WIR RE-GRANT INITIATIVE

Imagine transforming your passion for land stewardship into a powerful learning opportunity for women across our community. Today, that possibility becomes reality.

Our 2025 Community Re-Grant Initiative channels the remarkable generosity of our supporters directly into the hands of changemakers like you. The Re-grant program offers financial backing for women-led workshops and educational projects that build skills focused around essential land and livestock work. Your vision matters, and now it can take root.

Offerings

  • Sponsorship

  • Marketing + Outreach Support

  • Planning and Facilitation Support

  • Program Resources

  • WIR Co-Host Program

2025 Applications are open through July 15th, 2025

Applicants will be notified on July 25th, 2025

WIR is excited to redistribute resources to the soil surface and amplify the leaders within this growing community. We created this initiative to redistribute donations we raised during the fundraising season to individuals or smaller projects outside of WIR’s regular programming. The funds will go to supporting women in the community as they lean into leadership with a specific focus on skill-building workshops. 

WIR will identify, evaluate and redistribute grants to projects that meet the growing needs voiced by the community.

Framework

Program Delivery and Leadership

Grant recipients are responsible for:

  • Designing and delivering the core content of the workshop or event.

  • Defining leadership roles and organizing pre-event meetings for workshop development.

  • Ensuring the program aligns with the vision and goals outlined in the grant application.

Registration and Participant Management

  • Setting up and managing registration for the event.

  • Serving as the main point of contact for logistics and answering participant questions.

Budget Management

  • Creating a detailed budget for the success of the workshop.

  • Utilizing WIR’s financial sponsorship effectively and providing transparency in how funds are allocated.

  • Securing additional local sponsorships or partnerships, if needed, to supplement WIR’s support.

Event Logistics and Execution

  • Managing on-the-ground logistics, such as securing a venue, organizing catering, and handling day-of responsibilities.

  • Communicating updates or potential challenges to WIR in a timely manner.

Post-Event Reporting

  • Providing WIR with a brief summary of the event’s outcomes (no more than 1 page), including participant feedback, successes, and lessons learned.

  • A short interview with WIR’s communications team to be used as an event recap for WIR marketing. 

  • Sharing photos, testimonials, post-event surveys or key highlights that can be used for future promotions or reports.

Who Should Apply

  • We welcome applications from:

  • Individuals who are building or deepening their workshop facilitation journey

  • First-time or emerging facilitators (7 years or fewer of facilitation or instruction experience)

  • Community members who face notable barriers in offering public workshops (e.g., limited access to land, supplies, mentorship, or support)

Those whose offerings align with WIR’s goals of supporting skill-building, community-based leadership, and land stewardship practices

Eligibility 

Applicants must:

  • Be based within the U.S. or U.S. territories

  • Submit a complete application by the deadline

  • Be the lead organizer or primary facilitator of the proposed event

  • Have a clear workshop concept that includes a hands-on skill-building component

  • Demonstrate alignment with community-voiced needs and WIR values

  • Project must be completed within 1 year of receiving funds

WIR Safety Commitment

The safety and well-being of participants is our top priority. Comprehensive safety instruction and risk management practices will be integrated throughout the workshop. 

As an event sponsor WIR is not responsible for providing insurance during this event. However, the cost of insurance if needed can be fixed into sponsorship requests.

Support Skill-Building and Shared Leadership

Your donation helps seed new possibilities for women, not just through funding, but through access, skill-building, and peer-led leadership opportunities.

When farmers and ranchers are equipped with tools to share their stories and knowledge, they step more fully into their power. These are not one-time donations, but long-term investments in the capacity of women to lead, connect, and shape the systems they are part of.

Like pollinators in motion, this work spreads — rancher to rancher, community to community. Your support helps grow a distributed network of knowledge, confidence, and opportunity.

Help us cultivate the conditions where women in agriculture don’t just survive, they thrive, together.

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