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Berger-Marks Grants
We now offer two types of grants to:
1. Organizations that promote workers' rights & have an impact on social justice.
Deadline: March 15, 2012
The Berger-Marks Foundation accepted grant applications from January through March 15, 2012, from organizations that are not unions but also promote workers' rights and have an impact on social justice.
The Foundation will assist such organizations with training, conferences and educational materials for women, with special consideration given to programs aimed at younger women workers.
The 2012 application period is now over
Note: Unions, union federations, and councils should instead apply for our second type of grant, explained below:
2. Union programs, projects & organizing campaigns that will benefit, promote & develop women — particularly younger women — in the labor movement.
Applications accepted throughout the year
The Foundation is accepting grant applications anytime throughout the year from unions, union councils and union federations.
We fund programs, projects and organizing campaigns that will benefit, promote and develop women — particularly younger women — in the labor movement.
Application form for unions, union federations & councils
All applications must be filed electronically,
through this web site,
using the appropriate form.
(The forms open in a separate window.)
Details on what the Foundation is looking for can be found on each application form.
Note to all applicants: This website will carry general notices of all approved grants. While we welcome all proposals, we regret that we cannot fund all worthwhile projects. Although we wish we could approve more applications, our grant categories have annual financial limits.
For more information about grants, .
Photos are of past winners of Berger-Marks grants.
Berger-Marks awarded $122,193 in 2011 to groups & organizers -- helping many reach out to young women workers.
Who won our support, what they plan to do
Grants to organizers & groups totaled $91,671 in 2010.
Who won our support, what they have done
Organizers & groups got $84,496 in grants for 2009.
Who they are, what they have done
We awarded $129,177
to organizers & groups for 2008.
Who they are, what they have done
Grants awarded in 2007: Groups & organizers who won grants in '07
Berger-Marks grants “make women aware that they are not alone, that there are ways they can empower themselves.”
--Kathy Ancil, Utility Workers Union of America
“The Berger Marks Foundation is filling a critical need by offering grants for training and professional development. This is something other funders don’t do.”
--Lara Granich, Jobs with Justice, St. Louis
To apply for a grant
1. Review the information on grants to the left to see if your ideas and work would qualify for a grant, and if so, what kind.
2. Fill out the appropriate online application and keep a copy for your records.
3. Submit the application online.
Do not send in more than one application.