GRANTS EVALUATION, PROCESS & REPORTING
Grants Committee members read each application and conduct due diligence and research on each organisation, including the area of concern the organisation works within and addresses.
Evaluation Criteria
Each submission is graded across the following criteria
- The direct beneficiaries are young and/or adult women, or young and/or adult women together with their families, located in Greater Melbourne, and their demographic and need information is clear and compelling
- The need for the activity is clear, evidence-based, and compelling
- The activity's key actions are clear and monitored, well thought out, and reasonable in scope and timing
- The intended outputs are clear and monitored, well thought out, and feasible
- Overall activity implementation plan, including timeline, is well thought out and feasible
- The organisation has, or has access to, the necessary capacities across resources, skills, experience, financial management, and governance to competently conduct the activity.
- The expected outcomes are clear and monitored, well thought, out and feasible
- The budget is clearly thought-out, itemised to reflect activity resource needs, and feasible
- Intended expenditure of the MWF grant is important to the activity and well-aligned to MWF granting preferences
- The activity is an important initiative for the organisation and is not supported by government funding at a level significant to the activity budget
GRANTS PROCESS
Our process is characterised by interaction and engagement.
Our approach and processes are responsive and relevant to the community we serve, firmly based on Melbourne Women’s Foundation values of collaboration and integrity.
The grants process, governance and final shortlist is overseen and endorsed by the Board.
The Grants Committee is responsible for the following
Research
non-profits working for the benefit of Melbourne-based women and their families
Invite
non-profits that meet our eligibility criteria to apply
Evaluate
the organisations and their grant applications
Assist
them to strengthen their overall grant-seeking capacity
Shortlist
the final six to be voted on by our members and congratulated at our Annual Celebration
Support
our winners throughout the grant term
Grants Committee
Joining the Grants Committee
If you are a member and interested in joining the Grants Committee, please contact our Grants Committee by clicking here.
An expression of interest doesn’t guarantee a committee place, as this can depend on established committee size and skill needs. However, we aim to be as inclusive as possible regardless of a member’s experience.
We are committed to acting with integrity in all of our relationships and in selecting grant recipients through an honest and fair process. In support of this commitment, our Conflict of Interest policy and Conflict of Interest Register require disclosure of relationships between our Grants Committee members and any grant applicant or potential grant applicant.
We also require Grants Committee members to recuse themselves from discussion and/or collective choosing on any topic where a conflict arises. Please also refer to our Conflict of Interest Grants Committee for more information.