Deadline:
Jun 5, 2026About Together Women Rise:
Together Women Rise is a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Greenville, South Carolina; EIN 20-0031928) with a nationwide network of chapters dedicated to achieving gender equality. Through its Featured Grants Program, the organization funds grassroots work that empowers and supports women and girls in low-income and marginalized communities across the Global South, featuring a different grantee organization each month and promoting it through its chapters, website, newsletters, and social media.
About the Featured Grants Program:
The Featured Grants Program provides two-year grants of $35,000–$50,000 to support capacity building, new programs, or expansion of existing programs that create lasting change for women and girls. At least 12 grants are awarded each calendar year. Grantees are assigned a feature month based on issue area and geography, during which they share their work with Rise's national membership via a monthly webinar and learning materials. Funded solutions must be identified by, and actively include the perspectives of, the women and girls being served.
Funding & Disbursement:
Each grant ranges from $35,000 to $50,000 over 24 months, disbursed in three tranches: 60% upon signing the funding agreement, 30% after the interim report, and 10% after the final report. Grants are restricted (not unrestricted or general operating) and cannot be sub-granted. Capacity-building grants — covering areas like technology, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, and staff training — are available only to organizations with operating budgets between $100,000 and $1 million.
Nepal Relevance & Context:
Nepal is eligible. Together Women Rise funds projects in the Global South — explicitly including much of Asia — and bases eligibility on where the project is implemented, not where the organization is registered. This makes Nepal-implemented projects fully fundable. However, every applicant must be a US 501(c)(3) OR apply through a US-based 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor with whom they have had a verifiable relationship for at least the past 12 months. Together Women Rise does not match organizations with fiscal sponsors. Nepal-based organizations without a US fiscal sponsor relationship will therefore need to secure one before they can apply. Note: projects in the US or in countries under US sanctions are not funded.
Who Should Apply:
Established, women-led organizations (50%+ women in board and executive leadership) with at least three years of on-the-ground operations in low-income Global South communities, a minimum $100,000 annual operating budget, demonstrable direct impact on women and girls, multiple funding sources, an English-language website (unless using a fiscal sponsor), and US 501(c)(3) status or a qualifying US fiscal sponsor. Organizations that have not received a Together Women Rise grant in the past four years.
KEY DETAILS
— Online eligibility questionnaire (instant result)
— Organization profile
— Full application: IRS 501(c)(3) letter, operating budget, Form 990/990-EZ (2 consecutive years)
— (990-N and 990-PF NOT accepted; online site visit may be required)
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