Fred Harris Daniels Foundation: Investing In Girls Strategic Grants

The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation offers Investing In Girls Strategic Grants to support programs for girls aged 10-14 in Worcester, MA. With annual grants up to $40,000, these competitive grants require evidence-based planning and organizational capability. The Foundation focuses on empowering an under-resourced population, promoting self-reliance through sustainable solutions. Applications are accepted twice a year, with deadlines on October 31 and January 31, and recipients must be 501(c)(3) organizations.

Programs
The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation provides grants in three program areas: Program and Operating Grants, Capital Grants, and Strategic Grants which focus on girls ages 10-14. The Foundation seeks to support sustainable, creative solutions to Worcester’s most pressing societal challenges by funding programs and institutions that help people become more self-reliant in their lives and communities.
Since 2004 the Daniels Foundation has offered grants targeting programs which focus on girls age 10-14. The Daniels Foundation selected this focus area because it was the most under-resourced population in the Worcester, MA service area. Applications for Investing in Girls Strategic Grants are competitive and need to demonstrate both evidence-based planning and organizational capability.
Investing in Girls Strategic Grants will be awarded up to $40,000 annually, with two application deadlines: October 31, for grants to be used in summer programs; and, January 31, for grants to be applied to school year programming. Successful applicants must be members of the Investing in Girls Alliance and can receive no more than one Investing in Girls Strategic Grant per year.

Eligibility

Grant recipients must be recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization and 100% of received funds must be applied to the Worcester, MA service area.

501(c)(3) organizations running programs for girls ages 10–14 in the Worcester, MA area.