Girls at the Center Initiative
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Alabama (with recipients identified in Huntsville, Birmingham, Bessemer, and Montgomery)
Focus Areas:
- Programs serving girls and adolescent females
- Leadership development
- Economic opportunity and advancement
Fall 2023 Grantee Examples:
- AUM Foundation (Huntsville, AL)
- Community Care Development Network (Birmingham, AL)
- GirlSpring (Birmingham, AL)
- Empowered 2 Conquer (Bessemer, AL)
- Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health (Montgomery, AL)
Background:
Girls at the Center represents one of the foundation's focused grantmaking initiatives supporting organizations that prioritize adolescent female development and economic opportunity.
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Women's Foundation of Alabama's IRS filings)
Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health
Montgomery, AL · 2024
$25K
Huntsville, AL · 2024
$25K
Birmingham, AL · 2023
$20K
4 grants in Women's Foundation of Alabama's 2023–2024 filings reference “Girls at the Center Initiative” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Women's Foundation of Alabama actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 57
- Total given
- $1.99M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $10K–$75K
- By dollars: Alabama 100%. Top recipient cities: Birmingham, AL; Bessemer, AL; Montgomery, AL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 51% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Gadsden State Community College · Gadsden, AL
Women in welding - gadsden state (skills training)
$75K
East Lake Initiative · Birmingham, AL
Family-centered coaching for jscc phlebotomy training program
$75K
Community Care Development Network · Birmingham, AL
Inspire education academy
$66K
Bevill State Community College · Jasper, AL
Enhancing economic opportunities for underserved women with a career in healthcare
$62K
Lawson State Community College · Birmingham, AL
Pharmacy tech training program for low-income women - lawson state
$52K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Women
- Nonprofits
- Youth leadership
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