The Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona is seeking applications for its Unidas Teen Philanthropy Program.
Donor Name: Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona
State: Arizona
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/21/2022
Grant Size: $5,000
Details:
Unidas is an award-winning teen philanthropy program that builds leadership skills among girls, young women, and gender-expansive teens.
Unidas intends to increase the understanding of the importance of philanthropy while supporting the development of confident young leaders in their community.
Participants gain first-hand experience in:
- Relationship building
- Community service
- Leadership
- Social justice
- Grant-making
The after-school program teaches high school-aged young women and gender-expansive teens about Leadership, philanthropy and Social justice issues through experience with grantmaking in their own community.
Unidas values programs and organizations that:
- Exhibit a meaningful need for the financial support provided through the grant.
- Improve the quality of life for women, girls, and gender-expansive folks.
- Address the causes of problems, as well as provide solutions.
- Encourage broad-based community involvement.
- Have programs that may be replicated.
- Have a long-term perspective.
- Have demonstrated successful outcomes or are willing to evaluate the effectiveness of their programs.
- Collaborate to improve efficiency or effectiveness.
Funding Information
Each Participating teens work through the philanthropy process each semester, making grants of up to $5,000 to organizations that work to improve the quality of life for women and girls in Arizona.
For more information, visit Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona.
