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The Women's Fund Request for Grant Proposals

June 2017

On June 15th, we will be accepting grant applications for the 2017 Grant Cycle. Our grant making focus emanates from our 2015 research report A Second Look - Through a Gender Lens: The Economic Security of Women and Girls in Forsyth County. This report highlights that poverty and economic security encompass and are impacted by these four focus areas in our grant making: financial stability; jobs/career development; education; and family issues.

This report and the poverty study released by Forsyth Futures indicate disparities within the community. Therefore, we will give priority to applications that address concentrated poverty and poverty in African-American and Hispanic/Latino communities. We welcome pilot projects or programs that explore innovative approaches to dealing with these issues.

As in past years, the Fund has two grant programs through which organizations can apply for funding: The Community Grants Program and The Grassroots Grants Program.

The Community Grants Program

This grant program will provide organizations of all sizes with grants of up to $15,000. This program has an application process that includes site-visit reviews for all successful applicants which will be used to help determine grant allocations.

The Grassroots Grants Program

The Grassroots Grants Program is designed to level the playing field for smaller organizations so they can compete for grants from The Women’s Fund. This grant program will provide community-based grassroots organizations (with annual operating budgets of up to $250,000 per year) with grants of up to $10,000. Successful applicants for this program will also have site-visit reviews that will help determine grant allocations.

For more information about the grant programs click below. Applications are due July 20, 2017.

Grant Guidelines and More!

Having Fun at Fund Do!

Nearly 100 people attended the Fund Do event on May 11th and $14,000 was raised to support the Women's Fund in its mission to help lift women out of poverty.

Members, guests, and supporters from throughout the community mixed, mingled and enjoyed wonderful food in the beautifully decorated Milton Rhodes Center. Holly May from ABC 45, one of our sponsors, emceed the event and helped us distribute 30 amazing door prizes donated by local businesses.

The atmosphere was festive, fun, and lively and there was plenty of excitement as attendees watched the dollar total climb and positions on the leader board change on the big screens. The photo booth was busy all evening with couples and groups gathering to dress up in an array of purple accessories.

It was a great event for a good cause. Thank you to all of our sponsors, prize donors, volunteers, individual fundraisers, and attendees!

Watch the Fund Do Video Here!

SAVE THE DATE- Grant Applications Due

Thursday, July 20

SAVE THE DATE- Social Change Exchange:

New Directions for Promoting Economic Security for Women and Girls

Thursday, July 27
6:00pm-7:30pm
Highland Presbyterian Church

SAVE THE DATE- Annual Luncheon Celebration 2017

Thursday, November 9
noon-1:30pm
Benton Convention Center

Ask Alison

Send in questions about the Fund and our Board Chair will answer them for you. Ask anything! Email Alison here.

Alison Ashe-Card is Board Chair for the Women's Fund. She is the Assistant Director of the Office of Career and Professional Development at the Wake Forest University School of Law.

Question:“What’s the relationship between The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem and The Winston-Salem Foundation?”

Answer: The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem is an initiative of The Winston-Salem Foundation. This means that The Winston-Salem Foundation provides significant administrative and operating support for The Women’s Fund.

The Winston-Salem Foundation is a community foundation that supports charitable programs in the greater Forsyth County area. Founded in 1919 with a $1,000 gift, it now administers over 1,300 funds and had total custodial assets of $453 million at the end of 2016. In 2016, the Foundation granted $38.4 million to charitable causes, $2.8 million of which was through the Community Grants program.

The Women’s Fund is very thankful to The Winston-Salem Foundation for their generosity; their support allows the majority of our funding to be invested back into the community to change the lives of women and girls.

Click here to learn more about the Winston-Salem Foundation

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