The Women’s Philanthropy Society awards one high-dollar grant to create systemic change for women and their families. The mission-focused Power of S.H.E.E. framework guides their efforts to create a positive and measurable impact through grants selected from four core areas.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville
State: Alabama
Counties: Jackson County (AL), Limestone County (AL), Madison County (AL), Marshall County (AL), Morgan County (AL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/09/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
Focus Area
For 2022, the Women’s Philanthropy Society has chosen the focus issue of Safety, Security, and Stability. This can include, but is not limited to topics such as child abuse, disaster relief, domestic violence, elder abuse, food insecurity, homelessness, and human trafficking.
Funding Priority
Priority will be given to projects that meet the following criteria:
- Strategically address the focus area
- Involve more than one agency or organization and are collaborative in nature
- Address a desired systemic change
- Provide clear and measurable outcomes
Grant Amount
$50,000 (Up to two high impact $50,000 grants may be awarded).
Geographic Focus
Greater Huntsville, Alabama (Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan counties).
Eligible Recipients
All grants from this Fund must be made for charitable, religious, scientific, literary, or educational purposes to any organization that is described Code Section 170(c)(2), 501(c)(3), 2055(a)(2) or 2522(a)(2) (except for private foundations as defined by Code Section 509(a)) (“qualified organization”). Qualified organizations also include schools, religious institutions, or government agencies located in the Greater Huntsville area.
Eligible Expenses
- Program costs for new and/or existing programs, including reasonable staff time associated with the implementation of the program/project
- Training and support for volunteers who assist in program/project implementation
- Capital expenses
Ineligible Expenses
- Organizations not organized as “qualified organizations” as defined in Eligible Recipients section above
- Grants to individuals
- Debt reduction
- Endowment campaigns
- Special events
- Annual campaigns
- Membership drives
- Conference expenses
- Political activities
For more information, visit Women’s Philanthropy Society Fund.