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Call for Applications: L’Oréal Fund for Women 2024

Call for Applications: L’Oréal Fund for Women 2024

The L’Oréal Fund for Women is a charitable fund launched in 2020 to support frontline organizations in their efforts to help women to get out of poverty, prevent domestic, sexual and gender-based violence against women. The Fund focuses on supporting women and girls’ empowerment, particularly through projects in favor of social or professional integration and education. A specific attention is paid to refugee women and women with disabilities.

Scope

  • The Fund is opened internationally and can support activites/projects based locally or in another country.
  • Projects can be in design/ideation phase, in implementation phase, or already in operation phase.

L’Oréal Fund for Women

Application DeadlineOctober 17, 2024
Funding TypePartially Funded
TypeResearch Grant
SponsorL'Oréal Operations
GenderWomen
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Benefits of L’Oréal Fund for Women

Requests must be over €5,000 and under €300,000 (or multi-year support only).

Requirements for L’Oréal Fund for Women

Relevance of the organization:

1   Grassroot non-profit or non-for-profit organization, of general interest, with official accreditation and eligible to   philanthropic funds.

2        Organization that cannot distribute any part of its revenues to its members, directly or indirectly.

3       Organization with more than two years of official existence (unless the organization has a strong documented innovative   component responding to a specific need).

4        Organization with a minimum of 200 beneficiaries per year.

5       In France, structure able to issue tax receipt. 

Nature of the activity/project for which the request is made:

6      The final beneficiaries must be highly vulnerable women or girls: In situation of poverty/underpriviliged (absence or lack of revenues, homelessness, single parent, Isolation In rural areas or In the suburbs, etc.), victims of violence, refugees or in situation of disability. For structure based outside the EU, and in order for the territoriality exception to apply, the final beneficiaries must be women or girls in vulnerable, precarious ou emergency situations. Beyond emergency relief, the activity focuses on women or girls' empowerment, encouraging especially social and professional integration or access to education. 

7   Beyond emergency relief, the activity focuses on women or girls' empowerment, encouraging especially social and professional Integration, or access to education.

8        Activities can take the form of: a service, an instrument with a social purpose or a field operation.

9        Requests must be over €5,000 and under €300,000 (or multi-year support only).

10    The budget requested is consistent with need and doesn't exceed 30% of the structure's total budget. 

11    Applications may be for annual or pluri-year support (maximum 2 years).

12    Other sources of funding have been obtained, applied for or identified.

13    One year's support must be requested for a first-time application or renewal of support

Scope

14    The Fund is opened internationally and can support activites / projects based locally or in another country.

15    Projects can be in design/ideation phase, in implementation phase, or already in operation phase.

Selection Process

Ethics/Human Rights/environmental responsibility:

Activities or organizations that are in breach with internationally recognized UN standards, including Human Rights, Health Safety & Security, Labor rights, Anti Bribery and Corruption, Environment & Climate change, etc., especially:

1         Organization with negative liabilities (controversies…).

2         Organizations or projects discriminating beneficiaries, based on gender, race, religions, beliefs (non-exhaustive list).

3         Activities with religious, political or military direct connection, content or goal.

4         Activities involving forced labour or child labour.

5         Activities having negative impact on the environment (carbon, biodiversity, water, etc.) or people’s welfare and livelihoods.

6         Activities having the potential to negatively affect Indigenous Peoples and minorities.

7    Activities or organizations that do not grant the right to self-expression, free association and collective negotiation to     beneficiaries and employees.

Application Documents

  • Project description
  • Accreditations of your organization (mandatory)
  • Presentation of your organization
  • Detailed budget of your project (mandatory)
  • Last annual report of your organization (mandatory)
  • Last annual budget of your organization (mandatory)

Application Deadline

October 17, 2024

How to Apply

For more details,visit L’Oréal website


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