The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s Community Fund for Women & Girls is providing grants (up to $15,000) to nonprofits that provide women in Greater New Haven with greater economic security.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Focus Areas
- Women’s workforce training and employment participation
- Women entrepreneurs
- Women’s housing stability
- Innovative childcare which supports women in the workforce.
Funding Priorities
- Women’s Workforce Participation
- Support for workforce training, job readiness and employment programs which improve women’s economic security. Priority consideration will be given to programming which includes wraparound supports (ex., cash assistance, transportation, childcare), that allow women to fully participate in training and work opportunities. Sample outcomes: Women’s increased ability to seek and maintain employment; increased ability to participate in and complete job-training programs.
- Women Entrepreneurs
- Support for initiatives that help women entrepreneurs in the development and maintenance of sustainable businesses. Can include training and coaching, direct financial assistance for operational and administrative costs, business planning and marketing guidance, and/or other related services. Sample outcomes: Woman-owned business’ increased financial strength, increased operational capacity, creation of employment opportunities for women.
- Women’s Housing Security
- Support for initiatives that help women obtain or maintain housing stability. Can include rental and eviction assistance, rental down payments, furniture, utility assistance and foreclosure prevention. Sample outcomes: Women’s increased housing stability through rental assistance distributions.
- Childcare Innovation
- Support for childcare programs which incorporate creative solutions to meet the needs of working families. Examples include alternative/extended-hour childcare; childcare-employer collaborations; childcare-training program collaborations and partnerships. Sample outcomes: Increased access to childcare for families, continued program operations for childcare/youth programming, increased collaboration amongst childcare providers and local businesses.
Eligibility 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 nonprofit groups and community organizations that do not have tax-exemption status, provided that they have a fiscal agent with the appropriate tax status. Projects that involve partnerships among multiple agencies require one agency with the appropriate tax status and financial management capacity to assume the role of lead organization.
You must provide services within the 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.
Ineligibility
Projects that do not generally receive consideration:
- religious activities
- endowment campaigns
- lobbying
- travel
- previously incurred debts
- funding deficits
- sports leagues that do not provide academic and/or other social supports.
For more information, visit TCFGNH.