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Financial Education and Wealth Creation Fund

The objective of the Financial Education and Wealth Creation Fund is to help low-income, women-headed families in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area obtain a base level of financial knowledge and increase their collective wealth by $27 million in the next three years. There are two types of grants:
  1. Planning Grants –targeting established organizations that are developing or improving an idea, approach, and/or collaborative model (Planning Grants are no longer available)
  2. Impact Grants – targeting organizations that can demonstrate a track record in delivering results.

The Financial Education and Wealth Creation Fund is not currently accepting applications.

For further information on this fund, please contact Program Officer Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat at jlockwoodshabat@wawf.org or 202.347.7737 ext. 206.