J. Jill Compassion Fund for Poor and Homeless Women

Posted by on November 16, 2009

J. Jill Compassion Fund Seeking Grant Applications to Support Poor and Homeless Women
Deadline: November 30, 2009

For the eighth straight year, the J. Jill Compassion Fund, a donor-advised fund at the Boston Foundation, will be making grants to community-based organizations supporting poor and homeless women.

Since 2002, the fund has contributed more than $2 million in grants to over fifty nonprofit organizations across the United States working to help women achieve sustainable self-sufficiency. Based in Quincy, Massachusetts, J. Jill is a women’s specialty retailer of clothing and accessories.

The J. Jill Compassion Fund supports job training, education, and transitional and/or affordable housing for women in need. The fund seeks programs that break down barriers for women in crisis to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency. Grant funding priority is given to programs and organizations that have established a relationship with or connection to one or more of the J.Jill store(s) and are located near one or more J.Jill store(s).

Applicants must be community-based organizations or national organizations with local affiliates serving women in need and must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

The fund provides support for general operating expenses. Program support is limited to the expansion or enhancement of existing programs, rather than to fund new programs.

The 2010 grant guidelines and application are available at the J. Jill Web site.

http://www.jjill.com/jjillonline/compassion/community.aspx?BID=S2009292141849DB3DD4764298474D88DCB5&h=M&sk=M