Connecticut Community Foundation is seeking applications for Women and Girls Grant Program to identify, convene and support programs that promote advocacy and skill development while fostering resilience, self-esteem and self-respect among girls and young women.

Funding to support the women’s issues funds have been provided by many generous donors over the past 20 years. These donors were inspired to honor important women in their lives and to encourage the success of future generations.

Funding Projects

• Creation of inclusive, welcoming, and supportive conditions and positive role models
• Outreach that builds participation and inclusion of underrepresented populations
• Meaningful youth involvement in creating the program’s plans and or implementation
• Programs that contribute to positive youth development and utilize the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets; programs that have established achievable and meaningful goals for participants, as well as tracking systems to follow progress; and programs that include teenage and pre-teen girls.
• Multiple organizations working collaboratively on establishing goals, developing curricula or schedules, and addressing training needs, implementation and evaluation efforts.
• Planning grants that allow organizations the opportunity to explore and plan for a potential project. Costs associated with analyzing feasibility, solidifying partnerships, developing work plans or proofs of concept are eligible.

Criteria

In order to apply for funding, an organization must:

• Be a not-for-profit organization recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a municipal entity seeking a grant for public purposes. Organizations may also have a nonprofit fiscal sponsor, if they do not have their own nonprofit status.
• Have a board, representative of the community, of which a majority is neither employees nor relatives of employees.
• Possess a Nonprofit Registration to Solicit Funds (or exemption, if appropriate) from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. This registration must be renewed annually.

They encourage requests that:

• Provide services or support to the communities located within their 21-town service area
• Support system change and advocacy efforts
• Include support for core nonprofit operations such as staff time, overhead and evaluation
• Support organizations led by Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)

For more information, visit Connecticut Community Foundation.