Open Meadows Foundation: Funding for Projects Benefiting Women and Girls

Posted by on June 16, 2006

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

Open Meadows Foundation Offers Funding for Projects Benefiting Women and Girls
Deadline: August 15, 2006

The Open Meadows Foundation (<a href="http://www.openmeadows.org/">http://www.openmeadows.org/</a>) is a grantmaking organization for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls. The foundation offers grants up to $2,000 to projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls; reflect the diversity of the community served by the project in both its leadership and organization; promote building community power; promote racial, social, economic, and environmental justice; and have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. Organizational budgets should not exceed $150,000. Small and start-up organizations are strongly encouraged to apply. Proposals not previously funded have priority. In addition to its general fund, Open Meadows has six special funds that are targeted to specific groups and/or for specific activities. All requests must be made through 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations or institutions. The Jeanne Meurer Indigenous Women’s Fund awards grants to projects related to issues concerning indigenous women. The Ellen Dougherty Activist Fund for Young Women awards grants to young women 19 and under who propose to develop and lead projects that are focused on activism and social change. The Edie Windsor Fund for Old Lesbians is for projects supporting and developed by lesbians age 60 and older. The India Fund supports projects in India developed and administered principally by women. The fund focuses on projects concerned with the rights of women and their health, education, and economic development. The PatsyLu Fund for Women’s Music Projects will consider women in music projects from women who are composers, music educators, musicologists, or performers (or in performing groups). The mission of the fund is to seek out women’s music projects from women of ethnic, cultural, and racial diversity and especially the work of lesbians. The Susan F. Eastman Fund for Environmental Activism seeks projects whose principle belief is in the right to a clean, healthy, and environmentally sustainable future. The fund invites applications from organizations committed to environmental issues and grassroots activism. The fund is looking for organizations that try to empower local women by organizing at the community level, standing unified to hold industry and government accountable for their actions against the environment. Visit the foundation’s Web site for complete program information and application instructions.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002942/openmeadows">http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002942/openmeadows</a>

For additional RFPs in Women, visit: <a href="http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_women.jhmtl">http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_women.jhtml</a>