Contact: Susan Lorenz, Director of Programs Phone: 320-257-9732, Toll Free 877-253-4380 ext 732
Barbara Carlson, Director of Development Phone: 320-257-9734, Toll Free 877-253-4380 ext 734
Willmar Women's Fund to Award Grants
Applications for programs serving teenage girls and women age 55+ due July 25th
Willmar, Minn. – The Willmar Area Community Foundation announces that the Willmar Women’s Fund will award $4,300 in grants early this fall. The Women’s Fund was established in 2008 as a component fund of the Willmar Area Community Foundation with the mission to support programs that provide access to lives of economic and social strength for women and girls.
The Fund seeks to leverage the efforts and dollars from local nonprofits to provide resources that will make a difference to single individuals or systems. The Fund awarded its first two grants of $2,500 each in 2008 to Ridgewater College and Shelter House. Recipients since then have been Heartland Community Actions Agency, DEMO, Inc., and the Child Guide Program of the Willmar Public Schools.
Applications for this grant round will be accepted from organizations that address an issue confronting teenage girls in Kandiyohi County or underserved women age 55+ and are due by July 25th. The Willmar Area Community Foundation uses an on-line grant application process. The grant guidelines and electronic application can be found by visiting www.CommunityGiving.org/Willmar and clicking on the “WACF Grants” link.
Nonprofits that wish to receive future updates about Willmar grant rounds can email their contact information to Janet McConkey at jmcconkey@communitygiving.org.
The Willmar Area Community Foundation (WACF) is a public charity that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1998, WACF has grown to nearly $7 million in assets and awarded $2 million in grants to local nonprofits. WACF is affiliated with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, which administers more than 500 funds totaling more than $65 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/Willmar.
