Chicago Foundation for Women is accepting applications for its Epidemic of Violence: Missing and Murdered Women Grant Program.
Donor Name: Chicago Foundation for Women
State: Illinois
City: Chicago
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000 – $30,000
Details:
CFW’s dedicated grant program focused on supporting community solutions, interventions, and deeper interrogations to understand the root causes of this ongoing epidemic.
The grant is 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. These forms of violence are interconnected and often share similar root causes.
For this cycle, Chicago Foundation for Women 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
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 that 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 ongoing epidemic of gender-based violence in our 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
- The 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
- All organizations are required to consider CFW’s Guiding Principles and how their programs and organization support and affirm these values.
For more information, visit Epidemic of Violence: Missing and Murdered Women.
