Direct Service Fund
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Open to all organizations meeting granting criteria
In 2010, The Direct Service Fund will have an online application. This application will be available for use in March 2010.
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Application
In 2010, The Direct Service Fund application process will be conducted through an online process. If, after reading the information below, you feel your organization is qualified to apply for a Direct Service Fund Grant, we invite you to take the Eligibility Quiz and commence with your application. (The eligibility quiz and application will be available in March 2010
Background and Overview
Through its Direct Service Granting Program, The Women's Foundation of Colorado will grant funds (up to $5,000) to organizations throughout the state that are addressing various aspects of economic self-sufficiency, either by providing direct services or systems change efforts for both women and girls.
The Women's Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, physical and mental ability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.
Granting Procedures Timeline
If your organization feels that it qualifies to apply for a Direct Service Fund Grant after going through the Direct Service Fund Eligibility Checklist, an application must be completed through the online service by 5:00pm on October 1, 2010. Proposals submitted after this date and time will not be accepted. No hard copy submissions will be accepted, unless otherwise discussed with Foundation staff before hand.
March 1, 2010 - October 1, 2010: This open invitation is posted on The Foundation’s website.
October 1, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.: Closing date and time of the Direct Service Grant opportunity. All proposals must be completed through the online application service by 5:00pm on this day.
October 1, 2010 - December 14, 2010- Proposals meeting the requirements and guidelines are reviewed by a Program Committee made up of Foundation Board Members and volunteers. During this time, committee members will be highly encouraged to join a site visit with Foundation staff.
December 20, 2010: The organization will be contacted, via e-mail, regarding the status of your proposal.
December 20 - 31, 2010: A Granting Award Contract will be sent to selected organizations for signature. Upon receipt of a signed contract, The Foundation will disburse funds to your organization for the scope of work indicated in the contract.
Funding Program Areas
The WFCO will fund Direct Service Grants (up to $5,000) to support nonprofit organizations for work being conducted in the following areas only:
Education, Employment and Training
- Training for the transition from school to work for girls and/or women
- GED training for girls and/or women
- Non-traditional education courses for at-risk girls and/or women
- Science and technology education for girls and/or women
- College preparation for girls and women
- Financial literacy education for women and/or girls, including budgeting, personal money management, investments, and mortgages
- Other Education and Training programs that your organization may support on behalf of girls and/or women
Job Opportunity
- Educational enhancement: career exploration, career preparation and leadership building skills for low- to moderate-income girls and/or women
- Skill building for employment for women and/or girls
- Job training and job placement
- Removing barriers to technology for women and/or girls
- Pre-employment skills: job-related support services such as resume, interviewing techniques, professional coaching
- Non-traditional employment opportunities; e.g., truck driving school and construction training for women
- Other Job Opportunity skills that your organization may support on behalf of women and/or girls
What We Do Not Fund
Because the following is not core to our mission or because we feel we would be duplicating efforts of other Foundations, The Women's Foundation of Colorado currently does not fund:
- Child-care scholarships or tuition subsidies
- General operating support for organizations that do not have programming in the three 2007 funding areas specified above
- Scholarships, fellowships
- Healthcare related programs
- Domestic-violence programs (except for those with job opportunity, education/training or financial literacy component)
- Grants to individuals
- Faith-based organizations seeking funds for proselytizing or that provide services only to those with a specific religious belief
- Endowments
- Capital development projects
- Election campaigns
- Programs for boys or men
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- If you require additonal information, please contact Roweena Naidoo: roweenan@wfco.org
Final reports for the 2009 Direct Service Fund Grants are due October 15, 2010.
