The application and guidelines for the 2015 Fall Community Grant Cycle are now available.
Dallas Women’s Foundation invests in women and girls and empowers women’s philanthropy to build a better world.
Dallas Women’s Foundation strengthens the entire community by increasing the investment in women and girls and empowering women’s philanthropy.
Dallas Women’s Foundation funds programs in the following areas:
- Prevention of violence against women/children
- Economic justice for women and girls – welfare to work, job training, career planning, removing barriers to obtaining/maintaining employment
- Prevention/ early intervention for girls – teen pregnancy prevention & intervention; self-esteem building; mentoring; deterrence from the use of drugs & participation in gangs
- Educational enhancement for women and girls – deter truancy and/or dropping out of school, promoting higher education, promote basic education, English as a second language, STEM programming
- Workforce development; literacy/e-literacy; community technology development
- Access to healthcare
- Operating funds – Dallas Women’s Foundation does provide funds for operating expenses
- Capacity Building Grants
- Special Focus:
- Housing for women ages 75 years and older
- Organizations and/or programs that serve women in suburban areas outside of the City of Dallas.
- Organizations and/or programs that serve the Asian American/Pacific Islander community.
To be eligible to receive a grant from the Foundation, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
- Organizations must have a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt designation from the Internal Revenue Service (dated within the last 10 years)
- At least 50% of the clients benefitting from funding must be residents of Dallas, Denton or Collin County
- At least 75% of clients benefitting from grant funding must be women and/or girls
- Previous grantees must be current on evaluation submissions
- Only online applications will be accepted
- Grant recipients from the 2015 Spring Community Grant Cycle are not eligible to apply for the 2015 Fall Community Grant Cycle
Online Application and grant guidelines are available at: http://www.dallaswomensfdn.
Applications are due no later than 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Contact Shonda Barnett, 214.525.5301 or sbarnett@dallaswomensfdn.orgÂ
