Apply for Minigrant to fund a project
Published on January, 42 2016
WILPF has three granting cycles, February 1, June 1 and October 1. Grants are made to branches and to issue committees for projects that serve WILPF's mission and vision by building our programs.
We favor projects that can be shared and replicated and that will have a national impact. We fund small one-time projects, seed larger efforts and expand on-going work from the local to UN level. Grant levels up to $2,500 are designed for flexibility and a diversity of needs.
In 2014-2015 cycles, we had some extremely interesting and exciting grants. The Fresno Branch Earth Democracy Committee received a grant to tour fracking sites, producing a video that we all can use. The Middle East Committee wrote and printed a Hamas booklet that we can all use for discussion as well as distribution to other groups and Congressional members. The Burlington VT Branch received funding for performances of the updated version of Most Dangerous Women! These are just a few of the grants.
For more information, view and download guidelines and application forms at minigrant resources. Please feel free to contact Barbara West, minigrant chair at barbaraw@myfairpoint.net.
Minigrant Committee leadership opportunities
Is it difficult for you to get out to protests? No problem! Don’t have a branch nearby? No problem! We need people, including at-large members, to save the world right from their homes! Giving only a few hours a month will support the work of WILPF branches and issue committees.
You can help the program work of WILPF US by assisting on the national Minigrant Committee. Work can include evaluating applications, helping people make their applications more acceptable and workable, and following projects from first submission to final report.
We can use all volunteers with an interest in supporting WILPF US program efforts, who are detail-oriented and have moderate computer skills. We especially seek volunteers with some background in strategic planning, organizing issue-related campaigns or projects, grant writing, and project budgeting.
For further information, contact Barbara West at barbaraw@myfairpoint.net.
PHOTO Collage: Projects receiving minigrants include Fresno’s anti-fracking video, the Middle East Committee’s booklet on Hamas, and the Ashland OR Branch’s repairing of the canopy for the "Nuclear Maze" which is part of Ashland's annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemoration.
