The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s Community Fund for Women & Girls is providing grants to nonprofits that provide women in Greater New Haven with greater economic security.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
State: Connecticut
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,500 – $20,000
Details:
The Community Fund for Women & Girls is Greater New Haven’s only endowment dedicated to promoting the social and economic advancement of women and girls.
Community Fund for Women & Girls Grants will be awarded to nonprofits that provide women in Greater New Haven with greater economic security through programs that support:
- Women’s workforce training and employment participation and the necessary wraparound services
- Women’s basic needs
- Women entrepreneurs
- Childcare and after-school supports which support women in the workforce.
Funding Priorities
- Women’s Economic Security
- Financial and wrap-around supports (cash assistance, transportation, childcare, housing) that allow women to fully participate in training and work opportunities. Priority will be given to programs providing support to women who are ineligible for federal relief programs.
- Basic needs support that allows women and their families to manage economic challenges.
- Women Entrepreneurs
- Support that helps women entrepreneurs with creating a sustainable business including direct financial assistance for operational and administrative costs, business planning and marketing guidance and other related services
- Childcare/After-school Program Support
- Operational Support: Funding that supports staffing, wage supplements and supports to retain staff and keep programs in operation, thereby allowing women to fully participate in training and work opportunities.
Funding Information
Grants ($1,500 – $20,000) will be awarded to nonprofits that provide women in Greater New Haven with greater economic security.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must be a tax-exempt organization:
- While each grant process has its own criteria, all applicants must be defined as tax-exempt organizations under Section 501(c) (3) or any applicable statute of the Internal Revenue code. While grants are occasionally made to governmental agencies, local nonprofits receive priority. Requests will be considered from groups that do not have tax-exemption status, provided that they have a fiscal agent with the appropriate tax status. In projects involving a partnership of agencies, a single agency with the appropriate tax status and financial management capacity must assume the role of lead organization.
- Individuals are not eligible for grants except for participants in the New Haven Neighborhood Leadership Program and applicants to academic scholarships.
- You must provide services within their 20 town area:
- Ansonia
- Bethany
- Branford
- Cheshire
- Derby
- East Haven
- North Branford
- North Haven
- West Haven
- Oxford
- New Haven
- Guilford
- Hamden
- Madison
- Milford
- Seymour
- Shelton
- Wallingford
- Orange
- Woodbridge
- You must comply with all applicable local, state, and federal anti-discrimination laws on the basis of:
- Age
- Sex
- Religion
- National origin
- Sexual preference.
For more information, visit TCFGNH.
