J. Jill Compassion Fund Accepting Preapplications for 2012 Grants to Help Disadvantaged and Homeless Women

Since 2002, the J. Jill Compassion Fund, a donor-advised fund at the Boston Foundation, has contributed more than $2.5 million in grants to over sixty nonprofit organizations nationwide working to help women achieve sustainable self-sufficiency. Based in Quincy, Massachusetts, J. Jill is a specialty retailer of women's apparel.

The fund is accepting pre-applications from community-based organizations that support underprivileged and homeless women in the United States. Funding priority is given to nonprofit programs and organizations that provide job training, education, and transitional and/or affordable housing to disadvantaged and homeless women.

For 2012, priority consideration will be given to programs and organizations that empower women and help them become self-sufficient; have established a relationship with, or connection to, one or more of the J. Jill store(s); and are located near one or more J. Jill store(s).

Applicants must be community-based organizations or national organizations with local affiliates serving women in need and must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

The fund provides support for general operating expenses. Program support is limited to the expansion or enhancement of existing programs, rather than to fund new programs.

Visit the J. Jill Web site for complete program guidelines, the pre-application form, and lists of previous years' grantees.

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Primary Subject: Women
Secondary Subject(s): Education, Community Improvement/Development, Human Services