Abortion Bridge Collaborative Fund - Winter 2024-25

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Abortion Bridge Collaborative (ABC) Fund was created to resource the infrastructure required to ensure abortion access across the United States. This fund supports two outcomes: 1) Building capacity where abortion care will continue, and 2) working towards local access and protections in areas where it will not.

Housed at the Women Donors Network, grantmaking is guided by a Grantmaking Advisory Council, comprised of activists, leaders, and funders from the reproductive rights/health/justice movements (see link). The Grantmaking Advisory Council considers whether the:

• Project/organization is responsive to the moment – meeting immediate needs or critical gaps in the existing abortion access eco-system and/or builds foundational systems and structures required for the medium and long-term.

• Project/organization serves and is informed by key communities that are made more vulnerable by Roe’s reversal, centering BIPOC, immigrant, LGBTQIA+, low-income, disabled, young, and other communities. 

• Leadership of the organization includes BIPOC women, LGBTQIA+ folks, or youth in key leadership positions (ED, senior staff, and board of directors).

• Approach prioritizes community determination and is informed by those with lived experiences. 

• Activities contain elements that might preclude traditional/institutional funding. 

• Organization is established and trusted within their local or regional movement.

The final deadline for submission of proposals for the Winter 2024/2025 grant cycle is February 10, 2025. We will have two award periods. For proposals received by:

• January 13, 2025 → decisions released by end of February 

• February 10, 2025 → decisions released by end of March

Given the high number of applications ABC Fund receives every cycle, the Advisory Council may also consider proposals for multiple cycles to give the best possible chance of funding and will communicate status to these organizations accordingly.

IMPORTANT: At this time submissions for renewal funding (ie regrants or repeating grants following your first grant) are by invitation-only on a bi-annual basis. Please do not submit renewal application requests through the portal as they will not be reviewed in a timely fashion. If you are a returning grantee interested in applying for renewal funding or have any questions, please email: abc@womendonors.org. 

Abortion Bridge Collaborative grant funding is designed to support organizations specifically focused on abortion access that: 

• Have 501c3 tax status or a fiscal sponsor

• Center reproductive justice in their mission, values, and work, and;

• Need support for existing and emerging programs or strategies that are explicitly focused on abortion rights, access and justice in a post-Dobbs context at the national state or local level that might include:

• Broad general operating support or that have budget shortfalls 

• Direct services  

• Support for the creation of new staff positions to fulfill an emergent need, particularly related to technology, infrastructure, or geographic expansion

• Short-term consulting expertise such as legal representation, organizational reincorporation, or accounting

• Creation of information sharing or organizational hubs that better facilitate patient/client care

• Capacity building support to meet unmet infrastructure needs within an organization or among organizations as they build partnerships

ABC Fund grants are not designed, at this time, for:

• Larger or more well-resourced organizations in the reproductive health and rights space (Note: in order to help us understand the type of resources and support your organization currently receives from institutional funders, it would be helpful to share this information in your proposal but it is not a requirement) 

• Government or State Agencies

• International work or work based outside of the United States and U.S. Occupied Territories

• For-profit Business, Social Enterprise, Capital-Raising campaigns

• Individuals

• Applicants that do not focus on abortion access 

Awards have ranged from $15,000 to $300,000 with an average grant amount of approximately $100,000.

Before you get started, learn more about how the JustFund Common Application™ works. Please ensure that all fields in your profile are up to date. As part of your application, your profile information will also be submitted and dated at time of submission.

• To help us send out grant funds more quickly, please upload your IRS Tax-Exempt Status letter if you are an independent 501(c)(3), and not fiscally sponsored by another organization.