The Chicago Foundation for Women is accepting applications for its 2023 Epidemic of Violence: Missing and Murdered Women, Girls, Transgender and Gender Non-Binary People of Color Grant Program.
Donor Name: Chicago Foundation for Women
State: Illinois
City: Chicago
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $10K–$30K
Details:
Focuses on program and general operating support grants supporting community solutions, interventions, and deeper interrogations to understand the root causes of the on-going epidemic.
Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW) are dedicated to expanding women’s and girls’ freedom from violence in all its forms including family violence, intimate partner and community violence, child and elder abuse, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, sexual exploitation and human trafficking. These forms of violence are interconnected and often share similar root causes.
For this cycle, they will prioritize applications that focus on the following populations:
- Communities of women, girls, transgender, and gender non–binary people that have been under–invested in, particularly,
- Missing women, girls, transgender, and gender non–binary people of color from communities on the south and west sides of Chicago
- Transgender and/or gender non–binary individuals who have experienced violence
across the Chicagoland area
They are interested in:
- Grassroots and community–based approaches, for example: restorative practices, community– and survivor–centered initiatives, and community organizing.
- Interventions across the prevention continuum, particularly “upstream” ideas that look at shifting social cultures and norms not only of individuals and communities, but also practices of institutions and systems in ways that are more equitable across gender and race. These can include strategies that involve men and boys.
- An intersectional approach which reframes gender–based violence not as an issue in isolation, but as one that integrates social, health, economic, and community forces and assets as integral to defining solutions.
- Approaches to innovatively elevate and spotlight the on–going epidemic of gender–based violence in their communities. These approaches can include research, communications/media strategies, and community organizing.
Funding Information
Grants will range between $10K–$30K
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must be a 501c3 or have a fiscal agent with a 501c3
- Organization must meet CFW’s Staff and Board Leadership Diversity Guidelines
At least:
- 50% of Staff Leadership identify as a woman, transgender or gender non–binary person
- 40% of Board Members identify as a woman, transgender or gender non–binary person
- 33% of Staff Leadership identify as a person of color
- 25% of Board Members identify as a person of color
For more information, visit Spring Epidemic of Violence.
