The Fund for Women & Girls, a special initiative of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, is to broaden the awareness of and response to issues affecting women and girls through the power of collective philanthropy.
Donor Name: The Fund for Women & Girls
State: Pennsylvania
County: Cumberland County (PA), Dauphin County (PA), Franklin County (PA), Lebanon County (PA), Perry County (PA), York County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Created in 2000, The Fund for Women & Girls has been working for nearly two decades to and continues to strengthen its primary goals:

To recruit 1,000 individuals to join the Dream Team by each making a gift of $1,000 which will be used to create a lasting endowment of $1 million to support women and girls now, and far into the future.
Make grants annually to local nonprofit organizations that focus on bettering the lives of women and girls in the South Central PA counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, and Perry, and the Dillsburg Area.

Funding Priorities
To further its mission, The Fund for Women & Girls utilizes four Funding Priorities which seek to support projects that advance the lives of women and girls by:

Providing opportunities to address basic needs or develop economic self-sufficiency.
Providing opportunities to strengthen and address health and safety needs.
Providing opportunities for education.
Providing opportunities to invest in systems and sustainable change efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion

The Fund for Women & Girls is seeking proposals that are change making for local women & girls.

Proposed projects may seek to strengthen and/or sustain existing programs, expand existing programs or be brand new
Proposals must be focused on service to women, service to girls, service to women & girls or service to those who identify as such
Proposals must have lasting value and provide a plan for sustainability beyond the grant term.

Funding Information
Up to $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria 
The Fund for Women & Girls will make grants to programs/initiatives that serve women and girls in the South Central PA counties of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Lebanon, Perry, and the Dillsburg Area of York County. All money must be distributed through nonpro.t organizations federally determined as 501(c)(3) entities. Applicants without 501(c)(3) status may engage a Fiscal sponsor to administer their grant funds.
For more information, visit TFEC.