ACF: Women’s Endowment Fund in the US
Deadline: 1-Nov-21
The Akron Community Foundation (ACF) has announced Women’s Endowment Fund (WEF) to make a difference in the lives of local women and girls.
In 1993, a group of 106 women came together with one goal in mind: to make a difference in the lives of local women and girls. Seeing a need for funding to support programs that empower this population, the women each gave $1,000 to establish the Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation.
Categories
Economic empowerment:
Entrepreneurship
Building assets
Financial literacy
Workforce development
Enabling mothers to work productively
Safety from violence:
Domestic violence
Sexual assault
Childhood sexual abuse
Raising awareness/preventing violence
Developing a coordinated response to violence
Health & Wellness:
Awareness, education, prevention
Mental health
Reproductive health
Teen pregnancy
Access to treatment
Obesity prevention/control
Nutrition & physical fitness
Note: If your program falls under more than one category, please select “Combination.”
What they Fund?
While their programming differs, all Akron Community Foundation grantees have things in common:
Organizational strength: They support efficient and effective nonprofit organizations with the capacity to significantly improve the community. They value organizations that demonstrate sustainability, honesty and transparency while remaining true to their mission.
Systemic impact: They support collaborative efforts that help individuals, families and neighborhoods thrive by addressing immediate needs while creating holistic improvement within Summit County. They prefer to fund organizations that address the underlying cause of a problem and make a lasting improvement.
Accountability: They serve as stewards of their donors’ community investments. They honor the charitable intentions of these donors to help them meet current and future needs of their community. As a result, they hold themselves and their grantees to the highest standards of ethics, integrity, service and fiduciary responsibility.
Strengthened capacity of the nonprofit sector: They support efforts that build governance, management, financial and organizational capacities of nonprofit agencies and the sector as a whole. They also strive to create partnerships that reduce duplicative and ineffective programs.
Inclusiveness: They honor the diverse strengths, needs, voices and backgrounds within their community, and They support organizations whose missions promote equity and inclusiveness.
What they Don’t Fund?
The Community Fund grants improve life for all residents of Summit County. Therefore, they do not make grants for:
Endowments
Scholarships
Direct financial support to individuals
Religious organizations for religious purposes
Private non-operating foundations
In accordance with their grantmaking priorities, they generally do not fund:
Newly established nonprofit organizations that duplicate existing services
Curriculum for schools
Disease-specific programs
Economic development initiatives already being addressed by the Fund for their Economic Future
Programs at parochial schools that benefit only their students
Multi-year grants
For more information, visit https://www.akroncf.org/grantmaking-initiatives/overview/competitive-grants/