The Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund provides small grants for grassroots projects that empower women and girls in developing countries.
The Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF) provides small grants to grassroots projects that empower women and girls. We focus our investments on projects that create local solutions to advance women’s rights and social justice in developing countries.
The Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF) provides small grants to grassroots projects that empower women and girls. We focus our investments on projects that create local solutions to advance women’s rights and social justice in developing countries.
VGIF often provides early support, funding innovative projects that help grow new organizations, test new community change strategies and foster women leaders. We rely on local project directors to identify their own needs, design action strategies and develop projects.
Criteria
VGIF supports organizations that are governed and directed by women; organizations in developing countries, including the emerging democracies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, that address issues such as:
Criteria
VGIF supports organizations that are governed and directed by women; organizations in developing countries, including the emerging democracies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, that address issues such as:
- Economic empowerment
- Community development
- Health and nutritional support
- Literacy and leadership trainingEducational seminars and workshops
- Promoting education in the sciences for girls
- Women's human rights
