Summit Project:  A Nevada Women’s Fund Career Advancement Initiative

Whatever your summit is, be brave, be bold, be strong!

Nevada Women’s Fund is dedicated to advancing wage parity and workplace equality.

Each year, our Board of Directors commits significant resources to initiatives that foster career development, professional growth, and equitable workforce participation for women. By targeting these areas, we strive to close the gap between educational attainment and economic equity, enabling women to achieve their full potential and participate in the workforce on an equal footing with their male counterparts.

Guidelines

• The Summit Project funds will support projects aligned with these goals, with awards ranging from $500 to $10,000 available throughout the year.
• For a request to be considered, please take a moment to read the following guidelines:
• Your organization must be based in the State of Nevada and benefit women in northern Nevada.
• Your project must benefit career advancement for women. Those projects that contain a meaningful role for Nevada Women’s Fund will be given preference for funding.
• Your organization may only receive Summit Project funding once per calendar year.
• Summit Project funds may not be used to reimburse prior expenses.
• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will be considered at the next Summit Project Committee monthly meeting. 2024 dues dates are as follows: October 15 to be awarded by November 1st. November 15th to be awarded by December 1st, December 15th to be awarded by January 1st, 2025.
• Your organization must submit your request online via the link below. Requests received by email, regular mail, fax, phone, etc. will not be accepted.
• Fill out the form entirely with requested attachments, or your application will not be considered request must align with the Nevada Women’s Fund Career Advancement Initiative.
• Nevada Women’s Fund expects successful requests to make periodic information progress reports and, at the project end, to submit a narrative report, and statements of disbursements. All unexpended funds must be returned to Nevada Women’s Fund, in line with your application timeline.  

Restrictions

In alignment with our mission, vision and corporate culture, we do not utilize our funds to further the following:

• Religious causes
• Personal pursuits or individuals
• Organizations that discriminate by race, age, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, political affiliation or other legally protected status, except as permitted by law
• Partisan political organizations and/or political candidates
• The Summit Project funds are designated to projects targeting women who have already graduated high school and who are currently in the workforce.  Youth projects, and employment training for unemployed individuals will not be funded.