2010
Foundations
that Offer Grants and Funding for Women
HORIZONS
Scholarship For Women
Women
In Defense, A National Security Organization established the HORIZONS
Scholarship
in 1988 to encourage women to pursue careers related to the national
security
and defense interests of the United States and to provide development
opportunities
to women already working in national security and defense fields.
Grantor's
Web Site wid.ndia.org/horizon/
Noel
Foundation
The
Noel Foundation was founded in 1989 by businesswoman, Noel Irwin
Hentschel.
Inspired by working with Mother Teresa, she established the Foundation
to create and fund projects to "help those most in need to help
themselves",
focusing on women and children.
The
Foundation's longstanding partnership (since 1990) with the United
Nations
Development Fund For Women (UNIFEM) encourages and supports the
advancement
of women around the world through entrepreneurial and educational
programs.
The Foundation's longstanding partnership (since 1990) with the United
Nations Development Fund For Women (UNIFEM) encourages and supports the
advancement of women around the world through entrepreneurial and
educational
programs.
Amount
of Grant: not available
Grantor's
Web Site thenoelfoundation.org
Ms.
Foundation For Women
The
Ms. Foundation for Women has been creating opportunities for women and
girls for 30 years. We know that when we invest in women and girls,
helping
them develop their voices and skills, everyone benefits—men, boys,
families,
and communities.
Amount
of Grant: not available
Grantor's
Web Site ms.foundation.org
Digital
Women Business Grant 2010
Women
and minorities have numerous grant programs available to them. Finding
the available current grants for 2010 is the hard part. Our goal is to
help women find any monies or funding that are available to them
Grantor's
Web Site digitalwomengrants.org
International
Federation of University Women's Fellowships and Grants (IFUW)
Amount
of Grant: not available
Grantor's
Web Site ifuw.org/fellowships/
Jeannette
Rankin Foundation For Low Income Women
A
non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for, and awarding
grants
to, low income women, ages 35 and older. Each grant recipient has a
vision
of how a college education will benefit herself, her family, and her
community.
Most recipients are in truly meager financial circumstances and may
have
other hardships or disabilities.
Amount
of Grant: not available
Grantor's
Web Site rankinfoundation.org
The
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Scholarship Program
Women
are the overwhelming majority of professionals in the meeting industry,
yet the overwhelming minority in leadership positions in their
corporation/organizations.
In 2001, MPI launched a “Women’s Leadership Initiative” and has since
worked
to change this gender-related leadership statistic. Categories of
scholarship
funding include:
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College education funding
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General leadership education or academic funding
-
MPI Programs- for leadership, career and education or academic funding
specifically provided by MPI
Scholarship
Amounts: Not listed.
Grantor's
Web Site mpiweb.org
National
Physical Science Consortium Fellowships For Women
NPSC
offers a unique graduate fellowship in the physical sciences and
related
engineering fields. It is open to all U. S. Citizens, but with emphasis
on recruitment of applications from historically underrepresented
minorities
and women.
Amount
of Grant: not available
Grantor's
Web Site npsc.org/students/
New
Israel Fund (NIF)
NIF
provides grants to a variety of organizations working to promote
women's
rights and status. A special initiative, in partnership with the Nathan
Cummings Foundation, aims to promote social change for Orthodox and
Arab
women. Other grantees are promoting a long school day to enable women
to
work, providing legal aid to disempowered women, developing
micro-enterprises
for immigrant women, and advocating for increased government funds to
address
the needs of poor women.
Amount
of Grant: not available
Grantor's
Web Site nif.org/
NOW
Foundation
The
National Organization for Women Foundation ("NOW Foundation") is a
501(c)
(3) organization devoted to furthering women's rights through education
and litigation. The NOW Foundation is affiliated with the National
Organization
for Women, the largest women's rights organization in the United
States,
with a membership of over 500,000 contributing women and men in more
than
550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Amount
of Grant: not available
Grantor's
Web Site nowfoundation.org
Mott
Foundation
The
Mott Foundation has three grantmaking objectives: To strengthen
education
for democratic participation, To support women’s participation in
government
and nongovernmental organizations, To strengthen the effectiveness of
the
nonprofit sector.
Amount
of Grant: not listed
Grantor's
Web Site mott.org/grantseeker.aspx
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