Program Goal
The goal of the International Initiative is to advance opportunity, equity, and well-being for women and girls in developing countries by helping them overcome hardship, reach their full potential, and help their families and communities to flourish.
The Foundation funds programs that deliver or promote:
- Economic Opportunity: Skill building, entrepreneurial and employment training, and access to capital and markets.
- Education: High quality and relevant education in an environment in which girls feel safe and encouraged.
- Health: The physical and psychological well-being of girls, and women and their children.
Important Grant Program Information
Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation is among the few foundations that accept unsolicited grant applications. As such, we receive a very high volume of funding requests. In an effort to be transparent and respectful of the time you invest in this process, we want to share the following information:
Each year WFF awards approximately four new grants for each of our three initiatives. In 2023, we received the following number of grant requests:
- International Initiative: 73
- Youth Initiative: 52
- Sustainable Forestry and Communities Initiative: 13
Because we received so many requests, organizations and programs that are not well-aligned with our guidelines are immediately disqualified from consideration. In order to help you decide whether or not to invest your time and effort in completing a grant application please carefully review our Guidelines and consider whether your organization is a strong fit with WFF’s requirements and restrictions.