The Connecticut Community Foundations is accepting applications for the Women and Girls Fund across 21 town region in Connecticut.
Donor Name: Connecticut Community Foundation
State: Connecticut
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/22/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose of the fund is 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 in their region.
Funding Information
The average amount is between $5,000 and $15,000.
Women’s Fund, Possible Grant 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.
Eligibility Criteria
The Foundation supports 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and organizations with a fiscal sponsor who support communities living in 21 towns within Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills.
For more information, visit CCF.