April 17, 2025 (Henderson, KY) – Partnership of Women, known as POW! (pronounced like WOW), has completed its annual membership fundraising drive, and is launching the 2025 grant cycle. This is the fifteenth year for Partnership of Women, according to a news release.
One successful Henderson organization will be awarded a single grant of $15,000 and two runners up will be issued grants of $5,000 each in August.
The first step in the grant cycle begins with a preliminary questionnaire which is available on the website www.POWFund.org or by request at powgrants@gmail.com. Deadline for the preliminary questionnaire is Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 11:59PM. The preliminary questionnaire can be found on our website, www.powfund.org under the grants tab.
Only organizations in Henderson County, Kentucky, that serve residents of Henderson County are eligible to apply. This includes 501(c) (3) non-profits as well as governmental agencies including educators with school based projects and other programs in Henderson County that have a 501(c) (3) non-profit designation fiscal sponsor.
Non-profit project areas that will be eligible for funding are as follows:
- Community Development: Activities that benefit residents within all segments of the population.
- Education: Activities that promote or strengthen educational attainment, both in and out of the classroom in Henderson
- Health: Activities that improve health outcomes for Henderson residents
- Human Services: Activities that support public protection, employment/jobs, food and nutrition, agriculture, housing and shelter, public safety, disaster preparedness, and relief.
- Capital Projects: Small capital projects that will be completed within two years from the date of the grant award.
- The project must be a new project/program or the grant application must clearly identify the community’s need for an existing project/program to be expanded.
After review of preliminary questionnaires, semi-finalists will receive a formal invitation to submit a full grant proposal which must be submitted by June 30th.
In 2024 POW! awarded $25,000 in impact grants to three local non-profits. The $15,000 grant was awarded to Boys and Girls Club of Henderson and $5,000 grants were awarded to Infinite Hope and Henderson Leadership
Initiative. Funds were also placed in the endowment. POW! is committed to granting roughly half of the funds raised from membership into the community each year while setting aside remaining member funds for growth and future giving in a Community Foundation of Henderson endowment.
The following is the POW! 2025 Grant Cycle Calendar:
ROUND 1 Review Preliminary Questionnaires and Naming of Semi-Finalists
May 1st – May 31st Accepting Preliminary Questionnaires
June 1st – June 14th Grants committee screens all Preliminary Questionnaires and selects 6 semi-finalists.
Invitations to submit full grant proposals will be sent out via email with the full grant application. Semi-finalists will also be asked to schedule site visits in early to mid-July. Emails will be sent to those not chosen as semifinalists. **If a notice has not been received either way by August 1, e-mail powgrants@gmail.com – Be sure to check your SPAM emails and settings before contacting.
ROUND 2 Full Grant Review, Site Visits and Naming of Finalists
June 15th – 30th Full Grant Submissions
July 1st – 19th Semi-finalists’ site visits will be completed. Invitations to site visits will be sent to the full POW!
Membership.
July 19th– 31st Grants committee selects finalists; Emails will be sent to finalists as well as those not chosen.**If a notice has not been received, e-mail powgrants@gmail.com – Be sure to check your SPAM emails and settings before contacting.
ROUND 3 Recipient Named
August 14th Annual Dinner – Three finalists will make presentations and POW! members in attendance will vote immediately following. Award recipients will be announced at the end of the dinner.
Final Reporting by August 31st of the following year. A brief report documenting impact of no more than two pages with any supporting information is required by August 31 of the following grant year in order to remain in good standing with POW! and the Community Foundation of Henderson.
For more information regarding the 2025 Grant Cycle, please email: powgrants@gmail.com.
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