AAUW Community Action Grants–General Operating Support by AAUW 2025

Summary

• Application DeadlineNovember 15, 2024
• Value$10,000
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorAAUW
• City to studyWashington
• Course to studyEducation

Table of Content

• Overview
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Documents
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Programme Overview

AAUW’s General Operating Support Grants for Community Action provide flexible funding to nonprofit organizations whose primary mission focus is promoting education and equity for women and girls in grades K-12. Read through for the benefit, requirement ,application process and the deadline .

Benefits

Award is $10,000 from July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Requirements

• Applicants must be incorporated as a nonprofit with a federally designated-tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code. AAUW branches and state organizations with 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status are also eligible and encouraged to apply.

• Applicants must be dedicated to education and equity for women and girls in grades K-12. More than 51% of the organization’s previous year’s expenses and programming/services must be devoted to this purpose.

• Organizations with a focus on promoting gender equity in STEM fields (preferred).

• Applicants serving geographically and/or demographically underserved communities (preferred).

• Applicants interested in project support grants are encouraged to consider AAUW’s Community Action Grants – Project Support.

Disqualifying Factors

The following are not eligible for consideration:

• Members of the AAUW Board of Directors.

• Employees of AAUW, including paid or unpaid, part-time or temporary employees, consultants, interns and contract employees.

• Review Panelists.

• Immediate families (i.e., spouses and dependent children) of individuals described in the points above.

• Previous AAUW Community Action Grant recipients must wait 3 years before reapplying.

Interview Dates and Process

• Alignment of applicant’s mission with advancing equity for women and girls.
• Coherent presentation of how grant funding would build organizational capacity for advancing its mission.
• Clarity of anticipated results (outputs and/or outcomes), supported by a strong rationale for how funding will enable the applicant to directly and/or indirectly address their needs and support the achievement of these results.
• Demonstrated organizational capacity and capability to achieve its objectives.
• Potential for and/or commitment of additional funds and involvement from community organizations, businesses and funders (preferred).

Review panels meet once a year to review applications for funding. Awards are based on the criteria outlined here. The panel’s recommendations are subject to final approval by AAUW. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis according to funds available in a given fiscal year.

To ensure a fair review process, AAUW does not comment on the deliberations of the awards panels. AAUW does not provide written or oral evaluations of applicants. No provisions exist for reconsideration of grant proposals. Applications and supporting documents become the sole property of AAUW and will not be returned or held for another year.

Timeline

Milestone	Date
Grant Application Submission Period	September 16, 2024 – November 15, 2024
Grant Award Status Notification	April 15, 2025
Disbursement of Grant Funds (in full or part)	July 2025
Grant Term	July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026
Disbursement of 2nd Tranche of Grant Funds (if applicable)	January 2026
Grant Impact Reports Due	July 31, 2026

Application Documents

• A narrative application.
• IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter (for applicants applying as nonprofit organizations).
• IRS 501 (c)(3) or (c)(4) determination letter (for applicants applying as AAUW branches or state organizations).
• Most recent 990.
• A copy of the applicant’s prior fiscal year’s organizational budget, demonstrating that more than 51% of the organization’s previous year’s expenses and programming/services was devoted to education and equity for women and girls in grades K-12.
• A copy of the applicant’s current fiscal year budget.
• Current fiscal year statement of financial position (i.e., balance sheet).
• Current fiscal year statement of activities (i.e., profit-and-loss statement).

Application Deadline

November 15, 2024

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to AAUW on aauw.applyists.net to apply

International Scholarship & Tuition Services (ISTS) serves as the application portal for AAUW Community Action Grants. Please follow the steps below to start the application process:

1. Review the eligibility criteria to ensure you are eligible.
2. Click the Apply Now button below to access the application and create an ISTS account. If a program key is requested, please use the following program key: AAUW-CAG
3. Follow the instructions provided in the Applicant Guide.
4. For more details visit: AAUW website.