Ms. Foundation Invites Applications for Safety Program

Posted by on February 25, 2005

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

Ms. Foundation for Women Invites Applications for Safety Program
Deadline: April 1, 2005

The Ms. Foundation for Women (<a href="http://www.ms.foundation.org/">http://www.ms.foundation.org/</a>) is accepting applications for its Spring 2005 Safety Program.

The program is focused on community-based, prevention-focused strategies to end gender-based violence within a broader framework of safety and justice for all women and communities. Specific areas of interest are Community Accountability & Prevention Strategies; and Prevention Strategies That Transform Gender Roles. While the foundation understands the critical need for direct services, this particular fund supports activist and community-building strategies.

To be considered for support, an organization should be able to demonstrate community-centered, rather than agency-driven, strategies; a violence-prevention agenda consciously connected with an analysis of race, class, gender, age, and sexual orientation; program activities that actively work to transform traditional gender roles for both women and men; genuine decision-making roles for survivors and communities of color; and an evaluation component to measure impact.

Priority will be given to organizations that are GLBTQ, work with disabled populations, or are based in communities of color; have significant leadership (board and staff) reflective of their constituency base; actively promote leadership of poor women, women of color, immigrants, young women, lesbians, and disabled women; demonstrate clear plans and activities that go beyond individual education to impacting systems; and have limited access to other funding sources.

The Safety Program will be making one-year grants of $20,000-$40,000.

The Ms. Foundation makes grants to groups working in the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories.

For complete program information and application procedures, see the Ms. Foundation Web site.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/620/ms">http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/620/ms</a>

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