It’s a busy time in our grantmaking process! Between now and mid June, 32 Girlfriends on four grant review teams (GRTs) are reviewing and evaluating applications from the 40 organizations that were invited to submit full applications after passing through the letter of interest stage. Focusing on our vision, guiding principles, and commitment to racial diversity, GRT volunteers work together to reach consensus to narrow the pool to four semifinalists per focus area. They then meet with the semifinalists to gather more information and get their questions answered. Ultimately they present two finalists per focus area to all of you to vote on this fall.

And we are excited to announce that we will be awarding $300,000 of grants this fall. Impact Awards of $65,000 will go to the #1 vote-getters in each focus area, and Finalist Awards of $10,000 will go to the #2 vote-getters in each focus area, for a total of eight awards.