Dining for Women: Supporting
Grassroots International Organizations Empowering Women and Girls
Dining
for Women
Deadline:
24 October 2018
Dining
for Women is seeking Letters of Intent (LOIs) for the 2nd cycle of its 2019
grant program to support grassroots international organizations empowering
women and girls living in extreme poverty.
The foundation
funds projects that foster good health, education, and economic
self-sufficiency in developing countries. They are devoted to educating and
inspiring individuals to make a difference and fight global poverty through the
power of collective giving.
Priority
Areas
Grantees
must:
Support
women and girls living in extreme poverty in developing countries
(defined
as living on $1.90 a day or less)
Address
one or more of the following issues / needs:
Education
and vocational training
Improved
women and girls’ health:
Physical
health
Emotional
/Psychological Health
Maternal
Health
Sexual
and Reproductive Rights
Economic
empowerment
Clean
water, sanitation and healthy environment
Improved
food security, regenerative agriculture, and nutrition
Human
trafficking: prevention, rescue and reintegration
Leadership
training
Advocacy
for policies that promote gender equality, peace and security
Grant
Information
Dining
for Women makes grants of $35,000-50,000 that may be disbursed in one
distribution or which may be taken in up to two equal distributions spanning a
period of two years.
Guiding
Principles
To
maximize the educational opportunities for DFW members, during the course of a
year, DFW will strive to fund projects that address the varied issues, needs,
and geography of women and girls
Projects
funded will address one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Projects
funded will create lasting change in the lives of the women and/or girls who
are affected.
Projects
provide solutions that have been identified by the women and/or girls being
served and must actively include their perspectives.
Grantee
must be able to demonstrate the direct impact of the project funded and
demonstrate methods and ability to monitor and evaluate the project.
Grantees
are sustainable organizations with multiple funding sources.
Eligibility
Criteria
Grantee
must be a US 5.01(c)3 corporation or have a fiscal sponsor which is a US
5.01(c)3 corporation – A fiscal sponsor is a US non-profit organization that provides
fiduciary oversight, financial management, and other administrative services to
help build the capacity of charitable organizations that do not have a US 501c3
(non-profit) designation. An applicant that does not have a US 501c3
(non-profit) designation can submit an application to DFW with a fiscal sponsor
if they have a verifiable present relationship with that fiscal sponsor that
has been in existence for the past 12 months. The fiscal sponsor would need to
satisfy all the DFW grant criteria. The foundation does not accept registration
documents issued by any other country.
Grantee’s
relationship with fiscal sponsor must be of at least twelve months’ standing.
Grantee
must demonstrate capacity and on the ground operations in countries with
populations of greatest need for a minimum of three years.
Grantee
and/or fiscal sponsor must provide Form 990 or Form 990 EZ for the two most
recent consecutive years demonstrating $100,000 in annual expenses. The
foundation does not accept 990-Ns or 990-PFs.
Grantee
must have minimum of operating expenses of $100,000 annually for the most
recent fiscal year unless using a fiscal sponsor.
At least
half of the members of board of directors of the grantee organization must be
women at time of application.
Grantee
must demonstrate fiscally responsible practices
Grantee
must provide data regarding the direct impact of the organization’s programs
Grantee
must provide evidence of its monitoring and evaluation practices.
Grantee
must have a website in English unless using a fiscal sponsor
Grantee
must be able provide a video clip at least 5 minutes in length about
organization and the funded project upon being selected for a grant.
Grantee
must provide high resolution photographs upon being selected for a grant.