Grantmaking
There is no open grant round at this time. Click here to see the press release announcing our first-year MN Girls’ grantee partners.
Purpose
The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota built MN Girls Are Not For Sale on our ethos of listening and responding to community concerns. We know that problems and solutions are found in the same place, and to create a statewide solution, we look to the strengths that already exist in our Minnesota community. Our goal is to inspire and strengthen the potential in our communities, and one important way to do this is through grantmaking.
As part of MN Girls Are Not For Sale, the Women’s Foundation will award grants to nonprofits for programs that will produce the necessary changes in attitudes and behaviors and shifts in institutions and policies to insure that Minnesota girls are not for sale.
We will make grants to: change state laws to recognize girls who’ve been prostituted are victims of a crime, not the criminals; ensure that advocates can create and sustain holistic shelters for survivors; develop a statewide county team/multi-jurisdictional strategy for intervention; and in 2013-2016 expand our focus to also include the support of training youth outreach service professionals; and education for youth about prostitution prevention.
Initial grants will be awarded for one year to build infrastructure. At the end of the one-year grant cycle, grantees and other applicants will be eligible to apply for two years of funding. A second round of one-year renewable grants will be awarded in year three.
Size of grants
Grants range from $40,000 to $60,000 per year.
Duration of Grant Cycle
Year 1: February 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013
Year 2-3: February 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015
Year 3-4: February 1, 2015 to January 31, 2017
