Latin Women's Initiative is dedicated to
serve and empower the Latin Community.

Apply For A Grant

Any potential grantee partners are first required to submit a preliminary letter of inquiry. Although LWI awards new grants only once a year, interested organizations can submit a letter of inquiry at any time during the year. LWI uses the letter of inquiry to determine basic eligibility and fit with LWI’s selection criteria

If a letter of inquiry falls within LWI’s priorities and selection criteria, LWI will follow up with a visit to your organization. Please do not contact LWI by phone or by email to ask about the status of your letter of inquiry.

Failure to submit a letter of inquiry by the due date may result in ineligibility for future grants.


I. CONTACT INFORMATION

Name of organization:
Mailing address:
Country:
Telephone international dialing code:
Telephone number:
Fax number:
Website:
General e-mail address:

Name of the organization’s director:
Title of the organization’s director:
E-mail address of director (if any):
Name of the person completing this letter of inquiry:
Title of the person completing this letter of inquiry:
E-mail address of person completing this letter of inquiry (if any):

II. ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

Organization founded Month:		Year:
Are you a registered Non-governmental organization:
Current annual organizational budget:**		In US dollars: $
Last year’s organizational budget:**		In US dollars: $
*The organizational budget should represent all* administrative, programmatic, operational and other organizational expenses.
Rate of Exchange:	per US $1
Does your organization have a formal fund-raising plan?
Has your organization ever received funds from a US-based funder:
Major current funding sources (please list full names of funding organizations; do not use acronyms):

III. ORGANIZATION PROFILE

Please limit your responses to the following questions to one paragraph each:

Please provide a brief description of your organization, its mission, and its major activities:
How does your organization solicit and incorporate input from the community it serves, e.g. decision-making, leadership, community assessment and participation?
Describe the children and youth served by your organization. Explain how these children and youth are failed by existing support systems and resources.
Please provide evidence of how your organization’s approach to working with children/youth is innovative (i.e., creative, distinctive, and/or original characteristics or approaches).

IV. GRANT INQUIRY

How would your organization use a GFC grant to achieve your mission?
Please provide contact information for an individual or a group who knows your work well. If you were referred to GFC, please give the name and contact information of that reference.
How were you referred to GFC?	Web Search Referral from (enter name and organization): GFC staff (enter name): Publication (enter name): Other (explain):