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30 Federal Grant Programs for Minorities
http://www.educationmoney.com/minorities
The following programs are provided by a number of Federal agencies to eliminate health disparities among minority groups and provide educational, business development, and research opportunities to under-represented populations and minority serving institutions. EducationMoney.com repackages information from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance in an interesting manner.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Hadassah Foundation
www.hadassahfoundation.org
Dedicated to refocusing the priorities of the Jewish community through innovative and creative funding for women and girls in the United States and Israel. The foundation’s mission is to improve the status, health, and well being of women and girls; bring their contributions, issues, and needs from the margins to the center of Jewish concern; and encourage and facilitate their active participation in decision-making and leadership in all spheres of life. To this end, the foundation will provide a small number of grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 each, with the typical award between $30,000 and $40,000.
An applicant project must meet a need; establish a program model that enables girls to build self-esteem and learn from their peers and adult mentors; include girls in planning and implementation; demonstrate gender sensitivity (e.g., awareness of girls’ unique needs and ability to meet those needs); be replicable in other parts of the country; and draw on Jewish traditions and values.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Lalor Foundation
http://www.lalorfound.org/albguidelines.html
The Lalor Foundation, which seeks to educate young women about reproduction to broaden their options in life, is offering nonprofits providing such counseling grants from $10,000 to $50,000. Grants are generally awarded for one year. The program focuses particularly on young women who have inadequate access to information regarding reproductive health, including the subjects of contraception and pregnancy termination, and as such may be particularly lacking options in their lives. The funding program emphasizes support for:
(1) Projects that demonstrate realistic plans to achieve greater financial self-sufficiency.
(2) New or smaller organizations, including grassroots efforts.
(3) Collaborative efforts among nonprofit organizations.
(4) New ideas, initiatives and demonstration projects that may be successfully replicated or provide multiple benefits.
Concept papers are accepted twice a year. For the Nov. 1 deadline, concept papers may be submitted between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1. For the May 15 deadline, concept papers may be submitted between March 15 and May 15.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Michigan Women's Foundation
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/privmich.htm#michwomen
The Michigan Women's Foundation (MWF) makes grants to nonprofit organizations in
Michigan which address the needs of all women - regardless of race, ethnicity, economic status, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Women and girls face a number of economic disadvantages specifically because they are female. MWF seeks to support programs and projects that enable women and girls to participate fully in the economic life of their communities. Funding opportunities include : Social Impact Grants, Young Women for Change Grants, and Mini Grants.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Nokomis Foundation
http://www.nokomisfoundation.org/
The Nokomis Foundation primarily funds grants to organizations serving women and girls the West Michigan area. However, we are open to proposals with a state or national focus, providing they include a West Michigan component.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Rockefeller Family Fund
Economic Justice for Women
http://www.rffund.org/econ/
The Family Fund's program for women supports projects designed to promote economic justice. In particular, the program seeks to provide women with equitable employment opportunities and to improve their work lives. Examples of past grants which fit these criteria include a national advocacy, research, and public education effort aimed at achieving pay equity; support to state-level "economic agenda" coalitions to train women in leadership and public policy skills; advocacy efforts on behalf of contingent and part-time workers; a public education campaign designed to increase awareness of the need for universal pre-K programs; and advocacy designed to eliminate sex discrimination in the insurance industry.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Soroptimist International
Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls
http://www.soroptimist.org/whatwedo/programs.html#clubgrants
Soroptimists work to improve the lives of women and girls in their communities and throughout the world. Often the abilities and ambitions of clubs exceed their financial resources. To help clubs meet community need, Soroptimist introduced the Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls in 1997 to assist with community projects that improve the lives of women and girls. The Soroptimist organization funds about $175,000 each year in Soroptimist Club Grants. Since the program's inception, nearly $1.4 million has been awarded and clubs have assisted more than 100,000 women and their families. Recent projects include providing resources for immigrant women fleeing domestic violence; funding a micro-enterprise artisan project for low-income women; providing reproductive health services for women in poverty; and teaching marketable job skills to girls with disabilities. The program is the recipient of an Award of Excellence from the American Society of Association Executives' Associations Advance America designation.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Third Wave Foundation
http://www.thirdwavefoundation.org/grant-making
The Organizing and Advocacy Fund of the Third Wave Foundation financially supports work, organizing and activism that exists to challenge sexism, racism,homophobia, economic injustice and other forms of oppression including projects that complement our other focus areas -- reproductive rights and scholarships. We provide grants for specific projects and for general operating support.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Young Woman's Home Association
Address : c/o Grant Chair, 17150 Waterloo, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230-1201
E-mail: ywha@inbox.com
Grants made to non-profit organizations that provide basic needs and educational programs for disadvantaged women and children in the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan area.
Note : More information available in FDOP or 990-PF.
(Last checked 08/18/09)
Also check Grants for Individuals : Women
Know another grantmaker that provides funding in this area? Send an email to Jon Harrison
Books
The books mentioned on this page are available for public use in the Michigan State University Libraries. If you are unable to visit our library, consider visiting a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection in your home state or a local public library in your home town. If the books are not available there, ask about interlibrary loan or visit a local bookstore to find out whether they can be purchased.
DIRECTORY OF WOMEN'S FUNDS 1988, see
Grants for Individuals: Women.
NATIONAL GUIDE TO FUNDING FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS (1997), see Grants for Individuals : Women.
WOMEN'S FUNDS : A SPECIAL REPORT,
see Grants for Individuals : Women.
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