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Women & Girls Grants is a funding program from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven's Community Fund for Women & Girls, offering grants up to $15,000 to nonprofits serving women and girls across a 20-town service area in Connecticut. Grants are awarded across four pathways: Economic Autonomy, Leadership, Education, and Health & Wellness.
Eligible organizations must demonstrate at least 18 to 24 months of measurable impact within the designated region. This grant supports programs that advance gender equity, expand economic opportunity, and improve health and educational outcomes for women and girls in Greater New Haven and surrounding communities.
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The Community Fund… | The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven The Community Fund for Women & Girls: Pathways for Women & Girls Greater New Haven nonprofit organizations serving women and girls are invited to apply for grant funding.
APPLY HERE BY MARCH 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s Community Fund for Women & Girls is providing grants (up to $15,000) to nonprofits engaged in direct service, advocacy, and/or community organizing activities that are gender specific and support Greater New Haven women and girls [1]through the following pathways which are detailed below: Review The Community Foundation's general eligibility criteria before applying for a grant.
Proposals must align with one or more of the four impact areas above. Applicants must have had a demonstrated impact and record of 18-24 months of continuous programming prior to applying. Applicants must be serving people within The Community Foundation's 20 towns .
Applicants who received a grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in the previous four years must be up to date with all reporting requirements. Ana Hernandez (left) with colleague Munira Mohamed at Havenly, a Pathways to Economic Security grantee in 2022.
Photo: Aziza Mohamad The Fund is seeking to support the economic security and mobility of women and girls in our region through the following core pathways: Access to safe & affordable housing. Women’s participation in the workforce. Childcare innovation, creative solutions and the support of family-friendly policies to support working families.
Policy, systems change, and community organizing efforts supporting women and girls’ economic security. The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help women and girls hold key leadership roles shaping equity-centered policy and decisions through the following core pathways. Leadership development programs for women and girls.
Women’s leadership in business, government and the nonprofit sector that is equity-centered. Advocacy and organizing skill building for women and girls. The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help women and girls experience higher educational achievement through the following core pathways: Support of women and girls in underrepresented fields.
Opportunities for non-traditional and first-generation students. Access to childcare and family friendly policies for student parents. Policy, systems change, and community organizing efforts supporting women and girls’ education.
The Fund is seeking to support initiatives that help ensure that women and girls are healthy, confident and free from violence through the following core pathways: Access to reproductive health services and education. Maternal health and postpartum care. Prevention of violence against women and girls and support of survivors.
Policy, systems change and community organizing efforts supporting women and girls’ health and wellness. Applications are due by Monday, March 23, 2026 at 5:00 p. m.
Award decisions to be announced in May 2026. [1] Including those who identify as cisgender, transgender and nonbinary. APPLY HERE BY MARCH 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM Please contact me with your questions about the Pathways grant program.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofits with 18-24 months of demonstrated programming impact serving people within the Foundation's 20-town service area; proposals must align with Economic Autonomy, Leadership, Education, or Health & Wellness impact areas. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to $15,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is March 23, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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