WFM awards more than $422,000 in grants in 2020 to organizations serving state’s women and girls
December 7, 2020 - General News, Grants, Homepage News - Posted by Women's Foundation Team
The Foundation is announcing annual grants totaling $270,000 and awarded more than $152,000 in Rapid Response funding to keep women afloat during the pandemic
The Women’s Foundation of Mississippi, a public grantmaking foundation focused on designing and funding programs that support women and girls across the state, announced 2020 annual grant awards totaling $270,000 for eleven Mississippi-based programs. The investments fall in four of our priority areas identified by the Foundation: Better Futures: Two-Generation approach, Two-Generation Community College, Healthy Women, and Access to Opportunity: Community College. Earlier this year, to help women and girls respond to the crisis caused by the pandemic, we awarded more than $152,000 in Rapid Response awards bringing our total 2020 investment to more than $422,000. Learn more about our grants by visiting http://www.womensfoudationms.org/grants/.
The organizations and programs the 2020 annual grants will benefit include:
Two-Generation, Better Futures Focus Area:
- St. Gabriel Mercy Center, Mound Bayou, MS
- Spring Initiative, Clarksdale, MS
Two-Generation, Community College Focus Area:
- 2nd Chance MS, Oxford, MS
- Pearl River Community College, Poplarville, MS
Healthy Women Focus Area:
- Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health, Jackson, MS
- Plan A Mobile Health, Inc., Mississippi Delta
- The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects, Jackson, MS
- Teen Health Mississippi, Jackson, MS
Access to Opportunity: Community College Focus Area:
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gulfport, MS
- Coahoma Community College,Clarksdale, MS
- Mississippi Delta Community College, Moorhead, MS
The mission of the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi is economic security for women. Originally a fund housed at the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, the Women’s Foundation has been an independent 501(c)(3) since 2008. In that time, the Foundation has awarded more than $4.5 million in grants benefiting nonprofits, programs, and educational institutions across Mississippi.
