Applications are accepted from organizations whose primary focus is to address key issues affecting women and girls in Central New York.
Donor Name: Central New York Community Foundation
State: New York
County: Madison County (NY), Onondaga County (NY), Oswego County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Women’s Fund of Central New York, founded in 1998, is a volunteer-led fund which supports, empowers and recognizes the advancement and full participation of women and girls in Central New York through an endowment fund, grants and initiatives. The Women’s Fund of Central New York is an affiliate fund of the Central New York Community Foundation. 
Types of Projects
The Leadership Council looks for innovative programs that address problems to be solved, or opportunities to be seized, for the benefit of women and girls. Priority is given to capacity-building activities and new projects within an organization rather than ongoing projects/programs. The Women’s Fund invites proposals that:

Suggest practical approaches to community problems.
Promote cooperation among agencies without duplicating services.
Generate community support, both professional and volunteer.
Strengthen an agency’s effectiveness or stability.
Address prevention as well as remediation.

Funding Information
Grant requests should not exceed $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria

501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, publicly supported organizations such as schools and municipalities, and organizations using a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor
Organizations serving residents of Cayuga, Onondaga, Madison or Oswego counties
Organizations that have completed any projects/programs previously funded by the Women’s Fund
Preference will be given to organizations with annual operating budgets of $5M or less.

The foundation does not make grants for the following:

Recurring grants to a program previously supported.
Annual operating budgets, except when it is “seed” or “bridge” funding.
Endowments.
Religious purposes.
Loans or assistance to individuals.
Medical or academic research (except where requested by a donor).
Activities that occurred before the Women’s Fund’s decision date.

For more information, visit CNYCF.