The Texas Women’s Foundation is now accepting proposals for the Spring 2022 Community Grant Cycle.
Donor Name: Texas Women’s Foundation
State: Texas
Counties: Dallas County (TX), Collin County (TX), Denton County (TX), Tarrant County (TX)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/18/2022
Size of the Grant: $30,000
Grant Duration: 12 Months
Details:
Focus Areas
- For the Community Grant Cycle 2022, Texas Women’s Foundation is focused on the mid-term and long-term needs of women and girls in North Texas, particularly those facing multiple systems of oppression and disenfranchisement.
- Texas Women’s Foundation will consider proposals for general operating, program support, and capacity-building support for organizations serving women, girls, and their families.
- Texas Women’s Foundation Community Grants are broad-based and affect important issues that improve the quality of life and give voice to issues affecting women and girls, as well as cultivate leaders for the future. their granting addresses such issues as:
- Support for an economically secure future,
- Access to health care including women’s health, general physical health, mental health, behavioral health, and dental health,
- Support for senior women, whose health, safety, and housing needs are acute, including aging in place,
- Engagement and community organizing work for and by women and girls related to economic, social, and racial justice,
- Access to legal services,
- Services for survivors of gender-based violence and prevention of gender-based violence,
- Education support services (not scholarships),
- Child care and adult care services and caregiver support,
- Workforce development,
- Basic Skills & ESL,
- Prevention, intervention programs for girls.
Funding Priorities
Proposals that clearly articulate and demonstrate that women and girls who are recipients of the organization’s/program’s services are thriving.
Proposals that address operational effectiveness with the intention of strengthening an organization’s ability to sustain its mission by implementing creative strategies; operating with nimbleness and resilience; and supporting staff recruitment and retention, all of which support positive outcomes for women and girls.
Proposals that promote innovative collaboration, community engagement, or movement-building to create systemic change that breaks down barriers that result in positive outcomes for women and girls. Proposals that successfully address the diverse health needs of women and girls. Proposals that support senior women whose health, safety, and housing needs are acute, including aging in place.
Proposals that demonstrate the organization’s history of working locally on behalf of and in partnership with historically marginalized women and girls to eliminate persistent cultural, economic, and racial barriers including:
- organizations with a history of working directly in and with disenfranchised neighborhoods and communities,
- organizations that are culturally responsive, are multilingual, have staff at all levels who possess other specific skills to effectively address the needs of the women and girls served,
- organizations with a commitment to addressing the unique needs at the intersection of gender and race,
- organizations that reflect the Foundation’s values and core competencies of integrity, intentionality, and inclusivity, and have demonstrated support for all women and girls inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant request to be considered is $30,000.
- Grants will be awarded for a 12-month period (May 2022 – May 2023) grant payments scheduled for June 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible nonprofits must:
- have a current 501(c)(3) status,
- demonstrate a three-year operating history,
- serve Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant Counties, and the immediate surrounding North Texas area,
- agree to provide a final report on the use of funds and the impact on girls, women, and their families including number served and race/ethnic breakdown,
- have operations that are consistent with the Texas Women’s Foundation mission, vision, values, and core competencies of integrity, intentionality, and inclusivity, and have demonstrated support for all women and girls inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
- demonstrate that at least 75% of the clients benefitting from grant funding are women and/or girls inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expressions.
For more information, visit Texas Women’s Foundation.
