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Girl Power Grants is looking for teenage girls in grades 6-12 in Central Virginia who want to make a difference in their community. You, along with other young women just like you, will help identify and evaluate needs that impact youth in our community and help decide which community program to give or “grant” your money to. The decision is completely up to you and your fellow members.

You will meet periodically, in person or online, and of course, attending the award event “The Big Give,” where you will announce which local nonprofit will receive your grant money.

 

As a member of Girl Power Grants, you will need to show:

  • Respect for your peers and others, with a strong leadership potential

  • That you are eager and determined to help those in need.

  • Enthusiasm, participation, and consideration of other people’s ideas

  • A firm knowledge of your community resources, or a willingness to learn about them

  • Confident communications skills and the ability to work in a group

  • Prepare to think with your head AND your heart. You will learn things you never knew about yourself, each other, and your community!

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Membership Fee

There is a GPG membership fee of $50 - $100, plus an annual dues of $15 to cover administrative costs and events.

Please pay what you can – while $100 per member is optimal, we understand that may not be possible for everyone. If making a $50 donation is not possible, please let us know and we can award you a scholarship through our matching grant program.

All of the members will pool their membership fees and add it to the grant award pool. The total pool of money will be awarded to a local nonprofit that you and the other GPG members decide upon. Our minimum goal is $5,000 that you and the other members can award to a local nonprofit organization!

We are all one team, with one mission to select a grant finalist that makes us all proud. SIGN UP HERE!

FAQs

Here are some of the top questions (and our responses) to becoming a member of Girl Power Grants.

 
 

  • It’s easy! Just visit our Grapevine page and sign-up! We welcome all teenagers who identify as female.

  • At a minimum, we ask you to make your donation and vote make an educated vote for our grantees. Our ideal donation is $100 plus administrative fees, but we understand that may not be feasible for everyone. Please commit to a minimum of $50 over the course of our annual grant cycle or let us know if you need a scholarship.

    After you join, your involvement is up to you! You can participate in a school club, our group virtual events, or you can even form your own club! We’re here to support however you choose to jump in.

  • That’s totally fine! Simply sign-up and make your donation when you can.

  • Just a few minutes. You can sign up in about 2-3 minutes on a computer or phone.

  • Since starting in 2015, GPG has awarded more than $62,000 in grants and every one of those decisions was made by smart, informed teenage girls. We believe there’s no easier, more efficient way to learn about serving our community than through GPG.

  • We hope you will! Most schools require a faculty club sponsor to form an official club. Once you secure one, we can offer you ideas and support for marketing and planning your club meetings. You can fully make it your own, and have your club members register with GPG, leaving the paperwork side of things to us!

    If starting a club at your school does not appeal to you, you can also form a giving circle of friends at home. Together you can discuss nonprofits and vote on our grantees.

  • Reach out to our Executive Director Addison Rhudy via our contact form.

  • Yes. Girl Power Grants has been a nonprofit since 2015 shortly after teen girls in Midlothian, Va., cooked up this idea to give money together to help our community. Our EIN number is 47-3851756, and you can see our Guidestar profile online. EIN stands for Employer ID Number, but we don’t have any employees just teen volunteers and some parental and teacher advisors. HINT: Guidestar is a group that keeps track of nonprofits and their status, so before you give to any organization you can check them out online.

  • As our teen member, you should be the one to sign up and donate through your Grapevine account. We’ll use Grapevine to keep you updated about our fundraising and giving work. If your parents want to stay in the loop, you can forward email to them or they can sign up and not donate.

  • Yes.

  • Once you have your parent’s permission, you can donate any amount you like through your Grapevine account using your parent’s credit card or bank account information for a one-time or recurring donation. We’re asking for a minimum donation of $50 per member, so we can magnify the power of giving together. Once you accept your invitation from Addison Rhudy to join Girl Power Grants, you’ll receive an email from our technology provider Grapevine. You’ll then need to sign up for a free Grapevine account. You can select your donation amount and any other options.Once you’ve made your donation, you can instantly see our progress.

  • Unfortunately, there are fees with using credit cards.Your Girl Power Grants donation is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law because Girl Power Grants is officially a nonprofit with the IRS. Grapevine charges no donation fees, but our payment processor charges a discounted 2.2% + 30¢ credit and debit card fee (3.5% for AmEx and +1% for non-US cards), or 0.8% up to $5 for bank transfers.Grapevine keeps all of the financial information securing by INSERT DETAILS. Grapevine doesn’t charge Girl Power Grants and its other nonprofit members any platform fees, so that is pretty cool. When you make your online donation, you’ll see an option to “tip” Grapevine to help pay it forward for all the good they enable. Tipping is entirely up to you. You can select“no tip”if you want . That’s totally your choice.

  • We can take a check if you prefer that route or you even cash; however, a credit card donation is the fastest and most efficient way. We also have a PayPal account if that is easier. We can manually mark you as paid in the Grapevine portal.

 

If you plan to donate in any other way than through Grapevine, please let Addison Rhudy know.