Fund for Women and Girls
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Fund for Women and Girls
Status: Active grant program
Founded: 1998
Geographic Scope: Central New Jersey region
Focus Areas:
Funding Examples (2013):
Governance: Over 400 donors; members vote on grant recipients from finalist organizations
Recent Research: Fund commissioned research on needs of women and girls; findings available at www.pacf.org/shaping-the-future
Contact Information:
How to Apply
Application Process
- Fund reviews grant applications from qualified nonprofits
- Competitive process with multiple rounds of review
- Fund members meet with leadership from finalist organizations
- Voting members select recipients based on alignment with funding priorities
Funding Priorities:
What Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 515
- Total given
- $31.25M
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $5,100–$1.67M
- By dollars: New Jersey 79%, Massachusetts 4%, Florida 4%. Top recipient cities: Princeton, NJ; Trenton, NJ; New York, NY.
- 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 56% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Nonprofitconnect · Hamilton Township, NJ
General
$1.67M
Boys & Girls Clubs - Mercer · Trenton, NJ
General
$1.6M
Risea Community Ser · Hightstown, NJ
General
$1.58M
Homefront · Lawrenceville, NJ
General
$1.33M
Trenton Area Soup Ki · Trenton, NJ
General
$1.25M
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