What You Need to Know
Interested in applying for a grant?
For further information on grant requirements, applications, and important dates, see our Grant Guidelines AND Apply For A Grant pages.
For a complete list of prior grants, see the JWF-NJ Grant History page.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
- An organization must use funds to support projects for any of the following communities: self-identifying women or girls, gender non-conforming individuals in a female space, women with their children. Projects should be tailored to meet the unique needs of individuals in these communities and should not merely include them, even if they make up the majority of those involved.
- JWF-NJ focuses its support in Northern-Central New Jersey, including: Essex, Morris, and Union counties. Requests originating from nearby geographic areas in-state may also be considered.
- JWF-NJ funds both sectarian and non-sectarian organizations. An organization need not be Jewish to receive a grant.
- An organization's overall support and inclusion of women and girls in leadership, on boards, and in key staff positions is considered.
- All grantees must adhere to JWF-NJ's Grant Guidelines policy and Core Values.
ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS
- Applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations or those with a fiscal agent with their own 501(c)3. Legal opinion letters of nonprofit status are not sufficient.
- No grants are awarded to individuals.
- JWF-NJ does not fund political campaigns or organizations such as PACs, capital campaigns, or endowments.
- JWF-NJ does not make loans or award scholarships/tuition reimbursements, nor do we provide sponsorships or buy tickets/tables for special events or international travel.
POTENTIAL GRANT AWARDS
- JWF-NJ will consider grant requests for programs or projects one year or less in duration and for amounts up to $5,000 for its Impact Grants Cycle in the fall and $25,000 for its Large Grants Cycle in the spring.
- Organizations will be considered for funding on a year-to-year basis. Projects funded in any given year are not guaranteed for renewal, nor are they disqualified from future funding.
GRANT FOCUS AREAS
JWF-NJ funds gender-based projects that recognize that women and girls have unique needs and interests and address the following areas:
- Self-esteem: including body image, healthy behaviors, interpersonal relations
- Abuse prevention: including domestic violence, substance and sexual abuse, human trafficking, bullying
- Empowerment in the workplace, educational system and family: including leadership development, improving communications skills, college and career readiness, educational advocacy
- Financial self-sufficiency: including education, workforce development
- Special needs: including those of women veterans
- Civic involvement/political engagement
- And more...
What They Say
“Less than 2% of all charitable giving is dedicated to women and girls.”
Women's Philanthropy Institute
