The Women’s Fund of Essex County raises funds and awards grants to nonprofit organizations that serve women and girls in need and at risk within Essex County.

Grants are awarded annually to organizations that have demonstrated success but require an additional infusion of funding to maximize their impact.

The Women’s Fund seeks to support nonprofit organizations with proven track records, clear objectives and established budgets. For the 2021 grant cycle, The Women’s Fund will focus on organizations that serve at risk women or girls in Essex County with services and/or programs addressing needs related to the impacts of Covid-19 and/or societal inequities in three fields of funding:

• Economic self-sufficiency and security
• Health and well-being
• Leadership and empowerment

Funding Information

They will be offering one year unrestricted grants of up to $10,000 to Essex County nonprofit organizations addressing the significant needs & impacts of Covid-19 and/or societal inequities, primarily as they relate to women and girls.

Eligibility Criteria

The Women’s Fund is limited to nonsectarian programming for Essex County women and girls of all religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Programs sponsored by religious organizations are eligible provided that enrollment is open to all qualified women and girls and the program is free of mandatory sectarian religious instruction.

For more information, visit The Women’s Fund.