Apply for Funding
SUBMIT A LETTER
OF INTENT
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To be
considered for funding you must submit a letter of
intent by June 27th, 2008.
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Please
download the
Letter of Intent Guidelines (pdf)
for full instructions and requirements.
Why is The Catalyst Fund focusing on women of color-led efforts?
Women of color in the United States disproportionately experience challenges to their reproductive health and autonomy. Women of color and those in low-income communities face unique challenges regarding their reproductive health and rights that are heightened by poverty, gender, racial and ethnic discrimination and racism.
Women’s Fund and The Catalyst Fund believe that organizations led by the women who are most impacted by reproductive health disparities have the wisdom and expertise to create effective and innovative solutions. The struggle for reproductive justice must place women of color at the center of the movement and must also be connected to the broader social justice movements that address anti-violence, economic security, anti-racism, and environmental justice.
What types of programs will the Women's Fund/Catalyst Fund partnership support?
The fund will support a broad range of projects that empower women of color to have a voice and a role in advocating for control of their own reproductive health.
These projects may focus on issues such as (but not limited to): comprehensive sex education; the impacts of environmental toxins on reproductive health; violence against women; increasing access to quality, affordable, culturally and linguistically appropriate health care; increasing access for LBT
communities; sex worker rights; parenting rights; midwifery
and birthing rights; access to contraception, including
emergency contraception; abortion access; HIV/AIDS
prevention and treatment; regulation of new genetic and
reproductive technologies; economic justice; worker rights;
and immigrant rights.
Women's Fund will consider proposals that focus on service
delivery, policy advocacy and grassroots organizing.
Women of Color-Led Reproductive Justice Eligibility
Requirements
Grants will range
from $20,000 to a maximum of $35,000.
There are five
fundamental eligibility requirements:
1) Leadership:
Organizations must be led by women of color (WOC) as
demonstrated by:
• A majority WOC- board, staff, and/or volunteers;
• A WOC-led effort within a majority white organization;
• A partnership between a WOC organization and an
organization with a different constituency;
• A WOC-led coalition; or
• Efforts within people of color movements/organizations
that expand their range of issues to include RJ.
2) Mission/Program: Organization/program must be
dedicated to reproductive justice AND have as its primary
mission to serve, educate, and/or advocate for women of
color.
3) Budget: Annual operating budget must be
less than $2 million.
4) Non-profit Status: Organizations must have
501(c)(3) status or be a government or non-profit
educational institution. If you are a new charitable
organization, an existing 501(c)(3) may serve as your fiscal
agent and manage your finances.
5) Location: A majority of women served by the
program must reside in Miami-Dade County.
