The Community Fund for Women & Girls: Pathways for Women & Girls
This grant funds Greater New Haven nonprofits advancing women and girls’ economic autonomy, leadership, education, and health through direct services, advocacy, and community organizing.
Funder: Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Up to $15,000 per grant; typically one-year projects; multiple grants awarded annually.
Summary: Supports Greater New Haven nonprofits advancing women and girls’ economic autonomy, leadership, education, and health & wellness through direct service, advocacy, and community organizing.
Key Information: Only nonprofits serving the 20-town Greater New Haven region are eligible; strong alignment with one or more focus areas is required.
Description
The Community Fund for Women & Girls, managed by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, is the region’s only endowment dedicated to promoting the social and economic advancement of women and girls. This grant program supports nonprofit organizations in the Greater New Haven area that deliver direct services, advocacy, or community organizing to benefit women and girls—including cisgender, transgender, and nonbinary individuals.
Funded initiatives must align with one or more of the following pathways:
- Economic Autonomy: Promoting economic security and mobility through access to housing, entrepreneurship, workforce participation, direct cash assistance, childcare innovation, and policy advocacy.
- Leadership: Supporting leadership development, advocacy skills, and equity-centered leadership roles in business, government, and nonprofits.
- Education: Advancing higher educational achievement, especially for underrepresented groups, non-traditional and first-generation students, and student parents, as well as advocacy for educational equity.
- Health & Wellness: Expanding access to reproductive and maternal health, violence prevention, and policy change to ensure health, confidence, and safety.
Projects funded in recent years have included technology and entrepreneurship training, support for student parents, violence prevention, and wraparound services such as childcare and mental health counseling.
