Each year, the FAWCO Foundation, the philanthropic arm of FAWCO, awards approximately $20,000 in development grants to projects benefiting women and children, usually those in third world or emerging countries.
Grant applications can be downloaded from the web at www.fawcofoundation.org, and each application must be sponsored (i.e. endorsed) by a FAWCO member club.

• Nominate a favorite charity helping women and/or children for one of FAWCO Foundation's nine Development Grants. Our club can nominate two, and all FAWCO clubs will vote to determine the winners. Deadline is Nov. 1. Get details and forms at the above website, and send them to me at jannmmitchell=aol.com.

Democratic Selection
The projects to be funded are selected via a democratic process. Once all the applications are received by the Foundation, they are listed and sent out to FAWCO's 70 member clubs in 35 countries. Each club is asked to rank the applicants, and then the Foundation tallies the votes.

See Past Development Grant Recipients
http://www.fawcofoundation.org/grants/past_winners.htm

Funding
Funding for the development grants comes from the conference silent auction, the conference quilt raffle, and donations made by member clubs.
For further information,
e-mail address: grants=fawcofoundation.org