Women & Giving Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
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.
Overview
Program Focus: Grants to support women and children in the Watertown area
Mission: Help women and children overcome barriers, increase opportunities, and achieve goals
Geographic Scope: Watertown area, Wisconsin
Award Focus Areas:
- Support for at-risk girls and young women
- Leadership development programs
- Educational programs
- Community services supporting women and children
Recent Grant Recipients (2023):
- Boys and Girls Club of Watertown
- Brothers & Sisters Behind Bars
- Community Transit of Watertown/Sisseton
- East-Central CASA
- Friends of the Goss Opera House
- Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership
- Lake Area Zoological Society (Girls Rule Program)
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace
- The Salvation Army
- Toastmaster's District 78 Club
- Watertown Area PACH
- Watertown Area Snow Queen
- Watertown Fire Rescue
- Watertown Middle School
- Watertown Regional Library
2023 Total Awarded: $40,968
Program Legacy:
- Women & Giving Advisory Committee manages grant awards
- Women & Giving endowment principal near $225,000 (earnings only are granted)
- Fully funds Girls Rule Program at Bramble Park Zoo (15+ years)
- Girls Rule serves 30 at-risk girls annually with leadership and self-confidence building
Contact:
- Watertown Area Community Foundation
- 211 East Kemp Avenue, PO Box 116
- Watertown, SD 57201
- Phone: 605.882.3731
- Email: development@watertowncommunityfoundation.org
What Watertown Area Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 2
- Total given
- $293K
- Median grant
- $147K
- Range
- $50K–$243K
- By dollars: Wisconsin 100%. Top recipient cities: Watertown, WI.
Example grants
Watertown Historical Society · Watertown, WI
1st kindergarten project
$243K
YMCA · Watertown, WI
Year 2 of 5 donation commitments
$50K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Women
- Youth programs
- Education
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