WFCI Annual Grant Round

Overview

Our Mission

Women’s Fund of Central Indiana mobilizes people, ideas and investments so every woman and girl in our community has an equitable opportunity to reach her full potential – no matter her place, race or identity.

Application Parameters

Women’s Fund is particularly interested in funding programming in the following areas:

* Breaking negative cycles (e.g., intimate partner violence and poverty) and supporting economic stability and upward mobility, including career development and workforce issues.
* Health for women and girls, with specific emphasis on reproductive health, infant and maternal mortality and mental health.
* Girls’ programming that is asset-based and has a demonstrated impact.
* Small, grassroots organizations with revenues less than $250,000 that are led by and serve women and girls of color.

Women’s Fund believes spirituality is an important component in a woman or girl’s self-development and we recognize that organized religion provides the traction and grounding for spiritual development.  However, Women’s Fund is committed to remaining neutral regarding the choices women and girls make about religious expression, as our donors celebrate many different religions or no religion at all.

Therefore, it is our policy not to fund programs that include prayer, the promotion of religion, religious preferences, objectives, education, and/or training.  If your organization’s mission statement is religious in nature, you must describe the role that mission and presence has in the grant activities for which you are seeking Women’s Fund support.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Organizations must serve those who identify as women and/or girls in Central Indiana (Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby Counties).
* Women’s Fund provides grants to 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organizations. Organizations that do not have 501(c)(3) status may be able to use a fiscal sponsor.
* Organizations whose mission focuses on service to women and/or girls can apply for operating support. Other organizations can apply for project/program support.
* Women’s Fund is interested only in gender-specific efforts, not programs that just happen to serve women and/or girls.

Ineligibility

* Women’s Fund will not consider funding for the following items:
* Organizations not committed to gender equity
* Organizations whose board of directors or advisory group is composed of less than 50% women
* Programs promoting religion, including proselytizing or religious training (see below)
* Fundraising activities (such as golf tournaments or galas)
* Political campaigns
* Individual or personal requests
* Organization-sponsored conferences or event sponsorships
* Schools

* Organizations that received a 2024 Women’s Fund annual grant are NOT eligible to apply unless 2023 organizational revenues were less than $250,000.