The Main Street Community Foundation is accepting applications for its 2023 Women & Girls Fund Grant.
Donor Name: Main Street Community Foundation
State: Connecticut
Town: Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington or Wolcott
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2023
Details:
The Main Street Community Foundation, Inc. is a community foundation serving Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, and Wolcott. Programs and policies of the Foundation continually evolve in order to remain responsive to the changing needs in the community. The Women & Girls Fund was created in 2001 as a community-based endowment to help women and girls realize their potential and improve the quality of their lives.
Grantmaking Priorities
Main Street Community Foundation recently hosted a focus group on the current and emerging needs of local women and girls to better inform the grantmaking priorities. Based on input from over 20 participating grantee and community partners, we have identified three priority areas for 2023. Preference will be given to grant requests that address the following needs:
- Services for Senior Women: Programs that provide supports to senior women to increase self-sufficiency such as – basic needs, financial literacy resources, and opportunities to decrease social isolation.
- Confidence Building and Leadership: Programs that build self-esteem and self-reliance particularly in young girls and teens such as – programs that promote connections with a caring and stable adult, programs that promote financial literacy and life-skills, and programs that develop skills to be a successful leader in school, the community or in a career.
- Mental Health and Well-being: Programs that reduce anxiety and stress through non-clinical methods, teach mindfulness skills, and improve overall self-care and well-being for women of all ages.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, organizations must meet the following criteria:
- Grants are made for a charitable purpose and must serve the public to be a charitable expenditure. Competitive Grants are awarded to 501(c)(3) not for profit organizations while grants to 170(c)(1) public or governmental units are considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Either the organization or the program for which funding is requested, must provide a service to the residents of at least one of the following communities: Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, Wolcott. Strong documentation must be provided from out-of-area organizations that they serve individuals from the six-town service area.
- A Statement of Non-Discrimination Policy must be signed.
- Repeat requests from organizations are welcome. If an organization’s request for funding is approved three years in a row, the organization is asked to wait one year before submitting another request for funding.
- Follow up reports from all closed grants must have been completed and submitted to Main Street Community Foundation to be eligible for funding
Grantmaking Criteria
- Each request must include stated outcomes and criteria by which the program/project will be assessed.
- In general, grants are made for future, planned expenditures and not to cover operating deficits or previously incurred obligations.
- A proportionate amount of salaries, overhead expenses and transportation costs may be included in the program or project budget for which funding is being requested.
- Requests for capital expenditures will be given consideration if related to a project that meets the grant guidelines.
- The Main Street Community Foundation, at its sole discretion, may provide discretionary grants, challenge grants or grants which require matching funds.
For more information, visit MSCF.
