Support for organizations that can demonstrate a proven ability to reach out to, include and involve young women with inadequate access to information regarding reproductive health.
Support for new ideas, initiatives and demonstration projects, which, if proven effective, may be successfully replicated or provide multiple benefits.
Geographic Focus
The Program has no geographic limits.
Funding Availability and Limits
The trustees award a small number of grants in the range of $10,000 to $50,000.
Normally grants are awarded for one year only. Under special circumstances, renewals are considered, such as for projects which clearly require more than one year of support for effective implementation, or for projects which demonstrate outstanding results or promise during their first year.
Eligibility
Eligible U.S. applicants must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code, and defined as "not a private foundation" under section 509(a) of the Code.
If the applicant is not located in the United States and has not already been classified by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, please contact the Foundation office at the address or phone number listed at the end of this document.
Reproductive education must be the centerpiece of the proposed project, which should include attention to the subjects of contraception and pregnancy termination.
The project must focus on young women, including young mothers and preteens.
The proposal should include a succinct plan for assessing and reporting on the project's results. In this regard, the trustees are interested in learning from projects that have fallen short of expectations as well as those which have succeeded.
Areas Where Grants Are Not Normally Made
To full proposals submitted in advance of a concept paper that has been reviewed and approved by the trustees for further consideration.
To individuals, or for individual research projects and scholarship.
To requests for endowment or major capital support.
To prior grantees which have failed to provide grant reports.
To organizations with no track record or no personnel known to the trustees or to the staff at Grants Management Associates.
Application Procedures
Organizations are asked to begin the application process by submitting a concept paper in accordance with the foundation's concept paper application format. The concept paper application form is available on the Foundation's web site or through the Foundation office at the address and phone number listed at the end of this document. Concept papers should be submitted by mail.
Full Proposals - Applicants whose concept papers have been approved by the trustees will be invited to submit full proposals. If you are invited by the trustees to submit a full proposal, please download the proposal application and instructions from the Application Forms page of the website.
Deadline: The trustees meet twice a year, in June and December. Proposals are not normally considered out of cycle. The respective deadlines for the receipt of concept papers are May 15 and November 1, or in the case of holidays or weekends, on the next business day. For more information and details please visit their web site.
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