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Begins Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 11:30 AM
During collaborative, roundtable sessions WST members will provide our guest entrepreneur, Cyndi Prince, founder of WOOLY ROUNDS, input on how she can increase retail and…
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2012 ESI GRANTMAKING PROCEDURE
- 1/18/12- Applications available
- 3/2/12- Grant Applications are DUE by email (PDFs only please) to the Maine Women’s Fund.
- 3/8/12- Grant Applications community public review and assessments begin.
- 4/23/12- Applicants announced.
Send Applications to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). If at any time you have questions about the application process, please contact Sonya Tomlinson at 207-774-5513 or (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The Maine Women’s Fund supports organizations that:
- Focus their work on four strategic areas that together will advance economic security.
- Can describe outcomes of their social change work (that create tangible shifts in society) within the context of economic security for Maine women.
- Demonstrate a commitment to women’s equality.
- Encourage women and girls to define their needs.
- Listen to the voices of women and girls and are willing to implement these ideas within the organization’s structure and programs.
The Maine Women’s Fund provides grants in the following forms:
- Size: The average grant size is $5,000; however, we will consider exemplary proposals of up to $15,000. For organizations asking for general operating support, we will not fund over 10% of an organization’s annual budget. Applicants should request an amount that meets the needs of their type of request and is consistent with the Fund’s funding range.
- Duration: We will consider one-year grant applications.
- Geographic Range: We invite applications from all areas of the state.
The Maine Women’s Fund provides grants for the following uses:
- General Operating Support: Operational costs that maintain or sustain the ongoing work of an organization, i.e. salaries, benefits, rent, copying, phone, etc.
- Program or Project Grants: Existing program/project costs or those that may be in addition to or new to an organization’s regular programming.
The Maine Women’s Fund will fund:
- Organizations incorporated as not-for-profits.
- Collaborations of two or more organizations that are working together to achieve a common goal.
- Unincorporated organizations with a fiscal agent. (Please contact us if you need assistance identifying a fiscal agent.)
The Maine Women’s Fund will not fund:
- Individuals seeking scholarships to a university, college, or technical program.
- Capital campaigns.
- Religious activities.
- Retroactive funding.
- Fundraising events.
- Direct services not linked to the five social change indicators.
- Organizations that may be deemed as discriminatory on the basis of race, age, gender, ability level or sexual orientation.
- Organizations that limit or oppose women’s right to self determination.
- Agencies of state or federal government, unless they are part of a community collaborative that includes eligible organizations.
- Organizations outside of Maine.
- Individuals seeking personal assistance.
2012 FUNDING EXPECTATIONS
The Maine Women’s Fund is seeking to work in partnership with its grantees to promote economic security for women and girls across Maine. We expect that grantees will:
- Participate in the Fund at various events throughout the year including, but not limited to, the annual Leadership Luncheon on May 2, 2012.
- Provide feedback and ideas for the Economic Security Initiative by submitting a Grant Status Report by June 30, 2013.
- Help the Maine Women’s Fund make a public case for women’s economic security across Maine by participating in our Making Change Happen Campaign.
