The Ms. Foundation for Women is accepting request for proposals for Asian Women
Giving Circle (AWGC) Program to build women’s collective power in the U.S. to
advance equity and justice for all.
Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) believes culture is an essential
part of any strategy for social change. They support Asian American women-led
organizations and individual artists in NYC who are using arts and culture to:
- bring about progressive social
transformation,
- raise awareness and catalyze
action around critical issues that affect Asian American women, girls and
families, and
- highlight and promote women’s
central role as leaders, creators, developers and managers of these
projects.
Goals
Their goals are to:
- Channel more resources into their
local communities
- Engage more people to invest in
creative projects by and for their communities
- Shine an authentic spotlight on
their experiences and stories
- Promote progressive social
change
- Raise the visibility of Asian
American women doing philanthropic work
Funding Information
In this grants cycle, they anticipate that 5-8
project grants will be awarded, contingent on available funding. The maximum
grant amount is $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
This RFP is open to both 501(c)(3) organizations
and individual artists:
- Artists and collectives that
are not 501(c)(3)s must apply under a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)(3)
organization, which they must list on their application as the applying
organization.
- NOTE: Failure to provide 501(c)(3) documentation or to
provide a fiscal sponsor with the same will automatically disqualify the
application
- All artistic disciplines will
be considered, including cross-disciplinary work
- Projects must incorporate the
arts in an integral way
- Proposals must make a clear
case for the theory of social justice change envisioned by the project,
based on the applicants’ own criteria for defining and measuring impact
- Projects must highlight
women’s central role in its content and/or be led by Asian women in
central leadership roles
- Projects must demonstrate a
commitment to NYC-based communities
- Grants must be applied to
specific projects and cannot support the organization’s ongoing programs,
operations, capital or endowments
- Applicants can be at any stage
in their careers but should have a track record of committed work that
demonstrates their capacity to complete the proposed project and manage
the funds requested.
Post Date - 10-Feb-2021