRS OR be a 501(c)(3) exempt religious institution OR be a government entity. Private non-operating foundations are not eligible. Applicants may use a fiscal sponsor only if there is a meaningful mission fit and an existing working relationship between the two organizations.
Ineligibility
No grants are made to or for:
- Individuals
- Religious organizations for religious purposes
- National fundraising drives
- Sponsorship of fundraising events
- Political organizations or candidates for public office
- Scholarship or endowment funds
- Debt reduction
- Scholarship or campership programs
- Replacement of government funding cuts
- Unspecified indirect costs (may request a portion of funds to support program management, occupancy, etc. but must be presented as specific line items vs. indirect cost rate/percentage).
For more information, visit WFA.
