2021 - 2022 Grant Impacts

Women's Recovery Response Grant Program

 

The California Commission on the Status awarded funds to 134 grantee organizations across California in the 2021/2022 grant cycle. We are so proud to support this vital work centering women and girls in California’s progress toward economic equity and recovery.

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$4.875 million was granted to 129 California organizations

 

$1.3 million in discretionary dollars granted to five (5) organizations

 

Nineteen (19) grants to city and county commissions totaling $525k

 

Overall Impact Areas

 

Women’s Recovery Response Grantees

Learn more about the organizations leading California’s Women’s Recovery Response by clicking on the links below. 

 

Women’s Recovery Response Equal Pay Day Press Conference

On Equal Pay Day, the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls held a press conference with First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Commissioners, and Grantees to announce the recipients of the Women’s Recovery Response grant program to support women and girls who have been affected economically by the ongoing pandemic.

2022 Women’s Recovery Response Press Conference

The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls thanks everyone who submitted grant applications for its 2022 CCSWG Women’s Recovery Response Grant Funding Opportunity. The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls is so inspired by the incredible response to our first-of-its-kind grant funding opportunity to support women impacted by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission evaluated more than 630 proposals to support women and girls across all five funding categories, totaling over $62 million in requests. 

Press Releases

Stay up to date with the latest in the Women’s Recovery Response efforts here.

California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls Announces $5M in Grants to Fund Women’s Pandemic Recovery Response on Equal Pay Day

Today, March 15, 2022, on Equal Pay Day, the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls (CCSWG) announced the recipients of a $5 million grant program to fund organizations serving women and girls who have been disproportionately affected economically by the ongoing pandemic. Grantees include organizations serving low-income, unemployed, or underemployed, AIAN, BIPOC, LGBTQIA, unhoused, rural, disabled, senior, and veteran populations.

Grants were awarded in five areas to direct service providers, local women’s commissions, and government entities seeking to establish and expand local women’s commissions, and nonprofits serving primarily women and girls. Learn More

$5 Million in State Grant Funds Now Available to Provide Local Assistance for Women’s Economic Recovery
The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls Launches a First-of-its-Kind Grant Funding Opportunity Dedicated to Women’s Pandemic Recovery Response

The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls is accepting grant applications from local women’s commissions, local government entities for the purpose of establishing new women’s commissions, and nonprofits serving women and girls for its 2022 Women’s Recovery Response effort. Learn More

The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls Announces 7.9 Million Dollar Investment in Women’s Recovery Response

The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls is honored to announce that the state budget includes additional one-time funding of 7.9 million dollars, 5 million of which will be utilized to facilitate a statewide Women’s Recovery Response in the wake of COVID-19. 

Have questions about the Women’s Recovery Response Grant? Contact me!

Jennifer DeGrossa, CCSWG Grants Manager

Jennifer.DeGrossa@women.ca.gov

The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls is honored to oversee the Women’s Recovery Response Grant Program, designed to facilitate a statewide women and girls centered economic recovery and response. The Commission thanks the Governor, First Partner, Lt. Governor, Speaker, Senate Pro Tem, the California Legislature, and the budget staff and committee Chairs, Senator Nancy Skinner and Assemblymember Phil Ting for their commitment to California’s women and girls.