The Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee Grants awards grants to nonprofits doing the work to advance equity for women and girls in Greater Milwaukee.
Donor Name: Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee
State: Wisconsin
County: Dodge County (WI), Jefferson County (WI), Milwaukee County (WI), Ozaukee County (WI), Racine County (WI), Walworth County (WI), Washington County (WI), Waukesha County (WI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/09/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Areas of Interest
Examples of specific areas of interest:
- Ensure access to affordable and safe housing.
- Enhance or expand participation in the economy.
- Promote wealth growth and effective money management.
- Diminish/eliminate the “Pink Tax.”
- Support women entrepreneurs and invest in women-owned businesses.
Notes
- The Foundation define social change as a shift in attitude, behavior, and/or culture.
- Proposals need to impact at least one of these areas: economic empowerment, leadership development, or education.
- Your request for funding may be for advocacy, programmatic, operational funds, or capital expenditures.
- The grant can be for seed funding, capacity building, programs, evaluation, projects, collaborations, and research.
- You can submit a proposal for something with proven outcomes or it can be for an innovation.
- It can be for a one-time project, or on-going programming.
- Multi-year requests are entertained.
Funding Priorities
Foster economic security, inclusion, and wealth equity for women, gender expansive people. Desired Outcome: Women, gender-expansive people achieve economic independence and personal financial success.
Funding Information
The grants are in the range of $5,000 – $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Have 501(c)3 status or a fiscal sponsor. No exceptions.
- Focus on advancing equity for women (and girls).
- Encompass social change (and not service delivery or social services).
- Do your work in the Greater Milwaukee area.
Limitations
- Endowments, debt reduction, fundraising events, scholarships, political campaigns, and programs that promote religious or sectarian activities.
- All grants are made to entities/organizations, not individuals.
For more information, visit WFGM.
