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Grant Opportunities For Women (C-E)
Below is a listing (in alphabetical order) of the top organizations
and foundations that provide grants for women:
Canadian
Women's Foundation (CWF)
CWF is Canada’s first, and only, national public foundation designed
to raise and grant funds to meet the needs of women and girls. Women
across Canada tell us repeatedly that poverty and violence are the two
major issues affecting self-reliance and independence for women.
Grant Amount: Varies
More Info: www.cdnwomen.org
Chicago
Foundation for Women
One of the largest women’s funds in the world, Chicago Foundation
for Women believes that all women and girls in the Chicago metropolitan
area should have the opportunity to achieve their potential and to live
in safe, just and healthy communities. We support the achievement of
social justice through grant-making and advocacy. Their work is rooted
in three principals of women’s human rights:
- Economic security
- Freedom from violence and
- Access to health services
Grant Range: $5,000 to $50,000
More Info: www.cfw.org
Colin Higgins
Foundation
Through its grantmaking activities, The Colin Higgins Foundation supports
organizations that build the power and leadership of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgendered youth (age 13-24) through:
- Grassroots organizing and/or comprehensive leadership development
- Working with historically underprivileged constituencies: youth of
color,
transgendered, immigrant,low income or rural youth/and or youth in reservation
communities
- Striving to bring about institutional change in the legal, political
economic or
cultural structures that impact the LGBT youth, and;
- Working to link LGBT youth to other organization and social justice
movements.
Grant Amount: $10,000-$20,000
More Info: www.colinhiggins.org
Dorothy
Harris Endowed Scholarship
Established in honor of Dr. Dorothy Harris, pioneer and advocate for
women in sports. Its goal is to assist women graduate students pursuing
one of the following fields of study: Physical Education, Sport Management,
Sport Psychology or Sport Sociology.
Grant Amount: $1,500
More Info:
www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgibin/
iowa/funding/featured.html?record=3
Educational
Foundation for Women in Accounting Scholarships
The Educational Foundation awards scholarships to women who are pursuing
accounting degrees at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Grant Amount: $1,000 - $5,000
More Info: www.efwa.org/scholarships.htm
ExxonMobil
Grants For Women and Girls
This new community investment initiative, Educating Women and Girls
, is focused on providing and improving educational and training opportunities
for women and girls in the developing countries where we live and work.
Grant Amount: Varies
More Info:
www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/
Citizenship/gcr_women_girls.asp
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