Invest in Women Fund
Funding Amount
Up to $20,000
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.
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Other requirements
- Must be a nonprofit partner in the W4W network
- Projects should focus on helping women enter or stay in the workforce
- Projects should build organizational capacity, expand programming, or broaden reach
Overview
Geographic Scope: United States (focus on nonprofits in W4W network)
Purpose: The Invest in Women Fund fosters growth of nonprofits in the Working for Women network who are working to help women achieve economic independence. The fund is made possible by the individual contributions of W4W members.
Focus Areas:
- Women's economic independence and workforce participation
- Capacity-building projects for nonprofit partners
- Financial literacy and wealth-building
- Job training and employment preparation
- Support for marginalized women, women of color, immigrant women, and women in recovery
Eligibility:
- Must be a nonprofit partner in the W4W network
- Projects should focus on helping women enter or stay in the workforce
- Projects should build organizational capacity, expand programming, or broaden reach
Background:
The fund was announced in February 2022 and made its first awards in March 2022 ($120k total awarded to 6 nonprofit partners). Subsequent annual awards have been made to organizations like Bottomless Closet, Chica Project, New Women New Yorkers, Unshattered, Women Employed, and Women's Way.
Organization Info: Working for Women is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization (EIN: 82-4410382)
What Working for Women Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2022 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
- Grants in 2022
- 6
- Total given
- $120K
- Median grant
- $20K
- By dollars: New York 50%, Massachusetts 17%, Illinois 17%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Quincy, MA; Hopewell Junction, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Bottomless Closet · New York, NY
Financial workshop
$20K
Chica Project · Quincy, MA
Schooling program
$20K
New Women New Yorkers · New York, NY
Interview modeling
$20K
Unshattered · Hopewell Junction, NY
Women leadership
$20K
Women Employed · Chicago, IL
Entrepreneurship
$20K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Women
- Nonprofits
- Workforce development
- Economic services
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