Past Grants (a select list)

2003

Homeless Prenatal Program
CHW Documentation Project
Documenting an innovative and proven model for employment and economic self-sufficiency of formerly homeless women.

Women's Technology Cluster
Matching Grant
A matching grant to help the Women's Technology Cluster successfully spin off into an independent non-profit organization with its own governing board and executive leadership.
 

2002

Global Fund for Women
Economic Opportunity Initiative Dissemination
Documentation and dissemination of lessons learned from 3 years and $1.5M in grantmaking to create economic opportunity for women.

Northern New England Tradeswomen
Rosie’s Girls Summer Institute
An institute designed to achieve national dissemination of an innovate summer program for 11-13 girls in carpentry and other skilled trades.

Solar Electric Light Fund
Renewable Energy, Empowered Women
Transforming women's lives and labor in rural developing countries through the introduction of solar power.

Upwardly Global
General Operating Support
Assisting underemployed immigrant women to reclaim their careers and earning potential in the US, while transforming corporate hiring practices.

WSEP Ventures
General Operating Support
A model for the long-term financial sustainability of the Women's Self Employment Project, through enterprises that generate unrestricted revenue.
 

2001

The following grants were approved before the 3GF board adopted its current grantmaking criteria. They do not necessarily reflect the Fund's current grantmaking priorities.

Creating Hope International
Afghan Institute of Learning, Secret Home Schools for Girls
Creates economic opportunity for girls and women in Afghanistan through access to education and employment.

Boston Women's Fund
Women of Color Fundraising Institute (WOCFI)
An innovative curriculum training women of color to create and sustain powerful social change organizations.

SAJE
Peer Financial Educators Program
A cross-sector partnership to move women on welfare out of fringe banking and towards financial literacy.

The Tides Center
Women Pushing Forward (formerly Whirlwind Women)
Increasing wheeled mobility and economic opportunity for disabled women in developing countries.


2000

Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children
Adolescent Girls' Recovery in Sierra Leone
A model supporting adolescent girls affected by armed conflict.

CAMINOS Pathways Learning Center
CAMINOS Centro de Capacitacion
A training facility for immigrant women in computer technologies.

Groundspring.org
eGrants for Girls
Development of a prototype online giving catalog.

Television Race Initiative
Five Girls
A national campaign focusing attention on girls' resiliency.

Women's Sports Foundation
Geena Takes Aim
Web-based resources for female student-athletes.

GirlSource
Girlhealth.org
A technology curriculum and training center for teen women.

Bay Area Teen Voices
Girls in the Hall
A public campaign raising awareness about incarcerated girls.

Educate the Children
Income Generation for Low-Income Women in Nepal
A revolving loan fund creating access to capital for women in rural Nepal.

Katosi Women Fishing & Development Assoc.
Katosi Women Fishing & Development Assoc.
A women-operated fishing industry in Uganda.

Project Exploration
Sisters 4 Science
A web-based paleontology curriculum for middle-school girls.

Tides Center
Women in Action
Provides critical skills for women transitioning from welfare to work.

Community Foundation of Silicon Valley
Women of Silicon Valley Project
A study examining women's participating in the Silicon Valley economy.

Young Women's Work Project (YWWP)
Young Women United for Oakland (YWUFO)
An alternative career path for young women working in the street economy.

Women's Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) for Human Rights
Young Women's Leadership Program
A young women's curriculum for protecting their human rights.


1999

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County
Eureka Teen Achievement Program
An intensive science, math, and sports camp for middle-school girls.

Pacific News Service
Quietly Torn by Mien Girls
An original publication of creative works by Iu Mien girls.

Children Now
Reflections of Girls in the Media Report
Research and outreach campaign on media messages and gender roles.

Women's Leadership Institute at Mills College
What Girls Learn—In and Out of School Symposium
Strategies for teachers, parents, and girls to break gender stereotypes.


1997

Film Arts Foundation
"Period Piece" Distribution
A documentary sharing stories of girls' first menstrual periods.

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