Place-Based Grant
Expanding Opportunity Across All of Washington
About This Grant
WaWF’s place-based grant centers local expertise and leadership by adopting a specific, rotating location outside of King County each year. For 2027 we will be directing our funding into the Spokane area. This is a multi-year, unrestricted grant of $50,000/year for three years. A Place-Based grantee is selected each year by a committee made up of WaWF members and local experts, compensated for their participation.
Deadline for consideration for the Place-Based Grant is the 4th Wednesday in March. Application opens six weeks prior to deadline.
Eligibility Requirements
- Tax Exempt Status. Organization must currently qualify as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) or 7871 of the Internal Revenue Code or be fiscally sponsored by another tax-exempt organization.
- Connected to Washington. Organization must operate programs or provide services within the state of Washington. Advocacy organizations may advocate on the local, state, or federal levels, but the systems change sought must be for Washington residents.
- Located in the Year’s Area of Focus. Organization must operate from and provide services within the geographic region designated each year for the Place Based Grant focus.
Grant Criteria
We support organizations and social change efforts that advocate to improve the lives of women, girls, and/or gender-expansive people most impacted by inequity. Applicants should be intentional in their efforts to improve the lives of women, girls, and/or gender-expansive people, accountable to the communities they serve, and demonstrably show they can make lasting progress toward equity and reducing disparities. We invite applications from organizations that meet all of our grant criteria below.
Intentional
Organization or program is explicitly focused and intentional on advocating for those women/girls most impacted by inequities
Accountable
Organization or program is accountable to women/girls most impacted by inequities.
Accountability in action can look like one or more of the following:
- Leadership: Ensures that women/girls are visibly leading and/or develops leadership of women/girls
- Co-Creation: Actively engages women/girls in ongoing and shared decision- making, planning, and assessment
- Connection: Draws on the strengths, assets, and lived experience of women/girls.
Demonstrable
Organization or program can demonstrate how their work reduces disparities and/or achieves more equitable outcome.
2026 Placed-Based Grant – Yakima CLOSED
Apply through the JustFund(opens in new tab) common application and answer the three additional questions we have added. Deadline for consideration for the Place-Based Grant is the 4th Wednesday in March. Application opens six weeks prior to deadline. Awards announced on or around the 3rd Wednesday in May.