<h1>Grants</h1>

Grants allow effective nonprofits to thrive.

Since 1999, Women's Fund has awarded over $4.1 million to 93 women and girl serving non-profit organizations in central Indiana. These grants have ranged from operating support to bold and transformative multi-year awards to seed money for start-up organizations. Our grants are based on community needs, informed by research, and are carefully monitored. Women's Fund's thoughtful and strategic grantmaking process can assure every donor to our endowment we are stewarding their dollars smartly and effectively.

 

Grantseekers

Women's Fund awards grants to help nonprofit organizations serving women and girls in central Indiana.

We generally award grants one time a year; however, our grantmaking is flexible and adapts to fit the needs of women and girls in our community and the nonprofit organizations serving them.

Issues We Support

Women's Fund is an expert resource, focusing our funding on issues necessary to the success of women and girls in central Indiana.

Our funding is currently focused on caregiving, domestic violence and insufficient income, with long-term interest in health and self-development. Our research shows these issues are central to women and girls achieving success, overcoming obstacles, and strengthening our entire community.

Grants We Have Made

Women's Fund grantmaking is flexible. We adapt our funding to address the current needs of our community and organizations serving women and girls in central Indiana.

We have provided grants to help organizations plan for sustainability, grants to transform the work and impact of organizations, operating grants, and grants for innovative new programs. We keep our eyes and ears open to determine the best ways to address our core issue areas through central Indiana nonprofits. Our grantmaking process is guided by our research, the expertise of our Grants Committee volunteers and staff, and our communication with nonprofits and other funders in the community. Download a complete history of grants awarded on our Research and Publications page.

 

Girls Incorporated
of Greater Indianapolis

"While monetary support is always critical to any organization's success, we have been particularly appreciative of the thoughtfulness behind Women's Fund's support of Girls Inc. Jennifer and her staff ask timely questions to help them determine how support from Women's Fund might be best positioned at any given time. Sometimes their conversations lead them to direct their funding towards core operating support, or sustainable capacity building efforts so that we may become better positioned to serve girls in greater Indianapolis. We value this unique relationship with Women's Fund and are grateful for its strategic support of our mission to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold!"

Patricia Wachtel
President and CEO