The fund for Women & Girls Program is aim at supporting organizations at the heart of women’s movement, whose core activities, leadership, mission and vision are committed to advancing gender equality.
The proposed funding will support your organization’s ability to provide programs, services and/or advocacy initiatives, either directly through funding program or service costs or indirectly through funding core operational costs, that align with one or more of the Foundation’s funding priorities:
FUNDING INFORMATION
- Contributing $5000 annually
PURPOSE OF THE FUND
The fund is meant for the following:
- Innovative new projects
- Short term projects
- Seed funding for long term projects
- Focus on vibrant, healthy, caring community through supporting, advocating, or addressing needs of women and girls
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Applicants must be operating in and/or serving the Central Alberta region
- Applicants must be incorporated non-profit organizations and have a valid charitable number from Canada Revenue Agency or be a First Nations Band or municipality designated as a qualified donee by Canada Revenue Agency. If your organization does not have charitable status or is not a qualified donee, they can consider an application in partnership with another organization that is a registered charity or qualified donee with a mandate relevant to your proposal.
- Gender-based programming, services, and/or advocacy are central to your project’s mission, and you have experience offering gender-based programs, services, and/or advocacy initiatives with/for women, girls, Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people who face multiple barriers and are underserved, including:
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit
- Black
- 2SLGBTQI+
- Living with disabilities
- Living in rural or remote communities
- Racialized, Refugee, immigrant, or non-status
- Living on low incomes
- Older/Seniors
- Young
HOW TO APPLY
visit Red Deer & District Community Foundation.]\
