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Black Women & Gender-Expansive Leadership Project (BWL)

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Washington Area Women's Foundation

Foundation Annual Grants for Women Grants for Black Women Capacity Building Grants

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle: Annual
Tracked since: April 2026

Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.

Overview

Black Women & Gender-Expansive Leadership Project

Geographic Scope: Washington, D.C. region and broader

Focus Areas:

Leadership development for Black women and gender-expansive nonprofit leaders
Organizational capacity building
Board trainings
Convenings for Black women leaders
Uplift and celebration of Black women leaders

Program Activities (2024-2025)

Collaborated with community partners to launch convenings
Launched board trainings inspired by the Thrive As They Lead report's recommendations
Focus on helping Black women leaders feel seen, heard, and celebrated

Approach

Driven by recommendations from the Thrive As They Lead report, the Foundation is launching new initiatives to uplift Black women and gender-expansive nonprofit leaders in the region.

Leadership

President & CEO: Dr. Tamara Wilds Lawson

Contact

Address: 712 H Street NE, Suite 1099, Washington, DC 20002
Tax ID: 52-2028612

What Washington Area Women's Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 17
Total given: $462K
Median grant: $20K
Range: $10K–$107K

By dollars: District of Columbia 69%, Maryland 27%, Virginia 4%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; Bethesda, MD; Upper Marlboro, MD.
47% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
53% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Black Swan Academy · Washington, DC

Young women's initiative general operating grant

$107K
DC Action for Children Today DC Act · Washington, DC

Early care and education

$40K
DC Family Child Care Association · Washington, DC

Early care and education general operating grant from the ecefc

$30K
DC Fiscal Policy Institute · Washington, DC

Early care and education general operating grant from the ecefc

$30K
Montgomery County Children's Opportunity Alliance Inc · Bethesda, MD

Early care and education general operating grant from the ecefc

$30K