apply for a grant

Women For Women, a proud initiative of the Community Foundation of Greater Clemson, is excited to launch the inaugural 2025 Women For Women Grant Cycle. Women For Women is a giving circle of the Community Foundation of Greater Clemson consisting of passionate, like-minded women working to make a greater impact on the lives and well-being of women and their families in Pickens County, Oconee County and the Pendleton area.

Below is the timeline for the grant process. This grant cycle goes to making an impact to women's issues and/or their families. To apply, click here.

Grant Process

• Grant Cycle opens – Wednesday, April 9, 2025
• Nonprofit/Community Partners Information Drop-in – Friday, April 18,
  2025, from 9 a.m. to noon at 218 Frontage Road, Suite B Clemson, S.C.
• Grant Cycle closes – applications due no later than 11:59 p.m. on
  Saturday, May 31, 2025.
• Award Notifications – On or before August 1, 2025

Applicants who apply using the online application and who meet the deadline will have
their application reviewed by the Women For Women Grants Committee. The Grants
Committee will review submitted grant requests and make the committee’s
recommendation to the voting membership to gain final approval through majority vote.

Grants Overview
The Susan Marie Foster Sharp Memorial Grant - up to $25,000
One organization/applicant will be recognized with the Susan Marie Foster Sharp
Memorial Grant to fund its large project. Women For Women initiated this marquee grant
in honor of Susan to recognize her years of service and lifelong devotion of placing
community before self.

Two (2) Women For Women Grants
Two (2) organizations/applicants will be recognized, each with a $2,000 grant to fund
their projects.

For questions, email info@cfgcsc.org.