Grants
Competitive awards to provide financial support for organizations working with women and girls globally
WIL Grants
Empowerment Grants
In accordance with WIL of Greater Philadelphia’s mission of “empowering women as leaders globally,” WIL offers competitive empowerment grants to provide financial support for non-profits and NGOs. The empowerment grants target areas of WIL’s mission other than microfinance and village banks: education, health, training, social and political empowerment programs for women.
Grants of up to $1500 are awarded to provide seed money and/or help build capacity in programs. In 2020, 7 grants were awarded to organizations in 5 different countries.
In 2018, WIL funded special, one-time Empowerment Grants of up to $5,000 to support the completion of a single major initiative or project for a small non-profit organization in a developing country. Four special grants were awarded to organizations in Peru, Tanzania, Sudan, and Sierra Leone for a total of $15,000.
Giving Circle Grants
Giving Circle grants have a similar scope as Empowerment Grants but are scaled to accommodate larger projects.
This is a new effort for WIL, with a goal of awarding $5000 in 2020 to an organization that is deeply committed to WIL's mission.
WIL members and non-members are invited to the WIL Giving Circle and take part in the decision making for the grant recipient.
2021 Grants
WIL is pleased to announce the 2021 Empowerment Grant Awards in honor of International Women’s Day
Alpha Women Empowerment Initiative
Enhancing The Income and Nutrition Of Elderly Women Through Poultry Farming
Kasese District, Uganda
Good Deeds Day Sierra Leone
Training Local Women in the Production of Reusable Menstruation Supplies
Western Rural Area District, Sierra Leone
Home Leone
Destiny Women's Group Relationship Project
Western Rural Area District, Sierra Leone
Ministerios de Amor, A.C.
Right to Education of the Girls of Casa Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Namaste Direct
Sustaining Prosperity with Namaste
Guatemala
The Solidarity Project
Rural Women's Leadership Initiative
Honduras
Sueños
Therapeutic Counseling for Children and Families
Antigua, Guatemala
With Women Kisoboka
Kitchen Gardening and Water Harvesting: A Pilot Project
Uganda
Women Arises Association
Training Rural Women Bio Briquettes Making
Wakiso District, Uganda
Young and Empowered Malawi
Girls Literacy Project
Lunzu (Rural Southern), Malawi
Youth and Women Initiative for Sustainable Development
Training Rural Single Mothers Living With HIV/AIDs Tailoring Skills
Wakiso District, Uganda
Partial List of Past Grant Recipients
ALPHA WOMEN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE
KASESE DISTRICT, UGANDA
2020
Goat farming project for women living with HIV/AIDS
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COMMUNITY FOR KHMER VILLAGES
RURAL CAMBODIA
2020
Project to develop certified women health literacy advisors
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KAKERE WOMEN'S GROUP
BUKEDEA DISTRICT, UGANDA
2020
Poultry raising project for improved livelihood of women farmers
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MALI HEALTH
BAMAKO, MALI
2020
Project to launch small cooperatives for income generation for women
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WOMEN'S ACTION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BUKEDEA DISTRICT, UGANDA
2020
Project for women farmer groups to add value to coffee products by improving packaging
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ETTA PROJECTS
SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA
2019
Bicycle run blenders and business training project to empower Quechua women
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KAKERE WOMEN'S GROUP
BUKEDEA DISTRICT, UGANDA
2019
Poultry rearing and small vegetable growing income generation project
KIMBO AMAZING WOMEN YYC
GITHURAI, KENYA
2019
Amplify Our Voices Project to train women in their civic rights
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LOVE UNVEILED MINISTRIES
KAYUNGA DISTRICT, UGANDA
2019
Girls Start-Stay-Return to School project expansion
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MWANGAZA EDUCATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
ARUSHA, TANZANIA
2019
Extension of the Binti Mama (mother-daughter) empowerment education project to new region
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NYAKASANGA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
KASESE DISTRICT, UGANDA
2019
Women's piggery rearing income development project
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VOICE FOR WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
BUKEDEA DISTRICT, UGANDA
2019
Okunguro Village women's vegetable growing and sales training project
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WOMEN ARISE ASSOCIATION
WAKISO DISTRICT, UGANDA
2019
Tailoring skills development project
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YOUTH AND WOMEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES
SERERE AND SOROTI DISTRICTS, UGANDA
2019
Girls' hygiene and life skill development through hand made re-usable sanitary napkins project
no website found
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YOUTH AND WOMEN'S INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
WAKISO DISTRICT, UGANDA
2019
Organic briquette production and entrepreneurial training project
no website found
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ACTION FOR GRASSROOTS WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT (AGWE)
BUKEDEA, UGANDA
2018
To improve school attendance by providing information to women and girls about reproductive biology, health and hygiene. To increase income generating capacity by teaching them to make and sell re-usable sanitary pads.
Note: no website for AGWE
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ACTION FOR RURAL WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (ARDWF)
KASESE, UGANDA
2018
To train women in making and selling clean energy charcoal briquettes
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AL SUDANIYA MENTORING (ASM)
KHARTOUM & GEZIRA, SUDAN
2018
To build on a local and distance mentoring program by creating an online and print resource library, piloting a 2-day entrepreneur workshop and expanding the mentoring program into the Gezira state
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Contribute any amount. Every dollar donated empowers women to become independent contributors and community leaders.
