Through the Community Response Fund, the Women’s Foundation awards grants to organizations and programs that align with the Foundation’s mission to respond quickly and invest in innovative solutions to drive gender and racial justice.
Donor Name: Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): Ongoing
Grant Size: $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
This year, the Fund will prioritize holistic well-being and reproductive justice in response to the continuous violation of reproductive rights and the increased demand faced by Minnesota health care providers. Funding will support reproductive justice, healing justice, and emergent community needs.
The Community Response Fund has two priorities:
- To protect bodily autonomy and the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare. This includes abortion access, healing, and wellness for women, girls, and gender expansive people.
- To respond to critical needs of impacted communities. This includes policies and crises that violate human rights, gaps in general operating funding, and pandemic related issues.
Funding Information
Grants are one-year investment of $10,000 in general operating support.
Funding Eligibility
- Organizations driving innovative solutions that advance gender and racial justice by increasing access to community power & leadership, safety, holistic well-being & reproductive justice, and economic justice in Minnesota.
- Programs must operate in Minnesota and serve Black, Indigenous, women of color and/or gender-expansive people.
- Organizations who serve Black, Indigenous, and women of color who live in rural areas, identify as LGBTQ+, and/or live with a disability are highly encouraged to apply.
- Organization must be willing to submit a short learning evaluation at the end of their grant agreement.
- Organization and program must align with the Women’s Foundation mission, vision, and core values of Hope, Generosity, Courage, Inclusion, and Belonging.
- Organizations should be prepared to speak to how they use a gender lens and intersectional lens in their programming and work. Organizations should apply if serving at least 50 to 75 percent women, girls, and gender-expansive people to ensure that organizations are committed to working with these groups and are advocates in the movement to create a place where all women, girls, and gender expansive people thrive.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit tax-exempt organizations and schools that operate programs in Minnesota
- Unincorporated organizations with a tax-exempt fiscal sponsor
- American Indian Nations
For more information, visit Women’s Foundation of Minnesota.
