2015 Request For Proposals Avon Campus Grants to Activate Bystanders to Reduce Sexual Assault and Dating Abuse GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES 2015 RFP: Overview and Minimum Requirements The Avon Foundation for Women is pleased to announce a total of $250,000 for 25 new grants to expand the Avon Foundation Campus Grants Program. Colleges and universities may apply for funds for bystander projects aimed at reducing campus sexual assault and dating abuse. This year’s RFP prioritizes Bystander Intervention Tactics. Successful applicants will demonstrate and be able to measure how their campus projects will generate awareness by instilling a sense of responsibility for students and faculty to step in and take action when abuse is suspected or observed, providing the training and skills necessary for bystanders to safely intervene. Projects may include: o Skills-building workshops to increase numbers of trained students and faculty; o Campus-wide outreach tactics including social media campaigns, theater projects, and/or peer-to-peer trainings; o Development of awareness materials, i.e. resource guides/pamphlets, website pages, posters; o Video or print PSAs or short films. The Avon Foundation Campus Grants Program should emphasize prevention through education. Funded programs should be able to: o Develop and execute a minimum of three on-campus outreach events / trainings / workshops to be completed in the one-year grant period, and report on numbers served at these programs; o Educate students on how to reduce or prevent sexual assault and dating abuse; o Provide resources and referrals to community-based agencies and advocates; o Develop or expand data collection and analyses of their program’s reach and impact, demonstrating sustainability and garnering additional program support. o Demonstrate how their program responds or complements the recommendations proposed in NOT ALONE: The First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault issued in 2014. Program Funds, Application Link and Deadline o Twenty-five (25) $10,000 grants will be awarded. o Applicants must apply online at this link: https://www.grantrequest.com/SID_1102/?SA=SNA&FID=35021 o Applications must be submitted no later than July 1, 2015 at 5pm Eastern. o All applicants will be notified of their status no later than August 31. o No more than 10% of the total grant request may be allocated for indirect costs. Page 1 of 2 2015 Request For Proposals Avon Campus Grants to Activate Bystanders to Reduce Sexual Assault and Dating Abuse GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES Eligibility This is an RFP for U.S.-based colleges/universities. Eligible applicants must provide their college/university IRS Letter of Determination showing their institution’s nonprofit status and must include the most recent audited financial report. Selection Process Avon Foundation staff evaluates all proposals. The Avon Foundation Board of Directors will make the final determination on all proposals. Background Young women ages 16-24 experience the highest rates of violence. Since the Clery Act was passed in 1990, a variety of initiatives have been developed to educate college administrators on the issues of gender violence, particularly sexual assault, and to provide resources for college campuses to reduce violence. Although much has been learned, there is a great deal more that can be accomplished to implement effective campus-wide policies and prevention practices to prevent and reduce incidences of violence. In 2014, the White House issued NOT ALONE: The First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, highlighting steps school administrators can and must take to honor their obligation to protect all students from sexual assault and violence. Recognizing that school administrators bear the burden of responsibility to provide safe communities for all students, the Avon Foundation partnered with Futures Without Violence to develop Guidelines for Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education. These guidelines highlight best practices for creating and promoting a campus norm of interpersonal respect and non-violent relationships, and can be downloaded for free. Students must be part of the solution to help prevent violence perpetrated against and by their peers. Campus sexual assault and dating abuse prevention programs have educated significant numbers of student groups and faculty to create awareness, to recognize the warning signs of abuse and to encourage students to safely intervene to help prevent violence. Questions about this RFP Please email Christine.Jaworsky@avon.com if you have a question or would like more info. About the Avon Foundation for Women The Avon Foundation for Women launched Speak Out Against Domestic Violence in 2004, and in the U.S. alone has contribute nearly $40 million to help reduce gender and domestic violence. Page 2 of 2