Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts’ Fiscal Year 2026 General Grant Cycle
The Women’s Fund is excited to announce 17 grant awards totaling $195,000 to be invested in organizations supporting women, girls, and gender-expansive people who live in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire Counties. This cycle closes out our fiscal year community investments at a grand total of $450,000 devoted to gender equity in our region.
In this grant cycle, the Women’s Fund carefully selected grantees that we funded early in our grantmaking history, while also welcoming a cohort of new grantees. These awards highlight our 30 years of grantmaking by investing in organizations that sustain local communities and fuel gender equity in Western Massachusetts.
Grantees from this cycle reflect our focus areas of leadership, economic security, and freedom from gender-based violence. These organizations include: Arise for Social Justice, Flying Cloud Institute, Girls Inc. of the Valley, Girls on the Run, The Heartwing Center, Rites of Passage and Empowerment, Berkshire Nursing Families, Enlace de Familias/Holyoke Family Network, Planned Parenthood – Western Massachusetts Health Center of Springfield, Salasin Project, Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires, the Amherst Survival Center, Community Action Pioneer Valley, Gardening the Community, Neighbor to Neighbor, the Northampton Survival Center, and The Care Center.