CFOV: Women's Giving Circle Grant

CFOV: Women's Giving Circle Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley
Amount: Up to US $10,000
Last Updated: October 30, 2025

Summary

The Women’s Giving Circle, part of the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley, offers grants to enhance the lives of women and girls in specific counties in West Virginia and Ohio. The focus is on increasing life skills, promoting young girls' development, and addressing gender disparities. Grants support innovative and proven programs aimed at systemic change, sustainability, and measurable impact, ultimately fostering empowerment and community growth.

Overview

Women’s Giving Circle The Women’s Giving Circle, a component fund of the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley, welcomes grant applications for organizations in Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler and Wetzel Counties in West Virginia and Belmont and Jefferson Counties in Ohio. Organizations must address the following needs of women in our community: Increasing life skills of women and girls, ie: Pre-K through 12 Education, Economic Empowerment, Physical and Mental Health, Violence and CrimeEncouraging the healthy development and personal authority of young girlsRaising awareness of gender disparities in our community In its grantmaking, the Women’s Giving Circle uses community research to develop initiatives, focuses on prevention and effective intervention, supports new ideas and untested efforts as well as programs that have demonstrated results and impact, and establishes expectations for sustainability, significant value and lasting impact Goals The Women’s Giving Circle makes strategic, researched-based grants that facilitates systemic change to improve how women and girls are served in its community, applies creative solutions to critical needs, and produces lasting and measurable impact on the lives of women and girls.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicant organization must be a non-profit tax-exempt organization pursuant to IRS section 501(c)(3)

Ineligibility

The following are excluded from consideration:organizations that promote a particular religious or political ideologycapital campaigns or endowmentsdinner galas, advertising and other special fundraising eventscontributions to the general fund of an organizationintermediary funding agenciesscholarships