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Mary’s Pence
Mary’s Pence Grant
Amount
$5,000 – $7,500
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
~20 grants annually
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Women-led or women-focused organizations
✓Annual budget under $250,000
✓Located and working in US or territories
✓No fiscal sponsor? Must be a nonprofit
✕Groups that proselytize or discriminate against LGBTQIA+ people are not eligible
Your real odds
Roughly 10 grants are awarded per cycle, with two cycles a year, putting the annual total at about 20 grants.
The pool is small, but the funder is specifically seeking grassroots, underfunded organizations, so early-stage and under-resourced groups are genuinely competitive here.
What it takes
Check eligibility on the funder's page1 to 2 hrs
Attend an info session1 to 2 hrs
Prepare and submit your application2 to 4 days
Worth knowing
Mary's Pence explicitly values organizations that lack fiscal infrastructure, and if you do not yet have nonprofit status, applying through a fiscal sponsor is a supported route.
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