AAUW Community Action Grants

Posted by on October 15, 2012

AAUW Accepting Applications for Community Action Grants
Deadline: January 15, 2013

The AAUW Community Action Grants Program annually provides funds to individuals, AAUW branches, and AAUW state organizations as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs and non-degree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls.

The program’s one-year grants ($2,000 to $7,000) provide funding for community-based projects. Two-year grants ($5,000 to $10,000) provide start-up funds for new projects that address the particular needs of the community and develop girls’ sense of efficacy through leadership or advocacy opportunities. Project topic areas are unrestricted but should include a clearly defined activity that promotes education and equity for women and girls. Special consideration will be given to projects focused on the achievements of K-12 girls and community college womenin science, technology, engineering, or math.

Applicants must be women who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Nonprofit organizations must be based in the U.S. Grant projects must have direct public impact, be nonpartisan, and take place within the U.S. or its territories.

In 2012, the program awarded fifteen one-year grants and seventeen two-year grants, for a total amount of $258,561. Grant recipients’ projects included a camp that provides educational and leadership opportunities to adolescent refugee girls who have been resettled in Chicago from Bhutan, Iraq, Burundi, Congo, Sudan, and Burma; an aviation program to encourage and educate possible future aviation professionals; and a digital storytelling project designed to promote art, technology, leadership, and community connectivity.

Visit the AAUW Web site for complete program guidelines and application procedures.

http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellowships_grants/community_action.cfm